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News in Washington I'm Jack Speer defense secretary Mark aspers says it was his decision to ask for the resignation of Navy secretary Richard Spencer over his actions regarding a controversial Navy Seal but N.P.R.'s Amy Held reports esper says the president gave a direct order about the status of the officer who's been accused of war crimes speaking from the Pentagon Defense Secretary Mark esper said he had to let me be Secretary Richard Spencer go lost trust and confidence in server Spencer as pursued Spencer broke the chain of command by trying to negotiate directly with the White House regarding the status of Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher Gallagher was acquitted of murder but convicted of posing with an ISIS corpse in Iraq instead of leaving it to the Navy's disciplinary process President Trump has championed Gallagher's case and the defense secretary said Trump gave him a direct order over the weekend about Gallagher keeping his seal status he gave the order that he will rejoin Gallagher would pay his trial esper says Gallagher will retire as a member of the elite force at the end of the month Amy Held n.p.r. News Washington the judges said in April trial date for 2 jail guards accused of failing to make required checks on financier Geoffrey Epstein the night he died and falsifying records to cover it up was just record judge says the trial of the guards can begin April 20th they pleaded not guilty to lying on prison logs to make it seem as though they had made their required checks Epstein was found hanged in his jail cell New York City's medical examiner ruled the death a suicide Epstein was awaiting trial on charges he sexually abused teenage girls at his Manhattan mansion and Florida home coalmining employment has fallen a nearly its lowest level since the industry began reporting it production of electricity producing resources fallen alongside it warming Public Radio's Cooper may chemists story recent federal data show employment in coal mines across the u.s. Has dropped by more than 2000 jobs since the beginning of this year Taylor Kirkendall is a coal reporter for s. And p. Global market intelligence he said this. Can't be connected to some sudden drop in coal production the domestic market has been steadily declining for years but since the early 2016 a lot of that's been covered up by a boom in export coal markets that's starting to go away here in the 3rd quarter in the u.s. Current all says the problem for coal continues to be too much supply without the demand a report from Moody's Investor Service shows because of that production in Wyoming school basin is expected to fall significantly in 2020 with potential mine closures coming with it for n.p.r. News I'm Cooper McKim in a sign consolidation in the discount brokerage business may be the next industry trend Charles Schwab announced today its buying rival t.d. Ameritrade in a $26000000000.00 deal merger not been comes at a time a major disruption in the online brokerage business with a number of companies moving to make trading free for customers who buy and sell stocks online stocks gain ground to start the new trading week the Dow up 190 points the Nasdaq rose 112 points this is n.p.r. a Top official with the United Auto Workers Union says so far negotiators have made some progress with the Chrysler but also say that a number of issues remain u.a.w. Vice president Cindy a straw to said in an e-mail to members negotiators also have remained focused despite outside distractions u.a.w. President Gary Jones stepped down last week amid an ongoing scandal at the Union the regional director Vance Pearson also resigned over the weekend it was become a widening federal bribery and embezzlement probe involving the Union. The longtime conductor of the choir at King's College Cambridge has died 3 Stephen Kleber he died in New York after a long illness Friday N.P.R.'s Elizabeth Blair has this remembrance Stephen Kleber a directed the King's College Choir for 37 years just last year he conducted the 100th anniversary of a festival of 9 lessons and carols an annual Christmas service broadcast live around the world. 6 months later he was knighted in the Queen's birthday honors Stephen Kleber he was known for commissioning new carols for the service and elevating the choirs visibility with recordings and tours Kings College is planning a memorial concert and posted a musical tribute online Elizabeth Blair n.p.r. News president trying today handed out a medal to Conan at the White House Rose Garden called in the u.s. 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News this is All Things Considered I'm else the Chuang And I'm Mary Louise Kelly 2900000 voters spoke and delivered a clear message to Beijing the people of Hong Kong want democracy pro-democracy candidates swept Hong Kong's district council elections over the weekend they won more than 80 percent of contested seats and unseated many pro Beijing incumbents at a lunchtime rally today a crowd broke out in a chant that has become a rallying cry of the pro-democracy camp. I have demands not one less they are chanting among those demands protestors are calling on Hong Kong's government to launch an independent investigation into the use of force by police well for more on where things may go from here and what role if any of the us has we are joined by Kurt talking he was the top American diplomat in Hong Kong into June of this year and he's in our studio now Tom welcome real pleasure to be here is there any way to read this election huge turnout and stunning result other than a stinging rebuke to Beijing I think that's right the Typically this these elections have been a series of 400 or so local elections small town elections on questions about bus routes and where to put the bike rack and that kind of thing this stuff that we would be sitting around talking around in Washington