Then suddenly she became ill all her life my mother was healthy and so when she was 1st diagnosed as. Stage 4 ovarian cancer then it was quite a saw. My mother died on September 25th 20 level. She's left quite a legacy of I things such. As women. I think the fact that one woman from the highlands of Kenya could be such a potent force for change remains one of the most inspiring things from. And each of us do something it doesn't have to be big and the little things we do eventually will create this wave of change. Gary closing the flower on the b.b.c. Local support for the b.b.c. World Service has been provided by 3 springs Durango's news neighborhood committed responsible and sustainable growth there 13th Annual Fall Festival take place on Saturday October 26th and more information about life and events at 3 springs is at 3 springs Durango dot com as well as on Facebook and Instagram this is he said the new travel radio and 4 Corners Public Radio. Show. Kadian Jeter Rango a u.t. Farmington us to be floor of us to and. Springs n.p.r. News music discovery and more and he is now powered by the Sun thanks to unique partnership with solar and their solar gardens electricity has grown and harvested locally right here in Nashua you are now a certified Tesla power wall installer online at Shaw solar dot com. Good morning the u.s. Calls it a ceasefire Turkey does not the deal is to pause the fighting in northern Syria for 5 days so Kurdish forces can get out but then what on Morning Edition from n.p.r. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Janine Herbst Turkey says it's pausing its operation a northeast Syria for 5 days after a deal was reached between Kurdish forces and Turkey vice president Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompei went to all to negotiate that deal N.P.R.'s Lama Laurean reports the why p.g. Fought alongside the us against ISIS for years but Turkey sees them as a threat linked to insurgency within its borders Turkey says the safe zone would be about 20 miles deep into Syria and 300 miles across the Turkish border the Syrian backed forces allied with Turkey say they've put down their weapons for now but that light fighting is continuing in one town a Syrian monitoring group also confirms to n.p.r. That some Turkish shelling has continued despite the PAs lemme light again n.p.r. News in Iraq near the Syrian border deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia Ukraine and Eurasia Laura Cooper won't appear is expected on Capitol Hill today to testify in the impeachment inquiry an official working on that inquiry says Cooper is now expected to appear in close section a session rather next Thursday several witnesses have testified over President Trump's request of Ukrainian officials to investigate his political rival Joe Biden N.P.R.'s Brian Lucas has more on what we know so far what has emerged so far from the testimony is that senior national security and foreign policy folks such as national security advisor John Bolton were very concerned about Rudy Giuliani the president's personal attorney and Giuliani's efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Biden and Democrats more broadly they viewed what Giuliani was doing on Ukraine as a sort of shadow foreign policy that was icy not officials whose actual job it was to handle foreign affairs and national security N.P.R.'s Brian Lucas a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman was apprehended briefly yesterday after military forces located him at a home in the city of coolie on Khan. Guzman Lopez. As wanted in the u.s. On charges of drug trafficking as N.P.R.'s Carrie Kahn reports heavy gunfire erupted when members of Mexico's National Guard located the young men according to military officials National Guard troops encountered. In the Halles in the capital as state authorities say they were fired upon when entering the home that tried this year in the u.s. Court and sentenced to life in prison has taken over the powerful drug organization shortly after the confrontation gunman took off on a rampage throughout the city video supposed to disassociate media show multiple gunmen with high caliber weapons shooting down major thoroughfares residents abandoned cars and burning vehicles are seen on multiple roads state officials warn citizens to remain calm and stay indoors Carrie Kahn n.p.r. News Mexico City. Markets Asian markets were mixed by the closing bell the Nikkei up nearly 2 tenths of a percent you're listening to n.p.r. News. In eastern Afghanistan officials say at least 20 people are dead or wounded after a bombing outside a mosque today during Friday prayers so far no one has claimed responsibility a month old u.a.w. Strike against General Motors continues despite a tentative contract agreement from member station in Detroit Newman reports that auto workers have been instructed to stay on the picket line until this proposal is ratified the pending agreement includes bonuses and hands to be cation and improved profit sharing for employees u.a.w. Spokesperson Brian Rothenberg says temporary workers have a path to job security under the new contract regardless of what this contract ends up that this issue dealing with permanent temporary workers is the beginning of the end of perma camps not only in this industry but in this station the deal would keep one g.m. Plant open in Detroit it does not stop the closure of 3 plans in Warren Michigan Baltimore County Maryland and Lordstown Ohio union members will spend the next week voting on the agreement for n.p.r. News I'm Newman in Detroit the historic 1st space walk by 2 female astronauts is underway Christina cook and Jessica Mir will replace a battery unit the controls power on the International Space Station a previous attempt at an all female space walk last spring was scrapped because NASA said it only had one female space suit 14 women have been on space walks with male partners I'm Janine Herbst And you're listening to n.p.r. News from Washington support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include mind body where wellness and people meet with thousands of fitness classes to find and book in one place studios can join the network at Mind Body Online dot com slash n.p.r. . Good morning to him is 6 minutes after 6 o'clock and thank you for joining. For N.P.R.'s Morning Edition on this Friday October 18th time now for our 1st look at the weather forecast and support is provided by Oxford financial planners were Steve P's Dave Smiley Certified Financial Planners specialize in helping families and individuals across the 4 Corners achieve financial independence for retirement at 1150 main