Factories and facilities not living up to standards Ethiopian prime minister has been formally awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo N.P.R.'s atr Peralta reports Oxman has promised to toil for peace in his country despite the challenges they face ever since he was announced the winner in October the accident has faced headwinds that home dozens have been killed in ethnic clashes in his rule has been challenged even by close allies in his lecture Abby made it clear that peace is hard but war he says is only glorified by those who have lived it this is the oil for life war a form of it is an destruction Abby was awarded the Peace Prize because of the huge democratic reforms he has made in Ethiopia and because he brought a decades long war with Eritrea to an end be admitted that in the past Ethiopia has been ruthless with its people but he promised that he is committed to protecting human rights and to conducting the 1st free and fair elections in Ethiopia's history in a proper n.p.r. 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This is Morning Edition on vallée Public Radio that time hours 8 o 6 on a Tuesday morning just ahead the Democrats have released 2 articles of impeachment against President Trump saying he abused his power and obstructed justice Just ahead we'll hear more local funding for f m 89 provided by education Employees Credit Union serving Valley families and professional since 1904 information is available online at my e.c.u. Daughter org Why these pets in Fresno with hamsters rabbits and rats to complete your home habitats online and White House pets dot com support for f.m. 89 also come from the Tower Theater in Fresno welcoming the Kingston Trio on Saturday January 11th at 8 pm this trio is known for songs such as Tom Dooley and Where Have All The Flowers Gone and with the holiday gift giving now in full swing tickets are now available at 559485950 or the Tower Theater Fresno dot com Good morning this is the California report. You're listening to Barry Public Radio f.m. 89 and I'm Margaret Allen. This is Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep it is arguably a normal day in Congress Tuesday December 10th 2019 normal at least in the time of President Trump in that so much is happening that it's hard to follow but the things happening on this day are momentous in the space of an hour House leaders announced 2 articles of impeachment against the president they also announced they have agreed with the president on terms of a new North American Free Trade Agreement the agreement puts the rename to deal with Mexico and Canada on a path to passing Congress let's begin with impeachment n.p.r. Congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell is at the Capitol Hi there Kelson I think the morning and let's listen together to Jerry Nadler He's the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee which is the committee that's producing the 2 articles of impeachment throughout this inquiry he has attempted to conceal the evidence from Congress and from the American people. Our president holds the ultimate public trust when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country he endangers the Constitution he endangers our democracy and he endangers our national security what are the ways in which Ned lawyers says the president put himself before the country well actually they just released the Tax Justice just this moment of the 2 articles of impeachment they it is a 9 pages in of publicly available now and they detail abuse of power and obstruction of Congress as 2 separate articles of impeachment now the abuse of power focuses on President Trump's conduct with regard to Ukraine and his attempts to pressure the Ukrainian government to launch investigations into Trump's political rivals and into the deep bunked theory that Ukraine not Russia meddled in the 2016 election now obstruction of Congress is focused on Trump's conduct with regard to the investigation itself and efforts that his administration took to prevent Congress from getting the information they need to investigate his conduct when it comes to Ukraine we heard Mara Liasson during our coverage earlier today say that in many ways the obstruction of justice charge is more serious even though it's a little harder it seems a little more abstract to the average person as he clears obstruction of Congress which is a little bit different and this is really important because it is about the relationship between Congress and the White House and Congress's constitutional duty to perform oversight of the White House Democrats say that if they don't move forward with this article in particular they are essentially ceding their power of oversight for decades to come and makes it so much harder for the president to ever be accountable to the other branches of government I have now got one of the resolutions in front of me I'm just going to read a little tax to that has just come out from the House Judiciary Committee so that we have an i.d. . Flavor of this the formality of it it's a legal looking document resolved that Donald j. Trump president of the United States is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate which is what would happen here right the full House would vote on these 2 articles and if they are passed they go on to the Senate yeah just to give people kind of a lay of the land the 1st thing that needs to happen is the House Judiciary Committee needs to vote on these articles and we're expecting that to happen maybe as early as Thursday though if that is not set in stone once that's done it will move to the full house where they will take a vote and if it does if these articles are approved by the house then