certainly not but this time the Hong Kong public very clearly decided to use this election as a referendum on citywide policy and particularly to express their concern about the erosion of the One Country 2 Systems framework and their desire for high degree of autonomy from from China what kind of response might really see from Beijing I think that Beijing will take a moment to think about this I'm hopeful that Beijing might realise that actually it's in their best interest to give Hong Kong the space that it wants but political spin. Ace cultural space and a different form of governance going forward for many years to come and that that will actually work the best for Hong Kong but also work the best for China you don't see this is just a fundamentally unsustainable system the One Country 2 Systems with a built in deadline of course of 2047 I think the real answer that question depends on the future direction of China and that's a big question mark at the stage now let me turn you to the u.s. Role Congress as you know nearly unanimously approved a bill in support of the pro-democracy protesters this bill would authorize the u.s. To impose sanctions against Chinese officials in the event of a harsh crackdown on protesters President Trump was asked about it just on Friday he was doing an interview with Fox and Friends and here was his response when he was asked whether he would sign what we have to say and what I'm gonna but I'm also standing with President Xi he's a friend of mine he's an incredible guy that we have to say and what I'd like to see them work it out so we have to stand with Hong Kong but we also have to stand with the president of China and then he went on talked about the trade deal which hangs in the balance between the u.s. And China what kind of message does that send Well honestly I'm not sure what exactly what the president meant but I personally don't think that linking the trade talks to issues related to Hong Kong is useful for anyone involved I think it confuses China but it also it's just not a natural linkage and the Hong Kong matters are in their own space the trade negotiation is economics for economics negotiation a very difficult one but but that's clearly the way that it operates and so I'm not sure that that linkage makes much sense do you think it would be possible for the u.s. Administration to take a stronger stand in support of pro-democracy protesters even as it's trying to extract concessions from Beijing when it comes to trade for one I mean I'm not sure that the stance needs to be any stronger than has been towards towards Hong Kong issues what Secretary pumping said last week seemed entirely appropriate I think they did. U.s. Violence by any sides of violence by any side is unacceptable violence by any side is unacceptable and that China needs to adhere to its promises under the joint declaration with the Great Britain I think that we can all walk and chew gum at the same time both the United States and China have a conversation about what we think is the right direction for Hong Kong and do with trade negotiation at the same time is there anything in your view of the u.s. Should be doing any tool it should be applying to the situation in Hong Kong that it hasn't I think that the u.s. Should really double down on the gauging Hong Kong on its own terms treating it as much as possible like an autonomous entity which it is in many many respects and really reinforcing that notion that Hong Kong is a separate place that with its own rules through action as well as through word Kurt Tung news the former u.s. Consul general to Hong Kong and Macau He's now a partner at the Asia Group consulting firm here in Washington thank you great thank you very much at no time in living memory have relations between the u.s. Military and the White House been so fraught senior military leadership wanted to oust a Navy Seal from that elite service after a high profile war crimes case President Trump thought otherwise he wanted the seal Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher to retain his status and came news yesterday of a different ouster that of Navy secretary Richard Spencer today Defense Secretary Mark esper confirmed that he received a direct order from President Trump not to remove Gallacher from the SEALs n.p.r. Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman is here to walk through all of this with us Hey Tom They also so I understand that you and other reporters spoke with defense secretary Mark as for today what did he have to say about all this well again the big surprise again was he told the president go off camera that the president ordered him to restore a Navy Seal Gallagher's try to pin you know as for didn't mention that over the weekend when he said in a statement that he asked for the resignation. Spencer that he lost confidence in him that Spencer went behind his back to the White House and a plan to get Gallagher to keep his pen there was supposed to be a Navy review board to determine that but then as for said in his statement there would be no review board and instead he directed Gallagher to retain his pen without mentioning the president until today let's listen. The president is the commander in chief he has every right authority and privilege to do what he wants to do or you to basic manager has to try that absolute but what message does that send to the troops that base of your polling the plug on President Obama's the abortive president is the commander in chief of course he's right the president is commander in chief as is wide authority in such matters and remind us of who this Navy Seal is that that's at the center of all this at the Gallagher How did President Trump get involved in his case in particular while Gallagher was charged with killing an ISIS teenage prisoner in Iraq in 2017 he was acquitted of that death but convicted of a minor charge of posing with the corpse he was demoted by