He says Allison from the us and honcho of Japan discovered methods to use the body's immune system in such a way as to arrest the development of cancer their work led to advances in cancer therapy and several such drugs have been approved for use in the United States Canada and the u.s. Have reached agreement for Canada to join a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA talks have dragged on for weeks N.P.R.'s Henri Berliner explains what each side conceded both sides gave up some ground from positions that they were pretty entrenched on Canada said it's going to pry open its dairy market which has been very protected open it up more to u.s. Farmers the u.s. Backed away from this demand they want to get rid of these independent dispute resolution panels that deal with complaints about unfair trade that ministration didn't like them at all thought they stepped all over American sovereignty the u.s. Gave gave up there and also significantly you know the u.s. Agreed Richen understand with Canada it's not going to go ahead and slap tariffs on autos imported from Canada present Trump and threaten that a bunch of times N.P.R.'s Oriya Berliner the Justice Department is suing the state of California Ryan Levy of member station k.q.e.d. Says the suit is over the state's new net neutrality rules signed into law by the governor over the weekend the regulations prohibit Internet providers from blocking speeding up or slowing down Internet traffic and from charging more for faster service they mirror Obama rules that the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal last December within hours of the bill being signed into law the u.s. Justice Department announced it would sue California over the new rules State Senator Scott Wiener who wrote the bill says he's confident it will stand up to legal challenges we will vigorously defend that law and our Attorney General Javier but there has been a strong supporter of Ally and I have been that it that they have that we are says he hopes to work with other states too strong. The Net Neutrality laws for n.p.r. News I'm Brian Levy disaster officials in Indonesia say at least 844 people have died because of last week's powerful earthquake and tsunami on the island of Sulawesi the Associated Press says about 50000 people have been displaced officials fear the death toll could climb steeply possibly into the thousands you're listening to n.p.r. . 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News from Washington support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include Jones Day and integrated partnership collaboratively providing legal services for more than a century $43.00 offices 5 continents serving clients as one firm worldwide learn more at Jones Day dot com. This is Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep the pause in the Supreme Court confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh amounts to an opportunity it's an opportunity for the Senate to make its confirmation process seem more credible to those who felt it was not the f.b.i. Is taking a week to examine allegations that the nominee committed sexual assault and other misconduct decades ago now comes the question of whether the investigation itself will be seen as credible the f.b.i. Is acting at the direction of the White House where presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway insisted the White House is not restricting the investigation the president very much respects the independence of the f.b.i. And fails as he said last night that they should be able King at anything that they think is credible within this limited scope we've called Senator Chris Coons of Delaware he is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee he worked with Republican Jeff Flake who's request for a delay on Friday ensured that it happened Senator welcome to the program thanks Steve great to be on with you how fold does this investigation have to be to satisfy you. It's got to be well beyond the initial very narrow scope of 4 witnesses 4 individuals being interviewed it's got to have a week full of opportunities for the f.b.i. To follow up on things that in the hearing and from the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday were obviously before us so documents for example like the calendar that Judge Kavanagh put forward I would expect the f.b.i. Would be able to then go interview people who appeared on that calendar and ask them about the events that he said would clear his name a Dr Ford she mentioned other things last before the main main accuser of course go on correct there's also individuals who are already known in the public as having allegedly been part of these incidents and there are other allegations against Judge Kavanaugh that need to be pursued It's my understanding Deborah Ramirez has already been interviewed you mentioned 4 witnesses there have been reports saying that the f.b.i. Was only cleared to interview interview before but President Trump has said I want the f.b.i. To have free reign the White House has said they're doing whatever the Senate wants the Senate has said Senate leaders have said they want a limited investigation do you feel you have a clear and accurate understanding of what the f.b.i. Is mandate really is no I think there's a real tension between the very broad public statements of President Trump and Kellyanne Conway and press reports and then what I've understood from colleagues I've spoken to over the weekend I'm working hard to encourage my colleagues in the Senate principally