avenue in Durango online it Oxford f.p. Dot net by phone 970-375-1291 get a mix of sun and clouds to start the day off windy conditions are expected this afternoon and evening afternoon highs will reach the mid sixty's across northwestern Mexico when the $64.00 range from the upper fifty's into goes to springs the low sixty's in Durango and Cortez the San Juans will see a chance of mixed precipitation throughout the day and will top out in the low forty's. Tonight should be clear and cold with all of the case should be listening area falling below freezing south of us Colorado will drop into the low twenty's well north of us New Mexico the upper twenty's Saturday will be sunny and breezy will be a few degrees warmer than today and tomorrow night should see partly cloudy skies lows rebounding into the upper thirty's across north of New Mexico most Southwest Colorado is lows will still be in the twenty's N.P.R.'s Morning Edition continues on case you tee. This is Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Noel King good morning what exactly is the 120 hour agreement that the u.s. Helped to broker in Turkey is it a pause Is it a ceasefire we know at least how this deal was struck after President Trump ordered all u.s. Troops to evacuate northeast Syria he sent Vice President Mike Pence to pressure Turkey to stop its military incursion in Syria that's how we got here N.P.R.'s Daniel Estrin is near the border with Syria and Iraq Daniel I know well so let's try to answer some of those questions what is in this cease fire deal if we can call it that well the u.s. And Turkey put out a statement and they're calling it a 5 day pause the Kurdish forces have agreed to this cease fire deal and actually the deal gives Turkey everything it wants on the Turkish side has agreed to pause its military operation in Syria to allow for the withdrawal of the y p g that's the Kurdish group that Turkey wants away from its border and the deal says that its military campaign will stop entirely when those Kurdish led forces have retreated 20 miles south of the Turkish border Ok so so far is it holding so far mostly it is the spokesman of the Turkish backed force told us that most of the fighting has stopped but not all there have been some reports of Turkish shelling and it may take some time for the dust to settle here how do Kurds in Syria feel about this deal while many Syrian Kurds celebrated the news when it came out last night. When . They were honking their horns they were shooting guns in the air in celebration and some Syrians told us last night they just wanted the fighting to stop but others are afraid about what this actually means we've been speaking to a woman named said he knows of dk that all this week she's in northeast Syria she has family fighting with the Kurdish forces I don't know if this is good news or bad news. The people will not die. Our forces go away from us and we stay under the mess. I don't know who I am confused so there are so. Still a lot of questions about how this will work out it's interesting to to hear her say we stay under the mercy of I don't know who so confusion it sounds like among many people about who is actually in charge what are the big questions that still need to be answered Well that is one big question will the Syrian regime come in who will be in charge and will the Kurds still get to keep some autonomy in Syria because the Kurds had led a secular democratic enclave in this area so is that over now another question how much land will the Kurdish forces have to retreat from at one point the Turks had said that the area should be maybe 300 miles wide the Kurdish commanders saying the deal only covers a much smaller area and then also Mike Pence the vice president is saying that the u.s. Is facilitating the Kurdish withdrawal but how will the u.s. Do that effectively because the u.s. Has bombed its main military base in northern Syria it's pulling out its troops we spoke with a u.s. Official who said this took the u.s. Military by surprise and this official not sure how it's going to be handled well that's really interesting here in the u.s. President Trump is celebrating this deal he's giving himself a ton of credit what he is saying is really pretty striking incident Well he called his approach unconventional and he said sometimes you have to let them fight like 2 kids in a lot you have to let them fight and then you pull them apart that statement is angering Brett McGurk he used to be trumps envoy to fight ISIS in the area and then he quit in protest last year and he calls Trump's statement obscene and ignorant he says that considering that a couple 100 people have died as many as 200000 innocent people have fled their homes there are reports of executions by Turkish backed forces possible war crimes he says and also some ISIS prisoners escaped during all this mayhem and he told n.p.r. Yesterday that you know the u.s. Will not be calling the shots on the deep. As of what happens now Turkey's everyone is headed to Russia he's going to meet Putin next week and he says Russia is the power broker here now and I suppose there will be some big questions about what role Russia is going to play Yeah that's right we'll have to see next week N.P.R.'s Daniel Estrin Indo hook Iraq thanks so much Dana you're welcome the President Trump has repeatedly been at odds with the u.s. Government experts especially those specializing in Russia and Ukraine instead relying on his close inner circle of advisers now some of those specialists are speaking out against the president and have become key figures in the impeachment investigation here's n.p.r. National security correspondent Greg. Andrew why I served previously at the Pentagon the State Department and the National Security Council as a specialist on Russia and the former Soviet states several months ago he sent something strange was going on with u.s. Policy towards Ukraine it was clear in the late spring that the right wing media machinery was cheating out a series of totally false and baseless accusations about career people working on u.s. Policy at Weiss now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is one of many specialists in this field who say president trumps refusal to listen to advisors has led to muddled policies on Russia and the impeachment investigation surrounding Ukraine a little bit of time with experience Russia experts would have basically protested these ideas but trumpet his inner circle were very content not to bring any of those people into the discussion this friction was evident before Trump into the Oval Office the CIA and other intelligence agencies briefed the