the Navy and became something of a celebrity with conservative media and some lawmakers that's when Secretary Spencer suggested a compromise to the White House last month an official close to the case said Gallagher could be retired at his rank with his tried and pin under the plan and there would be no review board then Trump jumped in and arrested control in the words of an official and ordered that he be restored to his rank and then the process began the Navy ordered the review board for Gallagher's pen which now will not take place as secretary as percent right now Tom you have covered this beat for years have you ever seen anything like this see a president who yes is the commander in chief intervene so directly in the military's judicial system so directly and how the military disciplines people know this is highly unusual and of course presidents commanders in chief again of the armed forces are deeply involved in military affairs think of Lincoln or Franklin Roosevelt and many of them got involved in pardoning soldiers or granting clemency but what you have here is a president getting involved at a very low level and barring prosecution of a suspected work crimes in one case prevent. In the trial from going forward for Major Matt Goldstein he was accused of killing an alleged Afghan bomb maker that's unprecedented but he has the power to do that as commander in chief and very quickly do we have any sense within the veteran community of how people are reacting to all of us well some Pentagon officials current ones I talk with a troubled by it they say it sends a wrong message to troops saying it erodes good order and discipline retired folks feel that way but Gallagher has his supporters as well especially among enlisted ranks saying they've been asked to do a job to fight terrorism horrible conditions over multiple deployments they don't want to be 2nd guessed by senior officers far from the fight that's N.P.R.'s Tom Bowman thanks Tom You're welcome 'd. A Canadian man has put his pants back on because of this. 3 more poverty chortle itself but up there a lasting peace activists say all that I am thank you I. Think. I that is the Winnipeg Blue Bombers winning the Canadian Football League Championship yesterday it's known as the Grey Cup The Blue Bombers defeated the Hamilton Tiger Cats $33.00 to $12.00 their 1st title since 1900 Chris Matthew is a big fan of his hometown team to say the least that is why 18 years ago he declared that he would stop wearing pants until his team won the title and so he did most everything in shorts he told The Canadian Press that he even shoveled snow in shorts during Manitoba winters most people I just think that there's something wrong with me and that I think maybe they're right he did make an exception though for funerals but if the people of the family of know about the shorts over the shorts if you know but other than that I don't wear pants anywhere until yesterday after his Blue Bombers finally triumphed yesterday Matthew went on the field and put on a pair of camouflage track pants his wife Darla was there she was asked about them . That the arms hands were pets. That were certainly not me I am sure you know that. He told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation wearing pants again I'm not sure yet it's all new to me he also said that he has learned an important lesson about making promises be careful what you say because if you have to live up to it sometimes it can be a little uncomfortable Winnipeg Blue Bombers football fan Chris Matthew and for the record his wife says he still prefers shorts depends if. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Support for k.v. N.f. Comes from listeners and Connect for Health Colorado Health insurance is now available for 2020 rates have dropped for Western Slope residents this year making it important to compare options financial help is available only through the official health insurance marketplace for Colorado learn more at Connect for Health c o dot com. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station 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 a Total Wine dot com and from Dana Farber Cancer Institute developing ways to use the p.d.l. One pathway in immunotherapy to treat cancer committed to making contributions in cancer treatment for 72 years Dana Farber dot org slash everywhere. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm Elsa Chang and I'm Mary Louise Kelly when Vice President Mike Pence flew into Iraq this weekend he was visiting a country in turmoil and his trip might have stirred up a little more anti-government protests have rocked Iraq for weeks and the u.s. Has expressed concern over the number of protesters who've been killed more than 330 many by security forces Oh the vice president steered clear of Baghdad which may have caused some hard feelings N.P.R.'s Generac joins us now from the Kurdish city of air below Hey Jane hi there hi So before we get to the vice president's visit just set the stage these protests were ongoing all weekend is that right yeah in fact they've been going on since October which is kind of remarkable and they've kind of eared off into 2 very different kinds of protests Let's listen to a bit of the sound from Baghdad because. It was. So those are thousands and thousands of high school university students streaming into central tougher square in Baghdad and waving Iraqi flags and singing the national anthem. Was. God. And you hear them from everywhere the protests are held it's called my homeland and it's what all the protesters say they want even more than jobs even more than an end to government corruption even more than the fall of these politicians they hate they want to take back their country but then you've got what's going on in the south of Iraq and that's much more grim I don't have much. I don't want me. I don't want to not. I don't know I was so that's from near the port