it will go on to the Senate where technically they're required to start the process of an impeachment. Trial in the Senate immediately though there's a little bit of wiggle room there but at the end of the day we're talking about of a very rapid process going forward yeah now let's go back to that 2nd article the obstruction of Congress article and the importance of that there is of course a 3rd branch of government they can sometimes be asked to referee disputes between the other branches the White House and Congress none of this is abstract it's the heart of the American system it's the way you avoid having a dictator it's a big deal Adam Schiff the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee was asked today why not wait for the courts there are court cases being heard now about who should testify and what documents should go over why not wait he said he was facing snuffing but delay and obstruction even in the courts from the administration let's listen it has taken us 8 months to get a lower court ruling that Donegan has no absolute right to defy Congress 8 months for one court decision. If it takes us another 8 months to get a 2nd court or maybe a Supreme Court decision people need to understand that is not the end of the process it comes back to us and we ask questions because he no longer has absolute immunity and then he claims something else that his answers are privileged and we have to go to back to court for another 8 or 16 months the argument why don't you just wait amounts to this. Why don't you just let him cheat in one more election why not let him cheat just one more time Kelsey Snell sometimes Republicans or the members of the president's party either one will defend the rights of Congress even against a president of their own party are there any Republicans inclined to see things as shift does well that that is what the vote that we're expecting in the next week or so will show whether or not Republicans have is not discomfort or you know agree with Democrats that the president's. Willingness to go along with the rules norms and constitutional duties his lack of willingness I should say rises to an impeachable offense there have been Republicans who are uncomfortable with the fact that the president doesn't always go along with the way things are normally done even when it comes to things like approving a cabinet positions and then putting people in acting jobs instead of having them confirm those kinds of things have bothered not just Democrats but Republicans for some time the question is what do they do about it and this this this question about the Ukraine situation is much more intense and is at a much higher level than that so they will have to answer that question when they go to the floor to vote although it does seem unusual I mean President sometimes flout Congress in certain specific ways but they will overall acknowledge the rights of Congress here we have a president who says what you're doing is a legitimate I don't have to follow you with all. Let's see here one Republican voice on this Doug Collins he is the top Republican on one of the committees that has been considering impeachment over the last number of weeks he spoke on Fox News Adam Shift your analysis will go down in history along with the speaker of having the most partisan paper on the most list bags of any we've seen simply because they have issues with the president these are going to be vital to the president's defense that he keep Republicans united Kelsey that no Republicans defect and make the impeachment more bipartisan you know that's absolutely a big part of what he's going to try to do here in you know it I think it's very important to watch the. The way that Republicans and even many Republicans do side with Democrats how they frame that if they pick out you know just a small portion of it that they can agree on that is going to really tell us a lot about what may come in the Senate trial as well because it talks a lot about where the party is as a whole briefly what's it like to also be at the Capitol on this day when Democrats are saying they've agreed with the White House on the u.s. Mexico Canada Free Trade Agreement the your as the u.s. M.c.a. Do I have that right there is the u.s. Mexico Canada agreement Yes that's right and you know it's like being a little bit of whiplash earlier today Speaker Pelosi was asked about it and she said that the day is young and I think that that is that that speaks to a creditable with that were in there is still much that needs to get done and Congress is feeling this incredible pressure to get everything done as quickly as possible and as much legislating done as possible before they vote on impeachment Well N.P.R.'s gems are rolling joins us next he covers business and trade has been covering this agreement Hi there Joe good morning so what did Democrats get that made it acceptable for them to make a deal with the White House well they got some. More than a year ago President Trump in the leaders of Canada and Mexico stood up and presented this u.s. M.c.a. Which some people call NAFTA 2.00 and it's changed some things about NAFTA. There was always this question about whether it was really going to get through Congress now it appears that it will it's going to be signed today the new text is going to be signed today by the leaders of the country 3 countries and I think what Democrats have done is basically. Change some of the provisions in the tax that President Trump and the others unveiled last year there are stronger monitoring standards for labor and environmental rules are essential and this will allow inspectors to go into Mexican factories for instance to make sure that they're living up