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BBC Radio Bristol-20200216-180000

Bissell after they were pulled from the water earlier today this man has a shop in the town that's under several feet of floodwater. So I know I mean we're right at the other end strong from the river I mean all the main streets is covered . The road the water's come through here Brooke beyond us got stuck you know because you can't get it nearly 600 flood warnings and alerts are in place across England with major incidents declared by several police forces the environment secretary George Eustace has been speaking in New York where river levels are forecast to peak on Tuesday we have a response teams on the ground evacuating some properties where that's needed but we also have quite a concerns in other parts of the country and the reason today now that I'm in New York is we do have some concerns that in the next 2 days that levels on the river issues may rise and may cause some problems in other parts of the country tributes are being paid to Caroline Flack following her death yesterday at the age of 40 the presenter stood down from hosting i.t.v. Love Island after she was charged with assaulting her partner in December Laura Whitmore who took over presenting the reality show has condemned the coverage of her friend in newspapers and on social media Caroline loves love twice the article about him was important to her because the show is about finding love friendship having a laugh the problem was on the show the show to work on is loving and caring and safe and protected. The problem is the outside world is not in the last few minutes i.t.v. Has confirmed that tonight's edition of Love Island will not be broadcast. China has imposed tighter restrictions on the movement to try to convert control the coronavirus people in who by province where the outbreak began have been ordered to stay at home and not to use that cause Beijing has announced another fold in the number of new cases a reporter for The New York Times poll Mosab says checkpoints have been set up outside many residential areas you get things like new checkpoints that people's building complex is where they have to maybe record information or do a temperature check we get locks on those people having guests some cities have shut down entirely to outsiders coming in and the most extreme cases probably more than 100000000 people at the moment are only allowed to leave their apartment once every several days and several 1000 John has said he's deeply upset and sorry for cussing shore's a concert in New Zealand after losing his voice the 72 year old broke down in tears and had to be escorted from the stage you know Oakland to Elton later said he'd been diagnosed with a lung infection but had given it all he had that's the b.b.c. News it's 3 minutes past 6. B.b.c. Radio Bristol. And welcome to the program my money Massey with you until 8 o'clock. Hope you're safe and well. The floods will keep you up to date of course with any floods news by the way and traffic news as well. To give us a ring as well if you want to to move to bring us up to date with anything is happening in your area that might affect travel for other people. Coming up on the program. You know you sort of get married and in many cultures this whole scene is part of the sort of success of your life business. About getting divorced. I got divorced many years ago. To be rejected by your community. And then feel I have been a huge. Finding out to be more about Min Greek or who is c. She gives a personal account of being a divorce see. Divorce is still a taboo subject of Sikhs. Talking of Sikhs there's a multi faith forum event taking place next Sunday in Bristol and you can take part in it to get a chance to visit the 7 venues of worship 7 different faiths. By the holidays Sikhs in the Buddhists. Believe in food level given it's part of the experience. When we talk a good Toma did Theo's the matter broadly Stoke which is in South Gloucestershire He's the chairman of the Bristol multi-faith forum. Because they did just about music like this. Put is a loaded gun. And saluted. The As catch up the latest travel news in that is with out and get even well there is flooding across the region so please be prepared for travel disruption starting on the air 48 at the Severn bridge that is closed East going to do to the strong winds with diversions aid operation of by the Prince of Wales bridge building to wish to share Bransford to the Brantford road is closed both directions all because of flooding towards rich wake and into which shares in John's own broom yard a road that is blocked e.g. To flooding Broadway Grove and elsewhere and we still Hilton wrote those calls because of flooding and train cancellations across the region so please to check your operator before travelling m r Bolton at the b.b.c. Travel Center thank you so much on an hour and back with more travel news in about 20 minutes. Called free on early pass and 855949 b.b.c. Radio Bristol. You're listening to the money Massey I'm with you until 8 o'clock now getting married is seen in many cultures as the pinnacle of success but divorce is widely acknowledged to be one of the most stressful but what is rejection from your community makes it even worse when Ruth core who is c gives her personal account of being divorcée and explores whether divorce is still a taboo for sex seeking love 10 years ago I got married but there were serious problems and I was very unhappy my parents were very supportive when I decided to get a divorce but my dad's family in India said I was a disgrace to them I'd like to meet someone of the same fate as me so I'm on a few dating apps and use a matchmaking service at the temple but it's always the same story. Sorry when I talk I said I'm divorced I do use interest One man told me I was not a scratched car it's been actually soul destroying as far as divorces go it couldn't go any worse Karen Kalat lives in Bristol happier at the range her 1st marriage but it went wrong I was one of the 1st though in my town that even embarks upon thinking about divorce and that big the word in it was regarded as the big the word but I was in a really difficult position because in the Indian community strong seek over Yeah stay in a marriage regardless of what it's thrown at you but then because we were in England the English society was saying we're actually strong does need a marriage so I was stuck between the pillar to post about actually what do I do I exactly how I feel coming out in the community was the most difficult thing yeah I got the blame and women are judged and it's always them that are wrong men can never do anything wrong yes absolutely ex-husband you know his actions were overlooked and my actions were magnified I feel that with divorced men it easier for them to meet somebody because the temples are introducing divorced men to single women but that never happens to me I mean I went to the temple and was looking for someone and I remember the guy at the temple and said well there's any 4 profiles here of divorced guys and you can only meet these 4 I find that really shocking I find that shocking because the new way we're in an era where we're supposed to be equal and yet they're still this double standard when it comes to men and women when we get married we 1st of a virgin entering this new relationship you know shiny new goods and then once you know it when that breaks down you're not shiny new suits anymore but would you say that it's a broader problem in the Asian community I think it is a wider problem because I have Hindu friends and I have missed and friends who experience the same it really worries me because of the stigma attached to divorce women are just sticking to being married and not walking away from. Yes You know I know firsthand lots of ladies who are staying in their marriages and they are very very unhappy if they had the support network or the community and the culture maybe it would make a difference I think it definitely would if there was a discussion in the temple I'm sure we would go because we'd want to me other people have gone there and help them right absolutely not giving a simple thing today it is a simple thing today maybe this is the starting point according to the latest figures around 5 percent of Sikhs in the u.k. Are now divorced or separated but we don't tend to talk about it I've come to the temple or good drama in St George in Bristol for Sunday worship this is where husbands and wives are often introduced to one another so I want to gauge opinion here I have 2 boys and how would you feel if any one of them marriageable see it doesn't matter to me at all it depends you know how much they are than love with each other the fall in love with it what difference does it make so why would anybody want to marry you if you divorce is a stigma believe me if you're agreed at the end of the day. You are a beautiful person yes I'm blushing now but one woman does tell me what I often heard said in private how would you feel if one of your children married at a policy concert wife why would you feel sad because this is what you see if you would you be worried about what the community would say if your child pirated divorcée Ok yes quite yet to do so the lot of people the reason why why some find they were any single any single boy and Single Girl why not white why didn't she really says it like it is in my experience but what does the Sikh faith actually say about divorce. Even Sing cando is a religious leader in Bristol the Sikh scripture directly does not say anything about divorce it talks about how my or it isn't an unbreakable bond but it is a faith of love and understanding and in that sense I think there are circumstances that you can walk. Away from these relationships and domestic abuse infidelity so there's nothing written in the Sikh scripture so why do divorced people feel judged this is something that has come from the South Asian coach or from the Indian subcontinent that's come on the plane and it continues today what kind of religious leaders like yourself do more to be able to meet that stigma because I think that we can work with the new a generation my generation and upcoming even children you know children need to know about relationships and all sorts of things but I think with the older generation I don't think there is so much that can be done amongst younger Sikhs it's not so much of an issue I'm glad he thinks the younger generation are becoming more understanding even if that's not my personal experience and actually tonight I've got the opportunity to put it to the test I've been set up on a date with a man who seek younger than me and hasn't been married before. I'm feeling slightly nervous here but wish me luck Ok so I know they moved here just a different copy of the guy very friendly a gentleman bought me my coffee which is quite impressive the 1st. Just to show when to tell him I'm under water how do you drop into a conversation. So I just go back to my car and I am in shock because when I told him I was divorced he did not care at all it was not an issue for him it was an issue for his family he also understood that people go through things and the one thing he said was who am I to judge because you know I've gone through things more in my life but it doesn't even have someone to Boston his family is something that I haven't had in a long while and I think that for me that's what you call an amazing guy maybe my luck has finally changed we'll have to see how it goes. But I still worry al community's reluctance to discuss divorce makes people afraid to leave unhappy marriages hyperbole this will start a conversation. Where we are men caught there and of course if you want to find out more about that story you'll be able to see and see the program about 60 votes especially on b.b.c. Inside out west which is going to be on the b.b.c. One tomorrow night and I'm divorced by the way I'm not worried about anyone he whatever they want to say they can do I'm not getting married very soon the b.b.c. Radio Bristow most bizarre thing happens when someone calls you this is a column for mentions record label. So if you're going to suggest somewhere you can plant a flag please keep your answers tasteful How are you going to be sure he's not in the are not useful insight into this prank and wasn't superstate to script see the moment sense to listen to it all becomes clear yes no pressure and 50 ferry is listening to Science new students looking to seize it is baby food radio pressed on . Bomb. Soon to. Me. Which is very rather severely coming from the film Son of Sardaar which is out in 2012 you know in every one of my prayers you are there saying even if I'm empty and lonely there's no color but sadness my eyes away the sadness I'm still alive though which is that not enough. You say that we should get separated but how will I be able to live without children. Which are killing. The Jews good. Show. B.b.c. Radio hosts. The past few weeks countries across the world been evacuating their citizens from war on the Chinese city at the center of the corona virus outbreak but Pakistan which has close economic and political ties to China has decided not to the decision has caused anger amongst the relatives of approximately $500.00 Pakistani. Diversity students living in the city. Mommy reports from Islamabad let's get let's get all. Shut and get our child out of there was. Angry chance in Islamabad from the families of Pakistani students trapped in virus struck city. Shame on you they shout naming different government officials look America does so much of a good one on their God let them say they're thinking if there is it with China it could jeopardize that investment and relationship they're scared to feel scared all the time how will we live currently I am in of Ohio and here I am living with my family and this is our fartman a very I am living with my wife and recruits ph d. Student our success fear is one of those in hand he sent us this video showing us around his apartment where he his wife and their 3 small children spent much of the past 3 weeks it's very difficult for the kids to stay in the home for a long time to or to be he asked his son what he will do when he's allowed to go out again when there was no money Oh and here you go and see the pander in the zoo and buy chocolate 6 year old Mohit good plans but to what they took here what no. Cost this tearful parents in the eastern city of Fessler bad are desperate for them to return current been there was some money they don't have enough to eat or drink so we are really worried they can go outside the children are very small the mike is hard and will find it throughout going to not get all the other countries have been taking their people out our government isn't doing anything. At Islamabad Airport flights between China and Pakistan are running as usual but no one from has been allowed to return for fear the virus could spread. Chinese officials the praise the authorities here for not imposing a travel ban on all passengers from the country and for trusting them to look after those what is funny students stranded in Wilhite. The Chinese government and the Pakistani government we are working with the Chinese ambassador on ya losing released this video on social media more than 500 students and the citizens of Pakistan they are safe and sound yeah wow attended and looked after by the local. Governments and. Following the situation this is my community and I'm so outside that the apartment you can see here all that order m.p. Stands is a video of the largely deserted streets. Here I'm in vegetable market as you can see there on the north on the infinitely open there are concerns about how Pakistan could cope with any outbreak of the coronavirus and some Pakistanis that would say it's better they stay there others though just want to. Suck on their car money deport them from Islam about that school there by the way that the Asian version of Alexander b.b.c. Radio breaks down on Tuesday restores my mom in response me in the studio John downtown he was elected by you and it's your chance to ask him a question and have your say on what matters to you I would like it because. You're on the phone from Bristol strong support and housing issues to concerns about the environment environmental destruction is putting people 1st to Mr modest is a real danger in actually some of the solutions and asking people on the way comes to pay for problems that many people on welfare incomes have created John down it will be a busy one so get your calls in early e-mail me John Daunt Jihad b.b.c. Dos code don't you k. B.b.c. Radio based on. Your listening to the money Massey on your b.b.c. Talking of Pakistan his. Wow Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow from the from header which was out in 2005 by the way. Using those. Were those nights. This catch up with the latest travel news and that is without and. There is severe disruption across the region so please do be prepared with the main issues m.-o. My fear the Severn Bridge m 48 is closed in both directions because of the strong winds are in operation and by the Prince of Wales bridge at the m 4 into. Both directions they for 103 that's because Rich wake and last call. Very slow traffic to St John's and wish to share a berm yard to road to that blocks all going to flooding at Broadway Grove and Western Helton road is closed because of flooding into Somerset on the m 5 north main junction 23 Bridgewater north warming caused because of a broken down lorry on the entry slip road onto the train there is severe disruption across the network so pleased to be paid for cancellations or delays and family to Bristol airport delays for flights to and from the airport all due to storm 10 s m r Bolton at the b.b.c. Travel Center thank you so much Erin and back with more travel news after 7 o'clock . Call free on early downs and 855949 b.b.c. Radio Bristow. Your listening to me Money Massey and of course we will keep you up to date with any news we have any travel disruptions or any floods issues so stay tuned and we'll keep up to date with anything that ning in our area coming up on the program in the next half hour though Bollywood book was with the she told jet she was here last week Sania is away on holiday at the moment so we've got to defeat different people do believe cause she pulls back a little later on then talking about a new Bollywood film or could be an old Bollywood film and some Bollywood book was as well which like gossip plus multi-faith event this taking place in Bristol it's an event where you can visit a 7 different venue then use a worship so at booties or behind if you don't know much or a synagogue if you want to find out a little bit about that so that's started about 930 next Sunday and carries on to about 5 o'clock ends up at the Hindu Temple there's also some longer food free food at a good 2 are as well so tell me more about that in a short while when I speak to the chairman of the multi-faith faith forum in Bristol and as Tom. This is the matter of broadly so by the way as well which is in South Boston so that's coming up shortly Knows that. Was long. before a d.v.d. Families see the deep need to. Meet but you can't To. Be funny to eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat. Eat. Eat eat eat eat eat eat eat the food to eat food to eat eat eat eat eat eat. That is some of the bunk 3 of the film which is in December 29th. She's going to do the Bollywood because very shortly. Saying well you know. My lover's eyes are deceiving because his eyes are saying one thing but I know what his heart or her heart is saying you know money that just sounds like a typical Saturday night and. You get that all the time and oh yeah I'm sure you will be there. So talk to men and then you think they are saying one thing with their hearts or saying and I think that's what you're saying basically maybe like a very bad. My son is away at the moment so. Sitting in for sunny so. Let's do a bit of Bollywood just explain the cost means nonsense to a lot of people not nonsense to you because you love Bollywood and absolutely it really is crucial and really relevant and important each week the course of the way of new news and new releases and more excitement I would have gone as far as crucial. People obviously the song because they want to be in Bollywood films is crucial for them there you go Ok tell us about the 1st film then yes so a game called relationship now of course we can't forget that Friday was one a I don't know what the month the most romantic date of the year. According to Sam It would be called Valentine's Day with a question you. How many Valentine cards are you with me. There was so many I just could not count them really that I have. In all of them yet. You know what I mean that would be. No movie with a belief of right it called a game called relationship so what I really like money is it's got. Home. The not just romance are intense you know I think having that sort of element of both I think the great combination the director is the dick Sharma he's a director on a right he's also written well so the male lead on Monday and that Sharma. Storyline is it celebrity power couple who are in a live in relationship and they take a break up to see how far that the supers will go to win them over so they actually when you serve in relation to others like boyfriend girlfriend type of relationship or just friends relationship no a proper relationship of. Bollywood films you know this is be quite common now where people are living together getting married in the old films you can only live together with somebody if you managed that I think the exchange Yeah a lot of the sort of modern you know they need it with the times which is great and . It had good reviews and it seemed to be doing pretty well. And a lot going to cause all of our school has got a 2nd version 2nd story now in it. So you had better get that love article yet. So I can tell you yes it will be down but tonight we're going to 2009 I love Of course in terms of what it means a lot nowaday. Very excited about that one and a little cool keeping on our romantic beam and well really were out Friday and what I really loved about it that it starred big and of course Dora early on the court daughter of a hornet and we think now actually I just realized that well Bonnie they don't economy original with me the 1009 Talk of the original Here's some music from it yes. The but. I am. Glad. I am yes I love our school is it carrying on from Love Aaj comes the original one it is but also what it brings it more complex it's a lot more of a complex more than relationship through trying to link it back to 2009 where you know how past choice to make a question. To just have a No 3 hatch but. Very interesting and even a great job director called in South alley has been a pretty good job because by making it relevant and keeping up to date having a dip with that a complex which varied at the time. And money between traditional small town. And of course the complexity of. That is. What else is in the new as far as gossip goes there is a bit of gossip of money in the stock Well of course I just want to mention a bit about what about the got the area and he is basically he was actually sort of . The Bollywood bug Why did he win engineering. You know engineering degree in biotechnology. Dabbled in modeling. He thought Accra and Bill. Really coming out. Pretty well. Does this show where they ask questions turn their back well be Indians think not and so on. In the program Oh yeah. Yeah not bad only I mean. A lot of it. But great Ok She did thank you very much for your Bollywood because thank you note it's a good always thank you very much thank you. You. Should. Take. It To. Me. From Love Aaj color cause. It's sort of the job. In your agency that. Shifts. B.b.c. Radio. Bristol multi-faith forum which is a public forum based around the major faiths active in the city is holding an event next Sunday during the day now you will be able to visit 7 places of worship from 7 different 7 different faiths and you can sample some of the food that they have to offer including free longer add a go to the bar Tom with that there is the matter of Bradley stoker which is in South Boston but also he's the chairman of the Bristol multi faith forum and I spoke to him earlier and I asked him to explain why the multi-faith forum was set up for. Journey for all people leave a lot of ship. Over Is it possible so that effectively the forum belong still exist for them for the on the allegiance groups and the faith communities as well as people without any faith as well so this was formed very back in 2000 full by the Bristol City Council. For of for in the faith and in the cultural social harmony and community cohesion and to promote the health and wellbeing of the communities and the program that's the next rate Richard been talking it's called the dials opened again tell us a little bit about the activities that are going to be taking place then yes that is they want the message that we are giving through that program that will stores open day it's just celebrate our regions Diable cities and giving community is the chance to experience each other's cultures and each of those seeds and to actually also explore you know one of the things that's happening and there's also for the opportunity to visit a range of places of worship and discuss many faith communities that Texas and bustle and right now this one we have a total place to worship bridges are open and in addition to that there are 6 places when us we will be formed as a designated free trail each representing a different free one is the but this is trying the 2nd one is. Also talks church recalled from the stretch run is Muslim the 4th one is Gregoire and will be a. Jewish small synagogue and in the temple on the way back we also show the people behind center as well so they can pass almost 7 faiths and Bristol So these people will be traveling together you know within walking together yeah you cannot walk all that distance and a lot to be able to complete so so what we have done is it the river for you especially provided train bus as a basis will be there for the for right now we are actually booked because of the numbers that regard and so people will be there the 5 pound thing or otherwise if someone actually want to follow the trail they can actually also door at her care. Go in there then follow the trail yeah otherwise join the trail Ok if it's Ok I think yeah it sounds much more exciting than if you everyone's getting together in the bass you can have a chat about each of the then Easy Does It isn't that sounds more exciting doesn't it that show that sure this is actually also a dialogue and discussion and so you actually understand these things and people want to assume the brain this kind of diversity and sometimes each play solution will be a shock a singing their own food you know the own unique design or actually some snacks or something and the good there are actually agreed to having the bitchery and lunch at the Lanka these are things which so many people really interesting. Let's see how every year we've been been doing this for many years now. Actually 1213 so I think it's been progressing well all these years and there's a you need to know what the please you can see this kind of thing people are coming even from Devon right so we're about we say for buses roughly how many people that be the last year we had about 16 off a trail right now we are thinking that the Sierra will be a little bit more more more than a 100 when we say 4 buses of the all leaving at the same time or just for the size we will be all going through it's like a pattern it will be we start from the bottom Hill settlement which multi-faith forum is based and then we go to a 1st really really go to the. Center and from there we will go to the next one rise there and the other 6 venues as well yeah yeah yeah yeah. So if anybody wants to join you or poor then of the religious then use what do they need to do all that's very simple they can right now it's coordinated by the some of the Faith Forum steering group which I am chair there are. Yes less terror group members who are helping and also we have a support officer can live come to. Was actually here right now harmonizing the whole program the number is actually now up site email on. S.u.p.p. . Burstall multi-faith Forum dot org dot u.k. That's the e-mail address or e-mail address all the number is also in 394-9132 names and multifaith Forum dot all g w k you will get more information. What time does it all begin then. And start from the bottom held by 9 o'clock Yeah and finish by being in the temple by 5 o'clock. If you want to find out more about the doors Bristol dive doors open day which is taking place on February 23rd which is Sunday next Sunday go to that website Bristol multi-faith Forum dot org dot u.k. One word Bristol Multi Faith Forum dot org dot u.k. And get all the details that us talk you multi-faith his 2 face working together yes when the sins of the 6 a. Rod for really come out on the Muslim faith. Lol Lol. Lol. Lol Lol. Lol. Loosely. Cut cut. Cut. When this in the William Bradford really caught on basis a Cold War you so lost in all this sadness you still believe this the time to season for love. Humanity and most an insult to the spring is just around the corner in India there's a few weeks to go for us though but in India of course. Across the West on the. B.b.c. Radio Bristol. B.b.c. News at 7 I'm Tom What major incidents have been declared in parts of the country west affected by storm.

