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And this is Morning Edition Good Friday morning everyone and Kelli Steele Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security has contracted a Massachusetts company called Rave mobile safety to bring its safety app to 1st state schools the rate of panic but Knapp notifies 1st responders with the exact building where an emergency had occurred while it calls 911 the app simultaneously sends out a notification to staff members alerting them to an emergency such as fire medical and police New Castle County schools are already using the app county government paid to launch it there in 2015 now state funding is bringing it to Kent and Sussex counties one Sussex district Sussex tech rolled it out early district spokesman Dan short Ridge says staff there are already using the app in partnership with the Sussex County Emergency Operation Center the goal is to decrease response time so alert responders to a specific location on campus and notify our staff members on site in the event that we do have an emergency Shortridge says the app is very simple to taps and you can notify 1st responders I've got it open i Phone right now and it's one taps open and then 5 buttons and that's a simple as it gets short Ridge points out state legislators recognized the importance of these kinds of tools and made funding available to add the app in Canton Sussex Kelli Steele Delaware public media the 100th annual Delaware State Fair taking off in Harrington yesterday new attractions this year include a parade featuring the Budweiser Clydesdales and a $9500.00 square foot outdoor truck display as well the fair is also bringing back the livestock parade of champions dollars Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is putting on a duck and goose calling competition a bird box construction demonstration and a public education booth featuring different den rectum visions Here's Dan Rex secretary Shaun Garvin we give them an opportunity for a day to come in and kind of educate folks on the stuff that we have going on today it is that invasive species commission that they're educating folks at. Base of the species and the state of Delaware the fair has also launched a new centennial website this year with a plan my day feature the fair is also displaying a video on its 100 year history all fair attendees will be receiving a 2 pack tasty cake butterscotch crimp it says a piece of birthday cake if you will for the state fair far works displays are scheduled by the way for 8 nights during the 10 day run in Harrington. Are 8 excessive heat warning all of Delaware sticks around at least through 10 o'clock right now Sunday night it's probably going to be extended into Monday. Mostly sunny hot today 95 clear tonight an overnight low of 80 tomorrow mostly sunny dangerously hot 105 Sunday sunny chance of pop up storms late in the day 10 to one Sunday Monday sunny chance of storms late in the day 95 degrees. Support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include the Walton Family Foundation where opportunity takes root for information is available at Walton Family Foundation dot org And the John d. And Catherine t. MacArthur Foundation Ed Mack found out or it's 807 I'm Kelli Steele You're listening to Morning Edition on Delaware Public Media. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep and I'm Noel King good morning President Trump spent a good part of his time this week attacking 4 Democratic congresswoman his attacks both verbal and on social media have made these lawmakers Representatives Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Ilhan Omar and Presley and Rashida clay but the most visible Democrats in the country more visible in fact than the 20 plus Democrats who are running for president Democratic analyst Amol Simmons is with us now he's worked as an advisor for several Democratic candidates he also hosts a show on Hill t.v. It's called Why you should care Good morning Jamal good morning to well all right let's revisit some of what has happened this week because it has been a busy week the president held a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday and the crowd started chanting about Congresswoman Omar This is what they were saying. I they're shouting send her back Omar is a u.s. Citizen but she was born in Somalia Democratic leaders and some Republicans condemned that chant but g.o.p. Strategist Scott Jennings was on the show yesterday and he told us that he doesn't like this message because she's an American but that message is working to destabilise Democrats I think he is unifying his party and he is helping to fracture the Democratic Party and so if you're thinking of it purely tactically Yeah I think fractured Democrats help President Trump get reelected in 2020 you think he's right I don't think it's destabilizing the Democratic Party what it we're doing here is. Why the president is going after Democrats he is also energizing Democrats so that Democrats are really coming together around this idea of standing up against in a phobia you know what we've seen from the Chinese Exclusion Act to the ship that was turned around the St Louis when the ship of Jewish refugees showed up the United States to. What we saw in Charlottesville just in 2017 the president's actions are along in a long line of xenophobic reaction this country has had to immigrants and to people who are diverse and so Democrats recognize that and what you saw the 235 member vote in the house tell you Democrats are fractured in fact all Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against the president's words to defend the 4 women that the president attacked they voted to condemn his remarks is racist Yeah let me ask you something about Democratic unity or disunity this all started because last week Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi got into kind of spat with these congress women they opposed her approach to a border funding bill and then she criticized them in the New York Times do you think that rift is really over. Present progressive Democrats are trying to do