to Labor Party. Actions that are that are in the agreement also as removal of patent protection for some kinds of drugs and that was a big issue for Democrats so you know Democrats say they've tweak this made it a lot better it's a much better and different deal and here's what Nancy Pelosi had to say there are some people who said Why make it look like he has a bit well we thought we we're declaring that the thing American worker and what is in this and bring it but we would never not any one of us is important enough for us to hold up exchange and that is important for America workers because any collateral benefit that made it through to any one of us Jim's Rollie it's politically meaningful what Palosi is saying there because there have been some Democrats since the beginning of the Trump presidency who have said this person is such a danger to the republic we need to oppose him on any everything full stop it and I think Nancy Pelosi is trying to show that even though they're trying Democrats are trying to impeach the president that when there's something comes along that will make life better for Americans they will go along with it they will participate and cooperate it was interesting to me that. You know both sides in this both the Democrats and the trumpet ministration are trying to pretend this is a big victory you know Nancy Pelosi says this was much much better than what was proposed Richard Trumka the head of the a.f.l.-cio said this was a vast improvement over the original NAFTA and the flawed proposal from last year and then you had Vice President Mike Pence today saying Democrats had acquiesced porting the deal and of course President Trump is saying this is a huge victory that this is symbolic in symbolic indication of the moment isn't it Jim nobody can stand up and said we have bipartisan cooperation the only way they can make a compromise is if they both stand up and say we want the other side even even though they are actually cooperating and have found common ground on at least this one big issue Ok so now it goes through Congress most likely Republican. Mostly like this deal Democrats have signed on so it goes to the president yes that's that seems to be the case some Republican opposition but generally it's expected to be approved Ok N.P.R.'s Jim drolly Thanks for the update on this morning when Democrats also spoke of articles of impeachment This is n.p.r. News and valley Public Radio News California health officials say identifying childhood trauma could be key to preventing chronic disease later on the state is now giving doctors training tools to do that it has kept radio Samake ala explains everyone has an a score it stands for adverse childhood experience it's sort of a tally of all the bad things that can happen early in life think abuse neglect or exposure to drugs and alcohol the more aces you have the higher your risk for depression addiction obesity and other diseases but state surgeon general 19 Burke Harris says doctors often forget to ask about trauma and that means that biological process particularly that overactive stress response may be ongoing in a way that can be harming health so in January Medicare will start paying providers to test patients for races the state just released an online training for health professionals who want to perform the screenings and Martin is a San Diego nurse who took the course she says it taught her a little more about when and how to suggest things like their p. Meditation or exercise it just means that we're going to keep our eyes open for you know certain other product health conditions come up in the future Governor Gavin Newsome allocated more than $40000000.00 in this year's budget to pay for these screenings in Sacramento I'm Sam according to forecasts California's 3 percent g.d.p. Growth is expected to soften in 2020 but its economic growth will still be faster than the nation's governors Gavin Newsom's chief economic adviser Lenny Ben dontcha says this stage tech industry is a big reason for a check anomic held. Help one's concentration industries of the future not just the technology industry but cation of apology to other industries and they think from what just it's culture helps with growth the nation's g.d.p. Growth is expected to drop below 2 percent next year but California has to remain hire support for n.p.r. 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Had adequate reason back in 2016 to open an investigation into the Trump campaign's ties with Russia in a statement Barr pushed back saying the f.b.i. Launched an investigation on quote the thinnest of suspicions when Barr was nominated a little more than a year ago many speculated he would be sort of moderating force within the administration instead Barr has embraced many of the most divisive aspects of Trump's agenda Marie Brenner writer at large for Vanity Fair wanted to better understand William Barr by looking at his past and she tells me she did that in part by talking with many of his former classmates one thing that struck me was the absolute recall that his classmates had about how so deeply he believed in the power of the Constitution and executive authority from the time he entered Horace Mann and high school now I don't know what you were like at 14 but certainly when I was going into high school in the middle of the Vietnam War I wasn't debating the president's power to be able to declare war without going through Congress right there was that something that was happening in his kitchen table late that was happening at his kitchen table and they were a family the bars of contrarians they were you know absolute you know doctrinaire Goldwater Republicans at this period in this world of a sort of