To challenge the order they say it amounts to a Muslim ban like the one Trump talked about on the campaign trail the groups are seeking to add this challenge to an existing lawsuit over other immigration policies the administration says new refugee vetting procedures are necessary to keep the country safe the refugee advocates worry that the new order will create unnecessary delays for people who are fleeing war and ethnic cleansing Joel Rose n.p.r. News a ceasefire is confirm between Iraq and Kurdish forces in northern Iraq N.P.R.'s Generac reports from are below the halt in gunfire could lead to talks for a permanent end to the fighting Iraqi Kurdish forces have been fighting since Iraqi troops moved in to retake control of Kurdish controlled territory that's after Kurds voted in a controversial referendum must month in favor of separating from Iraq on Thursday the 2 sides agreed to a 24 hour ceasefire the agreement was brokered by the United States which worries that fighting between the 2 sides threatens the battle against ISIS N.P.R.'s Jane a rough reporting setting the stage for the most significant political standoff in decades in Spain the cuts a lot of regional parliament has voted to declare independence and within hours Madrid passed special constitutional powers to block the autonomy got the Lonia from attempting to break away prime minister Marianna called an emergency cabinet meeting to take steps to dissolve at the looniest parliament and call for an early election Washington the e.u. And the u.k. Are all expressing solidarity with the Spanish government u.s. Pharmacy giant c.v.s. Reportedly is in talks to acquire Aetna healthcare N.P.R.'s Windsor Johnson reports of potential merger could be worth more than $65000000000.00 a successful deal would make c.b.s. At a one stop shop for customers healthcare needs Brian to kill it as stock analyst at the investment firm Jeffrey says the merger would also allow c.b.s. To provide a wider range of services so you could see a laboratory here where you can draw blood there ophthalmology is something another area. That you could see go into the retail store in some cases we've heard people talk about the potential of opening day out this clinic c.b.s. Processes more than a 1000000000 prescriptions annually as a pharmacy benefits manager neither company is commenting on the potential merger which was 1st reported by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday Windsor Johnston n.p.r. News this is n.p.r. . The World Food Programme reports the man Mark government has given the u.n. Agency permission to resume food deliveries in northern Iraq and state leases line reports w f P's operation has been suspended since late August when violence against the rink a Muslim minority forced hundreds of thousands to flee people in Rakhine state are being cut off from humanitarian assistance for 2 months of peace spokeswoman Bettina Lucia's says it's crucial they receive food aid quickly she says she doesn't know when the agency's operation will begin know how many people it will be able to assist I don't have numbers on that I think that's part of. The discussions and plus we just have to see exactly what the situation on the ground is it's very hard to say those things if you can't get in so we'll just have to see how this will play out before the mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of writing is from Rakhine state w f p supported 110000 people from both the majority Buddhist and minority Rohingya Muslim communities for n.p.r. News I'm Lisa shine in Geneva Fifa is announcing a 12 percent increase in its prize fund to $400000000.00 and a bigger cut for the 2018 World Cup champions today world soccer's governing body said the winning team will get a $38000000.00 from the prize fund and the runner up will go also get a bump up the prize fund is pulled from World Cup revenues which Fifa projects will top $5000000000.00 u.s. Stocks are higher dows of $31.00 this is n.p.r. Support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include c. 3 i.o.t. Enabling corporate and industrial digital transformation with artificial intelligence cloud computing and I o t big data software solutions learn more at c 3 i.o.c. Dot com. This week on All Things Considered Anita Hill made headlines in 1901 with sexual harassment charges against then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas What does she make of the Harvey Weinstein controversy we talk about this is a turning point and we can't know that but I do think something really important and special is happening now also tax reform take shape in Washington listen to all things considered this afternoon at 491 point one w. D.d.e. From Delaware Public Media. From n.p.r. And I'm Robin Young a magnet talk about he is here and now this morning President Donald Trump tweeted his congratulations to House Republicans who passed a budget measure yesterday by a slim margin a move which pays paves the way for the g.o.p. To make major changes to the tax code if they can muster the vote when House Speaker Paul Ryan was asked if he was concerned that Trump might undermine the still evolving tax plan he joked that the president will be out of the country next week he's going to Asia number one number 2 no I just think that was that was kind of a show that was sort of choking on that one no I'm not because we're working very very closely with the White House on this well of course the speaker knows as others have noted Meghna that you can tweet from Asia it can happen it was a week in which 2 retiring Republican senators said President Trump debase democracy and the presidency the president accused Hillary Clinton of a uranium sale to Russia but his campaign data firm contacted Wiki Leaks people to know why so lots to chew in let's start our virtual weekend roundtable with reclined political