something which is very different that I think what Nancy Pelosi is up to NICMOS is concerned about passing bills right and so when she says they only have 4 votes because Nancy Pelosi has rolled that's what matters in the world of Aiyana presently and Ocasio Cortez and the other women what they're doing is laying out something as a different course for Democrats that this may be a little more long term it appeals to people out in the country and I think a lot of people in the country may be postponing to that because for you can like it or you could not like it you can think it's real or not real but the Green New Deal is now something that people recognize that the Democrats have a climate change policy and people can decide how much of their climate change policy they want to be for or against That's something that Democrats across the country have been hungering for which is to have some have big bold ideas and big plans that were passed this year but may be something Democrats could achieve in the long term that's interesting because moderate Democrats will say look this kind of progressive ideas will not win over Trump voters you think they might be missing something well the question is which trump voters are you going after and I'm not exactly sure Trump all Trump voters are equal parent. If you talk to somebody like Stephanie triac over at EMILY's List who runs that organization focused on electing women she would say you think of the lunch but the guy sitting at the counter with a lunch pail in Pennsylvania or Ohio but maybe you should think about the guy if you think about the woman who serving in the coffee at that lunch counter right when Democrats won in 2018 they won because they had a huge turnout from base Democrats and then they were able to sway a bunch of women to come over and vote particularly non-college educated white women who were willing to go along with the broader Democratic agenda that is that's the target population for Democrats in the election and of course the party will try to appeal it was many people as possible but the party should not let up on things. Like being pro immigration worried about police brutality worried about some of the more progressive issues that are on the docket in order to try to woo some voters who just just may not be that many of these guys who would ever vote for a Democrat under any circumstance you've advised many Democratic campaigns and I wonder if you were in that position today what would you tell one of the people who are running for president because that person is supposed to be the voice of the Democratic Party but these Congresswoman because of the president's attention are taking up that space what should a White House hopeful do well let me tell you something the person voted for President will not have to worry about any individual member of Congress so much money and attention focused on them that they will dwarf any other voice and become the standard bearer for the party even if the president keeps on talking about these Congresswoman because he's the one giving them the attention in the present going to say what the present president say what the president's going to say what Democrats have to do is offer a clear compelling and concise vision for the future an alternative to what Alex I was going to say we can't be in a position of only reacting to Donald Trump Jamal Simmons is a Democratic strategist and he also hosts a show on Hill t.v. Called why you should care thanks Jim thank you so much. We have a story of a person killed in the Philippines drug war his death is one of thousands police admit to killing more than 5500 people in the campaign ordered by President robbery go to Territory Police have previously admitted to killing more and the official number of whatever it should be does not include extra judicial killings the human rights groups estimate at $20000.00 people but this is the story of just one man N.P.R.'s Julie McCarthy heard the dead man's story from his mom the net to steal your hands me a photograph eerie street lights illuminating the scene she's in the foreground crumpled beside a dead body in the background scores stand here and. It was October 3rd 2017 and $2.00 territories drug war was sweeping through the sprawling Manila slum of toned witnesses that night told the net that for masked men Ward up on motorcycles one sopping next to her son Aldrin who'd been talking with friends in the street and have them by the moment is that being asked his friend said the man pulled out a gun and that says he forced Aldrin to kneel and said What's your name and shot him the post-mortem report cites multiple gunshot wounds to the head neck and body and that says when the police arrived they stood by and made no attempt to determine whether her son was still alive the 2 tear to administrations anti drug operation now in its 3rd year has targeted poor small time settlers and drug users the net admits that her son $32.00 when he was killed did use drugs she speaks of him in the present tense medium and they saw how I am close shop on nothing then Shia is a mother I know when he's using a fight over here but he's not violent and doesn't steal my Usenet reason enough to kill him if the government really wants to it can rehabilitate him the dangerous drug sport says there are now 60 drug trade. Centers nationwide it's no comfort to the net because studio who says more than a half a dozen men were gunned down on the same street as her son either in police drug raids or by masked gunmen who she says operate with impunity I'm. Guessing that the question has how long are they going to keep killing there so Cian this especially to tear down he's given so much power to the police they're not police anymore they're murderers families including the nuts have moved off the street that has seen so much killing me and a lot of them are scared all the way because Stelios death echoes many that have been profiled by human rights groups including Amnesty International the past year it investigated on the new front line of the war on drugs Boola Khan just north of Manila amnesties