Jeff Flake from Arizona but others to speak up and to say the whole point of this week is not to have an open ended or an endless investigation but a credible short but purposeful investigation of the sexual assault allegations against Judge Kavanaugh that are in front of the Senate now are you and Jeff Flake were together on 60 Minutes last night you both said that if it's shown that Kavanagh did not tell the truth in his testimony then his nomination is effectively over we've already been accused of a stream of doubtful characterizations about his drinking about the meaning of x. Described in his high school yearbook and calendar has he already crossed that line Senator. Well that's the point of having the f.b.i. Further investigate is for them to question people to present those facts and then for the Senate to reach a conclusion meaning that you think it's possible but you're not deciding yet that he did lie. I think it's entirely possible frankly speaking for myself I thought the tone of the Judge Kevin to use the very explicit partisan attacks on the Senate and in particular in the Senate Democrats really did not show a judicial temperament he would have been better suited to leave those sharp and partisan attacks against Senate Democrats to his advocates on the committee although we should be frank Senator Republicans of course have accused Democrats of extreme partisanship here they don't like the way that these allegations were revealed that they don't like the demands for further investigation and your colleague Lindsey Graham your Republican colleague Lindsey Graham in his speech or explosion really when he was quite angry during the testimony on Thursday said Democrats quote what you want to do is destroy this guy's life hold his seat open and hope you win in 2020 I'd like Desta rectally is that your objective to keep the Supreme Court seat open for years if necessary until Democrats can install someone you like that's not my goal and I found Senator Graham's outburst really both out of character and unfortunately contributed to what has been a sharply partisan divide on the committee I think part of what made Senator Flake join me in my call for a week long pause was his concern that this hearing and this environment is not just tearing apart our committee and the Senate but reflects a way in which we're tearing the country apart and look the real hero in all this I think is Dr Ford who came forward with allegations when she had nothing to gain and everything to lose I think this one week pause is a reasonable bipartisan gesture not to keep this nomination open indefinitely but to show that we took seriously enough Dr Ford's allegation limit actually just again let me just ask you in about 30 seconds or so Senator if you're presented with a candidate for this position who you extremely disagree with on the. The issues but Kavanagh is cleared or someone comes after him who has a clean record or is seen to have a clean record are you going to say yes even though we just lost the process is fair it's fine Republicans won they got their justice are you going to accept that process I did call the White House and urge the president to nominate someone who is confirmable when Justice Kennedy announced his resignation I will say that Judge Kavanagh is truly at the extreme and of American legal fought on some key issues I intend to vote against him but I do think that this week pause was an important opportunity for the allegations against him to be investigated and either confirmed or denied Senator Chris Coons of Delaware thanks so much thank you Steve have a good morning now and N.P.R.'s Mara Liasson has been listening along with us here Mara Liasson What did you hear there well what I heard was that Senator Coons laid down the criteria for what would satisfy him and my thought was it doesn't really matter if it satisfies any Democrats the only thing that matters is if the process this week long investigation satisfies Susan Collins Lisa Murkowski and Jeff Flake who are the 3 moderate Republicans who wanted this pause something the president and leader Mitch McConnell and Cavanaugh himself didn't want but the math is that the Republicans can afford to only lose one vote and you have Senator Collins saying it's very quote reassuring to the public that we're doing this investigation he's She said it shows Republicans want to make sure we have all the facts to make an informed decision so this might be the kind of thing Democrats wanted to but be aware of what you wish for because it just might grease the skids for a cabin on confirmation N.P.R.'s Mara Liasson thanks very much thank you. It's October and the fall election campaign is in high gear so are the social media operations full of mind games and false hoods things that marred the 2016 election campaign N.P.R.'s to Mack has been asking how people can protect themselves the online social media world in many ways is an illusion the Senate Intelligence Committee recently heard from an expert who testified there is 25 to 30 times more fake information from automated accounts on the extreme left in the extreme right than there is genuine real life conversation and with the midterm elections just around the corner experts are bracing for a spike in foreign descent from Asian We are going to have an October surprise that's brewing who during the Obama administration worked at the National Security Council on how to respond to Russia's efforts to spread false information during the invasion of Ukraine it is not a question in my