president elect on their conclusion that Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election Trump repeatedly expressed doubts most notably when standing next to Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit last year in Helsinki Finland I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful. In his denial today on military issues involving Russia the president has rejected the guidance of Pentagon advisors on matters ranging from arms control to u.s. Troops in the Middle East the most dramatic example is Syria where withdrawing u.s. Forces were immediately replaced by Russian troops and for all this talk about Russia analysts say the president has never articulated a clear policy we have the policy of the president which is to improve ties to Russia make a deal with Russia how father hasn't gone very far Angela Stent heads the Russia program at Georgetown University she served at the State Department and her latest book on Russia is called Putin's world it's commonplace she says for government agencies to have vigorous contentious debates about Russia however today there's a broad consensus that the u.s. Should stick to a tough line and that includes Trump's own party and a majority of congressional Republicans take a very skeptical view of Russia and they've supported all of the factions Michael McKinley who is an ambassador to several countries and a top aide to Secretary of State might pump aoe recently resigned after 37 years at the State Department he appeared before congressional investigators on Wednesday and said he was leaving in part because u.s. Ambassadors were being used to advance domestic political objectives he specifically cited Ukraine White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney fired back in the can he said yesterday that he was really upset with the political influence in foreign policy. That was one of the reasons he was so upset about this and I have news for everybody get over it there's going to be political influence in foreign policy Andrew y. e Cig knowledge is that every president gets to pursue the policy he chooses but he adds the idea of getting along with Putin was an end in itself there were almost no Republican and Democratic or career or national security experts who could have advocated or even intellectually supported such an idea earlier this month Angela Stent traveled to Russia for an annual event hosted by the Russian leader and President Putin sat on the stage and he praised all tromped for what he had done Putin is a constant critic of the United States she notes but he always has kind words for President Trump Greg my re n.p.r. News Washington we're. 2 NASA astronauts Christina cook and Jessica Mir are replacing a piece of hardware that controls the power on the International Space Station this morning it's a routine spacewalk but down here on Earth people are celebrating a milestone from member station w m f e Brendan Byrne has a story it's the 1st all female space walk and space policy analyst Laura for sick is celebrating of course I'm excited that they're both when then and I'll see most this walk isn't long overdue a previous attempt at an all female space walk was scrapped back in March when the correct size space suits for the would be walkers couldn't be ready in time instead a male and female astronaut perform the task NASA is Megan McArthur says all for NASA astronauts on board the station now 2 women and 2 men can perform the power replacement task but I think the fact that it will be human if is a reflection of the fact that we have so many capable women in the office and you know many coming in through the different careers and event bring them into the astronaut women have been space walking for decades the Soviet Union's that's loss of its Gaia followed shortly by Nasa's Katherine Sullivan became the firm. 1st Woman space walkers back in 1904 on separate missions and since then more than a dozen women have ventured outside in space but self described friends cooked in Mir understand the significance of their schedule walked Here's cook speaking from the station in the past and women haven't always been at the table and it's a wonderful to be contributing to the human spaceflight program at a time when all contributions are being kept and when everyone has a role floating next to cook inside the station Mir agrees what we're doing now shows all of the work that went into the decades prior all of the women that worked to get us where we are today and I think that one thing is for us we don't even really think about it on a daily basis it's just normal we're part of the team we're doing this work as an efficient team working together with everybody else so it's really nice to see how far that we've come some have criticized NASA and the media for the recent focus on gender diversity in space flight when women have been in space for decades retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott has lived in space more than 100 days and participated in a space walk back in 2009 she's worked to get more women into engineering and the astronaut corps we trained astronaut this astronaut doesn't matter what flavor you are I love seeing now that we are in a place where we have a much larger balance of women and men in the office for n.p.r. News I'm bringing. This afternoon on All Things Considered people in California are dealing with having their power cut deliberately to prevent forest fires but there's good news some new technologies could help control the risk of fire tell us more Speaker play n.p.r. We just ask your member station. This is n.p.r. News. It was. With a tribute by jazz critic Kevin Whitehead and a replay of our 987 interview with us and we hear our interview with actor Robert Forster who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in. Brown Forster died last Friday. And you can join us for today's fresh air right here on the Great as always we bring you that show Monday through Friday at 6 pm following N.P.R.'s All Things Considered and support for programming on gays u.t. Is provided by county humane societies annual bark and wine fundraiser that's on Saturday November 9th from $6.00 to 9 pm at colleges grand ballroom includes a live and a silent auction plus dinner and dessert tickets are available at l.p.c. Humane Society dot org. Stay connected with by signing up for our monthly newsletter and get the inside scoop on featured artists. And top music picks from. To join email. To stay connected. N.P.R.'s Morning Edition continues on case he Public Radio with support from lighted by Adam's plastic surgery they offer cosmetic surgery and injectables as well as