Nicholas Bekele and says in every police operation they examined lethal force was used because police said suspects were armed and fought back and that's just difficult for killing thousands of people over the last 3 years and of course it's a complete myth these are the stories that the u.n. Human Rights Council is seeking back home and says it's the proper venue because amnesty found that the Philippines justice system is broken the courts are not powerful enough to rein in the police and therefore there is no hope for getting justice in the Philippines is the precedent my office is following this situation of human rights in the Philippines very closely under Michel Bachalo a the un human rights council will become the 1st United Nations body to officially review alleged human rights abuses in the Philippines last week the council approved a resolution proposed by Iceland initiating the inquiry It also urges the Philippine government to cooperate with the un president do territory who bristles at international criticism raged threatening to pull out of the Human Rights Council. And break ties with Iceland do terror Deja picks the un resolution as an assault on Philippine sovereignty and fumed that if it ever came to a trial over crimes related to his drug war he would not answer to an international tribunal I would have in the. Us was doing away. You still want to leave when you've been ill we have our opposition Senator Francis punctually non says while he's saddened that the un must step in he says the pressure could prompt a rethinking of the policy on the illegal drugs and establish basic facts we'd like to know why and how we may be able to end the daily killings and hold those accountable while the u.n. Probe hell thousands died in 2 territories drug war and the net because to Leo says she will go on searching for the truth about who killed her son and why they don't need that again we don't need to have that only it shouldn't have gotten this far she says it's inhuman Julie McCarthy n.p.r. News Manila. 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Bread Racing Commission Delaware Park which is in Wilmington has canceled the libraries and card scheduled for tomorrow that's due to the excessive heat forecast for the region. Just taking care of the animals the horses . Since the cancelled day is weather related tomorrow that live race day will be made up on Thursday October 3rd yes the high heat humidity will be around. Like through Monday. There's an excess of heat warning in effect for all of Delaware right now it's through Sunday night at 10 pm. However could be extended in the bunnet will see. Take care of yourself if you're outside this weekend you're planning to go to the Delaware State Fair which I am not wear light clothing light colored clothing lightweight clothing drink plenty of fluids get in some shade from time to time there's a few air conditioned buildings at the fair sure they're jam packed with people trying to get in out of the heat I will be there on Saturday night to see Reba McEntire on. 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News I'm Steve Inskeep and I'm Noel King after months of negotiation former special counsel Robert Mueller is finally scheduled to appear before Congress next week we're learning more about how those hearings will go on Wednesday before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees with us now is N.P.R.'s congressional reporter to makea Tim Hey there so Tim Robert Mueller has said that his $448.00 page report would be his testimony that is the end of the story are members of Congress going to agree to that well probably not but it depends on the committee we've got a preview from some of these committee staff about how they're preparing for Muller the Judiciary Committee says it will mostly stick to what the special counsel wrote in volume 2 that's about alleged obstruction of justice the Intelligence Committee wants to expand beyond the conclusions that Muller reached in volume one and what volume one says about Russian interference in the 2016 election they really want to ask about the evidence and hell Miller came to its conclusions so it was tricky for these committees because everybody wants to ask Robert Mueller a question right that was one of the reasons for the delay some Congress people said we're not going to have time has that problem been solved so you're right that they had to postpone these She hearings by a week after complaints by both Democrats and Republicans lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were saying we just don't have enough time to ask meaningful questions so what we've heard now is that they're going to operate based on regular order and in the house what that means is that there will be 5 minutes for every member to ask questions like any normal hearing but Muller's not going to be able to stay all day he's doing 3 hours with the Judiciary Committee in 2 hours with the Intelligence Committee the trick for members and their staff is going to be to figure out how to use that time effectively aides told us for example that they've been watching videos of old hearings at which mall or appeared before Congress is kind of like a coach studying film her and. Upcoming game one aide told us that Muller never uses 10 word answers when a one word answer will do and they really expect him to give a lot of simple yes or no answers a lot of lightning round type questioning if that's what they're expecting Why do members of Congress even want to do this hearing with him so as usual Democrats and Republicans see the world in different ways and and why they want to get Muller before Congress many people including quite a number of members of Congress haven't actually read them or port it's well over 400 pages so the Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler of New York has said look all he basically wants is for people to see and hear him all are on television saying what he's already written because that will break through for more people the Republicans on these committees has spent many months attacking Miller saying tha