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BBC Radio London-20200215-100000

Seen latest travel disruptions expected with British Airways and Easy Jet among those canceling flights there are also warnings to take extra care if you're driving rime biggest office from highways England we know where the ferry trucks weak and where this weekend is going to be the rain Small going to be an issue for us it was a very pretty weekend as I'd lost a break across the region we also have to close I think our interests we take some time trying to cover their resources levels increase so we can respond quickly to incidents are it going to be the same this weekend as well people returning to Beijing are being ordered to self quarantine for 2 weeks to try to contain the spread of the corona virus anyone who doesn't is being threatened with punishment China's reported 143 need to spring in the total to more than 1500 Christian Shepherd is the Beijing correspondent for The Financial Times for the last 11 days the areas outside of who pay which is the main problem whether buyers started has seen a declining growth in new cases suggests that perhaps some of the battle is being wild there are a lot of skepticism about whether those figures are actually representative of the total number and the French health minister has just said that a Chinese tourist in France has died of coronaviruses the 1st fatality in Europe is going to south of things b.m.p. Emily Thornberry is out of the Labor leadership contest off to failing to gain enough support from local constituency parties Lisa and a fellow London n.p.c. And Rebecca long Bailey all the remaining candidates China's state railway companies offer to build the entire h s 2 high speed rail line linking London to Birmingham Manchester in Leeds in just 5 years and thus a much lower cost on the current plans of projects due to be completed by 2041 independent estimate puts the cost 106000000000 pounds new rules come into play today to help broadband t.v. And phone customers save money when that contract send around $20000000.00 customers are paying more than they need to the u.k. Watchdog off Colm says it could save people $150.00. The year on broadband alone and I'm French is from the consumer group Which you can either try and negotiate your contract with your current provider remark actually I want to be a better deal or at least an hour straight into which members who save as much as $240.00 pounds a year or liberal on contract by doing now or you have to go do your research and look at alternatives that you can switch to now Elizabeth Seanie has London's weather plenty of wet and windy weather across the capital this weekend from Storm Dennis there is a mess of his weather warning in place for the strength of the winds there could be some further damage and some possible disruption the winds are likely to gust widely today of up to 40 to 50 miles an hour with the wind strengthening further as we head through this evening and even night gusts of up to 60 to 65 miles an hour across the capital for a short while there also be some rain in the forecast but mostly dry for much of the rest of the morning and then we'll see further outbreaks of rain as we head through the afternoon talk temperatures today are 12 or 13 degrees Celsius with some very heavy rain overnight tonight and into the start of the day tomorrow there's a metal face and the weather warning out for the heavy rain towards southern areas of the capital as we head through the day tomorrow there could be some like lies flooding there with the b.b.c. Radio and travel his bill Sheldrake. Thank you Jenny good morning and following on from Elizabeth let's start then with the effects of the storm Dennis on the trains and the flights actually a south eastern Southwest were services they put in speed restrictions on various routes and the possibility of course a tree some branches blocking the way when that worked other than that the no trains running to a former Liverpool Street this weekend's that's affecting c 2 c. Quite angry and says that's nothing to do with Genesis because the Plantagenet and to reduce service to from Kings Cross for the entire weekend that's affecting Thameslink and great northern services the troops plans works for stanch more that means 3 lines apart suspended. And they are the so called distraction and Bakerloo lines and yes the flights the short flights this journey just reported there being affected Atlanta there but London's airports British Airways for example of canceled $37.00 shorter flights. Heathrow and the be more travel just after the headlines at $1030.00. This. Morning London. Have you batten down the hatches. Boarded up the window. And I hope you're prepared for 3 hours of entertaining radio. Because that's what we've got. It will be a game as it always dials on a Saturday with an unsung lawn that are and today it's Luis holder from Deptford cinema. This is a community based cinema project down in south London. Louis will be here in about 10 minutes from now. Then will be joined by our resident poet everybody should have a resident poet and we've got wind Holloway Smith who I'm very fond of in the fantastic writer really lovely chap as well and quite good there. He's going to be talking words for Valentine's weekend. You didn't forget. Are you in the doghouse. I didn't forget but I'm not sure I was sufficient. It's no easy you know. We're going to get live music from Genevieve Dawson who's a dry land Award winner. She's kind of jazzy foci coming in to sing for us between 111130. Or give us a lowdown on all today's sports. And then we're going to hear about the time machine. It's the 125th anniversary of the time machine and they're going to be performing it. A contemporary reimagining. A family favorite from calling them west college oh and we're going to play you again extraordinary. Events that occurred with a series of conch shells in our studio yes that I I'm still shaking my head as the was sore and I would and you can see it in here as well and I'll tell you how a bit later. So we got Byron Wallen on common cheese. Calling in West Allis Chinese families favorite would. You go live music. What more could you possibly. Told you was good. You don't need to leave the house not in a day like this. Unfortunately I've got to go to w 12. Well I have very very bizarre evening out yesterday. Because it was Valentine's Day. You know my wife and I are a bit long in the tooth for romantic candlelit dinners exorbitant prices in restaurants where everyone squeezed in and whatever but nor did I nor did I even have a frenzy cooking We'd been a bit busy during the day so we said let's just go and what some do something we often do which is to go and in our favorite Vietnamese restaurant overinsured it we hadn't booked but we figured it was not a sort of it's not an especially romantic restaurant it's not the place I would have thought that would be to have loads of couples in it and it didn't have loads of couples in it so we drove over shortage and I decided traffic trying to get across town yesterday 6 that you need new mists Robel but we got there and we did drive our continent. And we got we we got to the rest of the 7th day and it was one of the most bizarre events I've ever been to this was I want to say the name of it but it was one of those that you know there's a whole line of Vietnamese restaurants in shortage isn't there and I always go to the same one as a dish couple dishes in it we both absolutely love when we regulars and it's not expensive and it's not fancy but is really good and where the restaurant was absolutely packed Thankfully they had one table for 2 left for us in the corner but it wasn't packed with couples it was an entire the entire I could only ascertain was the entire congregation of an evangelical church but all dressed to the 9 all the men in dinner suits all the women in really wonderful gowns everybody looked fantastic and they all had hearts because it was Valentine's Day and flowers and they were celebrating Valentine's Day. But they were celebrating Valentine's Day And you know each to their own Mrs I thought it was wonderful not a criticism but it was all speeches about Jesus and God and how much they love Jesus and everyone was I learned your ring and we see it Mary. Essentially in the middle of a of an evangelical coke going about their business I mean it was sort of wonderful it was mad it was only in London and and it was I always think it is this normal on Valentine's Day The people are a lot better primarily love Jesus is their 1st love go and celebrate by the dinner with I didn't know what was going to go and the people in the restaurant were very known plus the Vietnamese people for me the Valentine's Day nor evangelical Christianity where their 1st thoughts were completely. You know I mean there was a lot of value in going to tell you that Albert was great I always say forgiveness is fantastic entertaining and these amazing lovely people I mean really nice people but Joy I mean all the men in tuxedoes and bugs always and all the women he ballgowns kill did not get praise for those sort and so but I just bring Rose I'll tell you. That's the last hours in shiver and shake. Her should go to the cinema perhaps we should go to the cinema or in Bedford because you can but you couldn't because it didn't have one which is why I'm now talking to Louis Holder who's won a. London Eye because he's one of the volunteers at the Deptford cinema and he's here to tell us more Louis tell us more hello how did you kids how did this whole project come about so it came about in May 2014 after a successful successful Kickstarter campaign that happened after people kind of got together and thought let's make a community arts value let's make something really exciting that involves a lot of different people let's make something affordable accessible inclusive that because that's what happened I said I'm Irish one of the only reason at Lewisham I was right and I have a cinema Yeah that is right and so it came about and then 2014 happened 2015 happened and all these years later we're still here still showing great films live music events gallery showcases all sorts where are you took us or where are you based in one place so we're based in one place one venue just on the right from Deptford bridge d.l.r. Station and also. Nearby to New Cross as well so we're kind of in the epicenter and up at High Street and what your home what was the building before it was a cinema so it was fun and I'm aware of the disused shop fronts for about 1520 years I think that was literally just a shell and it was I think it was an off license at some point yeah and so it's just a normal shot from the edge of the conventional kind of commercial space and then it got transformed into the cinema that it is today and when we talk about cinema I mean I mean I mean visiting a grand. Staircase is a nice means and all of them presume it isn't there it's definitely not that but it has so much more charm and I have to say it's beautiful it's this kind of sort of some of the venue that is what very beautiful and the past is 40 right so 40 downstairs at times of seating we've got loads more upstairs in the bar area in terms of like you know you can just chill much of film and be at the bar as well upstairs so and how does it work is it just think well I want to go to see the film and showing their moods or not or do you have to be a member or you don't remember now anyone can come and so really happy actually we're trying out this pay what you can scheme at the moment so it's completely accessible affordable to everyone and so we're trying to make it is extremely inclusive as possible so people can just walk in off the street and yet it's really really cool and what's the role of the volunteers in all of this because you're one of those aren't there yet so the volunteers we meet every Sunday 11 o'clock so meeting tomorrow for instance and then we talk about things affecting some are the moments we can invite you volunteers and really anyone to get involved in programming and all of that yet so I help program got a lot of stuff so yeah so help with the short film nights and do lots of lots of things like that but our programming is quite diverse Do you have a background in cinema is that your kind of is that what you do for work life so I actually just recently graduated from university in film just at university Westminster just around the world around the corner so it's kind of perfect for you in that sense yeah yeah I love it I think it's a home away from home. I love it and I just yeah it's pretty my favorite place to be actually and is it so financing or do or do you guys have to help pay for I mean how does that work I don't talk about. That so yes yeah it is financing so we're really lucky that we have quite a few donations coming in from people that come through but it's ticket sales and really we don't have any outside funding and so we're completely people run from the ground up and do you on the property or your you have a lease on it or what's the situation there. Just what I'm just nervous Yeah no that's the right. Yeah so I'm not quite sure actually about that I think it's kind of it's a community interest company so it's kind of owned collectively but I'm not sure about the admin side of things I'm just interested in the creative programming aspect and is there always room for more volunteers there's always room for more volunteers is it yes there is yet so people can just get involved they can go online to deficit org and find out more about us they're in something they can just turn up if they want to an event and this is also a model that could be done elsewhere so if there's people sitting in bits of London that aren't well cinematically served do you think they could do this there yes absolutely yeah I think helped to kind of spring up quite a few senilis so in also around in the neighborhood as well communities in a Mars also yet of this new developments as well happening in the area but things like as of are the result of d.c. Kind of coming along we've had current Goldsmiths down the road that's not coming cinema so to speak but but it's still great that it's kind of inspired this or cinematic influx in the neighborhood but also we have a membership with cinema for all as well so we regularly go each year this is a kind of body that represents commutes and miles across the country and so we regularly talk to people from different communities and we have different audiences who actually help other places as well so it's a really it's a lovely collective of people who just really have a grassroots interest in film and the idea was on this weekend oh well I know that I know that yes there have been times they we had to question his 1st love which happened which was a new release as well so are. We were lucky to have gotten that film and yeah I give you some more info because I've just been told you are going to be showing Machinima a life in 4 chapters from 1905 to Japanese film isn't it yeah and then you've got a labyrinth eighty's party on Friday February 25th the day that's what are you coming back oh yea I'm always big. Yeah you got a labyrinth id's part you voted for Green 21st and that's a fundraiser I believe is a fundraiser that's for all traveling cinema projects was to tell me about that the trappings of my project is something that we were very lucky to have one funding from about a year and a half ago from film by media and that was a funds to basically help deliver travelling said m r 2 different people in the camera's homes activity centers kind of across southeast London and that's been really helpful and really great receives that's pretty much one or 2 screens a month for the moment and that's basically a portal project and it's a portable kind of system where we can show films to everyone really about south side of our venue so it's great fantastic give us the website addressing. A dot that said I'm Our dot org And we've been hearing about that from Louis holder Louis thank you very very much yes. In woman new. At Electric Light Orchestra l. You're listening to the wrong show here on b.b.c. Radio one the thought that man's enthusiasm for cinema was fantastic and by catching. On really got back and got the pictures I mean I saw stopped going because I went to a it was a lot of films I went to I didn't enjoy I've come talking about 2 or 3 years ago and I kind of stopped my wife never stopped she's always gone to the pictures use always love them always going to to gigs that's always been my thing but in the last year or so of my real effort to try and see the films it but if his films people are talking about and it's big and so I probably want to go once every 2 weeks I reckon but it's been really really enjoyed maybe it might be on once every 3 weeks Bob really enjoyed it and I'll see some good films unfortunately do see some rubbish but you know that's the nature of life and he right it's 1030 here on the show it's time for the news headlines. 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Thanks journey to car collision on the North Circular that's heading to the barking flyovers taking out lane 11 there are so that congestion from nearly the Ilford flyover makes a travel Noosa looking very slow on the staff circular it's roadworks delays there approaching version Hirst since temperature flights slowing things down and the m 40 close out of town from Junction 180 and 25 as far as the back is filter and junction 2 that sort of car collided with a set of barriers that happened overnight it caught fire we are seeing tar backs from the Delaware on the bass there of course he would go a storm don't expect in the trains us affecting South Eastern and surface where way services so definitely do check your apt for setting else we also have no. 22 form Liverpool Street this week that's affecting c 2 c. Quite angry and services and it's reduced service to and from Kings Cross for both today and the 2 plans 3 of them part suspended because of those plans works they are the circle and the district and the lines I remember those short flights also being affected at London's ports because of the storm tennis that the more travel just after the news at 11. Is London if there's anywhere Albert where there's a full English I'm sure there's one image. And this is London why it's called 9 Elms because there are 9 ounce other words and there are 9 Elms again now I have no idea of actually why it was called. London they can put bring Cross mental lake in regions then I'm totally happy to have to leave northwest to not be modest maybe it's a big station it's a big. Bus in London. Perhaps it's because my mum was a clippie but I've always got friends to drive in a bus but only if I got the full proper kit on the cap you know like the old school uniform used to have I'd want to be that but I do think didn't exist anymore but it must the been quite a nice job to be a conductor. But you reckon with that ticket my memories of the ticket machine I'm a part of this as a kid it was the best to wear that really heavy metal ticket machine when it won them and I had won as a kid because I've been moms well. Now what one of their. Goals Stevie Wonder and yes that I which was Valentine's Day of course and it's a tie for well lots of corny stuff like chocolates and flowers and balloons and poetry so. Corny code I did though as we all know we have a poet amongst us we have our resident white in the Holloway Smith way more come back to the show thank you hello it must be Sade the bad kind of dog ruled raw and that you get in Valentine's called Soul love thing that must be the bite of your life is upon It's called funny to read them like my mom always gets me that it's like enough of Valentine's Day last year I'll be there with. Christmases and stuff yeah I joined signs to my son but she puts sun in like. Speech marks so I don't know maybe you want to tell me something yeah. Now before we go any further talking about your heritage can we talk about your glasses I think the radio but that is a spectacular new pair of being Sankey so much I'm trying to cover as much of my face as possible and these ones are doing the job of very large Yeah I think. I want glasses to be a performative element of my appearance. That they're in there doing that you know they all definitely doing the job I Can't Take My Eyes Off. Well that's good to know yeah I'm just sorry for all of the listeners that Considine well put a picture up if you were close it's a real life. In fact just since like 2015 all right yeah and then my sites like rapidly decreasing it does yeah Ok that one of the 3 blind mice and I didn't wear glasses as a kid although looking back I probably should have done well it was only when I put glasses on as a light like that I realize that when I see before that yes. You know that when they leave that thing that they put the lenses in that testing you and then they put another patch they change it again and I was like God These ones are terrible and I was like No that's just your eyes Ok yeah anything I should maybe actually get some glasses oh you've got some very spectacular glass testing so let's do so given the sort of the raw Dogra love poetry of called sickly thing yeah it's not what you would do but how do you feel about love poetry in general because there was some great love poetry isn't there yeah there is like some of my mates are really good as well but I can't really write I don't know every time I try and write well and. I have to do something or a book. Where you have to undermind Yeah it's like I guess it's like a roundabout way of saying loads of stuff is kind of. Also I love it in apologetic way I don't know yeah Fay Weldon once said to us like I know what you ought to be and I was like you know if they were out in just like a normal year there were you know well my Auntie she said you do something nice then you do something horrible and then you do something nice again and so are brilliant kids. Is that what your wife said. Yes probably actually but if people are trying to write even it's not poetry necessarily Yeah but if you're trying to write it's my job if we're going to someone's birthday awaiting as my voice hands me the card as you write it on my cars I'm words that I'm words and so false only to try and watch something I have a witty or touching or charming or you know I mean it's not worth a lot of pressure on the people who you write in the card to have an expectation on you as well or. Because me so I'm supposed to be good. At City Life write anything for someone's wedding like to read it in a ceremony Well no I mean but I am available for any weddings party I love making speeches. Seriously I mean I if I go to weddings are not invited to speak or I'm sitting at the please ask me to. Just absolute I really really like making speeches I don't write them I kind of work. But it's my favorite thing to do which is weird because everyone else is their least favorite It was my least I had to write like I'm not too original wedding poem to read my friend's wedding and I for the 2 weeks it was just like a week it was just like a fortnight long on a flat shock with them and I just thinking I could because he's buying in the middle of the ceremony I could ruin this for them if because maybe I'm I make a joke the half of you people but like the mother of the bride doesn't and then everyone has a lovely wedding and shame about like I said. Did you get through go for it or. You have written something 1st and this is yeah I ever year Id try to write a Valentine's Day thing for my girlfriend. And this is this is one this is one of them yeah go read it. Love Minus love can still be love if you hold it up to the light at the exact right angle diamonds winking off its underside same yellow as the fox dead and mine in the warm breath by the night myself staring down its dragged open chest its stomach a smug done in a green recycling bin clapping roadside I go too far often since 1st I saw you whip your friends on the dance floor I'm finding he moves in each place I put my finger on picking them out my minestrone see my lentil and tomato Whew before I put spoonfuls of it in my body I'm crying at the speed of cars now a days into every hopeless piece of myself Sara what it takes to stay alive I can't die well if you're dancing oh oh I see what you did there you did something wrong with. Your fight well did there rely on outright but it is difficult we'd love this is the most written about thing another there was some fantastic stuff in there and you managed to introduce a diamond for example without my get it sound corny. It's funny the better for me is the weapon a friend because the 1st time we properly met was someone else's wedding and we had a dance of I'm incredible dancer and you know that brilliant. And I was saying to her war movie was weapon a fringe if they cut her hair off she devoured nothing now it's all kind of that was how I go I think nagging I think. It's but I do think that particularly if you're writing to your partner you know there are going to be those I mean that's a very intimate moment about free Jay I mean something to you and yet it might not to others and that's always a really good thing to pick one thing like that the color. Chimes in inevitable court and you can get why we're if you like. Yeah you can even soak up all of that folks being dumped in the bin Exactly which is no it's not one of the most romantic . Gabrielle resent c.e.o. Ever none of those people were really in those chords but I feel like that's where we have to take it nowadays you know do you read I mean do you read was that you do you read John Donne do you read classic I sometimes the like but not very often now I feel like you kind of after I read them at school and I and then I try and let people that are coming out I find excitement kind of that you know you can listen to a Kinks song every now and again I'm like and it feels nostalgic and lovely Oh I be don't I don't like I only listen to the king not something I listen to all the new bands because I'm like see. I don't ask me to name a new band so I was always going to get all she did I became so yeah. But it's interesting though is that with when you write a poem like that yeah how long is that going to take you do you reckon most of the options in my head. In the run up to like say somewhere like Valentine's Day So the actual writing of it down takes like 10 minutes or so but how long would you've been thinking about yeah like 2 or 3 weeks sometimes up to like a couple of months than a year. I mean if I'm funny one of my mates said as a member of the r.p.c. Which is the Regent's Park cycling club which is why a group of guys are I can verify that Bob loves giving a speech and then you know when every year I give a speech of the early years. And with those kind of always fun to get if I'm giving us what you're waiting on given as we. Might be I my own 60th birthday party this year and I get to speak about me it was fantastic. I mean the subject matter in some ways but what I did it's exactly the same as you. For 2 or 3 weeks before in all the moments where I'm not doing something else I'm thinking about that well I'm sort of giving a shape and all I really know you really I really have is for your 4 little points like your dead folks on like the domino like the fringe Yeah and you pick on those and then you can construct stuff around that yeah idea see that is quite a bad film actually I heard you talk about films earlier how about Ginsburg's how I Jane Frank. Got forgive me for watching a film with him in which was Ginsberg but then they reconstructed this interview where he said something like that like I knew I was going to start here and I knew I had to get to the next pair and I heard the in my head I just had to fill in the got yes that's exactly how it goes to me Have you written prose and healing. A few bits and pieces but not very good narrative especially Linnean that if I think both sometimes a matter Yeah I mean it when your yeah maybe it doesn't. I'm not as good at it to be honest but I enjoy enjoy reading kind of fragments repros quite a bit it is because on. You know I watch books every now and then I write nonfiction books really but I'm currently trying to write a novel and I have I mean I was a I was a published novelist at 20 I was a penguin novelist at 27 well so I have done it before or not very well I don't think but I'm on another gun now and it's such a different and difficult process yeah because an uneven with poetry is the same because if you're writing a nonfiction book you've got even if there are malleable you've got a degree of fact you know I mean that you're on yeah yeah that will you know you're writing about that there is in fiction you can go where ever you like your God You can kill him off if you don't like him anymore you can suddenly change gender you can just see what I write you know and therefore the possible is already in place and that's a real problem if you ask why so many people basically just write about their own lives yeah sings the name yes and sometimes they don't even change the name. Of ticket to do just that because it would be easy but I do think it is and that's why they say write about what you know because you're there for grounded in something to the point the problem with old Anything you might get is that the possibility is a horrendous Yeah I imagine that must be a really difficult practice and enviable in some ways but it must feel great when you've stuck out like must take so much stamina to like that's the problem you know it's just the energy really often involve people who could not call fiction books which there are I've got might want to hear and I've done for 2 or sometimes even one and a half a year and have done for 20 years yeah I just do it is a discipline involved in that there is beyond Now the aid to Egypt every day or or the. It's interesting that when I was right in the not like the the London I got up every morning at 5 o'clock and I worked until light didn't have a set amount of words but a set amount of time you know so I thought well I'm working for 3 hours of which at least some of that I will write some work. And I would get there and the other the other why I write and the and this is true of on my fiction or nonfiction. A chat for example takes as long as it takes Yeah once it's done it's done right no going back yeah you know that for me is really important I can't be working to direct I can't be going backwards and forward so it's got to be a constant forward movement even if that chapter is taken you a month and that one it took you a week yeah you then move on to the next either like people some people like super plan now everything and it's almost just filling in the blanks on the other people like my friend Joe so dumb former submarine It was yeah and he said he didn't know what the character was going to do from one page to the now either but I do know I have an ending Well you know I mean by and I know a kind of a couple of the major things that will happen eventually and I think it from a writer and particularly nonfiction which there's no evidence of any good is a journey so you go on about and it's in my mind it's a journey by sea and I get seasick so you get on a boat and you know you're going to go to an island somewhere I've read that you can't see yet how you get there and what happens on the way that's a mystery that's revealed by the journey Yeah that's an interesting way of looking at it problems I do you have endings and beginnings I I used the. N and in and then I read this thing but it's American poet said if you know how a poem is going to end it doesn't count as a poem. Yet so now I don't I don't I have like maybe a line that I'm going to use at some point or maybe begin with and then everything else just goes on from there I have no idea how I didn't know what that was what the plane was going to do until until I'd written it really do you. I have a story of lines and words and phrases in your head I have some in my phone. Yes sometimes and sometimes i just because my notes I've got this phone called a fair phone which is like quite a rubbish phone but like it's kind of ethical So yes I think I'm in China but i'm so you know it's kind of rubbish so I kind of what's up to move my girlfriend with these lines I think she gets a bit irritated about it and it ruins the surprise especially if I'm trying to write her. If you seen a lot of it I don't know. Maybe I just thought was off and into someone else but you know they want anyone to steal my ideas with them but that thing of like for example this book this fiction book I'm trying to write I've had the title for it for about 10 years literally 12 years and I've just carried that top all around not really knowing what it was a Bell Yeah but just thinking that's a great thought for a book yeah and now I'm trying to write like Michel one of the books about but other we're totally so interested did he do you read Who are your favorite novelists and what do you have would you read a novelist for inspiration or do you just sort of place anything like that in the opposite right. I mean I do have favorite novelists and they tend to be kind of my American Zo you find that we don't really get Richard Ford. Of. That sort of quite muscular men now I'm not saying that's what I want to do that night but there isn't really a British equivalent of that I mean more and I missed some it was maybe a bit close but yeah. My name is but that's not my thing he got progressively worse yes I think you're absolutely correct I think the other thing is I have a real and it's true in everything I've written I have a real desire to try and write. Teligent maybe even intellectual that's when for other people the does saw a. Kind of working class fiction Yeah if you see what I mean yeah there's so much of our fiction is dominated by kind of the Hamps need a miss nothing wrong with a lot camps it is beautiful but a kind of a very middle class world view where I sound so much of African immediately you know the fire ignite within me and I could speak about this forever now I'd love you to write but like maybe not a lesson when you do as well in your poetry Yeah you many many ways that's 3 Yeah we could we could start some kind of what they'd like literary movements like the Bloomsbury group but like a working class one that we've done it would be real fun and I think is what we're lacking a bit at the moment I mean there are many lots of great diverse voices Yeah there is one of the voice is kind of a bit lacking Yeah really like like Alan Sillett but without just having to play into the working class tropes of like violence in Yemen i.z. Yeah absolutely but you know each to their own I'm not most of the time or farmers overreading Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie or saying just because I don't know I'm not going to write like that really. Sharp enough to read and I already do you know what do you have to get people asking for advice on how to write poetry advice and yet Yeah what I say. I just try and tell them to write into the particular so they say what did I say right specifically and in detail as opposed to an abstract Yeah so lots of people you know they write about love or something but no one really knows what that means the that So what is your particular type of love look like that's what I want to know like how can you use detail and specifics and ruin your experience of what you've seen in the world to kind of articulate. A particular type of love that I wouldn't know about otherwise I think that's probably the thing that's really interesting approach as well because sometimes part you can the very concept apart she sounds airy fairy it doesn't it sounds ephemeral in a theory Illinois all of that whereas you want it to you want to you want to feel you want to know what it means in your bond you'll know what it looks like at the end of your street Why that's exactly why I think there's so many people there in the mine as well. Hopefully this kind of new generation of. A goner. Reestablish the kind of ways that people think about what poetry can and can't be that way can't be but what it what it can be it's possibilities and stuff that's all I'm excited about and there is some extraordinary poetry out there yeah loads of it all over the shelf did you add to your partner like the poem she did like I mean like I think she just yes she does icon of condition that like the poems that I write I think Well she I deny her favorite poem is not me I don't. Know it's not me the. Right reason but why should I write was definitely the funny and I was on the radio with this thing in my live recording for radio for my my daughter came from the audience and then afterwards she kind of k. Walking home she said she was 8 and she said Can I give you some feedback and she's like yeah my favorite you were my favorite poet my favorite poet if I could say if this is Ok Was Mary Jane Chan he was another I think and I was like Ok why is she so I just thought she spoke more eloquently than needed. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. Yeah yeah. Yeah very funny yeah so I'm on her 2nd favorite How would you do that She's 9 now yeah and precocious is she writing she does she likes fiction and she's writing a story about a pirate that this guy says herself as a teacher at the moment is very funny she's very funny I think so often there's a surprising amount of humor in what she writes is quite sophisticated for a 9 year old I am often so shocked about it I mean I think that. So many people say they can't write our I can't account that it's because he gets knocked out of the school was so badly. You know I mean in the same way as poetry is taught badly in languages that so badly Yeah writing is to very very bad my Stevens I find university Harper like Khan with the expectation that you read poetry for answers as opposed to like as an experience and assuming he teach them not and you show them some new stuff that can be read like that they start to really enjoy it and if only they come a lot of I'm thinkin. I wish this wasn't I wish this was an option or more to about I could choose not to take and then by the end there are don't realise you could write a list or you could like like one go Chrissy Williams made a spot of my playlist there's a poem which is a type. That lots of different forms that you you know it doesn't after be a sonnet you can make up your own constraints currently and that's what lots of clever people clever the meeting at the moment there is I think one of the things for me about writing and we talked about this before where we've got a minute and whether it's poetry or prose or fiction the musicality of the words is always central Yeah I mean at least it's the means it has its own internal music doesn't it really does its work on you before you even understand the poems about a lot of the time but a lot of people when they're writing down stuff if they're writing essays for school or college or they're writing letters or they don't read out aloud to them so you've got to do that because then you'll hear our sound stream. Yeah I often. Worried I don't do that enough. But you know what as a real musicality Yeah it does eventually you read our media out and then you know which where you find the meter Yeah right and yeah as ever I do I've enjoyed talking poetry and words and even Valentines with Wayne Holloway Smith and I think they're fantastic as ever so thank you very very much you're listening to the show here on b.b.c. Radio. Coming up for the rest of my show we're going to be getting some live music from Genevieve Dorsey we'll hear about the pull of the sport from Pitts the reports we're going to be climbing aboard the time machine and getting a family 5 from Colin in West Village all of that still to come here on b.b.c. Radio along the. beginning an investigation in the country this weekend into the spread of the virus to a show on is a g.p. And says with half time coming up in the u.k. The needs to be clear guidance to parents to help prevent the spread of the illness it's really important to get children hand-washing if they are super spreaders The other thing schools need to be really clear about is with half term coming up and people returning from troubles overseas that really.