of Umm Qasr which is Iraq's main cargo port that was live bullets being fired and they are being fired in almost every protest along with tear gas canisters fired directly into crowds of protesters and one of them falls and there's someone shouting There's a guy dead in the Serie a another city in the south over the weekend they actually burned down the government building the new government building of a presidential governor as well as the home of a member of parliament that's how much hatred there is security forces though in Baghdad in the south of responded to even peaceful nondestructive protests with live bullets and things are just getting more and more bitter so you're describing live bullets you're describing tear gas canisters can you describe what the Iraqi government's strategy is to contain this to they have a strategy. They do not appear to have an overriding strategy parliament is meeting to discuss an election law because one of the solutions would be early elections the prime minister said he would step down but now he isn't stepping down the defense minister has actually been saying its fake news that all these people died those numbers aren't like that at all even though the numbers come from Interior Ministry and OSP it will officially as the government has been shutting down t.v. Channels one thing the government doesn't seem to realize is people will be content with half measures they want dramatic change so into all of this flies Mike Pence over the weekend where did he go what did he do well it's where he didn't go that's the problem he did not go to Baghdad he flew into a base where there are u.s. Forces in western unbar province he talked to the prime minister for 25 minutes on the phone a u.s. Official said it was too dangerous for him to go to bed. Even though it's his 1st visit as vice president here so there is quite a lot of foam hard feelings about that it was seen as a breach of sovereignty by some politicians that he did not go to Baghdad he did indeed go to the courage capital Air deal where he met Kurdish leaders and what was the announced purpose of this trip it was basically to see u.s. Troops so he and Mrs pence dished out Turkey for the troops according to u.s. Officials he also had an off record briefing from u.s. Commanders and talked to some of the forces there who it seems might have been involved in the raid on ISIS leader Al Baghdadi but he was indeed in Iraq without actually visiting the capital and that was the problem. That's N.P.R.'s general in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq thank you Jim Thank you there is a revolution afoot in the lighting business l.e.d. Light bulbs are replacing energy hogging in can decimate ones it's good news for the environment using less energy reduces greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change but this revolution does come with a cost N.P.R.'s Jeff Brady went to St Mary's Pennsylvania to visit a light bulb factory that shutting down the factory is 2 and a half hours northeast of Pittsburgh and it has produced light bulbs for more than a century much of that time under the Sylvania brand but today the factory produces only scrap metal. Sparks fly as a worker cuts and dismantle one of the production lines Jeff Anderson worked here for more than 20 years Larry are removing some of the Quitman cutting conveyors out of the ceiling. The kind of sad to see yes it is yes it is I was last on or on that scene it's over there that are turning hard Anderson and about 175 others lost their jobs here when led Vance the plant owner announced earlier this year it's shutting this facility down this plant has a lot to do with my life my book. Mom and Dad actually met in this plant Anderson says wages were good for the region around $50000.00 a year with over time but lead vans has to compete with overseas manufacturers that have cheaper labor costs the company had hoped to attract customers who want to buy American made products that produced this video showing a lead Vance employee with his daughter in a store light bulb aisle. Yes the employee featured in that ad also lost his job lead Vance head of government affairs Jennifer doll and says consumers tend to see light bulbs as a commodity and they look for the cheapest price unfortunately when consumers have to spend money and everything else is getting more expensive made in the us kind of drops down on the list of priorities Dolan says the company tried to keep the plant viable just a few years ago led Vance invested $10000000.00 to begin producing the l.e.d. Bulbs people want to buy but this business is changing so fast that plan fell apart the research firm i.h.s. Market says retail prices for l.e.d. Bulbs have decreased about 14 percent a year since 2011 on top of that federal efficiency regulations are in flux the Obama administration tried to dramatically expand efficiency requirements to more light bulbs but then the trumpet ministration reversed that position Dolan's company supports there's a lot of uncertainty in policy a lot of uncertainty in the marketplace everything is just converging to make it very difficult in lighting industry analysts say this factory is not the 1st casualty and probably won't be the last there's another issue that doesn't require an analyst to figure out even residents in downtown St Mary's know no by light bulbs anymore once you buy them you don't change that's John Dippold who likes that the new l.c.d. Bulbs can last a decade or more before they burn out. Nearby Friedel agree to big saving just part time in whatever they're a little more expensive but they sure last a long time but their buddies don't have a job in. Color at the lead Dance Factory Jeff Anderson says he's filed for unemployment benefits and will take advantage of a retraining program right now I'm looking into being a heavy equipment operator Anderson says he was planning to retire at 62 but because of the lighting revolution he may have to work a few more years Jeff Brady n.p.r. News St Mary's Pennsylvania. This is n.p.r. News. On the next Morning Edition and number of key officials who helped run the 26000 elections will be around for 2025 frankly elections are. What will it take to recruit new ones also an actress takes center stage in a star studded new Werder mystery Were you intimidated at all Oh yes. I was terrified to listen for all kinds of stories on the next Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. It's All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Elsa Chang and I'm Mary Louise Kelly coming up white supremacist terrorism is one of the top national security threats facing the u.s. 