director maybe see news Hi Rick we're with you and start with this accusation on the campaign trail Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of improperly selling off American uranium interests to Russia when she was secretary of state today's news is that the president joined Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley in pushing to lift a gag order on an f.b.i. Informant who claims to have evidence of corruption in that deal but fact checkers have debunked any accusations there's no evidence of wrongdoing or corruption by then Secretary of State Clinton why is this coming back this week because this fits the political narrative for the president and Republicans on Capitol Hill and I actually think it's telling that they're pursuing this from the White House and with the cooperation of Senate Republicans even in that week where as you mentioned Senator Bob Corker Senator Jeff Flake are out there saying this president basically isn't even presidential I think they still have enough allies on Capitol Hill even if that means fighting very old battles. They're going back and it's the president saying he's trying to prove collusion between Hillary Clinton and the Russians even as the evidence mounts about the investigations that are seeking to prove collusion between his campaign and the Russians Yeah well we've got in recasts of it with Univision with us now hi there Enrique Hi Larry so you know in addition to the question that Robin asked of Rick I want to throw this one out there that this week we also learned that both the Trump and Clinton campaigns did attempt to discredit the other Last year the Clinton campaign and the d.n.c. Helping fund research that became part of that infamous pre-election dossier on Trump and his possible ties to Russia but then on the other hand the data for amused by the Trump campaign reached out to Wiki Leaks about seeking out thousands of e-mails that Hillary Clinton may have deleted from her private server so on both sides lots of stuff going on and do you think these are troublesome developments. Well I think it's pretty normal during the campaigns I don't know if it's a positive or negative development but it's normal to see opponents trying to get research on on the other candidate we've seen it not only in presidential races but in local and state elections also so I don't think people are surprised that this was going on and they shouldn't be I think it's common practice whether we like it or not that people want to know more about their opponents especially if you know came back as negative as the one we experienced in 2016 Well this op research as you say it's commonly done but Rick this is also reminding us because it's being brought up again the b.b.c. Is reminding us that this dusty which was put together by a former British spy was originally funded by Republicans they were using it to try to take down Donald Trump before they knew he was going to be their party's candidate they dropped it and then the Democrats picked it up only after the Republicans dropped it the president tweeted this morning is now commonly agreed after many months of costly looking there was no collusion between Russia and Trump was collusion with age c meaning that she colluded in this dossier he used thoughts about reaching back like that and being reminded this was Republican funded research to start a mystery Republican still we don't know who or what initially employed the firm that ended up leading to the dossier I think it gets to the point Ricky makes opposition research is a very typical thing of course candidates who try to use that information much more important ultimately is whether the things in the dossier were accurate some of them are wildly different others are not and of course what investigators find about the collusion question because it isn't widely accepted this why would President Trump said that that is a subtle question we have congressional inquiries we have Bob Mahler's inquiry that's still outstanding on this part of the dossier that remain kind of unproven one way or the other I think it's important what the point of present trying to make is is just that this is some kind of a conspiracy to try to bring him down that is not shown and I think you're right the bipartisan nature of the funding of the dossier is just one indication of that yeah. And if I may Robin I would just add that you feel like we're in the middle of the 2016 presidential race again and who's benefiting from that I think you know wait presidential knows that he's base it seems it's unconditional but their goal isn't that brought him to the White House is not and there are a lot of people that are part of that coalition that are more anti Clinton done pro Trump So by keeping Hillary Clinton in the conversation by keeping her on their spotlight I think he's betting on profiting from that in the 2018 and me term election and probably in 2020 as long as she is there those Clinton voters might go with Trump. Also I mean I remain a details obsessive because there's the outstanding question of who the collusion was with and that matters but let's move on to actually 2 other things that are percolating in Congress hears taxes specifically I mean Rick how significant was the passage of that budget resolution yesterday it's an important 1st step but only that and you're seeing real struggles that the Republicans haven't even getting to the starting line much less the finish line they can agree on the basics of what to do with state local tax deductions they can agree on what to do with for one case and that we don't even have a bill for opponents to start firing at yet and I think it's telling you hey that Joe from Paul Ryan out at the top he also made another joke earlier this week that the thing that calms them down is yoga mantra right now is tax cuts tax cuts and it's