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2 hours from now u.s. President Donald Trump's Boyer's began their opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial last night Democratic Party House managers wound up their 3 days of arguments again hitting hard at the theme that if Mr Trump stays in office he will feel free to abuse his power that his chief executive he'll be convinced he can basically do whatever he wants without penalty lead house manager Adam Schiff says he expects the defense team to use well worn talking points to insist that the president never engage in a quid pro quo with Ukraine holding back u.s. Military aid as leverage in an effort to get political dirt on a potential election rival former Vice President Joe Biden the president said there was no quid pro quo the president said there was no quid pro quo I guess that's the end of the story this is a well known principle of criminal law that if the defendant says he didn't do it he couldn't have done it. We have a report from the a.p. As to McGuire lead house manager Adam Schiff in his wrap up of the prosecution's case against President Trump tells members of the Senate how they feel about Trump isn't the issue it doesn't matter whether you like it it doesn't matter what you dislike and what matters is whether. He is a danger to the country because he would do it again Oklahoma Senator James Lankford says he and other Republicans want to hear the president's defense which starts Saturday and after a Sunday off day continues Monday and Tuesday all we're going to try to do is listen for the next 3 days and so the White House arguments and they will make decisions there we've got so 16 hours of questions at the end of that to McGuire Washington in Turkey emergency officials today said the death toll from yesterday's strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey has climbed to 21 with more than 1000 people injured more news at the u.n. News dot com from Washington this is v.o.a. News health authorities in the United States are closely watching for new signs of the sometimes lethal corona virus in China the death toll stands at 41 with nearly 1300 confirmed cases spread across 29 provinces and cities 15 medical workers are among those who have been infected one Chinese doctor has died 2 cases of the infection have been identified here in the u.s. A.p. Correspondent Mike Rossiya has a report with officials in China now saying the number of people infected with a new virus has jumped officials in the u.s. Are urging calm a 2nd case has been reported in the u.s. a Chicago woman in her sixty's who was hospitalized in isolation after returning from China Dr Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health I don't think we should jump ahead and project what's going to happen you just got to take it one step at a time Meanwhile Australia announced its 1st case Saturday 3 cases in France are the 1st reported in Europe the new virus comes from a large family of what are known as coronaviruses I might cross Meanwhile in the Chinese city of New Han where it's believed the new virus originated authorities have tightened emergency rules to deal with the crisis with air and rail services in an out of who handle ready shutdown today most vehicles including private cars have been ordered out of the downtown area state media say that only authorized vehicles carrying supplies and other necessities would be allowed access to the city center all of this has cost cancellations for a host of China's planned Lunar New Year celebrations affecting millions of people . Australia celebrates its national day tomorrow it is an annual day of celebration but something else as well Phil Mercer reports reveal way from Sydney to many indigenous people January 26 1788 was the day when their land was taken by the British led by Captain off a Philip he was the commander of the 1st fleet of 11 British ships which arrived at Sydney Cove to signal the birth of the colony across the country Australia Day harbors so many emotions Angus sadness pride and celebration they'll be so cold invasion Day rallies as well as festivities and parties the government body that will denies these various community events the Australia Day Council set the highs and lows of history a commemorate States that was Phil Marshall reporting for Vo way from Sydney the Pentagon has revised upward the number of u.s. Troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries or concussions after Iran's missile attack on 2 Iraqi military bases earlier this month initially reporting no injuries a later report put the number at 11 that figure now has tripled to 34 more news on line at v.o.a. News dot com Gene Randall v.o.a. News. Hello my friend and welcome to another edition of jazz America here on v.o.a. One this is Russ Davis your host and each year to begin the year the gathering of jazz musicians professionals and fans of the jazz conference happens in New York I'll take you there. In the center of Manhattan the center of jazz if you want to look at it that way and many people do on the 13th and 14th of January hundreds of folks gathered at the Jazz at Lincoln Center complex to celebrate jazz look back at its glorious past celebrate the wonderful artists from the past and look forward to the future as well a number of panels happened where some of the greats of Jazz had a chance to give the folks their thoughts about what's going on in their careers and jazz in general and in the weeks to come I'll be sharing with you some of those panel discussions as well as one on one conversations I enjoyed with some of the artists that I met with there now to begin this edition of jazz America during which we will focus on jazz Congress Part one I also want to begin with a sad note and that is the passing of one of the great saxophonist in jazz history one of the great composers and band leaders to Jimmy Heath he passed away on Sunday the 19th of January and Georgia he had moved there after being born and Philadelphia and then making his way to New York City to begin his musical. Career in a big way as a leader as a great composer and a member of his family band the Heath Brothers I'll give you a little taste of everything that he created on this edition of jazz America and let's begin with one of his most famous compositions really recorded by hundreds and I do literally mean hundreds of different artists it's the Gingerbread Boy Jimi Heath's great composition and you'll learn more about his life and career but 1st let's hear his music with the Jimmy Heath quintet featuring went and Kelly and Kenny Burrell on guitar to began this set of music on v.o.a. Jazz America. It's. A. This is what most of us and you are listening to and enjoying jazz America with the one and only Russ Davis an original on the force of America. That's a song from just one of what seems like a dozen new projects in the last year from Wynton Marsalis with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in small combos as a side player as a composer for motion picture soundtracks and with respect to that aspect of what he's been working on these days that is music from the recent motion picture Motherless Brooklyn with blues walk Wynton Marsalis and appropriate that we play his music for you on this edition of jazz America because he was the center of attention for so much of the jazz Congress gathering in the Jazz at Lincoln Center complex which is his place of business. That's the multiple venue spot and the offices in which he works and the place in the clubs where he plays and Studios where he records it's just his place his home most of the time well he was there and I want to give you some of his music and we'll give you some of his thoughts in the future about the many projects he's involved in as he always is and now one of the things that happened at the Jazz Congress for 2020 an number of the panels focused on women and their activities in Jazz one of the most prominent women in jazz today is the leader of her band mc k.k. She is Jane Burnett the great flutist a multi instrumentalist I had a chance to sit down with her at Jazz Congress receivers here at the Jazz Congress 2020 in New York City and by chance who should sit next to me but Jane by net the leader of my k.k. And it's such a great joy to be able to chat with you and hang with you at this panel we've had a lot of fun head over here yes and thank you for helping me tear my phone up so save me some embarrassment I won't be able to explain that to the folks around the world most folks not me turn my phone up because I didn't know about it I went on to ask Jane but net to give me her basic story and she told me how she was born and raised in Toronto Canada and was a pianist 1st and then decided after hearing Charles Mingus playing for about 5 straight nights in Toronto that she just loved jazz and started learning more and more about it came to love making jazz and started dealing in New York with many different musicians played with men over the years but then went to Cuba and got together with some of the women there and created an all female band called Mickey. Ok Let's talk to her about that and 5 years ago lol I just felt that there was not so enough opportunities for many of the women that I was meeting in the conservatories because I was doing work in the conservatories $25.00 conservatories in Cuba so they have a organize music programs could be out of that you know at a jam session or at the Jazz Fest along I would see a lot of the girl sitting on the sidelines watching their boyfriends play and I'd be up there and I'd be playing and I'd say where's your violin or where is your this are and they will and it's a home in a side hole why wouldn't you why when you bring history Oh no no no he's playing so I've watched you know with this that for like quite a few years and it was we're only down in our 5th year we've just finished our 3rd recording which just came out a few weeks ago called on firm ground and. It's been and hasn't been easy road I'm going to give the folks a music from that brand new album right despairingly reference listen James and the leader of McKay gentlemen so great to talk to you and we'll talk some more Ok thank you Preston thank you and from that new album on firm ground terra firma Here's a rare and coin intro re United Jane Burnett and Macquarie carry on jazz America from below where one. Live. Talk about the ladies taken the lead that is the late great Betty Carter from the album the music never stops with the song Mrs b. C. And that leads me to tell you that at the Jazz Congress in New York City one of the very very special panels was the legacy of Betty Carter with folks like Rene Marie Benny Greene Didi Bridgewater Greg Hutchinson Curtis Lundy Christian McBride and Kenny Washington all talking about the lady that had meant so much of them and their careers and in their jazz lives there were some other great panels to celebrating Charlie Parker at 100 Dave Brubeck at 100 Barry Harris received the Bruce Lundvall visionary award and talking trumpets and conversation and music about Louis Satchmo Armstrong with a host a great trumpet players what Marsalis Bria scone Bergen a number of others so quite a time at Jazz Congress in celebration of classic greats of jazz history will do more of that with another look at the late great Jimmy Heath who just left us and his Heath Brothers Band but 1st I want to invite you to send me an email if you have a question a comment or maybe request for music whatever the case may be I'd love to hear from you and here is the email address to which you can write me I'll give it to you twice so write it down and get in touch it's jazz America at v o a News dot com bats jazz America the 2 words written as one word at that's the at sign v o a a and e. E. W. As dot com We heard earlier from Jane Burnett she was part of the sisterhood on stage panel on the 2nd day of Jazz Congress and during that panel all female artists with all female groups I brought up the question of should we simply just be saying. Musician instead of female pianist or male vocalist are etc And the women on the panel Some said yes just say musician and some said no we should continue to support women in a great way Well one of our listeners happened to be there on the spot will do Rivera from New York City who is also a jazz presenter at w b g o in New York City wrote to me to say great question comment at the sisterhood on stage panel I agree with Helen no women can use all the help they can get happy new year and she was speaking of Helen song who was on the panel Well speaking of sisters how about let's speak of Brothers let's once again salute the passing at the age of 93 of the great Jimmy Heath and he alongside his talented brothers Percy Heath on the bass and Albert to the Heath on the drums joined with Jimmy on tenor sax and a host of great players for their album as we were saying and here's the song The newest one. 7 Hong. If you come around. Please come. To love. Me. Maybe. The something. At the. Wrong. Place come. Along. That's another of a jazz greats who was all over the Jazz Congress this year as a matter of fact everywhere you turned you happened to see the face of Bridgewater as she was on 2 different panels the vocal jazz summit featuring Didi alongside Kurt Elling and she would Jordan and she was also part of the panel that celebrated the legacy of Betty Carter and here's another artist that was part of multiple panels at Jazz Congress he was one of the moderators for talking trumpets conversation and music about Louis Satchmo Armstrong and also one of the panelists for Dave Brubeck at 100 Here's John Faddis the great trumpeter with. From his album entitled. On Jazz America from v.o.a. One. Yes me and. Give me. Another current jazz great who attended jazz Congress this year trumpeter and vocalist Breo scone Berg former album with a twist and here is the late Claudio Rowe do you. That's the great Brazilian born trumpeter Claudio Rowe d.t.e. Who just passed away days ago at the age of 73 made his way from his home and personal to the USA follow his musical dreams Mission Accomplished was Moody's Asama from the album jazz turns samba with Heinrich mergence joining him on the harmonica next week we'll celebrate the Grammy Award winners in the jazz categories joining me then.

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U.s. And Canadian a visual sighting can tell in the case an Iranian missile was responsible for the deadly crash of Ukrainian jetliner Tuesday shortly after took off from a Tehran airport view always let us hope reports u.s. President normal Trump said Thursday in the show may have been accidental it's a tragic one I see that it's a tragic thing. But somebody could have made a mistake and the others could have could have made a mistake it was flying it was it was flying in that our system as they do with the plane went down shortly after the round fired a series of ballistic missiles at Iraqi military bases housing u.s. Troops in the response to a u.s. Drone strike that killed Iranian top general costs and Soleimani last week nearly half of the passengers on board were Iranian citizens and many were Canadians. Washington The u.s. House has passed a non-binding measure aimed at limiting president trumps ability to take military action against Iran the vote was 22421948 piece Donahue has more the aim is to criticize the u.s. Killing of Iran's top General Custer. North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows says it amounts to apologizing to Iran for an action that was justified all this does is emboldens our enemies to suggest that the American people are divided but I'm here to tell you that we are not divided Connecticut Democrat Rosa De Lauro says facts are being obscured the administration would not could not provide any specifics about what constituted an end the net threat they couldn't tell us what the targets were President Trump did not consult with congressional leaders ahead of the attack Donoghue Washington more in v.o.a. News dot com This is feeling. News in a campaign speech President Trump defended his decision to attack the top Iranian general and he mocks congressional Democrats in the process a.b. Correspondent Ted McGuire in his 1st political rally of this election year President truck takes credit for the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general that decisive action to save American lives and deliver American justice in the speech to supporters in Toledo Ohio also slammed Democrats for criticizing him for not telling congressional leaders before he ordered the attack how dare you take him out that way you should get permission from Congress to transfer remarks included mocking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff he also suggested he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize and to McGuire oestriol you know if they're already has urged nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people to evacuate their homes Friday as soaring temperatures erratic winds were expected to fan deadly bush fires across the east coast of New South Wales premier Glen is. Send that a break briefing Friday that high winds and high temperatures make for dangerous conditions when you've got such high temperatures and unpredictable wind conditions you have to brace yourself for new agencies or new contingencies and that's why I crossed the risk areas we have in excess of 30 struck tames ready to move into an area if an unexpected 5 pranks temperatures are expected to shoot well above 40 degrees Celsius and several parts of roles trail your Friday threatening to inflame a bushfire season that's already destroyed nearly 2000 homes more than 150 fires remain a light across the country and authorities fear a southerly shift and winds due later in the day will fan the flames and change the direction of many of those fires the impeachment trial of u.s. President Trump might begin soon they pee Correspondent Mike Ross The explains why . House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave indications that the long delayed impeachment trial of President Donald Trump may begin soon since the House approved 2 articles of impeachment in December Palosi has refused to transmit the articles to the Senate saying she wants to see the arena and the terms of the engagement that McConnell will use for the trial Thursday Palosi told reporters she will transmit the articles of impeachment soon and according to 2 people familiar with his remarks McConnell told Republican senators at a lunch time meeting to expect the trial next week might Washington find more and be away News dot com I'm Tommy McNeill v.o.a. News. Music. Was always one. You. 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To the Muslim in the new place because the Jews bring the memories and the memories but. There's a ton. Of. Playing. It with new steps thing. With a new. Thread soon. The thing. To. Call America. Down a bit. Closer let. Live. But the only goal of the live. a Canadian official site intelligence they say indicates an Iranian missile was responsible for the deadly crash over Ukrainian jetliner Tuesday shortly after took off from a Tehran airport and he always let us know how the passengers on board were Iranian citizens and many were Canadians asked if the United States could be blamed for provoking an action that killed $176.00 people Canadian prime minister Johnston to those said no conclusions should be made before a complete investigation to. The play. Crashed I think it is too soon to be drawing conclusions. Liam responsibility and whatever fortunes right now our focus is them supporting the families that are grieving right across the country and providing what answers we can and in a preliminary way recognizing that there is going to need to be a full and credible investigation into what exactly happened before we try any conclusions of the source in Tehran on Thursday night that the plane had been hit by a. Lot of. Washington The u.s. House has passed a non-binding measure and limiting president trumps ability to take military action against Iran the vote was 224 to 194 the aim is to criticize the u.s. Killing of Iran's top general custom Somani North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows says it amounts to apologizing to Iran for an action that was justified all this does is emboldens our enemies to suggest that the American people are divided but I'm here to tell you that we are not divided Connecticut Democrat Rosa De Lauro says facts are being obscured the administration would not could not provide any specifics about what constituted and the net threat they couldn't tell us what the targets were President Trump did not consult with congressional leaders ahead of the attack Donahue Washington this.

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Inches to one of the country's bedrock environmental laws if finalized federal agencies would no longer have to consider climate change before approving big projects such as oil pipelines and highways N.P.R.'s Jeff Brady has more the National Environmental Policy Act or Nepa is 50 years old and requires federal agencies to analyze a project's environmental consequences and also gives the public a chance to comment on government decisions for many years now a wide range of industries have complained that the need for a process is time consuming and expensive the changes expected today are designed to streamline that process but environmental groups say the changes would undermine the intent of the law and make it difficult to plan for the effects of climate change court challenges are expected and the changes are unlikely to be made final before the November election Jeff Brady n.p.r. News Puerto Rico continues to be shaken by earthquakes there have been half a dozen already today some with magnitudes greater than 3 a powerful tremor on Tuesday left one person dead several others injured and collapsed many buildings people in Puerto Rico are sleeping in the streets on a cots and under plastic sheeting about half the island's residents still lack electricity. You're listening to n.p.r. News from Washington support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include I drive maker of remote p.c. Providing remote access to computers anywhere for remote assistance and featuring remote p.c. Vision and augments a reality support tool learn more at remote p.c. Dot car. Good morning from News I'm Lisa Ray I'm the Atlanta Police Department is shifting its focus away from illegal narcotics as Lisa Hagen reports the a p d says it will disband its narcotics unit and use that manpower to instead focus on violent crime in guns it's not clear yet when members of the 20 person narcotics unit may start being reassigned but the agency says it will be soon in a statement spokesman Carlos Campos told. The department is decentralizing its narcotics unit in recognition that the violence that surrounds this trade should be the focus of the entire department not just one team The move follows on the heels of another policy shift from a.p.t chief Erika shields she announced late last week that her officers will no longer chase suspects fleeing in cars to innocent bystanders were killed in December by a car attempting to get away from officers Lisa Hagan w a b e News Mayor Kesha lands bottoms just a point in a new city contract compliance director that comes after former director Larry Scott was sentenced to 2 years in prison this week Scott pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion he worked under former Mayor casino reads administration new director Martin Clark will start immediately Lance bottom's has said that she chose Clark because of his history of prioritizing women and minority owned businesses and lettering slow when it comes to the nation's highest paying jobs that's according to the u.s. News and World Reports best jobs in 2020 list the Atlanta Business Chronicles Crystal Edmonson has more if you're looking for a lot of high paying jobs New York San Jose and San Francisco are the places to be in fact San Francisco paid well for most of the jobs on the list 77 positions by comparison metro Atlanta was considered a best paying city for just 4 positions according to u.s. News and World Report Atlanta pays a competitive salary for art directors and health. Gaiters the median salary for those Atlanta based jobs about $100000.00 Meanwhile the best paying job overall according to the list anesthesiologist with an average salary of $267000.00 from the Atlanta Business Chronicle I'm Krista Levinson for w.a.v. . On the next closer look at land a city council member a mere is calling for peace between the u.s. 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Any time you want any way you are go to w a b e dot org slash passport to start streaming day the Trump administration has informed the United Nations that when it killed Iran's general in a drone strike it was acting in self defense but members of Congress haven't seen evidence of that and according to some lawmakers who were briefed by the White House yesterday they have been instructed not to question the legitimacy of the strike or even ask tough questions about it our next guest was in that closed door briefing and afterwards called it quote insulting and demeaning he is Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah and he joins us now Senator thank you so much for talking with us thank you it's good to be with you you came out and came to the microphones and said it was the worst briefing you have seen on a military issue in your 9 years in the u.s. Senate what how. You know my anger was not about the salon monic health killing it was instead about the possibility of future military action against Iran and it was on that topic that they refused to make any commitment about when whether and under what circumstances it would be necessary for the president or the executive branch of government to come to Congress seeking authorization for the use of military force because Congress has not been able Congress was not given a heads up that the the strike was going to happen again that's right that's right and now I want to be clear with respect to this strike against soul of money that was the arguably lawful I still have questions that remain unanswered on that point I'm going to set that aside Sayah in a moment and I'm going to assume for purposes of this discussion that that may well have been lawful what I'm most concerned about about is about where that goes from here or what comes next is there another strike coming against Iran if so at what point do they need to come to us seeking an authorization for the use of military force the fact that they were unable or unwilling to identify any point at which that would be necessary yesterday was deeply distressing to me what kind of hypotheticals were you putting to them in hopes of understanding when the administration sees a need for congressional authority. As I recall one of my colleagues asked a hypothetical involving the supreme leader of a law or wrong if at that point the United States government decided that it wanted to undertake a strike against him personally recognizing that he could be a threat to the United States would that require authorization for the use of military force the fact that there was nothing but a refusal to answer that question was perhaps the most deeply upsetting thing to me in that meeting I think it was unprofessional inappropriate and reflective of a certain cavalier attitude toward the Constitution to refuse to make a commitment on that front so. The. Reporting has it that you all in that briefing were were outrightly discouraged from asking tough questions that the tone in the room got a little tense when people tried to push Is that correct Well when people asked tough questions it's not so much that we were discouraged from asking them in that context as much as it was we weren't getting direct answers and at one point at least one of the briefers discouraged us even from having a debate on the Senate floor including among other things in the context of a War Powers Act resolution talking about future military action that that might somehow embolden the Iranian regime in future attacks against the United States it wouldn't be helpful I think that is the very kind of advice that is counterproductive and decidedly not helpful and I found that upsetting so they were discouraging debate over a potential war powers act that would limit the president's ability to deploy military force against Iran this is something we should mention House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bringing a vote on this very kind of resolution today it is my understanding that you were against limiting the president's power in that respect before you went into this briefing and you came out and changed your mind I wouldn't put it quite like that I was undecided as to whether I would be supporting the resolution introduced by Senator Kaine. And amended modified version of that pursuant to amendments that he agreed with me to make yesterday. But you know where do you stand on joining that I'm going to I'm going to join it I'll be supporting it I'll not only be voting for it I'll become a co-sponsor of it as soon as those changes are made I do want to as a member of a sorry interrupt I do want to play a clip of Florida Senator Marco Rubio he and other Republicans had a dramatically different take on the outcome of the briefing it was very well done I think they've done an excellent job of outlining the rationale behind both the decision to go after Solomonic and the response. So to the Iranian attack yesterday now you have said earlier that you you believe in the in the legal justification of the strike but how could Marco Rubio come out of that briefing with such a different opinion than you I think he must have been in a different briefing than I attended I literally find it difficult to imagine how my friend Marco who is smart who listens carefully who cares about these things and how he could emerge from that meeting and say that it was good it was terrible I think it was an unmitigated disaster what kind of dangerous precedent or what kind of precedent rather I shouldn't characterize it what kind of precedent do you think this sets a not a good one it's a precedent that is unfortunately not itself unprecedented we have had many decades now going back 506070 years in which we've been drifting away from this idea and bedded within the Constitution that the power to declare war belongs to of Congress it's enumerated in Article one Section 8 there's a reason for that we want to make sure that the power to put American blood and treasure on the line is given only to that branch of government most accountable to the people at the most regular intervals ours is not a system in which we can be taken into war by the executive and it never should be Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah we appreciate your time thank you sir thank you N.P.R.'s Mara Liasson was listening in to that conversation she joins me now Mara what's your my garments What did you think about the. Well this I have there have been a lot of clashes between the president and his own party on foreign policy even though Republicans are usually in lockstep with him on almost everything else but I have never seen it reach this level of ferocity even if it isn't that widespread other then Senator Lees Senator Paul was also expressed his disappointment in the briefing I don't know how many more Republicans would come forward but this is a pretty big split and as Senator Lee said the clash between the branches about war powers have been going on for a long time Congress has been ceding its constitutional authority to declare war bit by bit to the executive but this is a president who has said that Article 2 of the Constitution lets him do whatever he wants and Mike Lee said he has a cavalier attitude towards Congress others have said it's contemptuous is this going to be a problem for the president who up until now as you have noted has has enjoyed a kind of unanimity among Republicans on the Hill I don't think that the war the War Powers Resolution is going to affect him in the short term 1st of all he seems to be willing to accept the off ramp that Iran was offering doesn't want to escalate and also this is a resolution it's not a law it doesn't have the law N.P.R.'s Mara Liasson with context for us thank you thank you as Australia has been ravaged by one of its worst bushfire seasons in history there is a lot of debate about controlled burns and the role that fire can play in managing fire Aboriginal Australians used fire to manage brush lands and forests long before Britain started sending convicts to the continent in the 1700s N.P.R.'s Jason Beaubien caught up with an Aboriginal teacher who just lost his home and camp to the raging inferno knoll Butler and his wife Trish used to run the Noura going yeah Aboriginal culture and education camp deep. In a forest in New South Wales but last week an inferno swept through their Canyon in front of us of course there that's what's left of a house that was a 2 story I frame house which are built the inferno torched the camp their house and the surrounding woods for miles and once you can see. There's nothing not a single thing left its own absolutely completely destroyed the ground is now covered in powdery ash every tree trunk is charred black some of them still smolder there's not a single green leaf left anywhere so Butler is putting out hay for the kangaroos and chicken feed for the Wallabies Wallabies. Anything Butler has also been burying kangaroos and wallabies that were killed in the blaze but he's seen one large grey kangaroo still alive in the tracks of some wallabies and a few birds have returned Butler and his wife used this place to hold camps and workshops on Aboriginal culture and a program for troubled indigenous use school groups would come to learn about native art history and food fire was a key issue they teach about far in this place is their friend far has been used to bind. This whole continent for native peoples used what they called Cool burns low intensity fires and tended to balance the various plants and trees growing in an area how we balance. By not letting any one thing dominate something else the eucalypt shouldn't be allowed to overrun all the other trees if one tribe starts to take over a grassland if you get burned back Aboriginal people have generations of knowledge about managing the landscape on this continent Butler says but they were ignored by public officials who rely on massive back burns this week the New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner defended the large scale controlled burns firefighters have been using There's been a torrent of criticism over the blazes the clearly frustrated commissioner declare . The burns are necessary to try to cut back the amount of fuel available for the next blaze but Butler says there's clearly a problem fires have been burning since October all across Australia and officials say they could continue to burn for months to play hating destruction nobody can deny never going to say just yet. Australia had its hottest and driest year on record in 2019 Butler puts the blame squarely on humans by his words not respecting Mother Earth mismanaging the land and continuing to burn fossil fuels I think this is a wake up call not only for you but for the rest of the world you cannot just destroy the land you cannot destroy what keeps you annoyed Butler's father told him a long time ago he says that the white man may have to destroy himself in order to save himself and Butler is worried that now that may be coming true. Jason Beaubien n.p.r. News New South Wales Australia. This is n.p.r. News. Support for w a b e comes from Georgia State's Robinson College of Business its executive m.b.a. Program is now ranked the number one m.b.a. 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News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm David Greene they are called the one percent the richest of the rich and as income and wealth inequality have grown significantly in this country they've become more of a political economic and social focus we have a new poll out today that breaks down people's views on a number of topics by income and it's pacifically looks at the one percent comparing them to the views of everyone else this telephone polls conducted by n.p.r. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard University's th chance School of Public Health and let's talk about the poll with n.p.r. Political reporter Daniel Kurtz Lavan Hi Daniel Hey David so the poll covers a number of issues but I want to hear about how it isolates the views of the one percent what happened here. Right so this is a really unique poll we have here because usually in a poll we take a sample we ask people questions but that sample of people is usually not big enough to really drill down and see what a small tiny subgroup really like the one percent things by want by definition the one percent is tiny. Right and the one percent is people earning at least somewhere in the ballpark of $500000.00 a year or more so pretty rich people this poll allows us to see how the views of those highest earners differ from people of other income levels because we have enough of them in this poll to look at this well how big are the differences I mean to do people who are making that kind of money have really different views on on some really important topics yes no I want to start here with something that was pretty similar across the board on income inequality itself a majority of respondents overall say it's a very or somewhat serious problem so not too much of a difference there by income but then when you ask people what should be done about it there you see a bigger gap 45 percent of one percenters say it should be a very or a somewhat important priority for the president and Congress to reduce inequality between the rich and the poor that increases as you move down the income spectrum 2 thirds of the lowest earners said should be a priority so a significant difference there now that's perhaps not surprising but it's interesting to be able to actually see with some actual data yeah no I got it totally great what else stood out to you as you went through this so what really stood out to me was when you drill down to party and then break it down by incomes there you have some really interesting gaps by political affiliation and by income so just 15 percent of Republicans who are the very highest earners in that one percent just 15 percent of those say the government should make it a priority to make sure everyone has health insurance but then roughly 3 times as many about half of the lowest income Republicans say it should be a priority so health care has obviously been this. Szell issue and here there is this big divide among actual Republican voters now interestingly when you look at Democrats they're pretty consistent across incomes about 9 in 10 give or take one in 10 Democrats say universal health coverage should be a priority regardless of income. So it sounds like party affiliation doesn't necessarily work the same way when it comes to this smaller subset of Americans right it doesn't necessarily Well if you're breaking it down by income now then again there are some things that of course separate the 2 parties no matter what regardless of whether you're looking at income or not for example clear majorities of Democrats say they believe graduating from college is essential or very important to being economically successful then if you look at Republicans the numbers are much much lower the numbers for them is about 40 percent that's across income so there's a pretty big divide there and it's really issue dependent we see the wealthiest Republicans differ from other Republicans on some issues while Democrats appear to be more aligned at least on some of these pocketbook issues but really on other issues you see this clear worldview difference philosophy difference even cultural difference between the parties interesting stuff n.p.r. Political reporter Daniel Kurtz live in talking about this new poll this morning thanks Danielle thank you there's been deadly violence in Mississippi prisons It happened last week 5 inmates were killed by other inmates advocates say understaffing and constant lock downs are in part to blame the calling on the federal government to investigate the state's corrections department Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Ashley Norwood reports as lawmakers met inside the Mississippi state capitol earlier this week dozens of people rallied outside. The hard. Right Hand of. God only while being black. Advocates from the Southern Poverty Law. Enter in other groups called on the u.s. Justice Department to investigate the inmate on inmate violence in the States prisons Sharon Brown has a family member in custody and told the crowd the situation is bleak is on the country. And heart and it's not Ok. And if they damage these advocates claim Mississippi has the nation's 3rd highest rate of incarceration and a prison staff vacancy rate of nearly 50 percent the average hourly wage of correctional officers in Mississippi is the lowest in the nation outgoing Republican governor Phil Bryant has been fielding questions at recent news events about who's responsible for what's happening in the state's prisons the in the end the ones that take each other's lives in light of the war and fashion weapons medaled in much of the one that they do the damage to the very rooms that they are living in that kind of thinking has angered some in Mississippi and has become an issue in the state capital as lawmakers are back in session this week Democratic State Representative Christopher Bales says the state prison system is in turmoil he says prison officials have warned legislators they need more money to hire guards and pay them better will have to give them the amount of money today need. A 2nd it has to gain control of Prisons Republican senator Bryce Wiggins is a member of the state corrections Committee he agrees the legislature should look at ways to funnel more money into the department but it won't be easy or fast what's going on right now has brought it to the forefront and yes we need to address it and look at ways we can do it but it's not going to be fixed in one year I mean we didn't get here overnight we're not going to get out of it overnight for the past few years Mississippi's correctional spending has declined while it's prison park. Elation has remained almost unchanged reform advocates say that's exactly why they've seen more recent prison lock downs and violence in many of the state's correctional facilities for n.p.r. News I'm Ashley Norwood in Jackson Mississippi. This is n.p.r. News. 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Drone strike in Iraq that killed Iran's top general Qassam solo Monny the trumpet ministration is telling the u.n. That drone strike targeting the Iranian general was an act of self-defense Linda facility has more in a letter to the Security Council u.s. Ambassador to the u.n. Kelly craft said that the u.s. Acted in self-defense and was prepared to take further actions as necessary to protect u.s. Personnel and interests she also said that the u.s. Stands ready to engage without precondition and serious negotiations with Iran to prevent further endangerment of international peace and security despite denials from Iran the head of Ukraine's security council says a missile strike has not been ruled out. Out in the crash of a Ukrainian airliner the Boeing 737800 crashed minutes after taking off from Tehran's main airport killing all 176 people aboard most of the victims were from Iran and Canada Iranian Investigators say the crew of the jet made no radio distress call and was trying to return to the airport when the jet went down the crash occurred hours after Iran fired missiles at 2 bases in Iraq this is n.p.r. News from Washington. Good morning from the newsroom I'm Lisa Raye I am a water main break re Tadic at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta in early December for a time the facility could take no e.r. Patients even now one of the region's largest emergency rooms is at a reduced capacity. Sam Whitehead reports on how that's impacted metro Atlanta submergence the medical network some patients that would have gone to great easy are have ended up here at Piedmont Atlanta hospital and Stead we've seen higher emergency room volumes in December higher in patient volumes in December and lover is chief operating officer at the hospital he says his ers volume in December was up 12 percent from the year before but that it's hard to know if that's because of Grady So wait times are a bit longer and lover may have to bring in more staff if things get busier for now we've really fallen into a pattern now I mean you know when it subsides that'll be great but you know we'll be ready to keep going as long as we need to other area hospitals such as those run by well start and then Emory health care said much the same one thing that has changed more coordination between emergency medical services providers Terence ram Atar is with American Medical Response its ambulances take about 50 patients a day to Grady from to cab and North Fulton County so on each 911 call when the patient is in the back me ambulance and ready to be transported to our paramedics we make a phone call that phone call goes to Grady which tells paramedics which local can take patients Ramit are says that changed to help area paramedics normally operate as help spread out the volume that Grady can't take the hospital runs the call center with support from the Georgia Department of Public Health which also helped Grady secure a 30 bed mobile e.r. 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And I'm David Greene in Culver City California on Capitol Hill the House is expected to vote today on a resolution to curb president trumps war powers administration officials briefed lawmakers yesterday on the strike that killed Iran's top military leader Qassam saloon money Congressman Adam Smith is a Democrat from Washington state he is chair of the House Armed Services Committee and he joins me this morning to talk through all of this Congressman thanks for taking the time for us thanks for give me the chance I appreciate it so what with this resolution accomplish the resolution basically require the president to get congressional approval before taking military action against Iran. It would do is direct his ability to commit acts of war against Iran and basically reassert the congressional role in in going to war and you're going to support it yes I am and I mean is there any chance of it surviving in the Senate well I will say that there has been bipartisan support for the basic principle that the executive has overreached and not just this president but many presidents have pretty much ignored the congressional role in deciding when to commit our troops to military action there is bipartisan support as we passed a similar amendment to this that was attached to the National Defense authorizing Act last year and it had bipartisan support now it did not survive the Senate Senate Republicans opposed at the White House opposed it but it's not just a Democratic idea that the legislative branch ought to have some say in when we go to war as I've talked to generals actually who feel strongly about this that the country needs to support the military action of our military Well I'm glad you brought up the timeline because it's not just President Trump I mean presidents before him ordered hundreds of drone strikes in the Middle East in Pakistan in Afghanistan in the Horn of Africa I mean what why why now why wasn't this done sooner MUDs. Bits been introduced throughout all that period and people have supported it there have been efforts to rewrite the 2001 a your mouth there have been efforts to repeal the 2000 and want to go out to 2002 a year after Mina number of efforts on this front but they've run into some of the same challenges that this one is going to run into so this is something we've been talking about and pushing for a long time I just want to ask I mean there are members of Congress who say they fully support what the president decided to do with this drone strike the administration has made the argument that there was an imminent threat that sort of money was plotting attacks against the United States if this went into place would it constrain the president from being able to act quickly to prevent what the president sees as an imminent threat one no and that's the interesting thing even the resolution that I mentioned or the piece of legislation that was attached to the defense bill it always has a clear exception for the president's right to act in self defense and then this is a both a necessary element and a flaw without question because it says you know if an attack is imminent if the president feels that his action is necessary to protect American lives then he has the right to act regardless of what's in this resolution or any other resolution now obviously you can see the flaw in that what is an imminent threat what is defense Well that brings up the very situation we're in now you got a briefing from the White House yesterday I presume making the case that he did pose an imminent threat and that this was an act of self-defense did you learn about the rationale the President Trump had to carry this out when the big problem there is what we did and I personally have had conversations with General Milley and Secretary of Defense Marc esper about this and I knew where they were coming from their argument is that they had intel that Iran to sell them on e. Was planning attacks but when you ask Ok well what attacks what what were the targets they didn't know what was the timeline they feel that the time line was days maybe weeks but there was no message that they received or intel that they got that said Ok Iran has a has approved this attack on these sites in this timeline it was just a lot of chatter about targets that they were looking at and the desire on Iran's part to hit those targets some time in the near future so the near future be immediately I mean could could chatter be enough to could be an act of self-defense could be I mean that but that but we were not specifically told there's reasons for this they want to protect their sources and methods you know not not let people know what we know or how we know what more importantly what we would not specifically said Ok here's what we heard here's why we thought it was him and so I think there still is a legitimate question as to how imminent this attack was Chairman Smith thanks much your time really appreciate it thanks for the chance Democrat Adam Smith chairs the House Armed Services Committee I want to bring in n.p.r. National political correspondent Mara Liasson who was listening in to Mara Hello interesting here what struck me in that conversation was that this this is not about a single drone strike I mean this has been a fundamental disagreement between 2 branches of power going back through George w. Bush's days maybe beyond Right yeah maybe beyond Congress has many people think Congress is under reached you know you hear a lot about congressional overreach in this case they haven't passed a new. Authorization to Use Military Force since 2002 and that's been a really long time and certainly when you have divided government it's usually the opposition party in Congress that wants to put some checks on the president but the Constitution does give the sole power to declare war to Congress and so that's why you had not only Democrats in the house pushed. Back against the president with this resolution but you had some Republican senators who felt that the administration has not given them in these briefings a clear enough moral legal constitutional rationale for why they took the strike and they are willing at least 2 of them Mike Lee and Rand Paul to join Democrats and vote for some kind of a restraint on the president going forward 2 senators could could there be more I mean do you think Republicans are ready to do something like this if they believe in it fundamentally but if it could come across to the American public as. A criticism of this specific president yeah that's a good question I don't know the answer to that I do know that in the past even though Republicans in Congress have been in lockstep with the president on almost everything foreign policy is the one thing where they have broken with him on various resolutions whether it's about NATO or Saudi Arabia or Russian sanctions and even if the Senate did join the House and pass this resolution that doesn't have the force of law the president doesn't have to sign it and the president has taken a very very expansive view of his constitutional authority he has said famously that Article 2 allows him to do whatever he wants Congressman Smith very measured I mean even saying he's had he's had conversations with the military with the White House or other Democrats ready to be as measured in the criticism of this president's foreign policy in this moment Well sure because as you said this is a constitutional argument this is going to affect the next Democratic president and this is about how popular will is represented in government this is a long standing constitutional debate n.p.r. 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News I'm David Greene and I'm Rachel Martin the trumpet ministration is expected to announce sweeping changes to one of the country's most consequential environmental laws today under the proposal federal agencies wouldn't have to consider climate change when approving major new projects like oil pipelines or highways we've got N.P.R.'s Jeff Brady with us to explain Hi Jeff good morning tell us more about this change what it is expected to do yeah this law is called the National Environmental Policy Act It's better known by its acronym Nepa and it's been around for 50 years that requires federal agencies to consider the environmental effects of proposed projects before approving them and it doesn't say that the agency has to choose the least polluting option it just says that they have to think about the environmental consequences and that gives the public the opportunity to see what the government is doing and how it arrives at its decisions and it also gives the public a chance to comment on those decisions and it also gives environmental groups a chance to comment over the years though through a series of court decisions and as some of these issues have become more complicated the process has gotten long up to 6 years that's because some of these big projects you know like a gas pipeline or big highway they have a lot of the environmental consequences to consider Ok so that's what the law is and what it has done previously What's the change about why is it happening now well since these industries have long complained about the time it takes to get through the need for a process that expensive they want these regulations streamlined and that's what the trumpet ministration is proposing to do here some of those groups led by the u.s. Chamber of Commerce have long been working with the administration to rewrite the regulations we haven't seen all the details yet but they're going to come out later this morning and there are some early indications of what they've come up with one big issue is whether an agency has to consider the cumulative environmental effects of a project and think about an oil pipeline under these changes the agency would count only. The environmental effects of building that pipeline environmentalists agency should also have to count all the oil that's flowing through that pipeline they argue that not doing that makes it very difficult to plan a plan for climate change so any time you lift regulations I mean fair to say the industry has been replaced with this change oh yeah from early indications you can definitely say they're very pleased with this they don't like the direction the cases have been heading in courts they've There have been some recent decisions about oil and gas drilling on public land and about pipeline construction where judges have said that agencies must consider climate change during the need for a process that adds all that complication and there's another big change that we're going to see here companies would be allowed to conduct their own environmental reviews Christi gold for us she's with the Center for American Progress and she was an environmental officials around the Obama administration here's what she had to say about that this is clearly a conflict of interest to just say to the company go ahead and tell us what the environmental impacts are going to be Does anyone believe that's actually going to result in information that the public can trust or that we can use in the future to makes wise decisions right self-regulation is always sort of problematic so once these changes are announced what happens then well President Trump he's expected to make this announcement himself at the White House later this morning and there's going to be a public comment period but there's a question about whether the civil ever even take place because there's going to be court challenges and then we don't know if it's going to become finalized before the November election All right N.P.R.'s Jeff Brady on this news today Jeff thank you for explaining it to us we really appreciate it thank you Rachel. 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What's it mean to be financially independent if your grandmas her majesty the queen Marketplace Morning Report is supported by Carbonite protecting small businesses from ransomware attacks Carbonite helps businesses recover computer files without paying a ransom learn more at Carbonite dot com I'm David Brancaccio in New York 1st it has been an unpredictable week for geopolitics given Iran given Iraq and more but it's possible there is some predictable big news tomorrow the official report on hiring and unemployment for December hits the wire at 8 30 am Eastern tomorrow it's expected to be quite strong yet again Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman has a preview back in 2018 the labor market was on fire fueled by the Trump tax cuts and sky high consumer confidence employers added about $225000.00 new jobs on average every month then in 2019 that slowed to around 180008 month amid rising trade tensions and sluggish global growth still that's well above what's needed to absorb young people entering the workforce here zip recruiter economist Julianne Pollack as we start 2020 we see a job market characterized by remarkably steady job growth but economist Dan north that business and assure you'll are Hermes North America sees some signs of weakness in the job market as the u.s. Economy slows temporary job growth shrunk to 0 and temporary people are usually the ones that stop getting hired 1st plus state unemployment claims have risen over the past few months those so far that hasn't been reflected in the unemployment rate which remains at a 50 year low Mitchell Hartman for Marketplace show we do the numbers and s. And p. Futures are up 3 tenths percent at the moment the Nasdaq is up a future of 4 tenth's percent footsie index in London up half. Sent crude oil down yesterday as the u.s. And Iran seemed to back away from immediate confrontation is a bit is up this morning that price it's up $7.00 tenths of a percent to right at $60.00 a barrel in New York Ok pleasant couple in their thirty's decides to forge a new career path outside the family business is that news well it is when their senior members of Britain's royal family must take a moment to follow the money after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex you know them as Harry and Meghan said they want to make their own way in the world with a view to becoming financially independent by marketplace colleague the B.B.C.'s Victoria Kreg in London is of course following this Victoria Hi David So where do British royals get their money well for Harry and Megan 95 percent of the money they need to carry out their royal duties comes from income that's a lot of it to Harry's dad Prince Charles the other 5 percent they say comes from something called the sovereign grant that's a pool of money that the royal family gets every year it's paid to the queen and is a portion of revenue generated from buildings and land Oh and by the Crown estates Prince Harry also has an inheritance from his mom Princess Diana she left in a state of about $20000000.00 So theoretically he's gotten about half of that and Megan of course has money she made as an actress before she became a royal now can senior royals like Harry and Megan really become financially independent I mean cut themselves off from this gravy train that is the $1000000.00 question so they say they're still going to live in Frogmore cottage which is owned by the Queen so last year it was renovated to the tune of 3000000 dollars that was at a cost to taxpayers it's also kept up with funding from that sovereign grant so they still want to also carry out royal duties which means they won't have to pay for their own travel expenses and other costs associated with those trips the bottom line though here is that Buckingham Palace says nothing has been agreed so far senior members of. Royal Family are not allowed to hold their own jobs so we're not sure what the parameters might be for private work for Harry and Megan for example could make an return to acting would they be able to go on the speaker circuit earn money that way or start up their own private company even all that remains to be seen this is a pretty unprecedented move her right Victoria Cregg marketplace b.b.c. In London thank you my pleasure she's in the B.B.C.'s big news room in London where I've seen there's assigned seating for business reporters for sports reporters and no kidding one whole section labeled royals. Marketplace Morning Report is supported by Newman providing an online evaluation and the tools to help people live healthier lives through behavior change more information at noon and o.o.m. Dot com. 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That I weighed it spends less money on gas but she doesn't like i worry about her finding a place to charge that the vehicle when you buy a gas powered car you don't ask how many miles I'm going to take a guess Chad Baulch the spokesman for Chevrolet but anybody that's your 1st question How far can I go before I run out of battery and what happens when I do Chevrolet makes the all electric Bolt says charging infrastructure is important for . Drivers peace of mind right now there are 76000 public charging station outlets in the country according to the alternative fuels data center compared with 168000 stations that serve gas we're improving the infrastructure but we're not where we need to be Kevin Roberts is a senior mobility analyst with a global consultancy firm easy why it surveyed u.s. Consumers and found more than half in Evie due to a lack of charging stations ranging Saudis a major concern for most consumers. Public Chargers are operated by a handful of companies crane lots ego and a new player electrify America folks who are going created the subsidiary as part of its u.s. Department of Justice emission settlement that requires feet of you to spend $2000000000.00 on charging infrastructure Brendan Jones's with electrify America he says by the end of 2021 it plans to install $3500.00 high speed Chargers nationwide you can get 20 miles in a minute on that charge Mallory bass will be on the lookout for more charging stations over the next year while deciding on a new car maybe I'll do the research and go for an electric car. Maybe there will be more charging stations because seeing more Chargers might tip the balance on what she decides to drive in Los Angeles I'm Sue carpenter for Marketplace. The Marketplace Morning Report from a.p.m. American Public Media. Support for Marketplace comes from Emory University's course what a business school and its number one ranked evening m.b.a. 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So the question am I Ok is my health good and exactly the same applies to an economy you can't look at any one statistic as a substitute for doing your job so let's look at the American economy yes unemployment is low but the quality of the jobs which is what matters for most people has been deteriorating for years what I mean that paying lower wages these jobs that we now have than they used to they have fewer benefits with them than they used to they are less secure than they used to be they are more part time and temp jobs relative to secure long term full time jobs now we even have a measure of that which the president carefully avoids ever mentioning it's been a measure developed at Cornell University one of the leading higher institutions of learning in this country it's called the job quality index j Q. And it looks at jobs to get a sense of their quality and if I had a graph behind me I'd show you a line that goes straight down indicating that the quality of jobs in the United States has been going down for the mass the millions of people that the penned on those jobs for their livelihood if quality of job is as important a measure as unemployment then the egg American economy is nowhere near great and should not be dealt with as if it were jobs with lower wages jobs with fewer benefits jobs with less security put enormous burdens not just on the worker but on his or her spouse on his or her children on his or her household. Let me give you a very immediate example the November 29000 jobs report was glowingly received on the grounds that it showed an increase in the number of jobs but it showed no increase in the level of wages which is very unusual because when you have a low in unemployment when most people are working employers if they want to find someone can't go to a ready pool of an employed people and hire someone because there aren't very many of them around so in order to get a worker Normally they have to bid they have to induce a worker to leave the job he or she already as and come over to the one who needs workers and the way you do that is offer higher wages so wages go up in the November report even though the jobs went up the wages went nowhere and the reason is that we are replacing the good jobs that we used to have with a lousy ones that we have now think of the difference between an auto worker a chemical worker a steel worker on the one end and the greeter at Walmart or the worker at Target or the one you can get the the picture my next update has to do with the difference between France and the United States in terms of responding to assaults on the well being of working people in France you have a government that already provides people with much better services much more of them than they do here in the United States. Medical coverage is free for everybody in France from birth to death they don't allow it otherwise universities are subsidizing very very low cost etc etc. Currently the president there Mr McCraw is trying to reduce the pensions change the pension system big people be older to get pensions and they used to be and what did the working class in France do it said no way a we gonna sit here and let you do that so starting in December of 2019 they began a series of general strikes across the country the opening day early in December a 1000000 people went into the streets not just of Paris but of cities across the country saying this will not stand the yellow vest movement backing the unions who took the lead students everybody and I want to stress 2 things about this massive saying no to a government assaulting the standard of living of working people. Yes the French are used to doing that that's remarkable compare their activity with the passive itty of the American working class subject to at least as much of an attack over the last 30 years as what is going on in France now and what do these massive outpourings of people into the street accomplish number one they show politicians you better pay attention because those of us in the street are married our parents are relatives of millions and millions of voters and we will vote you out depending on where you stand here very powerful Here's what else it does it mobilizes people all the people who don't protest but feel badly about what the government is doing now see that their friends their neighbors and their coworkers feel like they do you're not alone you're not isolated you're not one of the few You're one of the many and you learn that when others who have a bit more courage than you do or out there in the street to get a 1000000 people to go out in 300 cities also shows everybody that the people who are opposed to the government are well organized they can coordinate they can mobilize people that takes an enormous amount of work and you begin to see that not only are there a lot of people who think like me but they're organized they have institutions that enable them to make their feelings felt. And you know what else it does it kind of mobilizes for the future because everybody who goes out into the street now has a personal stake in this issue it's one thing to read about in the paper watch it on t.v. Have a thought tell it to your wife or husband over the dinner table it's another thing to go out into the street with others now it's an issue that you've invested in and you're going to pay attention and the demonstrations get people to be committed in a way that will last into the future Mr McCraw I have advice for you you're in a losing proposition that massive people care about that pension and they're not going to let you do that and if you persist you will pay the political price my 3rd update has to do with something you may not have heard of Dennis Gartman He's famous because he produced for the last 30 years of the Gartman letter a financial newsletter used by all kinds of investment companies and investors to guide whether they should buy stocks or not what kind of stocks and so forth very famous he ended a 30 year career in December of 2019 but he did it in a way that I want to bring to your attention now that he was no longer cultivating his customers among the investors he could afford to tell the unvarnished truth and here's what his last letter said. Get out of stocks sell your stocks this economy is in deep trouble and the reasons are that turned to protectionism by Mr Trump the cutting of our international interactions as economies and it is very bad not just for the rest of the world but for the future of the American economy you are turning a corner for the immediate political interests of a politician and it's going to cost us all don't get caught in the collapse Wow all and I wanted you all to hear it even though you don't have to pay the expensive price to get Mr Gartner's letter the next $1.00 is a kind of sad update if you missed it I want to report to you that in December of 2019 it was reported that an $11500000.00 waterfront a state on the very posh Martha's Vineyard an island off of Massachusetts was purchased by Barack Obama and his wife Michelle it's sad for me because what is it another person for whom the presidency has meant an enormous increase in wealth and income a president our 1st African-American who gained in wealth as the African community African-American community as all lost its wealth across the 8 years of his presidency he ends up in a mansion they end up in death there is something in this story and Mr Obama is in no way unique that has been the trajectory of many presidents before him it tells you something something you may not want to hear. Last update that we'll have time for on December 6th of 2019 Kansas City voted the board of directors the city council of Kansas City voted to reduce fares on all public transportation to 0 that's right you can now use a Boss incentive in Kansas City and the fee will be nothing why am I bringing this to your attention Well here are some of the benefits of reducing the cost to 0 which will cost the city about $8000000.00 to make up for what is not charging people less car traffic to snarl the streets of Kansas City therefore less air pollution since buses pollute a lot less than the cars that replace them fewer accidents because there are fewer cars fewer injuries fewer deaths fewer loss of property major help to low income people it does something about inequality because of course for the low income people this is the best service I can imagine and I could go on and compare Kansas City which therefore doesn't have to spend money like New York and San Francisco hiring extra cops to police the fair Busters who need to get their free transportation that other way we've come to the end of the 1st half of today's economic update we have an interesting interview for you in the 2nd half but let me remind you again make use of our websites. To communicate with us to follow us on Facebook Twitter and Instagram and as always our special thanks and gratitude to the Pac tree on community that supports democracy at work and this program and for which we are grateful Stay with us we'll be right back. As the American Revolution looms a rescue in King George's name as a rebel peacekeepers resort to violence and cowards become unlikely heroes who are going to death and I should go on my desk over here in George Bernard Shaw's devils decide next l.a. Theater works. Welcome back friends to the 2nd half of today's economic update once again I am very pleased to welcome to the microphones and to the cameras Dr Harriet frog who's on this program from time to time and we look these programs at the intersection between the economy and our personal lives our own lives our intimate and close relationships and we're going to be doing that again today to remind those of you who may not have seen this program before with Dr Freud she is a mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in private practice here in New York City she writes and speaks publicly does media interviews where she explores the intersections between American public life and the American economy on the one hand and our intimate personal lives on the other you can see her work at her website Harriet frog dot com That's spelled h a r i e t f r e w e d her latest project which we're very proud of here at democracy work is called capitalism hits home it's a pod cast that compares and shows what is happening. In our economic lives with what's happening in our personal lives she answers questions like how does capitalism affect our personal lives how does the economy affect the lives we live at home our relationships romance dating things like that you can find the pod cast capitalism it's home on i Tunes on Google Play and at our Web site Democracy at work dot info and of course on the very supportive Patry on dot com slash capitalism hits home and I for one website and on your website as well Ok here's our topic for today most of us live our lives partly in the workplace where we have our jobs and partly at home where we have our personal lives and the question is how do these 2 parts of our lives these 2 places these 2 institutions where we split our existence how do they impact each other and I wanted to explore just that particular question with Harriet fraud because her practice her interaction with her clients has taught her a lot about it so let's start with asking what is the role of the family in modern American capitalism and I mean here both the idealized version of what we hope or imagine or many what the t.v. Shows us on the one hand and the reality of the role of the family and the condition of the family today well the idealized version is seldom realized. Sees me and that's the a happy family where everyone is supportive everyone is emotionally available everyone is honest and everyone deeply connects that's a rarity indeed and it's a rarity because even though now still. The family is the basic expected emotional support for most people for all people and it's the only really socially subsidized although it's not subsidized socially agreed upon support for children so it's a very important institution the family even though families are falling apart rapidly for example one in 10 children lives with grandparents or relatives because their parents are opioid addicts and can't take care of them that's one in 10 that's a lot of