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News in Culver City California I'm to Wayne Brown in a setback to President Trump's efforts to keep his top aides from testifying a federal judge today ordered former White House counsel Don McGann to appear before Congress began was a star witness in the special counsel's Russia probe and Democrats have wanted to question him about possible obstruction of justice by Trump Meanwhile House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff plans to release a report summarizing evidence in the president's impeachment inquiry after Thanksgiving Here's N.P.R.'s Claudio solace once the Intelligence Committee hands over its report it will be up to the House Judiciary Committee to take the lead on drafting any articles of impeachment in a letter to his Democratic colleagues Schiff says the evidence from the impeachment inquiry shows what he calls a month long effort by President Trump to seek foreign interference in u.s. Elections for his political benefit at the expense of our national interests shift doesn't rule out future hearings or depositions but says lawmakers already have a considerable amount of evidence before them N.P.R.'s Claudio solace in Denver an avowed white supremacist has pleaded not guilty in federal court in a plot to Blom a Senate Gog in Pueblo Colorado from member station Ok r.c.c. Avigail Backman reports 27 year old Richard Holzer is charged with a federal hate crime as well as attempted arson and using fire or an explosive device to commit a felony he pleaded not guilty to all 3 charges authorities began tracking Holzer on social media where according to court documents he repeatedly expressed his hatred of Jewish people and promoted acts of racially and religiously motivated violence Holzer was arrested November 1st after the f.b.i. Said he accepted what turned out to be phony explosives from undercover agents in a plot to blow up the historic Temple Emanuel for n.p.r. 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News I'm Mary Louise Kelly and I'm Ailsa Chang Federal authorities say domestic terrorism is one of the top national security threats facing the country in just the last few years we've seen major attacks by white supremacists they've targeted Jewish people in Pittsburgh Latinos in El Paso African-Americans in Charleston just to name a few and many say the government still hasn't taken this threat seriously enough N.P.R.'s embedded podcast has been telling the story of one case a case that shows just how easily the government can let a dangerous white supremacist slip through the cracks Tom Dr Spock is an investigative reporter from bet it he joins us now hey Tom. So this case that you looked into I know that it starts way back in the 1970 s. And it goes up to basically the present day how did it all began well it starts with a man named Frazier Glenn Miller who goes by the name Glenn he was a combat veteran of the Vietnam War and after the war he lived in North Carolina and got deeply involved in the white power movement why was 4. Miller was the head of a group called the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and he and his group were accused of harassing African-Americans with cross burnings death threats training a racist paramilitary militia and even stealing heavy weaponry from a u.s. Military base in loading anti-tank weapons and the goal of all this he said was to prepare for a race war how do you even steal from the u.s. Military Well he had sympathizers in the military of course was a military veteran himself and together they were able to gather this weaponry from Fort Bragg in North Carolina Wow Ok so this guy is stealing from the u.s. Military he's threatening to kill Americans with these weapons did they govern. Do anything to try to stop him well according to people who were there at the time at least at 1st the government did not take Miller's threats seriously enough one of the people he was accused of harassing was named Bobby person Bobby person was an African-American prison guard and he says he was repeatedly threatened by Miller's group he and his family faced death threats cross burnings and he told me that whenever Miller's group came by his house he would call the police but the police never came I just had to carry a weapon or where I went you know protect myself from Stanford might protect my family. I don't know why I don't get no help from the sheriff's department Bobby person eventually did get help with the Southern Poverty Law Center the civil rights group heard about his case got involved they sued Miller and they presented evidence along with federal prosecutors and they were able to gather with those prosecutors to get a court order to force Miller to disband his paramilitary group Ok so he was forced to break up the group but did that stop Glenn Miller Well at this point he goes underground he issues what he calls a declaration of war and he declares it on people of color on Jewish Americans on federal judges he records it at one point sends it to newspapers and radio stations have the best picture of this revolution and they have to have accepted I don't want to wear that 48 hour I can't show it but federal agents track