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Live from n.p.r. News in Washington Im Jack Speer in cities across the country today protesters called on Congress to close immigrant attention centers at the southern border Corina house of member station Wisconsin Public Radio was in Milwaukee where about 200 people gathered in that citys downtown Christmas your chance to sit in what is federal this is what is being done by the Trump and the situation is inappropriate we have an emergency at the border but its a humanitarian crisis its not a ...

Isnt Always a busy spot its usually north and the other issue is the same closure that we had yesterday 5 Freeway heading north are teachable of our just past Valley View where the keep some of those lanes closed all those lanes as you say shut down until about 5 oclock no word on whether or not theyre going to be working tomorrow I would anticipate that will be the case and then of course come closer to 4th of July things will change well take into the past show you the drive here a lot of peo...

Effort include some of Americas best known brands companies including Morgan Stanley Coca-Cola and Dominos Pizza as well as the Tampa Bay Rays are weighing in on 3 cases pending before the Supreme Court the court will consider whether current prohibitions against workplace sex discrimination should also ban discrimination against someone for their sexual orientation or gender identity there is currently a patchwork of laws and the companies argue in their brief that l.d. Bt employees should enj...

See this, which is just going to cut across a narrow slice of southern south america. yeah, we can see it online. >> and this is coming from -- we just got this from -- hes an a astronomer and working in south america. hes in the european southern observatory in chile. he says the past 50 years, we had two eclipses that went directly over an observatory. this is the canary in the coal mine. these are some of the best pictures of a total eclipse. 50 years ago, the technology wasnt this good. >> y...

The disc of the sun. thats only temporary. we physicists know the moon is leaving us at the rate of 1 1/2 inches per year. do the math. in a full more million years, we wont have anymore total eclipses. enjoy them while you can the next few million years. >> trace: 600 million years is about the right time. were looking at argentina. its in the lower left-hand side of the screen, a little crease there. in the sun. thats the moon creeping in. thats what michio says in an hour or so will make the ...

Remember that people have had a chance to observe animals for thousands of years when these eclipses have happened. believe it or not, even in the bible, in the chapter of joshua, which seems to indicate that a total eclipse of the sunday took place in the year 1207 b.c. so a solar eclipse is at the juncture of science, art, mythology and even ancient history. >> trace: before we had atomic clocks, didnt scientists back in the day use these total eclipses to do and figure out some kind of scient...

To predict when these solar eclipses would take place. by the way, these solar eclipses take place about twice a year. but they happen over the ocean or over unpopulated areas. something like a coast-to-coast total eclipse like we had two years ago, that happens once every 100 years or once every 50 years. you have to back to 1918 to first the last time there was a coast-to-coast total eclipse of the sun. the next one wont happen in 2045. >> trace: so what are youre saying? really for us that ar...

Iraq and syria to join the terror group, making its one of the highest per capita. this latest arrest has ignited the debate about whether to revoke the citizenship of those that have joined isis in iraq and syria. theres over a dozen in camps in iraq and syria and big questions about what to do with them. australians dont want them back. trey? >> trace: thanks, benjamin. thank you. millions of years from now, there will be no solar eclipses as the moon drifts too far from earth to block the sun...

So, if youre a veteran and need cash, calling newday usa could be one of the best decisions youll ever make. >> trace: you talk about a spectacular image. this is amazing. this is what is happening here. for the first time, twice in the past 50 years, one of these total eclipses of the sun has actually happened right above an observatory. thats whats happening here, why the pictures are so clear. the last time this happened, we didnt have the internet. nobody saw it until weeks later. this is ma...

To the index o to the index of other news the alleged drunk driving collision in chicago. the driver running a red light, slamming into a police suv. authorities say the drivers blood alcohol level was two and a half times the legal limit. two officers and the driver are in stable condition tonight. >> there has been an arrest after that awful case of road rage in phoenix. joshua gonzales is accused of following a family home after accidentally being cut off. police say he opened fire on their...