children and more and more couples the biggest trend among married couples is not having any children because it's too much money and too much work and so the family is failing the majority of 18 to 35 year olds don't get married there are more people that live together than marry because they don't really feel they have enough security and stability to be married no less start a family so families are in big trouble. Let me ask you a question because immediately since I'm an economist It occurs to me the things you said immediately show the impact of the economy if it's too much money to raise a child it's because you're not earning enough money to solve that problem if you are so busy that you can't even imagine it's because the demands of the workplace are such that you literally don't have the energy or even the time to think about a family children and all that they involve and certainly have learned from my friends and associates that if you do have children the difficulties of figuring out how to allocate your time are overwhelming so let me ask you the question how does the reality of capitalism of the jobs that we all have shaped this situation in the family well the majority of people have bad jobs they don't have much control if any over their work and their work is unsatisfying and unstable the 2 biggest employers in the United States are Wal-Mart owned by the richest family in the world and Amazon own by the richest man in the world Jeff Bezos now act is jobs which are often minimum wage the conditions are terrible you can learn one day in advance what your schedule will be which means that you can't provide reliable childcare unless you have somebody. They're all the time and people don't and so there's an enormous scramble in addition the working conditions are so terrible that Amazon workers have had 2 recent strikes where they walked off the job one in Michigan and one in New York and the biggest job increases that they tout showing that trumps great unemployment figures are wonderful during warehouse jobs where people routinely hurt themselves because the pace of the work. Getting packages putting them in places they called Water Spiders on the job because they have to move so fast like water spiders skittering over the work they have safety precautions and pushy procedures is supposed to follow but the workplace is so fast to fill these orders with the amount of people that they have that they routinely hurt themselves they hurt their backs they hurt their shoulders they hurt their necks so these are dangerous jobs as well as low paid jobs Amazon says it's going to hire $100000.00 new workers but the workers already there are wondering if their hours will be cut in their benefits if any because they're hiring more workers and so that and Wal-Mart has in its stores a desk where you can apply for food stamps because they pay so poorly that they want us and the government to compensate for their poor salaries by having food stamps because they create poverty so we have more jobs but they're really bad jobs for example the median wage the median income of a family in the United States is $66000.00 a year for everybody working. Now. The. That doesn't really buy you much childcare the average Dasent excellent childcare is as much as about a community college tuition a year so it's at least $10000.00 a year plus people to get to their jobs need transportation we don't have great public transportation and so that cars are involved or car fare is involved and so that people struggle what the United States deems is a decent middle class income is 150000 dollars a year well if the median income is $66000.00 that explains why most people struggle and they don't have $400.00 in case of a terrible emergency so that you know this totally affects the family people come home from back breaking work in a bad mood and hurting and not really wanting to take care of children take care of homes listen to one another's problems they just want to zone out and try to recoup themselves after a brutal day well you know. It jumps into me all this talk particularly on the cost side of conservatives who celebrate capitalism and praise it and talk endlessly about things I'm really values thing are literally celebrating the opposite of the reality it's right how do you have a family value if your economic system in what it doesn't pay people in the work jobs the very story you just told us how can you add advocate family values when you're literally celebrating a system that's wrecking the family that's right every other wealthy European country has subsidized child care if you look at France which has as much of a racial divide as we do as much racial mix you can start your child on childcare at 0 years old after you've had your free labor and delivery because medical care is free and that goes on and on the child can be in child care which is well equipped and has one master's degree and one associates degree teacher and a nurse on hand in case kids get sick so that you can everything every single facility so that you have assurance that your while you are at work that your kids are all right what happens now in our big employers like Walmart or Amazon or all the others or the fast food chains. Is you're so worried about losing your job that your kid stays alone and you have a cell phone and you hope you're not going to be docked for listening to it because your kids call you when they're frightened or need something that's very destructive to the family you contrast that with the facilities that they have in all these other countries and like in Scandinavian daycares all throughout they have not only infant care toddler care and then care after school programs and summer care they have buses that take school age children to programs so you don't have to have a lot of money to get your kid dance lessons or piano lessons or. Extra athletic practice. You can get that and the government will pay for it in other words how would you then react when you hear President Trump or people like that making fun of Scandinavia they have nothing to teach us with the greatest economy will be a real answer because you're basically telling us not only what the problems are here but you're pointing to what could be done not as a hypothetical but what is already happening in other countries Yeah well I would point to the free childcare you know recently he's ridiculed Denmark because they don't want to sell Greenland. And. If you work at McDonald's in Denmark you get their minimum wage $24.00. $24.00 an hour and you also have free medical care free childcare free after school and summer care and you have an much easier and more comfortable life and so that the family also you have paid vacation time the United States is the only one of the wealthy Western countries that has no mandated one yeah by law they cation time the French have 5 weeks the Brazilians have 6 weeks the Germans have 4 weeks whatever they all have paid vacation time because families need time they also have much more militant unions demanding this so that one of the things that astounds us. Is that the hundreds of thousands of German metal workers one a 22 hour work week well paid full pay so that they could have a personal life balance we don't so we do we do everything we can to deprive families you know the gap between the rhetoric of the family values and the reality could not be starker I wish we had more time thank you and even to coming thank you you will come here and thank you all I hope you have found this discussion of the family the reality is rather than the idealized version interesting and valuable I want to thank Dr Frank for joining us and I look forward to speaking with you again next week. This is Laura Flanders You're listening to people powered radio k.-p. Of k. 90.7 f.m. Los Angeles and support k.b. Of k. By texting the number 41444 and entering f k texting a pledge is a easy way to support the station let's you. I'm s.-t. 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And that's probably one of the major reasons why despite how significant this is it's receiving scare coverage across the board I mean a lot of people have compared this to the kind of odd papers which isn't wrong but the Pentagon Papers you know we're a media sensation but such as the media apparatus is presently it's simply not the case with the Afghanistan papers I mean the only people who are really 'd talking about them in any sort of that is are anti-war activists or those who do you know have a particular anti-war socialist position. The Washington Post this week published the Afghanistan papers a series that draws on thousands of pages of internal government documents about the war in Afghanistan the documents expose the lies deceit mismanagement waste corruption fraud and failed schemes the Democratic and Republican administrations pursued in Afghanistan the longest conflict now in its 18th year in u.s. History these documents in addition to being a scathing indictment of the ruling elites illustrate like the Pentagon Papers how policy makers routinely lied to the American public to cover up the debacle in Afghanistan a debacle that has wasted hundreds of billions of dollars and resulted in tens of thousands of deaths joining me in the studio to discuss the revelations in the Post series is Spencer hone who graduated from West Point and served in combat as an Army Ranger and Afghanistan. You read it is there anything that surprised you not really Krista kind of just confirms everything we thought we knew and anyone who's been paying attention to this for years now which is kind of confirmation you up this is the fact of the matter and we had to grapple with how long did it take you to be in Afghanistan before you realized this thing Stack Well I mean I was in Afghanistan and 2011 in July August of 2011 I was a Ranger is 19 years old but even then as a kid. Then take me too long to realize just what a load of. Absolute nonsense all of the justifications for from the top on down usually boil down to nothing more than let's go try to instigate a fight with some that be less idea of bad guys and then being surrounded by a bunch of senior leadership who their entire objective was just to kill and capture and there really wasn't any actual connection to a larger goal when in fact I remember you telling me that these night raids that you carried only made things worse you have to salute. But what's interesting about these papers and we're going to run through as much of the series as we can is that I think highest level it begins with a quote from Douglas Lute a 3 star me general who served as the White House's Afghan wars are during the Bush and Obama administrations they eat this is a quote we were devoid of a fundamental understanding of again a stand we didn't know what we were doing he goes on what are we trying to do here we don't have the foggiest notion of what we're if the American people knew the magnitude of this dysfunction 2400 lives lost this is again loot blaming the deaths of u.s. Military personnel on bureaucratic breakdowns among Congress the Pentagon the State who will say this was in vain I mean these were people running the war that's what the papers expose they were fully aware of the quagmire of the dysfunction and the failure and yet they continued it yes I mean like I said I was in Afghanistan as a private 1st class I mean one of the lowest in the. I could clearly see what was happening then and so I decided maybe seeking it off just Commission might be a way to give me some greater you know insight into the matter to maybe perhaps change things but as you just demonstrated there at the highest echelons they realize that there is nothing they could do that would result and actually. Carrying out a strategy that was viable but of course as we'll get into later I mean even to argue from the position of strategy is faulty because you know I think the base level all of this was completely immoral and I'm just well just quickly you know we went in there supposedly to to destroy Al Qaida which had sanctuary been on that a sanctuary there well they all paid off the Afghan national army in Tora Bora and left the country and then were left there and we start fighting the Taliban who had nothing to do right with 911 in fact is the papers point out the Taliban were quite eager to negotiate to integrate within the power structure in our hubris we refused. I mean I think one of the things the papers really make clear is that there really was no strategy they didn't really know where they were going and in the lot of part of the papers you have this somebody commenting about how these commanders would come in for 6 or 12 months but it was really and they knew it was . Futile and even counterproductive but they were just punching their ticket talk about their career as well yeah I mean that's for me one of the striking aspects of the Afghanistan papers is you have a series of battalion and brigade commanders who come in and they're told by the outgoing commander that this is a complete quagmire it's an absolute folly we don't know what we're doing here and then the incoming commanders would you know be like like oh my God what are we to do but nonetheless when every single one of them returns home you know when they redeploy its mission accomplished another bullet point on the officer evaluation report you know the show continues the spectacle carries on the money is staggering right. Since 2001 the Defense Department State Department and u.s. Agency for International Development have spent or appropriated between $934000000000.00 and $978000000000.00 and again is one of the later papers points out the the country is just flooded with money which fuels the Karzai kleptocracy and corruption right now I mean absolutely I mean and it's funny though I mean even car site himself at the end of one of the is the former president one of the parts of the reports the stuff the ballots they think you see 1000000 votes but to me admits that the CIA would drop off you know just obscene amounts of money to be like this is nothing new they carried a bag and right yes a comical like a looney tunes out but yeah I mean he said he would be given all this money and what do you expect in a country that's been ripped apart by war and violence when you just flood them with this amount of money it's going to lead to the corruption of and again like the the interests of the u.s. Aren't in actually uplifting the Afghanistan or the people of Afghanistan it's in maintaining an imperial foothold and there's a wonderful quote somewhere somebody one of the official says let's give the money to the Afghans they only take 20 percent. Instead of giving it to the private contractors who take it one percent and don't do anything that's I think I mean the corruption isn't just on. The Afghan government you know propped up by the u.s. It's all the u.s. Officials who are working to you know create this puppet government and they're building these huge infrastructure projects which the Afghans can't even manage they're building schools next to empty schools it's all a numbers game it's all about public relations it's not about being effective including at the beginning they talk about these surveys that they constantly kept putting out bullet points and maps with color coded that was a huge effort a public relations effort to. Spin the war is going well and then we know in real time they knew fully well that it was dysfunctional yet all of those charts the figures that they were complete just pseudo scientific justifications there's no actual valid id to them in any you know metric and they used in the fine print say this may not be scientific or something but it was really essentially saying nothing they sold existed just to paint a picture of a reality that it really exists on the ground. What you know it's damning both in terms of Bush which starts the who starts the war. And then invades Iraq which they constantly say essentially opening a war on 2 fronts means you're not going to win the war but also Obama that Obama does the huge troop surge. At a time when he's he and those around him David Petraeus and others are fully aware that the Taliban is only growing in terms of it's it's it's it's control of territory and it's power right now I mean and the thing is too is that that demonstrate that this has been a bipartisan affair and that's probably one of the major reasons why despite how significant this is it's receiving scant coverage across the board I mean a lot of people have compared this to the Pentagon Papers which isn't wrong but the Pentagon Papers you know where a media sensation but such as the media apparatus is presently it's simply not the case with the Afghanistan papers I mean the only people who are really 'd talking about them in any sort of Depp's are anti-war activists or those who do you know have a particular anti-war socialist position on the matter well nobody's going to hold hearings right because they're both culpable. The waste I mean this is a constant theme throughout these papers. One on One unidentified contractor told government interviewers he was expected to dole out $3000000.00 daily for projects in a single Afghan district roughly the size of a us County it's completely perverse and this is just whenever you hear anyone say you know how are you going to pay for public health you know programs are going to pay for you know making university tuition free it's like we'll look at what's happening daily in Afghanistan and elsewhere where the u.s. Military is posted one of the things that because so that essentially it's there is no. Other than trying to buy people off or lords. Politicians Karzai and there is kind of unlimited funds to do it but the report argues that through that tactic they destroyed the popular legitimacy of the Afghan government they were fighting to prop up with judges and police chiefs and bureaucrats extorting bribes many Afghans soured on what was presented as democracy and turned to the Taliban to enforce order so in fact the very mechanism by which they used to maintain control which was largely trying to buy people off backfired right I mean the fact of the matter is at that point and at this point presently the only political group the only body with any sort of legitimacy in Afghanistan is the Taleban and the u.s.g. There face that reality or continue to keep their heads in the sand like they have for 18 years you know with all my criticisms of Trump we now have about 13000 troops I think in Afghanistan he has you know unlike the rest of the establishment recognized the futility of the war and greenlighted talks with enough yet to tell him on the issue of trump those like to actually believe that he has any sort of anti-war you know is a folly I think usually trumps position is motivated by a sense of laziness or incompetence they realize well the Obama did it it's wrong it's more of a reactive but I do support talks I was I don't see yours and I mean either it is happening whatever the motives however dirty they are now but if you have a commitment to peace of course any you know any manner in which the u.s. One of the one of the things the the report points out is that with the troop withdrawal there's been a heavy increase of the bombing right which of course the thing yeah with the mother of all ball and throw them you know mother of all bombs they blew up the CIA built tunnels right up we were paid for with our money taxpayer money when they were fighting the Soviet. And some precisely right I want to talk about the Afghan security forces because they're constantly run through here as incompetent unmotivated rife with deserves and of clued in members of the Taliban and the creation of tens of thousands of quote unquote ghost soldiers so the Afghan security commanders are collecting salaries for people who don't exist. It's quite large I think somewhere around 350000 but utterly incompetent and somewhere in the report they talk about how they will fight but only when there are like Green Berets embedded with Right yeah I mean I think again this just comes down to the fact that there's no sense of legitimacy to the government installed by the u.s. The u.s. Itself so when you're trying to build a national army How do you expect to have a cohesive force one no one really believes in the what's right carried out well becomes a way to they'll sell their uniforms or some sure anything it's all about money and you can't believe you can plan that route point because your country's been occupied Well who wants to die for or for George w. Bush when we come back we'll continue our conversation about the Afghanistan papers with Spencer replies 'd. Welcome back to on contact we continue our conversation about the Afghanistan papers with Spencer riposte we talked about the Afghan army the police are just as bad a u.s. Military officer estimated in the documents that one 3rd of police recruits were drug addicts or Taliban another call them stealing fools who loaded so much fuel from u.s. Bases that they perpetually smelled of gasoline let's talk about opium because under Mullah Omar before the invasion of Taliban control 90 percent of the opium. Production was wiped out now Afghanistan is the primary source of the world's opium not in the u.s. We get most of ours from Mexico and that has fueled the war we've spent about $9000000000.00 to fight the problem over the last 18 years and it's been a complete and utter failure. Afghanistan was responsible for 82 percent of the global opium production according to the un Office on Drugs and Crime You know I mean I think it's another textbook example of racketeering on the part of the u.s. This problem did not exist to this extent until the invasion happened and then the longer the us is there the worse the problem gets but once more do you you don't really see it in any of these reports an actual you know we're reconciling with what this would mean in terms of the structural facts of the war it's just usually about you know strategy the strategy that but none of these generals want to face the facts and that the u.s. As a global head to monitor force will lead to. Creating problems of this nature if you know that the bipartisan compliance with the u.s. War machine continues I mean that's really what it comes down to one of the things that comes through is the utter incompetence sure you know they pay at $1.00 point Afghan poppy growers where one comes from poppy $700.00 I think an acre or something for a staggering sum of money and so they they take the money and then they sell them I mean there's just no oversight no it's it's you know almost vaudevillian in right away that policies are carried out you know what I mean and there's I mean part of the problem is that as we discussed already it's the the end goal for my. Of the commanders at the good level battalion level who are overseas in Afghanistan the end goal is finding the right way to have the correct bullet point on your own we are as I mentioned earlier and if that means that you allow certain problems like that to continue under your watch without really addressing the root cause then so be it but I mean there's no as you know and as many others who are probably watching this so there's no manner in which the u.s. As an occupying force in Afghanistan can exist as a positive rule so whether it's you know the growth of the opium trade or whatever other problem it's going to continue until it's the u.s. Fully withdraws from the region that's what is the driving factor here well this is been true throughout the entire Middle East on you know we've done is create one failed state after another decisive improved the most potent recruiting tool for the hottest That's right so well Pakistan because Pakistan comes up here. So Musharraf. Gives the Pentagon former president Pakistan remission to use Pakistani Europe aerospace he lets the CIA track the leaders in Pakistani territory but he's also giving heavy covert support to the Taliban absolutely why explain why I mean it's interesting that Pakistan they're actually quite honest with the u.s. They were what they are and that's where they were completely that's what you don't need to conduct any sort of you know investigation to realise that they were straight up front they were playing the long game with the us they said you're leaving Yeah we cannot afford to have a mortal enemy in charge of Afghanistan so again it's like why why should you be surprised if you're the us they've been telling you to your face what's really going on here it's the us you know refusing to face the reality that that's the recurring theme well but it puts them in this position where the us is in fact protecting and funding. Pakistan which is actively supporting. In a multiplicity of ways the Dolma sure I mean and again it just goes to show that there really isn't any understanding of the you know the case of Afghanistan and the geo political aspects of politics in South Asia Regionally I mean obviously in Iraq is mentioned in the report too I mean if in the Middle East at large again it's just a refusal to face the facts and the u.s. Creating a fiction to justify its continued presence there well they were giving Pakistan. Billions of dollars a year. So let's talk about the human cost because you raise the issue of morality and support so these people are essentially just a fine and perpetuating a failed policy largely I think as you point out correctly because of career ism but one of the human consequences I mean I mean for me the number one. Consequence is that hundreds of thousands of Afghans have been murdered in their own country I mean hundreds of thousands of people have been murdered they've been extinguished from history I mean that they don't get that vote they don't get to tell their story they were just in the blink of an eye removed from this life because of the ambitions of a select few people who make a great deal of money off of this war a couple of us people make a great deal money off this war but as well as those who through this war have allowed themselves. To perpetuate a pretty comfortable career and a career whether you're a general and you retire and you go to sit on the board of say Raytheon or bow or any other number of these defense contractors or if you continue to serve in the military by continually going on these deployments it looks good on your record in . It's good on your resume and you're able to posture some sort of you know well then you can work where you can go on amazon be seen as a paid commentator right or you're you're a you're an expert on the conflict on the region even though most of these figures as the report has demonstrated as Afghanistan tapes of them often have they no they don't have the faintest idea of the history of Afghan right into the politics of Afghanistan there's not even a single one that stood out to me having even a rudimentary under them culturally historically and linguistically illiterate precisely they are arriving in a country with bags of money and machine guns right there gangsters and that's what their real ideology is it's Ok we have all this money and this will bend you know people to our way but they don't understand and it's a lot more complicated like than that and that what actually motivates people isn't as discrete or simple as many That's just an example of that is more of my favorite little anecdotes u.s. Aid workers once insisted on carrying out a public health project to teach Afghans how to wash their hands not knowing that Muslims 5 same private prayers a day wash their hands 5 times a day I mean just the continual insults that you know the u.s. And its officials don't even realize that they're you know and having against the people of Afghanistan it's also you know and I think you're right to highlight that the primary amount of suffering has been endured by the Afghan people but it's also a betrayal of veterans as yourself sure I mean what that's like so it difficult for me because as you I'm glad for now I want to center the you know the actual victims of imperialist violence but yes I mean from any perspective on this matter if you're a veteran of this war you know whatever whether combat non-combat if you've been in Afghanistan or you haven't in some capacity your service has. And to support the ongoing operations of the u.s. And Afghanistan and elsewhere and when you read the Afghanistan papers you see that the concerns of all of these generals are not with any of the listed C.E.O.'s the junior officers it's with themselves and making sure that they look good and making sure that they are able to continue on their lucrative career path that's their number one motivating factor so all of their pearl clutching they do is related to them looking potentially incompetent not at you know the lives lost Afghan or u.s. One of the things that comes through the reporters that they're very well Dostum they write about the. The the people managing the war are quite aware of how. Vicious and repugnant the warlords they have built alliances with are I mean I think one Crocker somebody talking about being tested with was some dosimeter remember one of the warlords about how they were just murderers and he said you know he died but you know I still wake up every day to check to make sure he's dead they knew. The extortion the violence the kidnapping the rape. That the wards who were there tacit allies were carrying out among the very Afghan people they were seeking in a process of nation building to get support from right and I think the fact that the u.s. Willingness to work with these warlords is even more of an indictment because you know how many times in the report we see the refusal to negotiate with the Ptolemy run as we've mentioned but yet at the same time they're perfectly willing to go along with these absolutely vicious you know criminal warlords again it's the perversity of it has no one really at the peak in 2011 the peak of the war Afghanistan received 11000000000 security aid from Washington 3000000000 more than what neighboring Pakistan which has a stockpile of nuclear weapons far bigger spend on military the amount of money that I mean I think at one point they talk about how more money has been pumped into Afghanistan that was given to the Marshall Plan to rebuild in particular Germany but Europe had been destroyed after World War 2 And yet in project after project that they detail it's it we might as well of put it in a big pile and burned it it had almost no effect right would it get all of these so-called projects were were fantasy in a way because they were designed to create the image of some sort of infrastructural progress of you know so-called war fighting progress but really again it was just to be able to actually fill out some type of forum or memorandum and say that this is what we've accomplished see their success here in the justify their continued presence but again none of this really meant anything actually it was just as you said either burning money or just you know this this phantasm this this. Simulate actual progress in the region where do you think this is the consequences and this is America's longest war 18 years we have wasted tremendous amounts of money which of course our own infrastructure is crumbling our own schools need to be rebuilt. What are what are the what are going to be the effects of the what's the legacy or that's you know as a student of history I've often pondered this in some ways it's too soon to tell the the utter catastrophe of what this will mean decades on their own but the fact we can see as many bad effects now as we can see should be telling and eventually when there is an adequate history that account for all of this written will know but what's so troubling to me is that there really isn't an ability as of yet to help for all of the human suffering for all of the human costs well in the wings and I mean but this is the mythology of dying embers absolutely is. Our sponsor a poem on the Washington Post series Afghanistan. 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Welcome to the surface I'm Susie Wiseman today we're going to look at the likely impact of the money assassination in both Iran and Iraq we begin with one call Chief Editor of a comment a professor of history at the University of Michigan and he's joining us to examine the decision by President Trump to launch the strike that killed Iranian general. Escalating the standoff with Iran to a new level of violence that could trigger a much broader and more direct conflict we'll get one views on the ramifications for us Iranian relations the domestic considerations for each regime and the wider implications at home and in the Middle East we then continue with Baker who works on the political economy of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq and the broader war on terror and teaches at Cal State University Long Beach he's been writing about the Iraqi protest movement and he says the American attacks. Of general. And the regional conflict and his the death blow to the Iraqi protests Iraqis have been pushed into the eye of the storm and every Iraqi political force has now to pick a side with deadly consequences the u.s. Has made Iraq into its battlefield once again making this escalation the most consequential action in Iraq since 2003 we'll get analysis and perspective as well and all of this when our program returns in just a moment. And welcome back to the surface I'm very pleased to be with you live in studio Well the decision by President Trump to launch the strike that killed a top Iranian general is being. Seen it as an acute escalation raising questions about what the administration expected us officials pre-trained the targeted killing of Iranian Major General Kassam stolen money as a preemptive action to avert an attack that Secretary of State might pump a.o. Said would have cost dozens or hundreds of American lives we've heard a lot about that yet the strike is being seen in Iran as a declaration of war that requires a military response well this is you know a story that is going to be haunting us for a while and I could think of no one better than Juan Cole to help us unravel it he's the found.

