Which means it's also Mary Kate Olsen the birthday twins turned 32 today and the news is next live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Barbara Kline President Trump is back at the White House and his tweeting there's no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea he calls yesterday summit in Singapore a very positive experience Meanwhile Secretary of State Mike Pompei always on a post summit diplomatic swing meeting with South Korean and Japanese officials today and N.P.R.'s Rob Schmitz reports Pompei 0 heads to China tomorrow on pale plans to arrive in Beijing after 1st heading to Seoul for meetings with senior South Korean and Japanese officials the visit his 1st to China since replacing Rex Tillerson in April comes amid heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington over trade Taiwan and China's claims too much of a South China Sea but pale has said he would update Beijing on the next steps regarding North Korea N.P.R.'s Rob Schmitz another major new offensive is under way in Yemen swar N.P.R.'s Jane Erath reports pro-government forces backed by a Saudi led coalition have launched an assault on the country's main port held by who the rebels United Arab Emirates a key partner of Saudi Arabia said forces had reached the outskirts of her data port city on the Red Sea The Saudi coalition backs pro-government forces fighting Shia who feed rebels it accuses of being armed by Iran 3 years of war have devastated the country with parts of Yemen on the brink of famine the u.n. Had been trying to find a political solution that would avert a strike on the port most of Yemen's food fuel and medicine comes through who data aid groups had evacuated staff ahead of a Saudi coalition deadline for the who these to withdraw Jane around n.p.r. News Amman candidates backed by President Trump sailed to victory in Nevada as Republican primaries yesterday Reno Public Radio's Paul Bulger reports Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt a conservative whose grandfather was governor in the sixty's and u.s. Senator during the Reagan era one. The g.o.p. Primary handily beating his next closest opponent by more than 60 percent Laxalt received an early morning endorsement from the president who called him smart hard working in a congressional race in southern Nevada Las Vegas businessman Danny Tarkanian also beat out his fellow Republican opponents Tarkanian only ran for the seat after the president asked him via Twitter to not enter the u.s. Senate race in Nevada against Trump ally and fellow Republican Senator Dean Heller both Laxalt and hurricane will now move on to the general election where they'll face tough campaigns for n.p.r. News I'm Paul Boger in Reno Meanwhile outspoken Trump supporter and legal brothel owner Dennis Hoff won yesterday's g.o.p. Primary for Nevada's state legislature ousting a 3 term lawmaker the 2026 World Cup will be held in the u.s. Mexico and Canada fief as Congress voted today to back the 3 nation bid for the tournament the North American bid beat rival Morocco this is n.p.r. . The Federal Reserve is expected to announce today a modest increase in short term interest rates in anticipation Hong Kong's Hang saying and the Shanghai Composite dropped one percent Japan's Nikkei closed up 4 tenths of a percent a new Gallup poll finds most Americans support abortion rights in early pregnancy but their support wanes for later stages of gestation N.P.R.'s Kammen reports the poll also suggests abortion a Binions are shaped by the reasons women seek abortion abortion has been legal nationwide since the Roe versus Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973 but public opinion on the morality and legality of the procedure continues to be divided a new Gallup survey finds a majority of Americans 60 percent believe abortion generally should be legal in the 1st 3 months of pregnancy that support drops to 13 percent by the 3rd trimester a majority also expressed support for abortion rights in cases of rape and incest or to save a woman's life data released earlier this week by Gallup found an even split 48 percent to 48 percent between Americans who describe themselves as pro-choice and pro-life though a majority favor legal abortion and at least some circumstances Sarah McCammon n.p.r. News Washington Californians all have the chance to vote on a proposal to split their state in 3 in November California officials confirm the proposal has more than the 400000 required signatures to qualify for the ballot I'm Barbara Kline n.p.r. News support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include the public welfare foundation committed to advancing justice and opportunity for people in need more information at Public Welfare dot org And the John d. And Catherine c. MacArthur Foundation Ed Mack founded dot org. Brian Beyrle This is High Plains Public Radio and you're listening to N.P.R.'s Morning Edition the time is 6 minutes after 6 am Central and in about 15 minutes we'll hear some news from the region so stick around there's a chance of showers and thunderstorms all across the high plains today it's going to be anywhere from cloudy to mostly sunny with highs in the mid eighty's to lower ninety's tonight will be partly to mostly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper sixty's in Northwest Kansas northeast Colorado it'll be partly sunny with a high near $86.00 and a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight partly cloudy with a low around $65.00 in north central Kansas it'll be partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms highs in the mid eighty's tonight isolated showers and storms lows in the upper sixty's in southeast Colorado it'll be mostly sunny with a high near 91 tonight partly cloudy with a low around 67 in southwest Kansas scattered showers and thunderstorms cloudy through mid morning then gradual clearing with a high near 87 tonight isolated showers and storms with a low around 69 in the Oklahoma Panhandle mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and storms highs in the lower ninety's tonight partly cloudy lows in the upper sixty's and in the Texas panhandle mostly sunny high near 91 tonight partly cloudy with a low around 68 support for h.p. P.r. Comes from Grant County Bank in Ulysses' Kansas supporting the community its future and diversity since 1907 more information edgy for bank dot com member f.d.i.c. This is Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm David Greene in Culver City California and I'm Steve Inskeep in Washington d.c. According to President Trump's tweets problem solved shortly after returning from his summit with North Korea's leader President Trump wrote quote There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea That's his claim after North Korea's Kim Jong un approved a statement repeating a past a general wish to work toward denuclearization Susan Rice is our next guest she served as national security advisor in United Nations ambassador under President Obama and basta Welcome back to