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News in Washington I'm Corba Coleman in Mexico a veteran leftist politician has won a resounding victory in yesterday's presidential election N.P.R.'s Carrie Kahn says the president elect has repeated his pledge to clean up Mexico's corruption and crime and to never let Mexicans down beating out his closest rival by more than 20 points and as Manuel Lopez Obrador becomes the 1st leftists elected to Mexico since its began its modern democratic transition more than 30 years ago in an attempt to calm international markets Lopez Obrador told supporters that his government will be fiscally conservative won't raise taxes nor increase the national debt but it will put the poor 1st N.P.R.'s Carrie Kahn reporting President Trump has congratulated Lopez Obrador on Twitter he says he looks forward to working with him and adds there is much work to be done. There's a political crisis in Germany over migration and it could collapse Chancellor Angela Merkel's government Germany's interior minister is threatening to quit rather than back down on a tougher line on asylum seekers N.P.R.'s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson has more on this is possible but told reporters when you know he's going to Berlin to meet with me I'll go and try and find common ground but many German politicians say they suspect the real agenda is to get the chancellor to leave her post they say Merkel brought back a deal from the European Union summit in Brussels on Friday that toughens the Bloc stance on migration but Segal for us says it's not enough that the issue is credibility his party is facing a tough challenge from the far right Alternative for Germany party in fall elections and any appearance of capitulating to MacHall could cost faction their super majority in the Varian parliament Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson n.p.r. 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News I'm Steve Inskeep and I'm Noel King Mexicans have elected a populist leftist as their new president his anti-corruption anti-establishment message struck a chord with an electorate that is angry over skyrocketing violence and race Manuel Lopez Obrador beat out his top 2 rivals early counts show he won more than half of the vote he promises to clean up Mexico's corruption help the poor and the elderly and have a cooperative respectful relationship with the United States and P.R.'s Carrie Kahn is with us now from Mexico City where celebrations continued into the early hours of this morning hi Carrie Hi good morning so this was Lopez Obrador 3rd time running for president he was not successful in the past and now he's got an overwhelming win what changed I think 2 things changed the Mexico was very different and so was candidate Lopez Obrador 1st Mexico is so much more violent than it was during his previous 2 runs for president there were nearly 30000 murders here last year and this year looks even more violent he was very different as a candidate this time around he toned down some of his rhetoric he was less confrontational and he built this odd wider coalition he had everything in there from leftists to the workers' party to this conservative evangelical party and then more than that he honed in on his message his main message is just corruption is the number one problem in Mexico causing everything from poverty poor economic output inequality all of it and it was a strong message and it was very well received this time well you've been traveling the country talking to voters tell me what did what did people say after his win last night voters all day were just saying that they went to the polls for a change but I heard that over and over again everybody said. You know Lopez Obrador is when I think was a repudiation of the current administration just if you would listen to these chants the. Crowds that gathered all over downtown Mexico City last night. Shouting Mexico without the pre the ruling party here is so unpopular right now it's been embroiled in countless corruption scandals of the federal the state level local level for the past 6 years and I think more than voters wanting to bring in a leftist government this is more about an anti-establishment vote and electric very angry over the corruption violence and the impunity that's rampant in this country these days Lopez Obrador came out and he gave a couple of different victory speeches last night right what did he what did he say in those well he went back through his long list of promises he says he's going to work hard he's going to be honest he repeated several times that he wants to go down in history as one of Mexico's greatest presidents he spoke to this massive crowd in Mexico City's historic Zocalo Plaza and he said he promised he would not let him them down he said that a couple times I will not let you down and I will live by these 3 basic tenants. Not. You know not. So he said no lying no stealing and no betraying the people Long Live Mexico he shouted to thunderous applause sounds like something people really wanted to hear they did one big thing that remains to be seen is the relationship that Mexico will have under Lopez Obrador with the United States what is he said about President Trump about working with him or not well it really didn't come up that much during the campaign Trump was not an issue during the campaign mainly