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That the president does not have the authority for a war with Iran she says must ask for congressional approval if he intends to extend the conflict Kelsey Snell n.p.r. News the Capitol secretary of state says the u.s. Is prepared for possible retaliation including a cyber attack in response to the American air strike in Baghdad N.P.R.'s Pam Fessler reports officials are advising companies to pay special attention to threats against critical infrastructure Christopher Krebs head of the department of homeland security cyber security agency tweeted this morning that quote Given recent developments it's a good time for u.s. Businesses to brush up on Iranian cyber threats he said special attention should be paid to systems that control manufacturing facilities oil refineries and the energy grid u.s. Officials are also concerned about retaliatory attacks against American interests overseas but a cyber attack is one way or Iran could inflict serious damage inside the United States warnings were issued last year that Iranian hackers have stepped up efforts to find vulnerabilities in systems that control critical u.s. Infrastructure Pam Fessler n.p.r. News Washington you're listening to n.p.r. 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Government considers one of the world's most dangerous because of the money has the later on of a powerful elite branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that is called the Qods force then a cryptic tweet from President Trump no text simply a picture of the American flag the question is whether or not this is a confirmation from the United States side something we have not gotten yet and finally just before 10 pm the Pentagon released a statement at the direction of the president the u.s. Military has taken decisive defensible action by killing your house your soul I'm honest as the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps codes for general Salomone was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region that was part of the Pentagon statement on the strike today mourning in the streets of Tehran. And Secretary of State Maicon pale told c.n.n. The u.s. Is committed to deescalation in the region president trumps decision to remove Qassam Somali from the battlefield saved American lives there's no doubt about that he was actively plotting in the region to take actions a big action to see described it that would have put dozens if not hundreds of American lives at risk Democrats swiftly question the ramifications of the strike here Senator Chris Murphy in an interview on Morning Edition today the worry here of course is that this is actually going to get more Americans not less Americans killed is caught some Sulaimani more dangerous as a martyr then he was alive as the functional leader of the Kurds force there will be were titles and finally in Florida this afternoon President Trump addressed the nation about the strike we took action last night just stop a war we did not. Just start a war now we're going to bring in some of the n.p.r. Team covering this story since it broke last night we have N.P.R.'s Tom Bowman he covers the Pentagon diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen and Franco dharnas who covers the White House welcome back. Hi thank you now here Frank I want to start with you what have we heard from the president beyond the comments just now well you know he said that had an imminent and sinister plot to kill Americans and that's why he had to order the strike he did not favor regime change the president said but that he was always going to protect Americans serving overseas he said the United States was ready to take further action and even had some targets identified he appeared to be you know responding to criticism against the attacks and the concerns that as we heard from some the Democrats of dragging a potentially dragging United States into another war Tom I want to follow up on this idea of identified targets the killing of the money came after several days of tense back and forth in the region can you walk us through the events that led up to this final strike Well 1st of all so the money has been killing Americans for years including u.s. Soldiers in Iraq back more than 10 years ago by using these very powerful bombs called peas are exposed explosively formed penetrators which could rip through the top as armor I was reporting there at the time and soldiers or Marines were deathly afraid of them and there's been talk over the years of targeting stolen money so why now because you have a more hardline administration and u.s. Officials say there were more and more rocket attacks on u.s. Forces in Iraq including one the cause of death of an American contractor in recent weeks in there was compelling intelligence of more imminent attacks according to Secretary of State might bump aoe and others prince of bully in Iraq but also officials say possible attacks in Lebanon and Syria so they decided to act in joint chiefs chairman General Mark Milley told reporters today some of the plots might still happen Franco do we have a sense of how this decision was made well we're still pushing for a lot of those details it was an option that was laid out earlier in the week we know that from. Senator Lindsey Graham who was golfing with the president in Florida on Monday they also met on Tuesday but the groundwork was laid some time ago when the administration listed the i.r.g.c. As a terrorist organization back in April that's something that had been rejected by previous administrations including President Ford of President George w. Bush and Barack Obama here's a column call who was one of Obama's national security advisers what's interesting is that something changed in the equation in the Trump miniseries I don't know where it came from the president himself or whether it was seen at the top of the Pentagon but that calculation earned kind of risk averse which I think occurred book of course mistakes made by mistakes and from you know something else so previous White Houses had worried about as collating this escalating to war and that carried over into the beginning of the Trump era and that was at least till earlier this year and remind us at this point who is on the national security team advising the president on this issue now well it used to be John Bolton he was known for being a hawk on Iran he was fired earlier this year he's been replaced by Robert O'Brian President Trump is also taking advice from Secretary of State Mike Pompei o who has also been steadfast hawk on Oran you know he continues to be very involved as we heard earlier today he was he almost exclusively carried the administration message earlier today Michelle telling Can we talk about why the pump a was out this morning talking about the attack and he said that he hopes this attack will deescalate the situation what's the logic there well what he's hoping is that Iran will finally get a message that the u.s. Is resolved to push back against Iran's bad behavior which has been building up as we've been hearing one official quite confidently told us quote We are now speaking in a language that the Iranian regime understands but you know Iran's supreme leader is vowing forceful really. And many diplomats are worried that this is actually going to escalate much further and that there's not really much of an off ramp here the Swiss ambassador to Iran who represents u.s. Interests there was summoned to the foreign ministry the ambassador we're told passed a message from the u.s. The Iranians say they've responded but we don't really know what's in those messages all we know is that there is that at least an open channel and pump a 0 as he'd been on the phone with his counterparts as well yeah I mean he's been talking to lots of foreign ministers all over the globe in the region in Europe the French and the British foreign ministers after their phone calls called for restraint they're also talking about ways to keep the Iranian nuclear program in check because remember the u.s. Left Iran nuclear deal and you know that there is also a lot of concern about what happens now in Iraq many there are furious that the u.s. Took this action on Iraqi soil and they are calling on the u.s. To leave it ministration officials point out that you know a lot of Iraqis have been protesting recently against Iranian Iran's influence in that country and want the u.s. To stay so diplomats are trying to work through all of this now and been on the phone quite a bit in the meantime how is the State Department bracing for a possible retaliation Well embassies across the Middle East have been beefing up security and I've also been issuing these security alerts urging Americans to remain vigilant I mean Iraq for instance the u.s. Is actually telling Americans to leave any way they can so we've been seeing these kind of alerts coming across the region from embassies before I let you all go what are your final thoughts what are you going to be looking for over the next several hours and days I want to start with you Tom Bowman possible retaliation from Iran against u.s. Soldiers or diplomats in the region particularly in Iraq. The Iranian leaders have promised forceful revenge and also as Michelle was alluding to the Iraqi parliament they'll be debating whether u.s. Forces should remain in the country she said there's anger in both the u.s. Strikes that violated the country's sovereignty to say Franco joining us from the White House what should we be watching for well I mean one thing that stood out to me was listening to Trump was how he appeared to be kind of laying out his doctrine for when he would take military action this is been a president who has campaigned and work to poll Americans out of conflicts in the Middle East this could frankly do the opposite Michael Singh who was the Middle East director in the George w. Bush administration told me that perhaps Iran misread the United States and thought it lacked the stomach to get more involved and Michele Kelemen for you I mean you've been following the relationship between the u.s. And Iran for such a long time what are you going to be looking for yeah I mean I was struck by how confident the. Administration officials were today you know they said that they can't say for sure that they've broken this cycle of violence but that they don't think it will be kind of as if this was the words of one devilishly in Jamie in January as it was under seal the money so they really think that taking out silly money that it it won't be as aggressive in Iran as we've seen before but you know that's not what most other experts in the region have been saying and I think the a lot of embassies are certainly bracing for some sort of reaction in the days and weeks ahead one other thing I know a lot of many people in Congress especially Democrats have been critical of the White House not reaching out to them in advance Franco did the White House have anything to say and defense of that well I mean you're hearing from the White House in in their response that this was something that they had to do Democrats continue to criticize the president for not coming forward and alerting the so-called Gang of. Vait oftentimes it is kind of a courtesy call to alert these top members of the top committees on both sides of the aisle the president doesn't did not do that now it is not up to do that but it is often seen as a kind of you know a good gesture to do that the president has done not done that in the past and he has not done that and he has said he's been worried about leaks but that's certainly something that's going to be continued to be discussed that's Franko Daniels covering the White House thank you thank you N.P.R.'s Tom Bowman on the Pentagon thank you for your time your welcome and Michele Kelemen covering the State Department thank you thank you for having me. Back. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News it's 418 this is 90 point one w a b e Atlantis choice for n.p.r. 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News this is All Things Considered I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Elsa Chang a battle over a 25 year old murder case is headed to Missouri's highest court on one side St Louis circuit attorney Kim Gardner Even though it was her office who convicted Lamar Johnson back in 1905 she argues that he should get a new trial because of new evidence on the other side Missouri State Attorney General Eric Schmidt says Garner doesn't have the right to demand that new trial joining us now to explain why she disagrees with that is the St Louis are going to turn he can garner welcome Hello how you doing very good Can we just 1st have you recount what was Lamar Johnson originally accused back then and what was he convicted of back in 1905 Mr Lamar Johnson was convicted of killing Mr Marcus boy and he was convicted of murder Mr Marcus Boyd but we have new evidence that came about in this case and what is that you have it is now the new evidence that came about was not only the sole eyewitness recanted his story we also discovered payments to that sole witness from our office in certain amounts that was never disclosed to the defense there was also letters that the other individuals wrote to Mr Lamar Johnson stated that they were the ones that committed the crime of killing Mr Marcus Boyd which was never disclosed later after the trial as well as credibility issues with another witness that was never disclosed to the defense that was used against Mr Johnson the prosecutor from your office who originally handled the case back in July 1905 he's called your office report quote utter nonsense and ridiculous what is your response to him. Well most responses not directly to him I say ask our prosecutors around the country as well as in my jurisdiction when you review a case and you find information that if you looked at it now you would not use to go forward on a case we all make mistakes and in this question is utterly ridiculous to think that prosecutors do not make mistakes and as ministers of justice it is our job that we correct the wrongs of past practices and in Mr Lamar Johnson's case I believe an innocent man was wrongfully convicted is it your argument that Missouri needs a mechanism to revisit an old case or is your argument that under current law in Missouri there is a mechanism and that the State Attorney General Eric Schmidt is simply misinterpreting the law is wrong about the law I believe we have a mechanism I know what is that mechanism I believe the mechanism was motion for new trial that is an issue for the Supreme Court to decide but I also believe that if the courts are saying we have no mechanism then we have to have the will to create that mechanism so I say both element I ask you though is short of legislative action in legislating a spin explicit mechanism for a case like this to get retried if the court in this case does side with the state attorney general does that close the door on revisiting other old convictions in Missouri I think you will make it difficult but I think we'll close the door on other convictions which is disturbing to me because as a prosecutor we have to pursue justice and we have to have a mechanism to review these convictions where we believe that innocent people are held in jail more than 30 other prosecutors across the country have joined you in your push for a new trial for Lamar Johnson are we seeing a shift here in how prosecutors think about their jobs their willingness to re-examine all cases do. I think there has been a shift over the last few years yes I believe there's been a shift I had over 34 prosecutors are around this country support me there from many different jurisdictions many different political affiliations and we have to really look at all cases we know that reform in the criminal justice system also means a meeting that we've done things wrong as prosecutors and that's why the conviction integrity units are so important not only in Missouri but around this country. Kim Gardner is the circuit attorney for St Louis Missouri thank you very much for joining us today thank you so much. Legitimate act of self-defense or illegal assassination that's a debate swirling around the killing of Iran's senior military commander Major General. The Iranian general was killed in a u.s. Drone strike in Baghdad last night President Trump says it was an act of self-defense because he says it disrupted an imminent threat to American lives many are questioning the move N.P.R.'s Jackie Northam reports Major General Qassam Sula Monny was believed to have the blood of hundreds of American lives on his hands secretary of state Mike Pompei o told c.n.n. That u.s. Intelligence found more attacks were on the way and needed to take defensive action and last night was the time that we needed to strike to make sure that this eminent attack that he was working actively was disrupted the u.s. Has fatally targeted other figures deemed a threat including Osama bin Laden and most recently Abu Bakar al Baghdadi the head of ISIS but Gary Solis a former professor of the law of war at West Point Sassoon Amani was the head of Iran's elite could force killed by a drone strike in a 3rd country Iraq let's say that General Milley our current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was killed by entering. Outside of Dulles Airport what would recon we call it murder and act of war could be described as an assassination and State Department official bristled at the characterization of killing as an assassination saying it considers those illegal Ashley Deeks a senior fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia's law school says there are a lot of unknowns to make a call about the legality of killing that includes just how imminent the threat was what was the threat that we thought that some of many others why is it in imminent threat of an armed attack and that would potentially justify the use of force against them but the administration has not given any details about the possible attacks or their time line John Ballenger is a former legal adviser to the State Department and the National Security Counsel during the George w. Bush administration he says under domestic law the president has broad authority under Article 2 of the Constitution to launch a preemptive strike it's clearly woful it's clearly a exercise of the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief and he takes 2nd is to use force in the national interest Ballenger says it's not certain what authorization the administration is going to use to justify military force against. That will become apparent when Trump sends a War Powers report to Congress the administration launched the strike on Sula money without notifying or consulting with Congress Bellenger says as far as international law is concerned the issue of legality becomes muddier it's generally in permissible under international law and the un charter to use force so in order for people to determine whether this is actually lawful as a matter of international law the administration needs to put out more facts as to why. They believe that Solomonic presented an eminent threat to the United States and u.s. Forces and that may be a hard sell to the Iranians but it could help make the trumpet ministrations case to other countries Jackie Northam n.p.r. News Washington. This is n.p.r. News. All things considered continues on 90 point one. Lanta Still to come on the program this hour Beetlejuice the star has been dimming reputably in recent weeks later speculation that it may soon explode N.P.R.'s Geoff Brumfiel does along in about 15 minutes to tell us what that extraordinary event might look like we have mostly cloudy skies $58.00 degrees in Atlanta at $429.00. Support for w.a.p. 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Now in Palm Beach Florida speaking at his Mar-A Lago resort President Donald Trump is defending his decision to order an airstrike that killed top Iranian Aronian leader Qassam Sulaimani Christopher Krebs head of the department Trump told reporters that it was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and u.s. Personnel saying quote We take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over Meanwhile in Tehran Iranian leaders are promising to avenge the death of Cilla money who led the Islamic Revolutionary Guards elite Quds forces at the same time more than 3000 troops based in Kuwait are on alert ready to support an initial battalion of some 650 soldiers that were dispatched to the Middle East shortly after the clashes at the u.s. Embassy on New Year's Eve. In a suburb of Paris at least one person is dead and several others are critically wounded after a man attacked a visitor's with a knife at a public park police fatally shot the our man and later reportedly used a robot a robot to look for possible explosives on the body a Qur'an was apparently found in the bag of the man whose name has not yet been released investigators are still looking into the motive. The u.s. Government on Thursday began sending asylum seekers back to niggle this Mexico to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 350 miles away from Juarez Mexico authorities are expanding a program known as remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait out their immigration court hearings in Mexico until this week the government was driving some sign seekers to Arizona this is n.p.r. 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And could be the setting for more violence between the 2 countries we turn now to Iraqi journalist he was on who's joining us from our below Welcome thank you so what do you think the death of costumes who are money means for Iraq well it's a major turning point I think Iraqis starting at decades on a completely new pay. With part of the Iraqi people are quite happy with what happened especially after the recent killing in the 8 administrations says of. Many Iraqis point fingers across absolute money for masterminding the oppressing of the uprising that took place who say many blame him for pressuring the Iranian backed militia to kill Iraqis absolutely yes you know sort of money has been passed of the political scene in Iraq says Really days of 2003 he was a roles in almost every starting from government formation name a prime ministers in the country fighting ISIS there was a point and try where she was on the ground on the American fighter jets were in the sky that's one point you had to work with the Americas through the Iraqi forces through his proxies from the militias so it's hard to see Iraq without as that sort of money in a negative way course but what about the political leadership in Iraq how are leaders there reacting to the news of death almost every leader in Iraq from President. Prime ministers 2 foreign ministers 2 leaders of political parties condemned the attack issued statements saying that this was unacceptable this was a act of aggression against Iraqi sovereignty but I think some of them deep down are quite satisfied do you think that they are condemning them and this is as a nation out of some fear of Iran. Absolutely this is the key motive I think for most of them some of them well no ill believe there's Oprah and it's regime and they want to push the parliament to pass and just ration to kick out u.s. Forces out of Iraq but this is politically impossible to impossible because the current government is a caretaker government and to the act of inviting foreign troops or disinviting them is the work of a fully fledged government and not 6 years taking what. As we have mentioned there have been extensive anti-government protests in Iraq over the past several months many of these protesters have been critical of Iranian influence in Iraq can you just describe for us how people have been reacting in the streets of Iraq to this airstrike it has been a unified response or has it been more splintered look if response to the news people would quite euphoric but certainly Syria. At. Its could me in that Iraq could become the battleground between Iran and the USA. This will be at the expense of the Iraqis and it could diminish any hopes for a fool but there's governance in the country on more stability but many protesters today saying that we have nothing to do with this and we hope that we do not become part of such. That is an Iraqi journalist he was most Mon thank you very much for joining us today. In Australia wildfires this season have killed at least 18 people and damaged hundreds of homes and the worst may yet be yet to come alongside the career of firefighters there are thousands of volunteers who are fighting the flames among them is Mark welcome He's a volunteer firefighter in Dubbo in western New South Wales he's been travelling to neighboring areas to help fight fires but I started by asking him what it's been like it how it is being times in the last couple of wakes that I've been woken up by smoke coming into the house and you wake up thinking it has something on fire inside and then you don't have a look outside and it's the winds of blinding this pretty heavy smoke fall it's it's kind of scary when when you get why cannot buy that you go out in the morning and you watch the sunrise it's just these big broad orange juice at the smoke you go out or not you can only see the very bright star Normally you can see it is amazing Milky Way smokes just obscuring everything now I understand you've only been with the volunteer service for a little more than a year this is very dangerous work what has it been like so far a lot of running around. You know whether you're driving at a truck on the horrid roads to get to a far. Ward off or of the trucks. Trying to get a break from the hate it's pretty exhausting at the end of the day you've got to lie down and you physically exhausted you just want to go to sleep but your mind is constantly taking over reviewing seeing sinking about the next cruise Ok what's going to be locked tomorrow you know sort of trying to do that planning. I understand 2 firefighters were killed last month when a tree fell on their vehicle another died when his truck flipped in a fire tornado how you live in Suffolk to how you handle yourself in the field it really heightens watching out for dangerous you know the most important thing about doing what we do is making show we come home it's so good and well to say the house if we don't come back then. That's that's sort of the bigger issue so you spend extra time watching the danger is watching out for your team members watching out for your mates and just making sure they're going to feel like there's enough support enough resources for those who are fighting the fires I'd probably personally suggest they could be more you know we could definitely do with more more aircraft I think you know especially when we look at some of the fog is in the mountains and some of the air is a extremely difficult to get into and those sorts of a calls that can get in are small and limited in what they can do but I understand our volunteer firefighters getting paid I mean it sounds like they would not be that people are putting forth their own model for lives I mean given the scale of what we have been seeing on the news is that enough I mean should should the government or companies be stepping up the government's just recently stepped up to offer volunteer some form of payment My understanding is that it's limited to showing a loss of income from your day jobs from a day jobs which you know it's going to help people that have been fighting for months on end what is your day job and what does your family think of what you're doing right now I'm a manager of a bunch of software engineers. I work from home which which is giving me the flexibility to volunteer and to go away for some of these fires you know my family just wants me to come home ultimately that want me to be saif they want me to go there to gather to help communities and I'll. People that are affected by that you know you do this because you don't have any other option and so you something happens in your house you want people to come and help you so this is I guess a way of paying it forward and going out there and helping other people that are in really big name Mark welcome thank you so much for your time and please stay safe thank you very much that's Mark welcome volunteer firefighter in Dubbo in western New South Wales. And you're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. As strong numbers are carefully watching a nearby star it's been behaving very strangely over the past few weeks and as N.P.R.'s Geoff Brumfiel reports stargazers don't even need a telescope to witness its remarkable change look up at the constellation or Ryan and there it is it's one of the shoulders and it's usually one of the brightest stars in the sky it's called bagel juice Edward Garden has been watching beta juice since Ronald Reagan was president 9 181980 Why do you feel like you have a relationship with Bagel G.'s that those Yeah I do. It's my star guide in has been keeping an eye on it from his perch at Villanova University where he's a professor of astrophysics it's not the only star he looks at but it's definitely his favorite a lot of stars I actually study that I pretty well know what they're going to do still yes I don't know no I don't so it's it's a puzzle to me you know I like I like puzzles unlike other stars battle Jews Brighton's them fades unpredictably and starting late last year guide and his colleague noticed something Badal juice just kept getting dimmer and dimmer except getting fan or beyond where we ever observed it we never observed that the sink Emily live back is an astronomer at the University of Washington she says the star has become so faded at this point anyone can walk outside and see for themselves it's very obviously Demmer than the star that would be in one of our Ryan's knees which is right all it does jump out to a star gazer that the constellation really looks different it looks so different that some have speculated Badal juice may be on the verge of a violent death unlike our sun which will burn for billions of years Badal juices lifespan is around just 10000000 years it's what's known as a red supergiant a roiling boiling star constantly pulsing and changing it's kind of this live fast die young version of stellar. Evolution says part of the reason astronomers are taking such an interest is that if they don't juices about it won't just fade away it will collapse and then explode in a huge spectacular supernova here on earth we'd get quite a show you'd see it in the daytime sky for weeks at night I believe it would be comparable in brightness to the full moon or something close to that I mean you'd be able to see a shadow cast by the brightness of the supernova so is it about well there are some other possibilities maybe the star just belched out some dust that's blocking our view at least for now and the truth is stars live and die on their own time scales not ours it could be getting ready to go supernova very soon but very soon could mean another 10000 years or 100000 years the sun maybe don't hold your breath but if you're out and of stark and you can see you might just want to keep an eye on Badal choose Geoff Brumfiel n.p.r. News. App for your mobile device you can also mean back and enjoy npr dot org optimized for the i Pad This is n.p.r. . You're listening to All Things. Considered here on 90 point one w. . Thanks for joining us that in for Jim the big story of the day the death of Iranian military leader. As the result of a u.s. Airstrike ahead Virginia Senator Tim Kaine joins id Cornish to talk about how lawmakers are reacting to the news tell you how events last night overseas may affect gas prices here at home on the roads this afternoon there's an accident blocking the right to lanes of I 75 northbound at South Marietta Parkway. And into cad County at Buford Highway 2 right lanes blocked by a vehicle fire rain continues tonight with overnight lows in the mid fifty's widely spaced morning showers tomorrow then clearing skies gusty winds to pitchers dropping into the upper forty's by Saturday afternoon right now cloudy skies 58 degrees in Atlanta at 449 this is member supported. 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It's a good morning says this conservative radio host on Israeli Army Radio Israelis woke up this morning to the surprising news that a u.s. Strike killed Qassam Sulaimani he's a household name in Israel and. The radio host says President Trump went the furthest any leader has ever gone against Iran since an Islamic state was formed there and 1979 he calls the lemony the head of the Iranian octopus throughout the Middle East for over 2 decades still a money head of Iran's elite could force could means Jerusalem which Iran has vowed to liberate from Israel Israeli officials say he spearheaded Iranian support for proxies fighting Israel Ramban Barak was formerly the deputy head of Israel's Mossad spy agency he spoke on Israeli radio this sword over the fact he's no longer alive certainly makes this area safe for force the former Israeli intelligence official says Sulaimani was actively involved in activities Israel considers some of its biggest threats like you Ronnie and forces gaining a foothold in Syria helping Hezbollah and Lebanon develop precision guided missiles and he clipping Palestinian militants in Gaza Israel and Iran are foes and for years Israel has been pushing the u.s. To act more forcefully against Iran but Israel also hopes not to take the blame for any military action against Iran so. It's good that it happened good that we didn't do it we need to be on alert and ready for any situation to take a month or 2 for the Iranians to. Spondon there was no doubt there were spontaneous Israel did go on alert today closing a ski resort near the borders with Lebanon and Syria which Israel has feared could be the target of an attack Israeli embassies reportedly were on alert about the only criticism of the attack among Israeli politicians came from a party of Palestinian Arab lawmakers in Israel's parliament they denounced the us as fomenting war and endangering lives it's unclear if Israel was told the attack was coming the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Secretary of State Mike Pompei Oh hours before the u.s. Strike today he prays Trump doesn't feel the money is responsible for the deaths of American citizens and many other innocent people he was planning more sort of President Trump deserves all the credit for acting swiftly forcefully decisively former Israeli military intelligence head most Yadlin tweeted that he doesn't think Israel is at the top of Iran's list of targets for revenge he thinks u.s. Positions in Iraq are an easier target as are the Saudis and he says Israel has shown in the past it would respond forcefully to any Iranian attack Daniel Estrin n.p.r. News Tel Aviv. The Democratic presidential campaign has been going on for more than a year but the real starting line is finally in sight the Iowa caucuses are one month from today N.P.R.'s Daniel Kurtz Lavan has been traveling around that state and she reports there's a lot of room for Iowa voters to change their minds in the next month Jodi Lindbergh caucused as a Republican in 2016 now she just wants to get President Trump out of office and so her daughter convinced her to go to a people who to judge a vent earlier this week but Lindbergh is still pretty far from supporting the former South Bend Indiana Mayor I just listen and everybody I just any honestly anything I thing. To get us out of the situation we're in this is something you learn from talking to Iowa Democrats a month from the caucuses that interest in a candidate and support for a candidate are 2 very different things undecided caucus goers are everywhere Here's University of Iowa student Sophie Stover who saw Bernie Sanders in Winterset this week I mean I'm considering Bernie but I haven't really decided yet I went and saw Pete and you know a couple weeks ago I really just haven't decided yet is the thing and retired teacher came Andresen who saw Joe Biden speak in Animo so I did and they wrote it down you know it narrowed it down to probably 3 this all isn't lost on the candidates Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar joked about indecisive voters and Johnston on Thursday night and I know there's a lot of people that say like things like oh you're in my top 3 yea on caucus night Iowans may get to pick more than one candidate Iowa Democrats don't vote at the caucuses they physically stand in a corner or sit at a table with the other people who support their candidate and then if their candidate doesn't get enough support they can go support someone else that process itself could help fuel in decision according to and sells or president of the I Will polling firm Selzer and Company and it's a bit of the caucus culture that especially on the Democratic side you may have to change your mind in the room on caucus night so keeping your mind open to whom else you might choose to go to is just a piece of the of the psychology of getting ready to go to caucus in 201640 percent of Democratic caucus goers said they didn't decide until the final month before the caucuses and late deciders help make the caucuses unpredictable the most common thing that we see happening is that during the days we're in the field with the final poll the lead will change Selzer points to 2004 when Howard Dean plummeted just before the caucus while John Kerry rose in 2008 Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama true. Added the lead back and forth in the final month so by February 3rd the current state of the race in Iowa could shift even dramatically right now the Iowa race doesn't look the same as it does nationally most notably buthe judges at or near the top of recent I will polls whereas he's 4th nationally this week he was making the case that he wants to appeal to disaffected Republicans as well as progressives I mean a lot of what I like to call future former Republicans and I want them to know how welcome they are it is campaign were any number of things could reshape this race in the final month fundraising totals at least show who has the most fuel Bernie Sanders just announced that he raised $34.00 and a half $1000000.00 last quarter considerably more than his opponents that kind of money could further swamp Iowa with political ads but then it's not clear how effective ads are beyond that candidates will of course blanket the state with the vents but those also only do so much Selzer points to the candidate with by far the most Iowa vents as evidence the 1st is John Delaney and he declared a long time ago he spent a lot of time here hasn't done much good clothes Shar has done the 2nd most events in Iowa and she's still not in the lead pack of candidates but it's not that events don't help at all they do change some minds after clubbish hours Johnston event Tim De Huckabee from Urbandale said that he had finally decided she's somewhat of a long shot but she's inspired me I'm going to go well I'm going to volunteer for tonight make up your mind. If this is truly do you know but even after a hard fought contest many of these caucus goers will enthusiastically support someone new in the general election Democrats in Iowa and elsewhere simply want to defeat Trump. Even n.p.r. News Des Moines. You're listening to All Things Considered. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Focus Features presenting Harriet based on the true story of Harriet Tubman directed by Casey lemons starring and featuring an original song by Cynthia revile and theaters now from the Pew Charitable Trusts working with states to develop data driven nonpartisan solutions for complex issues more information is available at Pew Trust's dot org from the Alfred p. 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It's very scary and it's putting a lot of stress on our daily lives reporter Brian Mann talks to his family in New York that's still ahead this hour during all things considered we have cloudy skies 58 degrees in Atlanta support for w a b e comes from kudzu and Company in Sandy Springs and kudzu antiques Plus modern in Decatur contemporary home furnishings antique sliding gifts and custom sofas you can discover everything for the home and the holidays are banned from Alliance theater presuming may be happy ending this award winning new musical imagines a bittersweet reawakening to the things that make us human directed by Tony nominee Michael org on stage January 21st tickets at Alliance theater dot org It's 5 o'clock. We did not. President defends the drone strike that killed the commander of Iran's Foreign Legion It's Friday January 3rd and this is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. On Iran. And following the violent attack on. Family worried about. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Jack Speer embassies across the Middle East are warning Americans to be vigilant after the u.s. Killed a top Iranian general in a drone strike in Iraq N.P.R.'s Michele Kelemen reports the u.s. Is bracing for retaliation President Trump says he ordered the killing of Iran's Qassam silly money because according to the u.s. The leader of Iran's elite cuds force was plotting to kill Americans secretary of state might pay 0 defense the strike as holy lawful and a sign of u.s. Resolve but international diplomats are now raising concerns about a further escalation the u.n. Secretary general calls this a moment in which leaders must exercise maximum restraint the u.s. Is urging its citizens to leave Iraq immediately embassies throughout the region are stepping up security and telling Americans to review their personal security plans Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News the State Department Democrats are criticizing the decision by President Trump to authorize the air strike the incident resurrecting what has been a longstanding debate between the 2 sides when it comes to Mideast policy House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff says he's concerned about the potential fallout from the attack if the has a broader strategy if you have to articulated if you have to explain to the Congress why that strategy lacks the support of our own allies and how this is somehow going to make us safer former vice president.

