From Ukraine Here s N.P.R. s Michele Kelemen in the transcripts career diplomat Marie Yvonne of it describes what amounted to a smear campaign that led to her ouster the former ambassador to Ukraine says she was shocked to see what President trumpet said about her and edgel life phone call with Ukraine s new president he warned quote that she s going to go through some things you have on of it says she felt threatened and she was surprised that the president would speak about her or any ambassador in that way to a foreign counterpart describing her ouster as a dangerous precedent another longtime diplomat might McKinley says he quit after failing to convince his former boss the secretary of state to publicly back you of on of it Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News the State Department a federal appeals court in New York is ruling president Trump s tax returns can be turned over to state investigators the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals up holding a lower court decision that rejected Trump s effo
Continuing efforts to end the 18 year war tone Bowman n.p.r. News Washington consumers are opening their pocketbooks in September the government reporting today consumer spending rose 2 chance of a percent last month stocks lost ground on Wall Street today the Dow dropped 140 points the Nasdaq fell 11 points this is n.p.r. Live from k.q.e.d. News I m Tara Siler p.g. And e. Says it quote had a good day in its efforts to restore power after the company s preventative blackouts utilities Mark Quinlan says this morning there were 40000 customers still in the dark and we were down all day as of 5 yeah right before this bridge may only have proximity 6700 customers that remain without service in our expectation is there will be a return service they are going to receive out here in the days and day Quinlan also says they don t anticipate any further power shutoffs over the next 7 days Meanwhile they can Cade fire is 60 percent contained and most of the evacuation warnings have been canceled
To resign the Iraqi president made the announcement along with sweeping changes he s proposing to diffuse protests that have swept the capital and across southern Iraq N.P.R. s Jane Erath has more from Baghdad President Barham Saleh announced that Prime Minister addle Abdel Matty had agreed to step down the president promised early elections political reforms that would include young people and faster investigations into politicians accused of corruption and he expressed sorrow for the more than $200.00 protesters who have been killed by security forces since the protests began in early October what s unclear though is when the prime minister will step down who will succeed him and when elections would be held protests were expected to grow on Friday the start of the weekend here and it s not clear these promises will diffuse them turn around for n.p.r. News Baghdad u.s. Stocks are trading lower this hour the Dow is down $214.00 points since the open or 3 quarters of a percent at $269
N.P.R. s Tom Bowman has more related to the u.s. Brokered temporary ceasefire northern Syria has pursued in a statement he expects the Turks to abide by a hasty agreement him and out with the United States and that includes protecting civilians and securing ISIS prisoners in a 20 mile save zone along the Turkish Syrian border the defense secretary met with lawmakers behind closed doors yesterday in term the meetings quote very serious candid and constructive Democrats and Republicans have sharply criticized President Trump s decision to remove all u.s. Forces from Syria saying it amounts to abandoning the Kurdish allies creating a humanitarian catastrophe in fueling the spread of ISIS esper travels to Brussels next week for a NATO meeting and says the allies will discuss the way forward in the defeat ISIS campaign Tom Bowman n.p.r. News Washington congressional Republicans are expected to vote on a resolution next week to censure house intent Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schif
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