him down to a trailer park in Ozark Missouri they fire tear gas and force him to surrender and they find him with a massive arsenal of explosives grenades guns that have been illegally converted to fully automatic but then at this point and this is one of the most surprising parts of the story federal authorities offer him a deal what they offer him a 5 year prison sentence in return for him testifying against some of the leading white supremacist groups in the country only 5 years while only 5 years but here's the kicker all the people he testified against were acquitted on all charges by all white juries so this case that he was instrumental in was ultimately a massive failure for the government that that just blows me away I mean I want to say things are different now that was back in the late eighty's what makes this case resonate what makes it important today well after receiving that 5 year prison sentence that 5 year deal he only served 3 years and rather the. Changing his views in prison if anything his views became more hardened than ever he by the 2 thousands he became very active on racist forums he praised a racist serial killer and even a white supremacist terrorist attack in Norway and then in 2014 he went to a Jewish community center and Overland Park Kansas and he killed 3 people himself his victims were read Underwood who was 14 years old there was William Corporon who was 69 years old and the Underwoods grandfather and then there was to resettle Amano who is 53 years old and Glenn Miller said explicitly at the time that his motivation was to terrorize Jewish people he readily admitted to the murders and ultimately he was tried and sentenced to death and he is still on death row pending appeal but given his past criminal history before this horrific crime where he killed these 3 people was the government watching him pretty closely because he kept his record Well that question went to the top f.b.i. Agent in the area at that time special agent Michael cast he was asked by reporters the day after the attack if Miller was on the radar we were aware of his existence we're aware that he was arrested we are aware that your is affiliated with certain hate groups the answer is yes but beyond that I really can't comment on my opinion recently. You know I can tell you that no they were not watching him recently in the time before the attack I wanted to ask them why they were not watching Miller given his criminal history and his violent rhetoric. And they the both the f.b.i. And the Department of Justice declined to comment and experts told me bottom line it is incredibly difficult to figure out why they were not watching him given his very serious criminal record right but I also get why it's such a hard call that there is this tension between trying not to jump on someone speech obviously people have freedom of speech but also trying to prevent horrific crimes so what does the Glenn Miller case say more broadly about how the federal government prosecutes white supremacist terrorism specifically well in general experts told me the government simply has not prioritized investigations of white supremacist violence the f.b.i. Over the summer said while they are making it a top priority that 80 percent of the resources for f.b.i. Terrorism cases are going to international terrorism and to groups like al Qaeda or ISIS and 20 percent is going into domestic terror only 20 that and a lot of right and a lot of experts say that that that ratio is out of whack and that in the case of Glenn Miller he was a domestic terrorist and for years he had told people what he was going to do and then he did it yeah but I talked to Kathleen Ballou she is a professor at the University of Chicago and she has studied the white power movement extensively and here's what she told me for many of them this is a matter of faith that they're talking about what they're doing as preventing the Apocalypse of the white race and the idea that. Any amount of incarceration could undo that ideology is just there's no reason to think anyone would stop believing that So in other words you know with an ideology of hate there's no way you can just arrest your way out of this problem has such an interesting disturbing story that is N.P.R.'s Tom Dr Spock of the pod cast in bedded thank you so much Tom thanks also. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Not to make you feel bad but there's a vegetable that probably has more Facebook followers than you do it has a special variety of corn with translucent rainbow colored kernels it's been revived from an ancient variety Melissa 70 with member station WRNI you in Flagstaff Arizona says Glass Jim corn has gotten thousands of people involved in saving heirloom seeds. Brittle corn stocks order a backyard garden in Flagstaff to look for dried up and ordinary but when Carol Fritz feels back he says it's like Christmas morning this is the 1st one I pulled this year and it's just had enough stunningly beautiful. With blue and green and purple and yellow presenter has broken glass jam corn ever since she saw a photo of it a few years ago. This one's a playful pagan purple variety. You just never know rowers like Fritz and very enjoy crossing the corn with other heritage varieties to create wild new colors and even red and white swirls like peppermint candy crazy it's so fun I want everyone to grow it so I give as much seed away as people will hate the colorful corn was bred by an Oklahoma man named Karl barns who wanted to explore his Cherokee roots by growing ancient crops he gave a handful of corn kernels to great Shane who took them to New Mexico and crossed them with public popcorn ears appeared with not only brilliant colors but a shiny glass like you Shane says those traits have been lost when agriculture became big business and now glass jam brought generations of plant breeding back to life their heritage is not only that you still preserve the