mind of whether it's going to happen it is a question only of when and how large the government in America's intelligence agencies have traditionally been more capable in tracking cyber attacks and espionage but the Russian online influence operations during the 2016 elections were done all right there in the open something that caught American spies and law enforcement off guard here's a Tory a new and a top State Department official during the Russian interference campaign in 2016 testifying before Congress there was a tendency in the u.s. Intelligence community to look only at classified information so we were as a government not as aware of what was happening in the private sector now Americans won't be caught off guard like they were then but we still need to wade through the sludge of our online news environment and be smarter about the information we read and I jest Here's April dos who was the head of intelligence law at the National Security Agency there's been a social science research demonstrating that if I tell you some really outrageous proposition something it's clearly and I tell you you know what Tim The sky is green. Hey the 1st time I say it I have asked her to can assess the damage thing I've ever heard after the next time I say you're going to be more inclined to believe it and by the 3rd or 4th or 5th time it starts sounding almost possible a big problem is the nature of the Internet which allows foreign actors to pretend to be Americans spreading real information here's Kevin Mandia the c.e.o. Of cyber security firm fire it's an unbelievably complex challenge for a free society especially with the anonymity of the Internet to really police you know the ideas that you're reading the ideology you're reading and who the true source of those ideas are Rafi Krikorian joined the Democratic National Committee in 27000 to be their leader on cyber security and has given some serious thought about how to combat misinformation when I would really tell my father to do what it's like to effectively just look for opposing points of view just understand what the opposition to a point of view might be and like to use that as him put your own head to try to sort through what's going on ultimately the biggest recommendation from experts an online dissent from Asian campaigns is to diversify your news sources and remain skeptical the term that we use is digital resilience that's Graham Brookie who leads the Atlantic Council's digital forensics research lab a degree of critical thinking where you if you see something that overly a motive or you know doesn't seem quite right check another source just do some basic kind of legwork on your own to say Ok well that could be right it could be wrong and just have a degree of skepticism on what you're seeing on one and if there's one thing about which there's bipartisan consensus in Washington d.c. 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We're going to you know flu shot year and I got a gun and survey data shows one of the top reasons young adults opt out they say they're healthy they don't think they'll get the flu Jack Bruce and Eddie Ruskin say they've heard this yeah I think it's tough leaving people really don't get it cause I don't see a need for it so they're like are having on it before so I don't like need to get the flu shot or another obstacle getting the flu shot can be a hassle miles collecting and Christian joints say it's just not top of mind but if you have class and work they are going to you know I feel it's very harmless the priorities Yeah that's a huge portion of their day in trying to get these students say they plan to get a flu shot if they haven't already and one factor that may motivate them is last winter's death toll with 80000 flu related deaths it was the highest death toll in more than 40 years and hundreds of thousands of people were hospitalized William Schaffner is medical director at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Well it was an extraordinary season and we had a very vicious virus the so-called h 3 n 2 influenza strain Schaffner says it's too soon to say if this will be a severe flu season but he says that's no reason to wait to get vaccinated Schaffner says it's true that people 65 and older are at higher risk. But he says young adults are vulnerable to and even on occasion take a young healthy person and put them in me a sense of care unit and 48 hours we can't pick you out in advance so let's all get protected on the George Washington campus the student health center is going all out to get students vaccinated Isabel Goldenberg is the medical director she's organized to pop up clinics and students favorite hangout spots we don't wait for them to come to us today she's giving shots in the library Peter opened its freshman walks in I definitely I'm not a big fan of needles but you know sickness can spread really fast on campus and I just want to prevent you know myself I'm getting sick and from anyone else when I'm around be there what I'm the one to right or left and I think this is the pain Michelle and I for on this 123 in the right. After such a bad flu season last year many people know the vaccine is not 100 percent effective but what many people don't realize is if you get the flu shot and still end up catching the virus your sickness is likely to be significantly less severe student Max Webb says he'll take some protection over no protection I've had the flu which was horrible and so after that experience I don't see a reason why even risky without getting the vaccine