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Has learned that a key witness in the impeachment inquiry is set to leave his post on the National Security Council Tim Morrison is the top Russian official on the n.s.c. And he said to testify before the House tomorrow now Morrison was privy to the contents of that July phone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian president and joining us now with more is White House correspondent Franco or don't Yes Hey Frank Oh hello so briefly remind us who is Morris and why is he such an important witness here well as the senior director responsible for that region to Morrison would be the person at the n.s.c. With the closest relationship with Ukraine's issues as a former n.s.a. Official told me if there was a quid pro quo he's the one who would know about it it was Morrison who alerted n.s.a. Lawyers about alleged demands being placed on Ukraine government to investigate a company where the former Vice President Joe Biden son sat on the board and that was according to earlier testimony it was also Morrison who said he had heard from Gordon Sunland trumps ambassador to the European Union that Trump wanted the Ukraine president to actually go to a microphone and announce this investigation Ok So have you gotten any indication of why Morris in plans to leave his job I mean does it have anything to do with his upcoming testimony tomorrow Well I was unable to reach Morrison and his lawyer won't speak to me about his job status I did speak with 3 sources who did confirm this you know he's only been in this particular job since the summer it's very unusual to take such an important position Adams and s.c. And to leave so soon yeah details are usually about a year but they can be extended but the White House has stopped sought to stop current and former aides from testifying citing that they are protected are entitled to immunity from the investigation so while it's not clear yet whether he's leaving the post or the end or the administration entirely his attorney. Has said publicly all along that he planned to testify if subpoenaed what's been really interesting so far is that staff members from the National Security Council have been sort of at the center of this whole Ukraine scandal and the people who are proving to be the most important witnesses are these really staunch conservatives the most important witnesses for Democrats it really is interesting there's always been at the n.s.c. Kind of a mix of somewhat ideological and career officials there Morrison was certainly on the ideological side of the spectrum at n.s.c. He's considered a hawk on foreign policy has views are in line with national security John Bolton I spoke with John Gans a former speak Pentagon speechwriter about this who told me that one of the ironies of all this is that officials who raised eyebrows with their hard line views when they joined at the n.s.c. Are now kind of a source of investing a slice of hope for investigators as you pointed out and Jim Morrison is one of those people but in fact now we see as those who are trying to get to the bottom of the Be Different Greer placing a lot of hope on his testimony that he will be willing to say this but it is sort of hard line views and by perhaps agreeing with President trouble on matters that in fact there was a problem here on Ukraine and that's what Democrats hope to hear when he comes to speak now the person who hired Morrison in the 1st place was former national security adviser John Bolton and we understand that House investigators now want to speak directly with Bolton is that right yeah and n.p.r. Has confirmed that house investigators have invited Bolton to testify next week on November 7th as part of their impeachment impeachment inquiry right now it's called a voluntary appearance which may not be quite enough for Bolton right let's remember Bolton has written represented by the same lawyer as former deputy national security advisers adviser Charles Cupper man who has filed a lawsuit arguing that he can't testify until a judge tells him whether he needs to adhere to the congressional subpoena or White House a direct White House. Active that's n.p.r. White House correspondent Franco or don't use Thanks Franco thank you. The u.s. Economy has been slowing down but it got another push this afternoon from the Federal Reserve Fed chairman Jerome Powell announced that the central bank is cutting interest rates for the 3rd time since July we took this step to help keep the u.s. Economy strong in the face of global developments and to provide some insurance against ongoing risks the Fed's action comes on a day the Commerce Department reported that economic growth weekend in the summer and early fall to an annual rate of just 1.9 percent to explain what all of this means we're joined now by N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley Hey Scott good to be with you now I understand if action today was widely anticipated right so how did the stock market react to all this there was no surprise in the rate cut itself but what investors were watching for was help how would describe this you know was this all there is or is there likely more monetary juice to come later in the year the official Fed statement seem to suggest the former language that the Fed has used in the past about acting as appropriate to sustain the expansion was missing from today's statement and one might read that as a hint that this is going to be the last rate cut for a while but during his news conference Powell did leave the door open to additional action should the economy we can further of course if developments emerge that cause a material reassessment of our outlook we would respond accordingly policy is not on a preset course and that seemed to be enough to reassure investors all the major market indexes which were kind of flat during the day rose during pal's news conference the Dow ended the day up about $115.00 points or so the stock market is doing well the but the broader economy is losing steam Q How does that work how can that be how can both things be true for a while now we've been seeing kind of a 2 speed economy on the consumer side things have been going pretty well which is not surprising we've got a lot of people working their wages have been going up modestly So consumers have money to. Spend and they're spending at lower interest rates have encouraged that we're finally seeing a pick up in the housing market thanks to lower mortgage rates consumers are buying more refrigerators and other big ticket items but business investment is weak and getting weaker that is largely because of uncertainty in the global economy and as a result of the president's trade war pal conceded cutting interest rates may not help that much I think interest rates are a factor in in business investment but I don't believe they're they're the main factor and main driver what would help out said would be a pick up in global demand and some resolution of the trade war he pointed to some encouraging signs the possibility for example of a mini deal between the u.s. And