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One o $1.00 this morning Metro Crime Stoppers offering a $4000.00 reward in 2 different unsolved murders in the city the reward being offered for the December 21st killing of 21 year old Destiny Harrison Police say she was shot her hair salon not Navajo police trying to figure out if the killing is related to an earlier break in that happened at her salon and police are offering a $4000.00 reward for information leading to an arrest in the September 2nd killing of Bailey Reeves a 17 year old was shot and killed on Parkwood Ave at this hour Baltimore City firefighters at the scene of a townhome fire in south Baltimore was reported just after 3 this morning along the color circle the reports of injuries say students can expect increased security tomorrow when classes resume at Marvell high asked because of a social media threat that warned of an attack at the school City police Mr Michael Harrison and city school officials say they are treating the threat as legitimate state and federal agencies are also now investigating and Baltimore County Police looking. The driver of a pickup truck involved in a hit and run accident last night intel center left a man in critical condition the incident occurred around $720.00 last night man crossing Delaney Valley Road at Fairmont Ave The driver left the scene without stopping now the truck is described as a dark color full size 4 door pickup truck also with a tool box or bed cover on the back of the truck they were the information best of all coming Police County Police also investigating a shooting It happened last night at Lansdowne police say they were called to the 4100 block of twin Circle way around 10 o'clock not policing any other details about that shooting in Howard County 2 suspects in custody after a series of robberies of food delivery drivers robberies date back to last Friday in Columbia 19 year old Heather Korea of Colombia and 1000 year old Nicholas Bailey of Capital Heights were arrested Monday night if they called in an order from the Phillies best pizza in Colombia the workers at the store believed to be suspicious the workers then called police located the suspects who are in possession of knives and that's when they arrested them and they were able to link them to all of the robberies set off and with the Howard County Police Department City officials say it was a record crowd that packed the Inner Harbor last night to ring in the New Year. Some of the fireworks that went off around midnight plenty of live music from various bands also fireworks and live music in Annapolis and have a degree at the dock drop marked the start of the new year the new year means new laws in Maryland among them one craft brewers say will make it easier for them to cancel contracts with wholesalers I think it's cool it helps to shift some of the power away from the distributors towards the producers that's given blood through the union craft brewing company also Maryland's minimum wage goes up from $1010.00 to $11.00 an hour today part of a new law that will increase it to $15.00 an hour by 20251 week from today state lawmakers head back to Annapolis for the new session incoming Senate President Bill Ferguson says the biggest issue of the session how to fund the public school reforms recommended by the current commission price tag is $4000000000.00 over 10 years we have to ensure that we're not trying to fund a 21st education system on a 1900 tax system our economy has changed dramatically over the last 100 years our tax system has not kept up with the. The pace of change of of our economy in Oregon says it's extremely unlikely lawmakers will approve an increase in the sales property or income tax rates but he does see lawmakers concern expansion of the sales tax to services here last night's winning Maryland lottery numbers the pick 35 a 3 pick 417 dying 3 the bonus match 53993839 the bonus ball 18 at 6 o 8 I'm Robert like and I me and Kramer I w b a l Newsradio 1099 Greater Baltimore an f m one a 1.5 back of the year 2019 in Baltimore coming up in Palmetto bar will be here in sports and into the Ravens and who they may be playing in the 1st round of the playoffs least for the Ravens as the playoffs start on Sunday in the n.f.l. Really on Saturday in the n.f.l. We'll talk about that possibilities with Paul coming up in 5 minutes the news is brought to by one hour he'd be an American missionary. 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You know 1.56 he's got would you be a out is now really amazing blotto Why are you going to people who are upset about this morning on New Year's and if you haven't finished a happy new year let me do the 4th Avenue here $30000.00 for Welcome to the new decade right about delivering oysters for wild diver Oyster Company on the eastern shores of the western shore and I have Ravens season tickets but have not been in 5 years because of the crime over there that is a mark for sure would Maryland crime obviously the big story of 2019 adults and more that and corruption and corruption we saw in city government and in other parts of the city as well not just in the government but nonprofits and universities institutions that have long played a big role in Baltimore and it's been just you know this is concerning to see what has happened in the city in 2019 could it get any worse than 2920 that's the question and what are you looking forward to what is your bold prediction in 2020 you can text me your thoughts on that at 410467 w b a l 410467 w b I I will take a look back at the crime numbers because they are staggering and what the police commissioner said what's been going on in other parts of the country as well and if there is any hope that things will get better and 2020 or is this going to be a struggle for the next couple of years to somehow even get close to $325.00 murders a year we've got that coming up right after Paul bit of sports on w b a l w e l m e's radio 1090 and f.m. 101.5 traffic and weather south on I 95 in Howard County in Exeter reported now between the 895 merge and Route 100 it should be activity on both left and right sides and debris in the roadway so be careful lighting South leaving Baltimore toward d.c. 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For sunshine today there's definitely a chill in the air with the gusty winds out of the northwest some gusts to 20 miles per hour so afternoon temperatures in the mid forties will feel more like the thirty's with the wind chill clear and cold tonight but with decreasing winds will fall into the twenty's sunshine to start Thursday then increasing clouds highs around 51 brain develops Thursday night and continues Friday and Saturday I mean you're all just a very unhappy b a l News Radio 1019 f.m. One of 1.5 right now is 4615 a w b o. W e l News Radio Ted 90 and at 7101.5 sports bars here is sports Good morning happy New Year buddy Happy New Year Brian and last night the Liberty Bowl Navy. So there's a pride it's $1717.00 Navy and kids a state kids that is just going down the field untied the game Navy has a football they're driving there's 5 minutes left they get into kids they territory it's 4th and 3 and maybe you think they're going to you know the only option though how use medical Perry has gained 213 yards in the game Nope can't be a monster low goes to the trick play their pitches. Well you've got a bit. Of. I got to think what robots are going to but I don't know about it but there's no getting better. As forfeit through the old half back option lot of work that worked to perfection they spike the ball they kick the game winning field. Afterwards Keith Mills caught up with candy of my fellow we had 2 plays so we're going to run this play if we get to 1st this is 4th a short story we're going for the to believe of course you should yeah everything can be you know killed if you got a great execution by c.j. We will execute get that just you know there you go 11 wins for me on the season that they tie the school record with that they'll finish in the top 25 for the 3rd time in school history Malcolm Perry rushes for over 2000 yards in the 21000 Season 213 yesterday Navy had 323 rushing yards against a pretty good Kansas State to you know the Big 12 gauge they beat Oklahoma the sure so so good win for Navy yesterday Ravens are going to wait and see how they play on January the 11th that's a wait and see you got a feeling though it might be some team from Tennessee and I think I think the Tigers have a shot against New England the Patriots have trouble stopping the run Derrick Henry has been huge the last 6 weeks this season always tough to win in New England you never know what down it is or what your communications going to work but you know if they can overcome that I do overcome the intimidation factor right yeah I've played at Foxborough I think they have a shot to win Personally I think the best team the Ravens could play in that 1st round would be the bills the bills are the best and yeah because I don't think the Bills would be able to move the football and they have a great defense but I think the Ravens showed some things up in Buffalo so you did not want to portability drug play Tennessee or used to go I'd rather play the values rather play that I do and I listen when I want to play the bills 1st then the Titans then the Texans Ok that's just my that's just my list but whatever we'll see you they get now Marshall Young is a big key to the Raven success on that offensive line and he talked about how excited he is about getting a week off it's awesome I mean obviously. Arrest is critical and we've played a lot of physical ball games this year so it you know I'm an old man so all the rest is. Not going to shy away from I will take it and when we play our football game I'm going to have some juice now so I'm excited and if you go that's not good for Ravens opponents now if I have time a great quote from Marshall yawned on the margin action and why he likes him so much as a player as a person he's calling collect if he's confident in what he does he's not you know he's not like put himself out there you know it's talking too much during his you know his place for itself you know that's that's what he does and that's the best way that's that's the way I love it as a young player we have so many young guys in the n.f.l. That haven't done enough and think they're going to you know showboat knew this and that you know put your play on the field but that speaks for itself you will gain respect that way and he has done that every single week. Because they couldn't say . Wow Wow You know it was kind of a laid back guy but right there I love that quote that is you know shut up and go play football right now you go and Lamar has a flu Carolyn I'm going to be fine Oh Ok give him some you give him some fluids gives him the o.j. He found. The ball with o.j. Is the cure for the flu I don't think I want to drink an o.j. I have fluids fluids thank you we'll get into the crime in Baltimore in 2019 with the police commissioner had to say and why we are slipping behind everybody else in the country that's next on w.b. 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The fact that police are not catching the criminals they're not finding the people who are responsible for pulling the triggers the clearance rate is abysmal and I when you hear that term clearance rate what does it mean while it's talking about the the people who police have arrested for the crime that means that they don't even have a suspect in some of these crimes and the clearance rate right now is that 32 percent 32 percent in 2019 Now one other way of saying another way of saying that is that police don't have a suspect in 237 homicides last year think about that 237 people killed were you have a suspect in those cases not a suspect that's unacceptable completely unacceptable and when you look at Baltimore and for a long time Baltimore has been linked with Chicago because Chicago is obviously having massive problems as well New York's kind of figured things out and has for the last almost 2 decades now although they've been on a on a good trajectory while Sanjay has things are getting better Chicago Baltimore not so much you know have in Chicago this year the numbers were way down more than 70 fewer homicides in Chicago this year this is the police commissioner in Chicago that's $74.00 less people that were killed in the city of Chicago a really important statistic that's a significant impact as that's real people who are alive because the city of Chicago has done a better job of protecting its folks so that is good news in Chicago crime down 13 percent that's not the case in Baltimore our numbers went way up. Even Chicago is going down this is more from the police commissioner the interim superintendent of police in Chicago Charlie back on why he said they had success this year I want to also highlight the work of the men and women the c.p.d. And taking 10010800 illegal guns off the streets that's more than both my former city l.a. And New York combined it's a Hercules in effort and one that I know is paid off in public safety the river getting the illegal guns off the street and getting illegal guns off the street in Baltimore would be helpful but also making sure that those who have the legal guns are put in jail would be greatly helpful as well now the police commissioner Michael Harrison held a press conference yesterday he was asked about what is going on the number of murders almost 354-2019 very close to setting the all time record and it doesn't even matter when it comes to the Told number because per capita now it was the deadliest year in the history of Baltimore the least since we've been keeping track even records of all this and he says that you know actually there is some progress going on we are seeing and hearing from citizens who are seeing a different police department it's not yet what we want it's not where it needs to be but we are getting indicators from people around town that there are see some changes in the level of engagement the presence and visibility of police officers we need to do a lot more of course you know kind of progress is not enough I understand what he's trying to say at the police department is changing it's very slow to have that kind of change it's the equivalent of turning an aircraft carrier around it's not going to happen overnight but you've got to have success you have to have some type of success to give people hope and give people optimism and right now you look at what's going on in 2020 and you say why do you think it's going to be any different than it was and 29000 at this point and Michael Harrison the police commissioner is officially on. 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Going to have a new year on Brian even some stories we're following from that over 24 hour broadcast center I'm Robert Lang an early morning shooting on the block in a new record total for homicides in Baltimore City I me and Kramer the minimum wage goes up today in Maryland couple of accidents reported one in the city one in Baltimore County I'm sure most in the traffic center it's a dry start to the year but rain later this week I mean I'll just save a Marine a ball that a fire maybe quarterback Malcolm Perry leads the Mays past Kansas State the Ravens are putting in work towards their divisional game in 2 weeks police investigate a social media threat and in their high school I hit and run crash in Tallinn is critically injured man a late night shooting in Lansdowne Howard County police have made an arrest in a series of robberies and food delivery driver and the incoming Senate president talks about the prospect of tax hikes we begin with the very latest from a.b.c. It is on this Wednesday morning January 1st 2020 on w.b. a All. American troops using tear gas to disperse demonstrators outside of the u.s. Embassy in Baghdad. The 2nd straight day of protests from a pro Iranian group that's angry over u.s. Airstrikes in the region on an Iranian backed militia North Korean leader Kim Jong un angry that u.s. Sanctions have not been lifted so the country will soon show its new strategic weapon last night President Trump touted his personal relationship with Kim the president in Florida also said the government will soon ban Minton fruit flavored vaporing products but suggested the ban would be temporary and not cover tobacco and menthol flavors we have to protect our families at the same time it's a big industry want to protect the industry. You know what we take take it off the flavors for a period of time certain flavors after recent anti-Semitic attacks in the New York area there will be more security at a Jewish celebration in Met Life Stadium in New Jersey with more than 90000 people expected today Brian Clark a.b.c. News. These He's got to be a usenet with Ryan meaning on the news radio Ted Knight and now way Greater Baltimore ad Af-Am one o $1.00 It is a very sensitive shot a day when they were going to $45.00 for the high right now it's $41.00 full forecast is coming up with the latest of the w b i l 24 hour broadcast center 2002 audience start over the more violence in Baltimore just like 2019 Kramer Robert Langer here with the details Brian Baltimore City Police investigating an early morning shooting on the block on gay straight happened around 4 am the homicide total for 2900 stands at 348 2nd highest on record the latest victim a man who died from gunshot wounds suffered 2 gears ago a few weeks ago rather the city ended 2019 with a 32 percent police clearance rate on murder cases to get that up police question Michael Harrison says the public needs to cooperate with police arson notes there is some improvement on that front we are seeing and hearing from citizens who are seeing a different police department it's not yet what we want it's not yet where it needs to be. And this morning police are offering a $4000.00 reward for a pair of unsolved murders one is the December 21st killing of Harris of honor destiny Harrison I'm not Navajo The other was a September 2nd killing a 17 year old Bailey Reeves who was murdered on Lakewood Avenue get more details on this story w b l dot com and on the w.b. a Lack Coming up we have a look at the new laws taking effect today here in Maryland w.b. a All news time now is 633. P.w.b. A.o.l. News Radio 1019 and x.m. a com slash cashback match I'm sure rushed over to be a only is radio guy 90 and f.m. One o 1.5. To be a t.v. 11 weather. 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The new year means new was for Maryland it includes a 90 cent increase in Maryland's minimum wage to $11.00 an hour that's part of the law that will boost the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour by 2025 and there is a new law taking effect today related to untested rape kits law enforcement agencies are required to submit rape kits to forensic labs for testing within 30 days last year an advocacy group. Found there were more than 6000 untested rate kids in the state stuff you'd be as the old days one week from today the Maryland General Assembly begins its 90 day session in Annapolis the Senate is expected to elect Bill Ferguson a new Senate president succeeding Mike Miller Ferguson says the biggest issue lawmakers will consider this year is how to pay for the $4000000000.00 of education reforms and Senator Ferguson told w.b. Ailes Robert Lang It will be a long discussion if we continue on the path that we're on where less than 25 percent of our high school graduates are achieving a degree be a degree or an industry recognized credential and 2 out of 3 jobs require one of those 3 things in order to even apply we cannot bear that over the next 10 years the cost of inaction is enormous service and says lawmakers are not likely to approve an income sales or property tax hike but may look to expand the sales tax to various services on this New Year's Day various officials taking to social media to offer their hopes for the New Year peers governor Larry Hogan and while we still have a lot of work ahead of us we can face the challenges of the coming year with the knowledge that together we have already faced and overcome more daunting challenges before and city council president Brenton Scott says in spite of the violence there is hope for Baltimore City one big. Girl learning becoming a better person. Scott is also running for mayor life as our city firefighters are made at the scene of a townhouse fire happened in South Baltimore around 3 this morning along with circle and workforce of any injuries and officials say students can expect increased security tomorrow when classes resume at Merville high that's because of a social media threat warning of an attack at the school police commissioner Michael Harrison and city school officials say they are treating the threat as legitimate state and federal agencies are investigating at 637 by Robert like and I me and Cramer I w b a l Newsradio 10 idea now Greater Baltimore on f m one a 1.5 it's been reported that over 60 percent of small businesses closed after just one cyber attack but the good news is we have a solution introducing Comcast busy. 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But a great sex is more appreciated for 0467 w b a l is the text number you can text at any time of the day someone will read it I promise you I even read the was from Sudan Joseph and all of a lot of other very bright Hollerith some of these today but here's here a couple of them all regarding the murders and Baltimore we just talked about with 300 murders a 15 percent decrease elect the fact that you're doing your own bath now and that Sal sad it is that if we went down to $300.00 murders next sure there would be a 50 percent decline in murders would that be considered a success Bryan not my book but I'm worried that if the city would spin it that way then people would think hey everything's great and hunky dory again. And here's another one crime will actually get worse not better the City delegation has no interest in stiffer penalties for repeat violent offenders except Senate Judiciary to become expect Senate Judiciary to become much more liberal with Will Smith replacing Bob Zork and I was home from Diane in Baltimore City love the city council has definitely got more progressive we'll see what happens with the mayor whoever winds of winning the election in April comes out of the Democratic primary will it be the current mayor will it be Jack. You know maybe Chile Dixon and she at least has been saying some things regarding going back the way it was in 2010 e.j. Smith Vigna Raj. Certainly a promise to be tougher on crime than what we're seeing right now lot of ifs and buts regarding that and that's why I said you know Michael Harrison who everybody has this so high hopes for and everybody seemed to agree was the right choice to be the police commissioner except for the police union which continues to criticize him on Twitter and saying he's not the right man for the job but it's why I say that he is on the clock this year in 2020 and that if you don't see a decrease then. A lot of people who are who are upset about and going to be depending on who the mayor of Baltimore is whether or not his job is a Jeopardy I don't think his job will probably be in jeopardy mainly because of how great his contract is and that's not the best position to be either if you're saying that we're not going to fire the police commissioner just because his contract is great but you know I still have I do have some optimism but the police commissioner I think he is the right guy for the job that he's done that in New Orleans lot of different circumstances I know. What everybody's going to be playing from the same hand regarding the consent decree and the relationship between the community and police officers and the relationship between the rank and file and leadership about who that person is so crime corruption will be a big issue in 2020 in Baltimore at the state level it's really going to be about the current commission. A ton of time and energy will be spent on whether or not $4000000000.00 of additional spending winds up going to education in the state of Maryland and how do you go about getting that money now Bill Ferguson who will be the Senate president coming up in the general assembly session when it starts in a couple of days talk with Robert Lang about that and where he sees Kerwin going he believes that it's going to happen it is going to happen and. They're going to get their money and some way and me also doesn't believe they're necessarily has to be tax increases we have to ensure that we're not trying to fund a 21st education system on in 1009. 100 years our tax system has not kept up with the pace of change of our economy All right so what does that mean does that mean there will be tax increases things will be turned around different ways of going about it he specifically shot down 3 different types of tax increases with Robert I think it's extremely unlikely that we will see anything related to a sales tax increase to a property tax increase or an income tax increase and so that that is significant at the state level now what happens at the local level is a different story I talked with a couple of different people about this was off last week who are connected in some form to education or to state government and their feeling was that the money would be allocated and there was no way that Baltimore City and Prince George's County and certain counties on the eastern shore and certain counties on the western side of Maryland would have to pay the full freight of what the whale looks like now. But it will not necessarily have to come from Baltimore City taxpayers and tax dollars or Prince George's County tax dollars because those 2 jurisdictions would have to pay the most increase in taxes or at least have to come up with with new monies a lot more new moneys than everybody else in the state of Maryland but the feeling was from people who I talked to that that would be spread out across the state and whether or not that is contentious whether that becomes a fights whether that is just the way things are done in Annapolis is another story and how. The governor handles it whether or not he can stop it from happening and wordly slow the role of the spending on education is going to be these story of 2020 and Annapolis $643.00 on w b o. 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Tell you you can yell News Radio 1090 and f.m. 101.5 sports bars every sports writers are off today back on the practice field tomorrow working on fundamentals both offensive quarter Greg Roman a deep sense of corner make Mark Delavan magic as possible head coaching candidates yesterday Greg Roman made it clear where his priorities lie right now I think everything has its place you got to be able to compartmentalize that is something that is in its own box on the shelf when that opportunity comes it will be addressed right now as I said we have 3 opponents that we're getting ready for a lot of balls in the air so to speak for all you jugglers out there my focus is certainly on our guys in our team and and our office and so on and what not Cleveland Browns requested and were granted permission to interview Robin but no word on when or if Roman will interview with the Browns yesterday the Browns parted ways with General Manager John Dorsey but a football team lost their 11th one of the season last night they won 2217 over Kansas State they've used the ground game is so your quarterback Malcolm Perry rushed for 213 of Navy 323 yards and b. 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You sound Baltimore is a new stock and sports station w d a young news radio 1090 and family one point I listen for intelligent conservative talk weekdays wanted to be pm with you read see more again w d l News Radio 109-7101 point find the image of the of the Al mobile app. Put it to your I just you know what world peace is what we all want I'm trying to not have a fight that's my sister. That's my revolution that would be revolution going to have a fight with her simply troubled people shell of a daughter of last night of the Inner Harbor get ready for the fireworks on their New Year's resolutions to Mariah joins me now a.b.c. News correspondent great to have you on as always a happy New Year to you so if you I love that I'm trying not to have fights with and sister I love. That's right good luck with that I hope it works out and their family be great if that happened in my family with the the brothers that usually want to breath when all the family room for my house but I would imagine that the number one resolution that Americans have probably throughout the world is is the lose weight is all right but you know that's that seems to be the one that's universally the one not just here in this country but around the world people try to fear they try to set this goal of losing a bunch of weight by the end of the year they look back on the the end and decide you know what it just didn't work it could be going out of the wrong way smaller bites at it if you will extent of setting the vehicle or lose 30 pounds by the end of several ways just a really difficult if not impossible goal for most people to meet but if you set there are more reasonable goal maybe a pound every other week or so that long term weight loss experts say is more likely to keep the weight off and less once you leave it let's say you go a week without losing anything or you are in fact you put on a pallet go ahead and forgive yourself you know just pick up start up again and try to get back on the do something with a friend if you go to the gym I go with a friend didn't encourage each other to try to meet that goal yeah I had that conversation last night whether or not it was Ok zoo you know buy your significant other a membership to the Jag I just think that's something that somebody has to do this is not this is not you know a whole village the controversy over over over the bike that we had a couple of weeks ago but it just in general terms that has to come from within if you want to change your life and change your shape or change your weight I am curious though you said something that caught my attention is it a specific goal that you should aim for I mean do you need to get into details other than just the big grand picture of a I want to be healthier or I want to lose some weight do you need to be specific than yeah that's kind of a problem to be. If people set this big goal of this this General I want to lose some weight I want to feel better I want to save some money and if you break it down Q I'd like to lose maybe 5 pounds by the end of this month or I want to say $100.00 parts by the end of you know the next k. Period try to be a little more specific but again give yourself a little bit of leeway to to to meet or to slide just a bit if that happens maybe it won't maybe you'll be successful and catch yourself off guard but yeah being way too specific about this. Is a danger as well the experts say you know I think one good gauge if you don't want to step on the scale and try to count those maybe say look if my clothes start feeling better they start putting it away that they're supposed to appealing a bit looser than maybe that's their signage success just make sure not stretching around you have to wash them every once she gets that a little bit better or Fifa a little tighter I should say after they come out of the dryer versus you know new yarn for a couple weeks good stuff as always thank you Jim Appreciate it Happy New Year to you A.B.C.'s The gym Ryan in Texas New Year's resolutions 8 percent of Americans who want to lose weight say they're going to lose weight that's the amount of people actually stick to it on the New Year's resolutions only 8 percent so that is a that's tough and I always say you know when you look at people you will probably see people walking today maybe because a lot last night or you'll see people at the gym today or tomorrow in the next couple of weeks I am a big believer in instead of just looking at them and scoffing at the mill laughing saying you won't be out there 3 months from now encourage encourage them little my little hawk little little nice little appositive toot as they're as you're driving by them in the funds up to try and stick with it because you know like healthier lives is good for everybody not just when it comes to your weight either you know great for all kinds of different issues I am curious if there is ever been a resolute. That is different from weight or money or just you know being nice or there isn't anybody around an other rose resolution and if you've actually done it you stuck with it and it it lasted for more than a year maybe you're still doing it today you've got one of those you can text read for 1467 w.b.i. All for 1467 w.b. I'll. Delete the radio 1090 and f.m. 2020 starts out with dry weather more sunshine today but the winds are cold out of the Northwest gusting to 20 mph chapter's climbing into the mid forty's but the wind chill stuck in the thirty's today will be clearing cold tonight but with decreasing winds close around 27 Sunny to start Thursday highs around 51 in the afternoon as clouds increase later tomorrow brain develops over Thursday night continues off and on Friday and Saturday I mean just a very unhappy day on the radio 1019 f.m. And 41 right now 656 On w b i l this is Tony Jefferson of the Baltimore Ravens here every Ravens game all season long dead Diego Newsradio tonight. Well what. About Smokey masons who try to quit smoking in the New Year or previous years. Serious market is down but the new controversy regarding smoking his baby in the f.d.a. Did ban flavored the cigarettes where it's happening right now this is from senior White House officials in the Trump administration saying that only flavors of menthol and tobacco will be allowed. Tank babying systems would also be spared under this this ruling coming from the f.d.a. . To try to end the the crisis of teen babying that is going on you've got a whole bunch of states and cities that have already done this ban of this would be coming from the the national level from the government no official word yet on when the ban would begin and you also have stores like Wal-Mart and Walgreens that have also decided they're not going to sell these things anymore it will be interesting to see of if if you get a pushback from members of Congress over this regarding the banning of these flavored of aping you know the different types of flavors on it because there is you know a freedom aspect of it is bad for kids but there are other people who might like it and there I've been studies have shown that the vacant does actually help people quit smoking so watch that one closely and whether or not the government can just say that right off the back of the f.d.a. Just go ahead and do that other news from the weekend many people call this one but the vice president or former Vice President Joe Biden said his old boss would be a great pick to sit on the Supreme Court how is this just politics or is he is the actually thinking about that if Joe Biden were to become the next president of the United States and we would think that there would probably be an immediate opening on the Supreme Court if that were the case if not beforehand but he said during a campaign stop in Iowa yes his old boss Barack Obama he would think he would be a good fit on the Supreme Court I said if you would take it. I'm of the president take it and I would think he would but who knows he's obviously got the resume for a 1st African-American to be named president of Harvard Law Review you don't even have to be a judge on to be a lawyer anybody can sit on the Supreme Court but is an attorney and taught constitutional law so there you have Vice President Joe Biden put it out there there are some who speculated that Michelle Obama could be his running mates but he said over the weekend that he would think about seriously nominating Barack Obama to sit on the Supreme Court $615.00 on a w b a l Q a l w I learned about similar all day every day news where there are traffic lights insight and analysis expect more from cover to be used radio 19 f.m. Want to 1.50 caliber. Good morning and welcome to 2020 on Bryant even top stories we're following little u.b.i. All 24 hour broadcast center I'm Robert Lang police already investigating an early morning shooting on the block is the city closed out the year with 348 homicide I mean on crime or bust new laws take effect in Maryland today interstate travel is light green clear of incidents and no delays I'm generous in the traffic center January kicks off with colder winds I mean your ologists even Marine a ball better fire a huge win for Navy and the liberty of all the Ravens quarters set their priorities the incoming Senate president sharing his thoughts about funding for the current commission's recommendations and Governor Hogan to share his new year's message with Marylanders We begin with the latest from a.b.c. It is it is 7 o'clock on w b l News Radio 10 not yet Af-Am want to 1.5. From a.b.c. News. I'm Brian Clark. The u.s. Troops using tear gas at the embassy in Baghdad a 2nd day of protests there from a pro Iran group that's angry with the recent u.s. 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Tough response to prevent anti semitic crimes following Saturday's stabbing attack during a Hanukkah celebration in New York N.P.R.'s Daniel Estrin reports from Jerusalem Israel's consul general in New York said quote another hate crime against Jews was just a matter of time the envoy said he met the New York City police commissioner a week ago to discuss anti-Semitic incidents in the city former Israeli defense minister of ignore Lieberman said the solution to attacks like the one in New York is for Jews to move to Israel other Israeli leaders stop short of saying that after attacks on Jews in France and elsewhere Israeli officials have encouraged Jews to move to Israel for their safety but there's a long standing tradition that Israeli officials don't do that when it comes to American citizens Daniel Estrin n.p.r. News Jerusalem Secretary of State Mike Pompei o says u.s. Airstrikes targeting Iranian backed militia in Iraq in Syria were meant to send a message they were in response to last week's rocket attack in northern Iraq that left an American contractor dead as N.P.R.'s lemme Aryan reports the militia says the airstrikes killed 25 of its fighters Iran says the u.s. Quote showed its support for terrorism by carrying out attacks on this yarn group Hezbollah in Iraq and Syria the militia says it's vowing to exact revenge after the u.s. Airstrikes on its fighters killed at least 4 commanders and Iraq's prime minister said that tax were quote a violation of Iraqi sovereignty That's N.P.R.'s Lamell Arrian reporting from Beirut stocks are trading lower at this hour on Wall Street the Dow was down $171.00 points the Nasdaq down 59 the s. And p. 500 down 17 this is n.p.r. News. Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators are expected to take to the streets of Hong Kong later this week for a New Year's Day March the protests are aimed at disrupting celebrations in the city's financial district which has seen a rise in clashes between protesters and a riot police since Christmas the ongoing protests began in June in response to a now withdrawn bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China or courts are controlled by the Communist Party Turkish police say they've detained about 100 people suspected of Islamic state ties N.P.R.'s Peter Kenyon says authorities carried out the round up ahead of the New Year's celebrations police were quoted by state media is saying the arrests were carried out in the capital Ankara and 5 other provinces police confiscated weapons and digital material during the raids ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on New Year's Day 2017 when a jihadist gunman opened fire at an Istanbul nightclub killing 39 people there he says it's deported more than 5000 ISIS suspects and more than 3000 foreign terrorist fighters in recent years police said the detainees include Syrians Iraqis and North Africans the round up comes 2 months after the u.s. Announced the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakar al Baghdadi in northwest Syria near the Turkish border Peter Kenyon n.p.r. News Istanbul the winter storm continues to cause problems in parts of the Northern u.s. From the Dakotas to Michigan winter weather warnings have been issued for many parts of the upper Midwest on Wall Street the Dow is down 159 points s. And p. Down 17 this is n.p.r. Support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include Gnome a personalized weight loss program based in psychology for helping people change their habits and conquer their goals learn more Ed Gnome and o.o.m. Dot com and the listeners who support this n.p.r. Station. Hi this is Steve Inskeep with N.P.R.'s Morning Edition hours from now as the headlines start to crawl resident Trump has terminated and were removed and the numerous flashes push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is moving on to this you'll know why the day is going the way it is because you saw that one coming It's Morning Edition it's a listen every day and all North Korea's starting to test tech waking up Atlanta from 6 until 10 on 90 point one w.a.b. . From n.p.r. And w.v.u. I'm Robin Young I'm Jeremy Hobson is here and now whatever happens in the next 24 hours or so $29000.00 has been a banner year for the stock market the Nasdaq composite is up some 36 percent the Dow up nearly 23 percent and the s. And p. 500 up 29 percent close to having its best annual gain in 22 years Joining us now is Diane Swonk chief economist at Grant Thornton in Chicago Hi Diane hello So whether or not the stock market actually hits that record this year it's been a very good year for stocks What do you attribute that to well the biggest factor to attribute it to is the Federal Reserve Dave basically did a one a day and to back with they gave us in terms of rate hikes in 2018 they did rate cuts and as a result that helped to spur financial market conditions we also saw the Federal Reserve had to expand its balance sheet and it says this is not what it calls quantitative easing because it's dealing with problems and the overnight repurchase market but at the end of the day if you know walks like a duck quacks like a duck it's a duck and that has also helped financial markets at this stage of the game we worry about is how much it's helped financial markets because actually profit margins have been narrowing since 2014 and profits have not been remarkably great even know the markets have been remarkably great it's also important to remember that the broader stock indices did not reflect profits in the overall economy they now reflect sort of distilled version of the largest most profitable companies out there so they may be outperforming the overall economy by a fairly large margin as well well let's dig into that a little bit because President Trump has been holding rallies saying that this is the best economy ever is there evidence that a lot of Americans are not feeling this good economy that he talks about it's a great cause. To me that's important we are at the lowest unemployment rate in over 50 years that said I think we have to go back and look at how did we get here we got there by a lower participation rate we're now back with the prime age that's 25 to 54 year olds participating in the labor force at the same pace they did before the financial crisis but nowhere near the highs we saw in the 1990 s. Boom so even though we now have the longest expansion on record what we've had in stamina is trying to make up for the fact we've not had as much momentum as we like and even the growth in the economy has underperformed what the administration had hoped we'd see on the tails of tax cuts and stimulus so we're still chugging along and that stamina is really important because the longer the marathon of this expansion goes the more people who can enter the race from the sidelines that said you know we're finally recouping some of what was lost in wages at the low end of the wage spectrum but we've yet to see the trickle out into middle income households it is a good economy it is getting better but you actually see it in the consumer sentiment and confidence figures as well is we've yet to hit the euphoria of the 1990 s. Even know we're at lower measures of unemployment than we were back then and that's because the dirt is in the details there are some really great things about this economy and there are some things that aren't so great that income inequalities and wealth inequality in particular continue to widen Well if a lot of the expansion right now is based on what the Fed is doing what do you expect the Fed to do in the next year do you expect them to raise interest rates again you know this is the 1000000 dollar question are we should say trillion dollar question now for the year ahead because that's the way these numbers are going I actually expect that the Fed will have to eat a little more humble pie and take back one more interest rate cut in 2020 and actually cut raise I think they'd like to be on the sidelines a whole year from the Fed's perspective one of the things Jay Powell. The chairman of the Fed has made a goal is that he wants to see some heat in the economy what he means by that is heat and wages where middle income households can feel the gains of the economy as well look at one more thing and I ask you about a lot of people predicted that there would be a recession in 2019 obviously that didn't happen what are you thinking about 2020 and is it possible that whatever triggers the next recession in this country whatever that comes is going to be a surprise is going to be something that not everybody was thinking about the problem is almost always a surprise the chances are fairly high that will be a surprise my concerns were always for 2020 and we have done a $180.00 on many of the factors that would have tipped us into recession you know the Federal Reserve has eased instead of tighten rates further we've actually seen some call in trade disputes although we have yet to see as the ongoing trade negotiations with China and the u.s. Continue if we can keep the pause button hit but there's still a whole spectrum of things that is in the geo political situation and what's going on in Europe we still have a brac set to go through all of those things are still on the horizon and for the moment it feels Ok and confidence has certainly shifted the biggest shift from a year ago is sentiment but remember a year ago when sentiment was so fearful it almost took us into a recession that is Diane Swonk chief economist at Grant Thornton Diane thanks as always and Happy New Year Happy New Year to you Well let's get some perspective now on those 2 attacks on places of worship over the weekend a shooter killing 2 worshipers at a church service yesterday in the Native American named White Settlement Texas before he was killed by an armed church security team and in months in New York outside Manhattan a machete wielding man stormed into a rabbi's home Saturday night during a Hanukkah celebration injuring 5 today he was charged with federal hate crimes Juliette Kayyem is the former assistant secretary of homeland security in the Obama administration so Juliette 2 attacks. Are you hearing police bracing for more yes and I think that there is always a concern around the holidays in particular a sense of isolation people aren't in schedules and also just I think fears of copycat that what you will see is increased security presence at places of worship into to kill or synagogues at this stage because the attacks on synagogues or Orthodox Jews who are simply walking down streets or at markets is an epidemic this last week I think we're monitoring sort of 12 incidences in New York alone in the last week so this is something that's being monitored it's obviously something that places of worship will take control of whether they have increased security presence and begin to you know do something that's unfortunate for places of worship which has become more securitized and less open who of course we hear the ones that make the headlines the attack on the Deli in New Jersey or the of course the horrific attack on the synagogue in Pittsburgh but you're saying there are far more attacks and people know right I mean some of them are just beating up someone this happened in New York in Manhattan Orthodox Jew and so that is something that's being monitored by organizations like a.d.l. But if you just take a step back at the totality of the numbers that we're seeing not just anti-Semitism but just the totality you know I'm just reflecting what the f.b.i. Is monitoring which is a 20 percent increase in hate crimes in particular against Hispanics and Mexican immigrants that you're seeing nationally these numbers are now at a stage where white supremacy has by far overtaken Islamic terrorism as the greatest terror domestic terrorism threat that we're seeing in this country today but police say that the church shooter in Texas this past weekend was relatively trans he and he had an arrest record that armed security guard group within the church had their eye on him noticed him. He was acting oddly shot him almost immediately the family of the Hanukah stabber said he's mentally ill but we referred to some of these other cases the Kosher Supermarket attack in New Jersey after those attackers may have had links to a group known as The Black he Ruis realize that's an anti-Semitic anti police group they also killed a policeman So what is the sense of these lone wolf attacks that are on the rise or groups it's groups and attacks against the Jewish community unfortunately are can be the focus of the right and the left but then just taking the big view I do not believe there are lone wolves anymore I look at these numbers I'm an expert in counterterrorism we are seeing a phenomenon known as what's called stochastic terrorism it's a type of terrorism that we're seeing in the pub in the in the United States now and it has 3 key attributes The 1st is obviously a perpetrator who feels isolated or what we call displaced by the other they feel like the you know the immigrant from Mexico is displacing their way of being the 2nd they have a sense of community right so they're both isolated but they have a sense of community online and this is why people like me and others are very critical of Facebook and other social media platforms that aren't regulating this kind of hate they find comfort and power in the groups that they're not alone root wolves by any stretch of the imagination but I think Robyn the 3rd most important is they have a sense of acceptance in the public space this is what is known as stochastic terrorism it is the use of language of division by leaders whether it's Donald Trump or others that has a greater likelihood that there will be violence and response but it is unpredictable what that violence will be in other words what does a person doing response to language like that and it's a phenomenon a lot of us have been talking about that the public spaces on fire and what we need from leadership is to lower the fire right that is. Now you get people to feel isolated to not take up arms to not take up violence and so while I don't think you know one thing that the president says leads to you know a hate crime I do think that we miss the big picture if we don't see that through line between our public discourse at the very top and what is happening by the numbers in communities across America today we should know President Trump called the attack on the rabbi's home her ific and anti-Semitism an evil scourge security expert to that with a new word for many stochastic terrorism thank you so much thank you Robin and by the way alone the word stochastic means random but as to the it said when there's hate rhetoric from a leader or an online community that may not call for violence that make listeners feel threatened it can motivate seemingly random acts of terror fascinating it's here now. The former mill town of Lewiston Maine had an influx of Somali and Congolese refugees around 20 years ago they're about the 6th of the town's population today there is a question a bully a feeling of vitality in in a city that was not there 2 decades ago or even a decade ago I named Scott how that arrival changed Lewiston next time on Marketplace this evening at 63090 point one w a b e. I'm Jack North Korea's leader is expected to announce a new path this week amid stalled nuclear talks with the u.s. The country's state run news agency says Kim is sort of the military to prepare unspecified offensive measures to protect the country's sovereignty the North has given the u.s. a New Year's deadline to present a proposal that will restart nuclear talks the former president of Puerto Rico's House of Representatives is pleading guilty in a 27000 corruption case Jamie Perriello was charged with extortion and illegal enrichment in the case surrounding a half $1000000.00 contract awarded to set up the house's phone system new federal figures show population growth in the u.s. Is at its slowest pace in more than a century the Census Bureau reports population grew only half a percent from mid 28000 to mid 2019 or about one and a half 1000000 people you're listening to hear enough. As we say goodbye to 2019 and hello to 2020 who are doing something a little different closer look with rule Scott returns in 2020 but 1st. It's a full hour of music to ring in the New Year join me. For the New Year's Eve music special New Year's Eve add one hero $90.00. Happy New Year and Christian McBride with toast of the nature to celebrate we've got a terrific show at a feature some of the best jazz collectors perform. You hear the problems in regard to the s. Of jazz go back to the micro level of history and the Baltimore jazz going to those talents of bands who don't want to talk of the nation going to be CIO n.p.r. New Year's Eve Evan Levin am on 90 point one. Funding for hero now comes from Olin College of Engineering celebrating all in 202020 years of designing solutions to put people at the center of problem solving by integrating engineering with the arts humanities social sciences and entrepreneurship more it all and dot edu this is here and now you have just 2 weeks left to see the Broadway hit freestyle love supreme the show that makes the audience the star it's the brainchild of the creative minds behind in the heights in Hamilton including Lynne memo Miranda and Thomas kale in October I spoke with 3 of the cast members. Goes by you t.k. The I and c. Chris Sullivan who goes by shockwave and Anthony or to touch and I asked Anthony who is also a founder how the idea came about who it was just a terrible idea this went on into an awful to 15 years. We were working on in the heights at the Drama Book Shop and we had all gone to Wesleyan together Lin was there sort of workshopping and working under Tommy's guidance and I was sort of the inter luck uter who would jump in and be like Len let's freestyle rap and I just convinced Lynn that it was a good idea to do this in front of people because like we did it every cast party we did it in between breaks and stuff and then finally I convinced him and we had a show on August 16th of 2003 which is the day after the eastern seaboard blackout on August 15th of 2003 right yes a very famous moment in New York City history was it always though and in those early days successful enough that you thought this is a good idea because I can imagine it going wrong if you're just not all in sync with each other about how to make words people say into something that's compelling and entertaining. I think the short answer is yes the long answer is no yes sometimes I mean when you do this thing especially when you're 1st starting out like it's terrifying and you're terrible at it and I'm still terrible at it there are some shows that I have where I'll try to set up a rhyme and I fail at it but that's I think a part of our show we allow the audience to see the rough edges and some of the mistakes and so more importantly for me was that the audience was with us and when that we made our those mistakes it kind of even got us more empathy and more Kred with the audience that it was happening in the moment so once that happened it's one of those things you're like oh I need to do this all the time it's my favorite thing oh god I can't wait to do it again Ok Well let's I think we've gone on too long without giving listeners an idea of what we're talking about here what you do in the show involves audience members giving you words and you all freestyle off of those words I guess since I'm the audience now you tell me what you want and you can do what you do great why don't you give us like a word at a time and we'll just ask you for the next word and we'll have you t.k. Kick it off and shock will do a beat and then he'll maybe trade with me at some point an I'll give it a shot to fail miserably as well Ok and I'm going to look at our show and the words that are in our show in the news right now so brags it. Is Ok here we go Jay really let me step in. Like the u.k. . Put it together that's why. Give me you know the word. Israel which. I did little to do it for Israel. To put that up and and it's a bit of Broadway show with all of my friends it's. Almost it's elections it's Ok do it's well you know press to actually know politics don't want to talk just want to say you should get out and vote you do is fine for me and I just help you express. If boys take their choice because it will always get power that's what it's going to be put on your cow will own your Kates because if you will when you can be great now I'm going to pass it up to. Him a word and he can show you what he does that was so good to apples Ok well thanks for giving me that much low. Entry You see I'm just like scrapple in the Midwest a pencil no apples to be in my brain I'm not no John a gold I'm just feeling like I was a cameo so maybe you should mackintosh on my fly. It's. Not the words it's whistle blower it's. Alright could we keep it get any lower I mean this country needs more whistle blower was not looking that the White House I'm just looking for how to get out. So yeah that's not what we're doing what we do yeah I'm going to be honest Jeremy you're giving of the word we should just go a little faster going that's right next to her so no worries and I'm just a lowly audience member I don't know I don't know how the audience member makes up most of our show so you're an exalted audience well and I have to say when I when I went one of the words was empathy and then it becomes a whole song that involves a word empathy and I thought to myself and of course I'm sitting there like trying to figure out how the magic trick works and I'm like I wonder if it has to be a 3 syllable word is there anything about the number of syllables that goes into what you do that's a great question a very technical question from an intelligent and exulted audience member who needs to work on his work giving but otherwise it's crushing No we don't hold a syllable structure anything certainly the more syllables it can be fun we all know that there are certain rhymes 80 easy words and bigger 8 instigate imitate that have more rhymes that go with them but the point. Is to pick a word and then speak the truth you're also pulling together pieces of everything that the audience has said to you throughout the show that you might not even use directly but you'll remember and bring it back later which brings an even bigger reaction from the audience when you do that you've got to have your memory working all cylinders running throughout that entire show yeah basically like our job and the way that we support it and what makes the show such a fun is that for the audience and for us is that it's a real exercise in hyper listening when Anthony or shockwave or Lynn or whoever is on stage it's my sort of privilege and gift to be able to listen to them and give them all of my energy and we've sort of just learned to retain the things that the audience likes along the way so that we can give them the joy of bringing it back up now one of the things that you do at this show which I've never seen before although frankly in this modern age where everybody's using their cell phones all the time it seems like it's a pretty good idea that we should do this which is that you take every Not you but the people that if you walk into the theater they take everybody's phone and put it in a little pouch that immediately locks and can't be unlocked until the show is over what's that about well there's also an escape clause which is if you have an emergency and you need to get it open you can leave the theater at any time and it's just this little magnetic thing that opens up just like like if you're shopping at The Gap and you left with that little tag on but the reason why we did that for our show was a couple of big points for us 1st it helps the audience to be really connected as a community and what we're doing up there on stage yes we deeply listen to you the audience and then what we're asking from you is that you deeply listen to us the hope here is that we're all in the moment together witnessing these connections and the neural networking that's taking place in our brains that's then creating a mesh network out there in the audience as well so that's one to we're also saying crazy things. We are doing stuff as characters of the audience and made up worlds and if someone were to film that and then take it out of context and I mean any night you could probably get a recording of me pretending to be Trump saying I want the world to end and this is our society now I'm going to rule forever and like if you take that out of context yeah I mean all right would really love to smear me that I'm sure so what we're saying to the audience is hey we're going to be vulnerable as well so we don't want that then leaving this community afterward in a way that would potentially damage anyone I wonder if other Broadway shows are going to pick up this idea because it is annoying when somebody pulls their phone out in the middle of a show you have a glowing white light. It's funny for those of us who remember before cellphones. And it's almost a no brainer where on stage it just feels harkens back to more innocent times 9 day . Thank you Morgan Freeman Chris Ellison the me ask you because you run the freestyle love supreme Academy which is a school for people who want to learn how to do what you do is it very difficult to teach it no absolutely not it's not difficult to be in it either myself and Anthony and Andrew Bancroft aka jelly donut also a member Freestyle of supreme we sort of a combination of responding to the demand of people asking how do we do this and aside from saying 15 years of practice there's there are also other building bones to learning this process and he so folds who is a member of freestyle love supreme she goes by a young niece went through the freestyle love supreme academy with these guys and is now with us every single night on Broadway which is to say that if you. Hadn't met last night you'll And I know it right way know that guarantee that's. You the class you go on Broadway and I reckon and it does yeah Ok before we let you guys go I want to just have you do something which will probably save forever which is can you do a here and now free stuff. It's we always now. Put it down the sound we hear now so we came together put it down with the sound of how we. Came to put it down so. We now I'm going to seek out. Of the team we have here that's what I like just sound and your place on the radio like here we don't and yeah. And you just feel like Albert and maybe get a little existential because. Now I don't know what is it detrimental to. Get existential jam here and now it's like dang jam. That. Made him drop that bar just a little bit he didn't know how he got to put it down but it sounds. That way gone up one of the. Amazing guys thank you so much that is Anthony Bennett c.l. a Much better Sullivan and. 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And I'm Robin Young is here now impeachment and the upcoming trial have been sucking all the air out of Washington but Congress did manage to pass a new $1.00 trillion dollars spending bill and inside it are significant changes for retirement saver's rolled into the new spending bill is something called the secure Act which stands for setting every community up for retirement enhancement and tries to address the fact that according to the Federal Reserve a quarter of Americans have no retirement savings at all for years Jill Schlesinger business analyst receive u.s. News and host of John Money has been telling us people haven't saved enough for retirement she joins us now and Jill what does this overhaul you know being called the biggest update to retirement in a decade what does it do so many things so from the big picture what this is trying to do is try to get more people to contribute to retirement and a lot of the rules that are in place right now are changing pretty dramatically so let's start with the requirement that says you have to take money out of your retirement plan after you turn age 70 and a half that is going to turn into a $72.00 so if you are turning 70 and a half after December 31st 2019 you will not have to do it at 70 and have you have to do it at age 72 Ok one hold up there what does this mean if you're approaching 70 and a half can you know automatically go to 72 Well here's the thing if you don't take the money out that you're supposed to take out there is a whopping 50 percent penalty so if you are supposed to take $3000.00 out at the end of the calendar year after you turn 70 and a half and you don't take it that would have been a $1500.00 penalty now the penalty still exists it's just that it's moving to age 72 and what's important is that you if you're already 70 and a half before December 31st the old rules in place if you turn 70 and a half. After the 31st then you get to wait until you're $72.00 and the reason to weight is well the reason to weight is always to De Lay your tax hit right because when that money comes out you have to pay whatever your tax bracket is at the time on that money again that money's never been taxed so the idea that you somehow feel ripped off because a lot of people always say to me like oh why does this have to happen you haven't paid tax on it yet so it's time to pay taxes the $1.00 thing that's really important about the required minimum distribution that people don't realize is when you do delay it it can impact lots of different things you might have more income than you want to have later in life that can affect the cost of your Medicare it could also impact the tax rate on which you pay your Social Security benefits What else does it do you know for people who actually have retirement plans right now specifically a 4 a one k. There are going to be some changes in the way the balances are actually shown to you so let's just pretend that you're you know 40 years old and it shows $50000.00 that you've saved in your 4 a one k. The new rule will require the plan provider to translate that into future income and here's what I mean $50000.00 looks like a big chunk of money you feel happy about it but when the provider then says to you that actually means $200.00 a month when you retire doesn't look as good so what the rules trying to do is try to give you a better reflection of how the money you have in an account can translate into monthly retirement income that's still Sussan Gera business analyst for c.b.s. News host of Jill on money will post her writing on the new secure x. And here now dot org Jill thank you so much thank you. For years. 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It's here and now it was a weekend of fear for those involved in 2 separate attacks on places of worship Saturday Hassidic Jews celebrating Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in New York yesterday Christians at a church in Texas but of course this is also a season of faith and our next guest recently decided to dig deeper into hers Sarah Hurwitz was Michelle Obama's speechwriter before that President Obama's like many Jewish Americans she considers herself secular leaving the whole religious part behind after her Hebrew school days so she says she was as surprised as anyone that her new book here all along chronicles her embrace of Judaism as an adult she says her deep dive into centuries of Jewish texts interpretations and debates gave her a new moral compass and a political one demanding activism and she says it can be applied to all faiths Sara Horowitz Welcome thank you so much for having me and Happy Hanukkah thank you and we should say you point to that is one of the things that you and many families did you know there might be 2 or 3 days a year where you were really really Jewish right and it was definitely one of the right and but this isn't just a Jewish thing I think there are many people who recognize that you know being of the faith maybe a couple times a year but feeling pulled away by modernity talk about how you suddenly fell back into the faith it was kind of an accident it was an accident you know the age of 36 I broke up with a guy I was dating I was bored and lonely anxious I happened to hear about an intro to Judaism chorus and I signed up completely on a whim but what I found in that class blew me away you know I always think a good person I don't lie cheat or steal I follow American law it's a low bar right that's really designed to make sure I don't steal your property or assault you or infringe on your rights but you wish laws designed to make sure that I'm honest I'm generous and kind and loving and it sets a very high bar to like authorship do I shame people and I am kind it really made me thoughtful about my speech to you wake up what is the prayer I loved. Yes it's murder on e which in Hebrew means thankful my you literally start out the minute you wake up expressing gratitude for the blessing that is your life so you started studying all of the major Jewish philosophers may Monody these gave you some political lessons too such as a listen to the truth from whoever says it yes so did you start to see wait a minute there's a line here that maybe I didn't even recognize while having one of the heaviest positions in politics which is top speech writer for the Obama's did you start to see wait a minute maybe this was percolating all along he didn't change I was doing a politics but it helped me recognize him better understand what I was doing so I think of the core Jewish but I think is the core animating Jewish idea that we're all created in the image of the divine which you don't have to believe in any kind of God to understand the value of that which is we're all infinitely worthy all totally equal to each other and each fundamentally unique this is reminding me this idea that we are all created equal about some of the things you observed Michelle Obama say for instance it was that high school commencement speech this was a school attended primarily by Native American students in Santa Fe New Mexico they never thought Michelle Obama would come what did she say to them she told them 1st by how proud she was of them and she talked about her family's story the many generations of her family that her great great grandfather was a slave to her parents dealing with segregation to herself and her children and told them of course you should ask me to come and you said you saw in that speech not only how the u.s. Has changed how the Constitution has been amended in re amended but also parallels to the Torah how so we do not live by an original version of the constitution thank God I mean that literally allowed slavery Fortunately our Constitution is a living document where allowed to amend it thankfully we amended it to get rid of slavery we amend it to allow women to vote the Torah it's 2500 years old when it says an eye for an eye use re-imagine that 2000 years ago engine rabbis 2000 years . Hugo said no no no that means if you put out someone's eye you have to mind terribly compensate them so just as the Constitution is to all of the Supreme Court cases in amendments the Torah is to all these thousands of years of commentary interpretation and many would say the Bible is as well I have to ask you about writing words from Michelle Obama when she gave speeches for instance at the Democratic convention or when she said when they go low we go high Were those the speechwriters words when they go low we go high were 100 percent her words she came up with that line I just typed it into the speech you know Michelle Obama is someone who knows who she is and she always knows what she wants to say so as her speechwriter you don't script someone like that you channel them so when she says I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves and I watch my daughters 2 beautiful intelligent black young women playing with their dogs on the White House lawn that was something I'm sure was something that we sort of came up with together or based on something she had said you know it's it really is a partnership right there dictating your channeling going back and forth sharing edits but it really ultimately it really kind of originates with her well in going back to when they go low we go high you say that's one of the critical tenets of your new understanding of Judaism I think it is you know I do think the core animating idea of if you Deism is that we're all created in the divine image and what other people have an instinct to degrade to dehumanize to be cruel we don't stoop down to their level Ok so for someone listening who might be thinking you know you seem like a pretty good person why did you need this well the problem is we all think we're good people right but I realized in studying Judaism I'm not really a great person the ethical standard that Judaism dictates is much higher than just like you do you don't hurt other isn't being nice when you can write it's you know everyone knows you give money to charity but how much and how do you do it do you do it in a way that preserves their dignity What do you do it anonymously do you know Judaism really gets down to the weeds and says Ok Actually this much and you do it this way and there's a lot of debates and conversations about how and how much and what's the best way and you realize. Well it's a higher standard Well you also say the Torah strikes me as an unavoidably political document a passionate protest against the old hierarchies and abuse of power that's a kind of thing that strikes fear in people's hearts when people start saying that the Bible is giving them political direction and I agree with them right if you're saying the Bible dictates that I have to vote Democrat or after support this candy or that that's very dangerous but what I do believe is that if you look at the Torah I don't know how you can avoid the fact that it's a political document the Torah is obsessed with poverty income inequality how we treat the strangers among us the stranger was the immigrant is the refugee I think that you can actually make arguments on many sides of the immigration the debate the health care debate citing Jewish tax however to say that Judaism should be political is to fundamentally not have read the Torah it's not about which opinion is right it's about have the debate and in fact we were Xander avoid these issues these are inherent in our course they protect well and you also quote a Christian writer who you say gave you another religion lesson which is that it's not cool to remake God in your own image she said you can safely assume you've created God in your image when it turns out God hates all the same people who do exactly that is Amazon and look this is the problem that I have with this sort of spirituality and theology that many of us think we see in ancient religions growing up I thought the Jewish God was a man this guy who controlled everything and rewarded us Moner good and punish us when we were bad daily life shows me otherwise every single hour of every day and I find it really problematic however that that's not what Judaism says Judaism has all kinds of different conceptions of the divine there's one conception the mystical conception that says we're all God God is the animating energy of the universe nonnes today the divine and maybe it's the exactly right and this is actually it's funny you say this I look at a lot of modern day spirituality and you. When it's un anchored in any greater tradition it does become very much like well this firm's me and this makes me feel this I call out to the universe it's like that's great but does the universe ever call back and demand that you live by high ethical standards and care for others can you just say you know something that really really surprise you given us some overarching thoughts which is something that really surprised you about the face you grew up with I was surprised by just how little dog mother is right if you say what is Judaism say about x. It's pretty rare that you'll get a Judaism says this I also just think the complexity of Jewish spirituality is not man in the sky or atheism there's a lot of very sophisticated god concepts I've had friends of all religious backgrounds adamant atheists who've read my book and said Ok some of these god concepts are crazy by the way it was one of those friends that read the book and loved it did they happen to be Michelle and I just between us like I mean just between us or ages you know it's funny I gave them copies of the book and Mrs Obama sent the most beautiful tweet I adore her well and by the way you had to be you know on the few people who walked on Barack Obama you were the only. Part of the White House because you wanted to work with Michelle Oh yes I was with him for a year and a half 2 years wonderful just didn't have the thing you know just money I just felt more at home in her voice could you tell something like Mr President don't or you're going to get this speechmaking thing down. I was not worried about him he would be just fine with no speech writers at all and so when she saw her with her new book inviting people to reexamine Judaism or any faith is here all along finding meeting spirituality and a deeper connection to life in Judaism after finally choosing to look there Sarah thank you so much thank you so much for having me. Last year proved spectacular for live music in Atlanta 2020 is every bit as awesome as is mine to thank you Steve let me give you my picks just to highlight sunny days ocean breezes and share of hives and to ease you into 2020 seven's chat. 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This is here and now we now know one thing that'll be bigger in 2020 those huge S.U.V.s like the 2021 Chevy Tahoe which will be 6.7 inches longer than the 2020 version Joining us now is Nathan bomi a business trends reporter for USA Today hi Nathan how are you doing well so how much of a difference to $6.00 inches make in the scheme of these giant S.U.V.s you know it doesn't sound like a lot but it really is a few inches in the auto industry makes a huge visual difference in fact really when the automakers even add one or 2 inches to a vehicle you can really tell and so when you see General Motors adding half a foot to the Chevy Tahoe which was already a really hulking vehicle that's going to make a significant visual difference but it's really a trend that we're seeing across the industry will tell us more I mean what other automakers are making these they guess Uvas even bigger you know I think in some ways g.m. Is actually responding to the market here because just a couple years ago Ford made the expedition which is a tough competitor a few inches bigger and you know it's not interested traditional Big 3 automakers to you look at Toyota which of course broke into the United States with small cars they're making their S.U.V.s bigger to the 2020 Toyota Highlander s.u.v. Is actually bigger than the 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe which shows you how this size creep happens over time and why are they doing this you know I think this is a response to what Americans want when you look at the focus groups in the surveys and basically anecdotal information from when people visit the dealerships they say they want more space I guess this is sort of in some ways the quintessential American desire you know bigger is better and I think one reason is gas prices haven't really been a problem for years now it's not necessarily the fact that they're lower than $3.00 a gallon which of course they are it's the lack of volatility the fact that Americans seem to think gas prices are really not at risk of spiking now we know from a historical perspective. That may not be the right bed but for now people seem to be confident that they're not going to get stuck with gas guzzling well and these cars are not the gas guzzlers that they once were I was surprised to see that many of these huge S.U.V.s get 30 miles a gallon and I think that's key here because you know when 2008 happened of course gas prices spiked and in the financial crisis hit there was a period there in which these types of S.U.V.s were just caught in a terrible situation because no one wanted to be paying a lot for gas and you know but the reality is that yeah makers have made significant fuel economy improvements in the last 10 to 15 years and so and you can definitely get a larger c.v. Now that gets well into the twenty's on the highway per gallon that is and even more than 30 miles per gallon you know if you have a small car from say the year 2000 and big a c.v. Actually make it better gas mileage in that 2000 model vehicle that said you know Tahoe is not really getting more than about 20 miles per gallon so you're still going to pay a lot for gas if it ends up spiking at some point do you expect that this trend and we're going to you know at the end of this year it looks like about half of the new vehicle sales in this country are expected to have been S.U.V.s do you expect that trend is going to continue Well you know that's a good question I think that the industry analysts think that the s.u.v. Might finally be leveling off we're at about 50 percent of sales now are S.U.V.s about 30 percent are cars and then 20 percent are pickups so a 50 percent we may have hit a peak but I don't think anyone sees it backing up at all and you know what you see the automakers doing now is basically starting to create new niches for S.U.V.s so there are you know creating new types that we really didn't even exist before and it's also important to say that a lot of these that we kind of call it as you are really cars I mean a lot of these small crossovers are essentially a car platform just with a little bit of a bigger body and so you know that some of the small crossovers get outstanding gas mileage. So you know but the big ones like the taco and the expedition and Islander they're among the most popular models Nathan do you think that all of the pressure from activists and others on climate change and trying to reduce carbon footprints is going to have an impact on the market for these giant S.U.V.s you know I don't think that much is going to reduce the demand for these types of vehicles short of federal regulation you know if federal If you economy standards at some point likely not under a troubled ministration of course under a Democratic administration perhaps get stricter that might end up rolling back some of the growth and vehicles but I do not see you know climate activism or you know individuals believing that they need to adjust their lifestyle is having a big impact on the market there's simply not much evidence that people make car purchases based on their personal beliefs about the environment you know I think if you take for example hybrids you know hybrid vehicles are really doing poorly as poor as they've ever done at this point the Toyota Prius is in very bad shape and in fact Toyota just cut the Toyota Prius c. Which was of one model and the Prius v. The only one left is the regular Prius and then there's also a plug in the good news for environmental activists and you know of course anyone who believes as of course it's correct that climate change is a significant issue is that electric cars are definitely coming and so you know the General Motors test for everybody is making an e v of some sort and the only question is When can they get those vehicles the same price as a conventional car it's coming it'll be soon just not in the next year or $2.00 that is Nathan bomi a business treasure reporter for USA Today Nathan thanks and Happy New Year All right thank you so much. And here now is a production of n.p.r. And w.v.u. Are in association with the b.b.c. World Service I'm Jeremy Hobson I'm rather young this is here now. Funding for here and now comes from the listeners of w.b. You are Boston in your n.p.r. 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Good afternoon I'm your Moffitt in for Jim Burress this afternoon all things considered is coming up next just ahead we'll have reaction today to the news over the weekend of a stage 4 cancer diagnosis for Congressman John Lewis the weather forecast clear skies lows in the upper thirty's tonight tomorrow it'll be sunny with highs in the low fifty's and then on New Year's day sunny with highs in the mid fifty's Currently we have fair skies and 60 degrees in Atlanta at 4 o'clock. People I know feel. That we need to continue to live our lives and represent who we are as we are reaction to the rampage at a small town you take all comers you know news. Life from n.p.r. News and Washington I'm Windsor Johnston the Trump administration is facing sharp criticism from the Iraqi government after the u.s. Launched airstrikes Sunday on several bases belonging to Iranian backed militia as N.P.R.'s Jackie Northam reports the u.s. Strikes came after an American contractor was killed during a rocket attack blamed on the militant group the u.s. Launched the airstrikes against 5 targets in Iraq in Syria belonging to cut tab Hizbullah an Iranian backed militia Iraq's prime minister on Lobdell Mahdi warns the attacks could lead to dangerous consequences including an escalation of violence between the u.s. And Iran Brian hawk a State Department advisor on Iran says the us had to respond in a way the Iranian regime will understand there we are attacked by the regime or by one of its proxies we will take decisive action in response as President Trump took that yesterday but Iraq's National Security Council says the airstrikes will force the government there to rethink its security relationship with the u.s. Jackie Northam n.p.r. 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