United resorts of all it also has cultural memory and that's a parallel Shane felt it was more than a pretty plant it was a. Piece of the past that had nearly been lost he gave away seeds to anyone who wanted them including a couple that had just started a seed saving school in of all places corn Ville Arizona Belle Starr and Bill McDormand and we unveiled it at our 1st seat school with our class and started opening it up and it was one of those transformational it was beyond belief people were crying in our class a year later McDormand star took over directorship of the nonprofit native seed search in Tucson they put a photo of the multi-colored corn on the website with great chains original caption glass jam thousands of orders for seeds poured in one ear of corn is that famous picture of glass jam one little ear that's now changing the world and has in the end been called the poster child for the whole return to Earth seats starring McDormand are now directors of the Rocky Mountain seat Alliance a group that saves seeds by giving them away because seed saving is so magical and it takes you so many different places and that's the point yes in some ways is that when you start saving seeds from something that you've grown and then you plan to begin your rejoining a ritual a 10000 year old ritual they created all the foods we eat at a wild plants McDormand says tens of thousands of people now grow glass jam all over the world and it's revitalized interest in seed saving at a time when his group says agriculture needs more resilient diverse crops he says it's not just about food or beauty it's about protecting stories and a sense of place for n.p.r. News I'm Melissa 70 in Flagstaff. You've been listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Comes from members. A touchstone energy cooperative. New online billing and account management system called Smart hub can be used to analyze home energy use and shut off paper billing or information about smart is available at. Dot com. As. On a Monday it's All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Mary Louise Kelly and I'm else the Chuang insta card the grocery delivery app has a lot of unhappy workers their concerns about pay are an eerie parallel to complaints from drivers and others making a living in the app driven economy N.P.R.'s Alina sell you reports at 1st insta Kurt was fun Michael you know for 2 years says it felt like her dream of being on a speed shopping t.v. Show and she could make 16 or $20.00 per delivery in West Michigan My my that was a help and a family or I'm helping a customer because they can go out but then she kept getting offered 7 or $9.00 per order meaning go to the store shop for someone's groceries and drive maybe 10 or 15 miles like I'm looking at order right now it was $8.00 a night with their old hip what I kept seeing those there were less and. Less than minimum wage you want me to drive for to your quit last month but millions of Americans like her still count on apps insta car door dash lift not just as a service but a job these workers find themselves at the mercy of an algorithm no assurance of a minimum wage rules and pay that constantly change the smallest tweak of the app capable of attending their livelihood Here's a list them can who's delivered groceries for insta card in Los Angeles for over 4 years it was really clear before how much he would pay per her order and they came up with a completely different what we call black box a holder of Insta Court has recently faced a strike over pay the app relies on more than 130000 contractors most of them women and p.r. Connected with more than 40 of them and their grievances are extensive the strike was over changes to tipping a hefty chunk of workers income insta card use decided. Fall tip of 10 percent for order now it's half that and it's on top of 2 other fees that go straight to insta cart these days insta cord has new minimum pay $7.00 to $10.00 per gig sometimes a gig means 2 or 3 orders and multiple deliveries several payments to insta cart one to the worker the insta card says it's paid does account for the total size distance and other factors if all this sounds overwhelming a lot of workers feel that way we used to get $10.00 to the store and 40 something I don't now no matter how many items and how many we get they pay us $7.00 maybe they're the tip maybe there's no Sadie's multis says she took up and start in a Detroit suburb after losing a full time and a part time job in succession she says her options are other minimum wage jobs and with Insta court she can at least try to work as many hours as possible though much of her shift is often just sitting in her car unpaid waiting for a decent order and I work 15 hours a day 7 days a week I just have to work and live in my car like a homeless person and some kind of hole of scraping up some kind of money to pay rebel. Right after the recent strike insta card made another change it stopped paying a quality bonus $3.00 for each 5 star review from a customer the strikers claim retaliation insta card says not at all the $3.00 bonus was a test and it did not meaningfully improve the quality of work these tests and sudden changes are the reality of modern gig work in August as a study that surveyed almost a 1000 food delivery workers found insta card stood out among the apps for just how much it pushed people to commit long hours and accept lower paying gigs the researchers called it algorithmic despotism Here's lead author Kathleen Greece back of Columbia University in the cart we found in particular really did control the labor process their control workers experience and limited their autonomy over their time and over the work they could do in a significant way the study received some Union funding and surveyed workers at apps like insta car door dash and grab insta court dismissed the research it argued the study used an outdated version of the app which has since added