amazing to me how much the Republicans have riding at this moment I have to cut their banking everything on it well but on the other side it's how to pay for it how to pay for it and you guys mentioned the you know whether or not this will be through limiting deductions for state and local taxes there are states that are in uproar over that contributions to for one k. Retirement plans that was a bubble that was floated said to be shot down you know this idea that you could limit how much people could sock away of untaxed taxable money for their retirement and maybe use that money to pay for this huge deficit these cuts are a fraction Yeah right well yesterday on Fox News host Bill Hemmer. Pressed White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on what's in the bill but again the question is whether or not the 41 k. Plan changes does it or not Sarah Look I'm not going to negotiate those deals right now right here the president is going to do that but what I can tell you Bill is the president is 100 percent committed to making sure that we're protecting people's retirements particularly those in the middle class and making sure that their futures are preserved moving forward so it might change then Rick that's Fox News Press pressing them this is a tough one well it's tough one because the only big way to get that money is to limit those contributions for one case but that's a very popular program that has millions of Americans saving for retirement we know we don't save enough as a country and the president rolled it out even touching it earlier in the week I think it's one indication just a little glimpse of how difficult it is the negotiate with a president who's who often negotiates on Twitter and will just produce make a commitment on the side that's what has so many Republicans frustrated again even before the debate begins I want to jump to the other extraordinary things we saw this past week Senator Flake announcing his retirement on the Senate floor 2 days ago. We were not made great as a country by indulging in or even exulting our worst impulses turning against ourselves glorifying in the things that divide us and call in fake things true and true things fake. So Enrique you know 5 others have joined Senator Flake now in incredible language calling out the president but others are pointing out that many of them you know that Flake was going to win anyway Well this is remarkable considering it's coming from a Republican senator only 9 months into the trumpet ministration this is coming from the heart of the American democracy the Senate so talking about not waiting and staying silent and being complicit I think it's extraordinary after trumpeting our Gratian Senate Republicans were unwilling to appear and Univision Robin and Jeff like was the only exception I think he's a good man he's a man who speaks he's conscience and that's what we saw him do this week well you know another thing that's dividing the g.o.p. Is immigration right now this week House Speaker Paul Ryan said he would not actually put a date on when lawmakers would vote on a fix to the doc a program you know that protects some young undocumented immigrants from deportation we want to work on a doctor solution in such a way that we don't have a doctor problem 510 years down the road and that means we have to address border security and interior enforcement as a part of that how and when we do that is an ongoing conversation that were having in Reeky response to that well. This is an interesting issue Oddly enough I think the election in Virginia is going to decide what's going to happen to. Congress and what I mean by that is that many. Republicans in both the House and the Senate are going to look at that race and what's going on with immigration and the way it's being used in that campaign to see if there's an incentive or a penalty whether they support back or not those are on the fence because there's clearly people who don't want to see. For the gun those who do but for those who are on the fence they're going to find in their results of their regime election either the incentive to support the ACA or the lack of any penalty in trying to cancel or reject any view of a don't use I got you know vision and by the way we're also following the story of the 10 year old Mexican girl with cerebral palsy who is being detained by immigration officials in her hospital bed in Texas she's been getting medical help through Medicaid some are saying why wouldn't you help that girl others are saying that's an example of an undocumented immigrant receiving Medicaid in this country so that story is moving to the center as well and wreaking reclined also political director at a.b.c. News thank you both so much for helping us round up the week thank you thank you we'll see again it's here now. 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All access last month but is Star Trek discovery breaking new ground let's get N.P.R.'s Eric take on this high Ok so discovery is a prequel to the original Star Trek series but in many ways this one is particularly groundbreaking tell us more about that yeah well I mean Star Trek has always been known as a franchise that prizes diversity but it's never had a show that was focused on a black woman and so discovery is focused it's an equal Martin Green character Michael Burnham it's also hasn't had a series that's focused on somebody who's not a captain Michael Byrne on the character is actually the Star Fleet's 1st mutineer and in the 1st 2 episodes we get an explanation of how that came to be and then there's also this weird rule that they used to have in Star Trek where the core characters couldn't have long standing grievances against each other because it was supposed to be a utopian society and in the 1st episode Michael Burnham's character even attacks her captain physically attack