because all of the 3 major candidates pretty much said the same thing they all said they're going to demand respect from Trump and yet they're going to continue to cooperate with the United States and that's what Lopez Obrador said last night he said he wants a cooperative respectful relationship with the u.s. You know present. Trump and the current president Enrique Pena Nieto have had a tense relationship mostly over Trump's insistence that Mexico pay for a u.s. Border wall but President Trump did tweet his congratulations last night to the Mexican president elect Kerry let me get your 3000 foot perspective on something given the depth of corruption in Mexico do you think that this new president can actually make good on his promises to stamp it out it's a it's a tall order you know I ask that of voters that were voting for the exact same question can he do all that you know I really feel like expectations are high but not really that high people are people know how terrible the situation is right now and they're saying one person even said you know if you could just get a little bit done that would be better. So I think that expectations are sort of realistic how difficult the problem is and how entrenched corruption and violence is in Mexican society right now N.P.R.'s Carrie Kahn in Mexico City Carrie thanks so much You're welcome. Next we have a glimpse of life Salvador conditions there become a factor in the news here in the United States some Salvadorans seeking asylum at the u.s. Border say they are fleeing gang violence at home in El Salvador is gang dominated neighborhoods boys and men say they have 3 choices they can migrate they can join a gang or they can make a surprising 3rd choice Emily Green reports from. People drive around with their car windows closed to avoid petty theft but when you enter the neighborhoods controlled by gangs you keep your window open to show your face that way the gangs know you're not an enemy in the center of once had sniper Hood known as Dina says a tiny Baptist Church Street in this incredibly violent neighborhood is the one place. Around 10 former gang members easily identifiable by their head to toe tattoos. The church's newest member is 24 year old Jose. Has a tattoo on his chin that confirms his allegiance to the gang 18 which he joined when he was 14 after his brother was assassinated by a rival gang like many gang members he embraced evangelical Christianity when a pastor approached him in prison. For. The pastor started talking to him about his life in the gang about everything that happened with his family and then the pastor started talking about God and how the even church would embrace him. Says his heart was touched and the church a pastor talks about the gangs the Pangaea. The. Prison. The door for new beginnings. Always Faithful even when others aren't He prays for gang members to leave behind a life of violence and join the church pastor Nelson was has led this church for 21 years even at the moment as. The God we preach is one of opportunity our message is that they should understand there is a life outside the gang they can make it with the help of God It is this emphasis on personal transformation that makes gang members embrace the Evangelical Church says Cruz a researcher at Florida International University study the relationship between the 2 Around half of all gang members identify with the evangelical church according to his research and attend services around 15 times a month. And contrast just 17 percent of gang members identify with the Catholic Church and those that do are less religious He says they feel that him until he goes are more welcoming this their criminal past and they feel embrace. By the church true says becoming a devoted member of the evangelical church at a young age is the only way many adolescents are able to avoid being roped into a gang and it's also the only way for them to get out of a gang if they're in it you join the gang you joining them in your church or your leavers out of door and you migrate so those are sort of the 3 options down young people in these communities. Groups how Carlos Martinez is a journalist with the Salvadoran news outlet Fattal and covers gangs he says the gangs also feel protected by the Evangelical churches to some extent the churches were founded in the very poor communities that gangs control you don't know when you're young enough to be they are the community and they have learned to live alongside the gang members who they have known since they were kids because at the end of the day it's their sons husbands boyfriends parents and nephews. Are. Back at the church preacher miles calls on the members to stand and to pray one former gang member. That clinches his best and prays for Bentley under his breath. Or something or other if there. Was a gang member for 22 years tattoos cover his entire face the number 18 is tattooed 18 times on his body a reference to his allegiance to the barrio 18 gang during his time in the gang he says he kidnapped and robbed people. Raped when then then he was sentenced to prison for those crimes and thanks to an evangelical pastor there he found God that was 9 months ago now he says God knows about his past and has pardoned him in your show Christiane or our He's a Christian he says and the gang respects that but he says if he fails as a Christian they will kill him for n.p.r. News I'm Emily Green and. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. Abt offers air From n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly a week from today President Trump is expected to announce his choice to fill the seat of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the u.s. Supreme Court the president says he's looking at 5 to 7 potential candidates he says 2 are women Trump is expected to spend much of this week narrowing his options hot dry conditions continue to fuel large wildfires in the Western u.s. Most are burning in Alaska California Utah Colorado and New Mexico and Northern California a fire in Lake County has now burned 35 square miles Chris Anthony with Cal Fire says gusty winds are causing problems combine that with the really steep inaccessible terrain you know that all is going to contribute to a very extreme and rapid fire spread residents in the San Francisco Bay area are being warned about poor air quality because of smoke from the fire the Wimbledon tennis tournament gets underway today in London Larry Miller reports 36 year old Roger Federer's the defending men's champion and the number one seed he's looking to extend his record of 20 grand slam wins the top women's he does remain is Simona Halep she's hoping for her 2nd Masters title there are 2 matches today at the men's World Cup soccer tournament in Russia Brazil plays Mexico followed by Belgium against Japan I'm David Mattingly n.p.r. News in Washington. Support for n.p.r. 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Goods that's everything from aluminum and steel to yogurt and whiskey the move of course is payback for president Trump's tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum we're going to talk all this through with Christoph Bondi He has negotiated trade deals on Canada's behalf and he now practices law with Cooley l.l.p. When Mr Gandhi Good morning I saw him look at this list of things that tariffs have been placed on steel and aluminum we expected yogurt strawberry jam sleeping bags ballpoint pens this seems a little random but is Canada sending a political message to the United States with this list. The list is composed of products which Canadians do import from the United States and it is meant to show the impact of adopting tariffs on the basis as the u.s. Has of national security where there is no justification for that and this isn't something that Canada was looking for at all in fact Canada spent a month trying to talk the u.s. Out of the current steel and aluminum tariffs but now they're going ahead and yes they are targeting a range of products which Canadians would typically import from the u.s. But it is proportionate to the impact of the u.s. Tariffs on Canadian still and Illumina how likely is this to affect American companies the steel companies but also the strawberry jam companies. Mr Bunny Can you hear me Christoph Gandhi in London to go she did trade deals on Canada's behalf you know practices law with Cooley l.l.p. Mr Bundy still there. I think we're likely to have to say goodbye to Mr Bundy Yeah we'll try to get back to him as soon as we can as it is we get a line that works but let's move on because there's a lot of news this morning including this last night Russians celebrated as if their team a just one soccer's World Cup The host nation has only qualified for the quarterfinals so far but the doing far better than expected N.P.R.'s Lucien Kim joined the party in downtown Moscow before the big game against Spain on Sunday the Russian team tweeted to its fans that it was facing the most important match in its history they weren't exaggerating Russia has never made it this far in a World Cup The Best Performance by a Soviet team dates back to more than half a century ago. So when Russia upset Spain and penalty kicks for 3 The country went crazy with. The announcer on state t.v. Couldn't contain himself and neither could the fans in the still each new bar North Moscow. Out of the blue the much maligned Russian team defied all its critics in advance of the quarter finals face off against Croatia on Saturday I. Am a funeral of a manager in a perfume company said nobody expected this outcome and that's why Russia was partying like never before. Were people draped in Russian flags in downtown Moscow to horn visitors wore their colors to and every nationality seems present. Equal tailgating next the Bolshoi Theatre blasting music from their cars in the streets and dancing with strangers. To School and actors was loving it. Was thankful for all the foreign visitors Moscow is the capital of the world right now and say here's the soccer love and people. You see in Kim n.p.r. News Moscow. Ok so a lot happening here in the world this morning we were just hearing the discussion of the World Cup We heard the discussion of Canada's national security justification for tariffs on strawberry jam here this is a really interesting scenario see we were having it explained to us that because the United States has said our tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel are justified by national security which of course upset Canada very much Canada says where u.s. Ally. I'm not sure on and now Canada has this list this long list of things that it is imposing on it is opposing tariffs on that come from the United States including strawberry jam sleeping bags ballpoint pens and I guess it's saying in re