China but he added There's still a lot of risk out there so is there a danger that this this overall slowdown in business will spill over into the job market which has been really strong lately it's certainly a possibility and one that passes the Fed is keeping an eye on but they're not seeing that happen yet there has been some slowdown in hiring this year but that's to be expected when you've got a 3 and a half percent unemployment rate we do get another monthly jobs report this Friday so we're watching that closely but keep in mind there's an asterisk on that report because it covers the period of the General Motors strike which idled tens of thousands of auto workers and others how was careful not to comment on the settlement but he did say that it's good to have that strike resolved That's N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley thanks Scott you're welcome you've heard the phrase home sweet home right well so far in this year's World Series it has been more like home sweet doom the team on the road has so far won every game the Houston Astros' want all 3 games they played in d.c. And the Washington Nationals Nats have won every game in Houston and this is the 1st time this has happened in the playoffs and not just for Major League Baseball it hasn't happened in a 7 game series in pro basketball or hockey either so what's going on here well Michael Lopez is director of data and analytics at the National Football League he is also a statistic. Collector at Skidmore College and he has been crunching some numbers on that site there hi thanks so much I mean what is a home field advantage I mean just explain why this would help a team when in the 1st place what are the factors that go into that sure so the home advantage is a combination of a couple things one it's travel to it's rest in 3 Certainly it's the case and in several sports that there could be an impact of the home advantage on referee decisions and so when you mix all that together there's some benefit of playing at home but the exact way that works obviously depends on each of the sports and when we apply this to baseball how much of an advantage does playing at home can for so in a baseball it's about a 4 percentage relative to say if it is 50 game if you took 2 teams that were relatively evenly matched paired him up at where one of the teams was a home team that home team is going to win about 54 percent of the time and if you were to contrast that to other sports say like the n.b.a. You could say 2 n.b.a. Teams that were roughly the same in terms of talent but one of them at home in that home teams going to one about 62 percent of the time so when all that ends up being about 3 times the benefit to being the home team in the n.b.a. Relative to in Major League Baseball and you're basing this on crunching statistics over the last several years sure this is over the last 15 years or so of looking at data specifically we're looking at the betting odds in terms of who the betting odds I'm perceived as the likely winner and what would explain to us why I were playing at home matter more when you're playing basketball than playing baseball Well certainly in basketball the fans are right on top of the court and you can imagine that they're going to have a little bit of influence whether it's influence over the opposing team influence over the officials or just general support for the home team when things are going as well in baseball there's a little bit fans are for us for other setback and then I think the other funny thing about baseball is that when fans are cheering to support their team at their pictures up in a big spot they're standing in clapping if their batteries up in a big spot they're standing clapping and so regardless they're actually kind of doing the same thing and so maybe that their behavior and their overall influence on the game is a little bit harder to come through all right so let's turn you to. Tonight the decisive game 7 it's going to be played in Houston should if we were putting bets on the should we put our money on the nets. That depends on who you want to root for the games pretty well but our money on the Nats not sorry. The game is pretty close to $5050.00 sort of and if you look at the betting odds it's pretty close to $5050.00 game the Astros are given a slight bump but that perhaps that's you know obviously in part because their own team so they're getting that 4 percent edge sort of $5446.00 outcome and part of that is because you're playing at home that is sports statistician Michael Lopez joining us by Skype thanks so much thanks for having me on. 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News this is All Things Considered I'm else the Chang and I'm Mary Louise Kelly a closed door that is how France's finance minister Bruno in the mail is describing the trumpet ministration when it comes to trade talks the u.s. Has slapped new tariffs on more than $7000000000.00 worth of European imports from Italian Hammett to Irish butter 2 of particular interest to France French wine visit your local wine shop and you will find Bordeaux and science are now cost up to 25 percent more than they did at the start of the month these tariffs are the latest twist in a long running trade dispute between the u.s. And Europe and we're going to talk about that and other matters at stake between the u.s. And France with France's new ambassador to Washington Philip 18 is in the studio with me now welcome. Thanks for having me I do hope you are able to stock up in advance you're not running low on fabulous French wine at the embassy just you know we have plenty of good wine to offer and we will continue to do that this is very reassuring. Not to make light of a very serious situation I mentioned your finance minister he has called this latest round of tariffs an economic and political error on the part of Washington how so just explain where French stands on this well yes economically for us it doesn't make sense to to have tariffs and counterterrorists when we need jobs we need grows the French companies for instance other largest investor in the u.s. By the number of jobs created American companies are the 1st in France and it is really something which we are proud of and we must we must continue that and tariffs and counterterrorism will calm the positive if Lucian it's also politically difficult to understand or small wine growers in France which are hate because the American. Market indeed is important for them and we we appreciate that. American we don't think that our winds so politically. We must recall it's about a dispute we test to be settled in the craft industry yes a Boeing Airbus and so that's why it for your wife shoot very small companies and farms. Have these very very determined and quinces politically it's a bit difficult to understand all the more that Airbus and Boeing face big challenges they are not any more the only producers on the markets they have to face come and challenges from potential competitors in the other continents So my conclusion the best thing is really to settle this dispute th