a more flexible option for workers instead of having to sign up for 2 hour shifts now workers can also grab assignments whenever as orders come in in real time most of the 40 plus workers I contacted said they worked both the old way and the new way and either way being a faster nicer more experienced worker did not guarantee better pay their bottom line they are the face of the company but feel disposable. N.p.r. News about 5000000 veterans live in rural America and it is not always easy for them to access health care the Department of Veterans Affairs says it may have an answer j. Price of member station in c. Reports from Eureka Montana about a 1000 people live in this former logging town it sits just said. In miles from the Canadian border longtime resident Bob Davies is a 75 year old Vietnam veteran he likes it here because it's a long way from just about anything except mountains forests and glaciers most people come here specifically because it's away from all the big cities but the big cities are the only places that have the hospitals and stuff and that lack is one of the downsides for veterans like him who live in and around Eureka the town a 65 miles north of the nearest small v.a. Clinic and Kalispell Davies has been driving there for telehealth appointments with a doctor in another city who helps with his p.t.s.d. And Eureka's nearly 260 miles from the nearest v.a. Medical Center a long drive sometimes on ice covered roads sometimes with a few surprises and the spring and summer time that it's like running a gauntlet with the deer or service officer he had an elk one day and it total destruction No I think it's about time to do a little snipping Ok the man with the scissors is William j. Doc Schmitz commander of the entire $1600000.00 member v.f.w. He's come all the way from New York to cut the ribbon on the 1st tele health clinic and the v.f.w. Post Ok we've rehearsed there's no word. No there's still have the fingers telehealth let's health care professionals work with patients through things like video conferencing now in a back room of Eureka's v.f.w. Post 6786 a tele health clinic is packed in a futuristic white and gray Pod It's roughly the size of a utility shed with pleasant lighting chairs and a large screen with a video camera above the v.a. Is planning similar setups in American Legion posts libraries and even Wal-Mart's it already tallies more than a 1000000 video appointments a year many with veterans in their homes via the Internet but some vets in remote areas. It's like Bob Davies don't have broadband Internet service or they might want more privacy than they can get at home Dr Ashish Jha is with the Harvard School of Public Health He says telemedicine has limits we have to know when telemedicine is effective and when we have to physically bring people in that's a new area that we're still learning and I think if you see a patient who is having some chest discomfort you know when is it just a sprained muscle or when is it potentially early heart attack still Dr John is optimistic he sees a day when telemedicine will help transform health care for everyone for n.p.r. News I'm Jay price. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News support for n.p.r. 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A federal judge has ruled that President former White House counsel Donegan must obey a congressional subpoena to testify in front of a House Judiciary Committee It's Monday November 25th and this is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. And I'm Mary Louise Kelly calls for White House adviser Steven Miller to go after e-mails leak showing support for white nationalism I don't think that there's any way to look at those e-mails and not be profoundly disturbed about what we are allowing at the highest level of government today also the news room Michael Bloomberg owns won't be investigating him or any of his Democratic rivals I mean what is a Bloomberg journalist do if she or he gets a hot tip about Bernie Sanders or Amy club a char or Cory Booker they pass it on to another news organization do they just bury it. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Jack Speer a federal judge's order that former White House counsel Don McGann must comply with a congressional subpoena is setting the stage for further testimony to how Pietschmann investigators the ruling in the separation of powers case a blow to the trumpet ministration N.P.R.'s Bobbie Allen reports the highly anticipated decision sets up what could be a drawn out legal battle u.s. District judge Kentucky Brown Jackson found that trump cannot block witnesses who have been subpoenaed by impeachment investigators the decision is a sharp setback for the White House Trump lawyers have used the same arguments a bloc several high profile witnesses it involves the White House's position that former aides like McGann might reveal information that's protected under executive privilege but Brown rejected this she wrote quote No one is above the law and that no matter how much sensitive information again knows Trump can't override a congressional subpoena officials are expected to appeal which could delay McGann's testimony Bobby Allen n.p.r. News Washington President Trump is defending his actions in the case of a Navy Seal accused of war crimes in Iraq ordering the Navy to allow Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher to maintain his potential retirement status by being convicted of posing with the corpse of a young ISIS fighter N.P.R.'s Tom Bowman has more on the case that led defense secretary Mark esper to fire Navy secretary Richard Spencer over the weekend the president as commander in chief has the right to step in and basically say to the defense secretary Mark esper I want you to make sure this guy has his tried and pin the concern though with some officials at the Pentagon and some analysts is the president kind of stuck his hands down.