the program thank you great to be with you how would you describe the nuclear threat from North Korea today. Yell and present and unabated Steve it's rather preposterous claims that the president to tweet that there's no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea we're still I think it's quite concerning because it suggests one of 2 things either sell it is also show and for political purposes rather than to address the substantive problem of North Korea's nuclear capacity and missile capacity or that he really doesn't understand it all how grave that how nations the North Korean nuclear threat really is and therefore is not in a position to lead and guide a very serious long term negotiation to eradicate it now he did make some other statements and people around him of made some other statements indicating they do understand this is at best the beginning of a very long process but he said to Sean Hannity last night we got a lot more done than I ever thought possible did something in your view get done here. Well what got that the 2 leaders met and that was unprecedented and for the 1st time there is now dialogue at the highest levels and that is a good thing however in substance very very little positive happened the statement . We saw issued jointly until the very day commitment by the North Koreans and Steve to quote it it says that the d.p. R. K. Commits to work toward complete denuclearized station doesn't commit to denuclearization but to work toward that as far short of what North Korean leaders have committed to in past agreements with the United States going back to 1994 so it's a very very vague statement and unfortunately in exchange for this very vague statement that is less than we've received in the past President Trump seems to have given up something very very important to our South Korean allies and to the u.s. Military which is the continuation of a joint military exercise only disparaged as working Ok So help us figure this out because the president said he's going to stop the war games these joint exercises but vice president pence apparently has told Republican Senator Cory Gardner something else saying wait a minute some exercises are going to continue readiness exercises are going to continue is there room for them to be saying the same thing that some exercises might stop but others continue Well 1st of all whatever vice president's point set is now in dispute because Senator Gardiner came out and said he thought he heard readiness exercises might continue the war games would end in frankly we don't make such a distinction we don't believe their war games typically we believe they're already knows that resizes But having said that then but present tense the spokesperson disputed the vice president and said that so I think we have to go frankly as usual with what the president United States said repeatedly in his press conference yesterday. That he considers all these exercises were gains that in his view they are inappropriate and provocative and ought to end which is up in the decades of orthodoxy on what is necessary to protect the United States and South Korea from the North Korean threat which is unabated and in fact if we were to give up these exercises which we conduct a lot of time here in the event that something dangerous did happen on the Korean peninsula we would not be nearly as ready as we would be to respond to quote cross our security that appear I question some baster about president trumps view of what went on here in his effort to do North Korea to approach North Korea differently than other administrations including the one you were he told Sean Hannity on Fox last night that he was right to at one point speak very harshly of Kim Jong un call him little Rocket Man and so forth let's listen other administrations I don't again specific on that but they had a a policy of silence if they said something very bad very threatening and horrible don't answer that's not the answer that's not what you have to do so I think the rhetoric I hated to do it sometimes I felt foolish doing it. But we had no choice very briefly did that rhetoric work. Don't think the rhetoric was key I think in fact it escalated tensions at a time when you had 2 leaders whose actions could have led to a very dangerous situation so no I think what changed was 2 things really one Kim Jong un achieved what he set out to achieve which was perfecting his nuclear and missile capacity so he could come to the table as an equal as president from granted him and. Secondly the election of the South Korean president President who played a very crucial rule in helping to bring this together and I doubt I should add also the sanctions which we have ratcheted up over the years going back many years now and which you become stronger still which we're still discussing and just in a sentence or 2 President Trump has made it clear that he's wanted all along to get u.s. Troops out of South Korea even alluded to it after the summit that's not really even a concession for him it's a goal although the u.s. Isn't doing it now could the u.s. Safely pull troops out of South Korea not anytime soon not in the absence of complete denuclearization that in the absence arguably of reunification and certainly not without the ascent of our South Korean allies that would be huge when China from North Korea and a huge loss for us in our standing in Asia Susan Rice pleasure talking with you thank you very much thanks Steve she served as national security adviser and United Nations Ambassador to President Obama the trumpet ministrations says it's tariffs on steel and aluminum are all about protecting American companies and American jobs but that is not how it's playing out in the automotive industry many small auto parts manufacturers are feeling pain from these tariffs as the price of both metals climb N.P.R.'s Dustin Dwyer has the story you may have missed it but the auto industry has actually been doing pretty great the past few years and that's helped a lot of smaller companies around the country that supply parts companies like Engineered Materials solutions in Attleboro Massachusetts I recently visited the factory floor with c.e.o. Paul Duffy He told me his company specializes in what are called clad metal products and it's used in a wide variety of applications that people touch and feel every day but they may not be aware that these products are really produced even in the u.s. Today because an awful lot of manufacturing has moved offshore E.M.'s makes an incredible array of stuff everything from stainless steel. Pots and pans to electrical switch breakers about a quarter of the company's business is tied to automotive making things you might never see like tiny little parts deep inside your car's engine that keep it from overheating much of this business is affected by the trumpet ministrations 25 percent tariff on imported steel Duffy expects the tariffs could cost the company millions of dollars it's very significant for us because we wouldn't want this to turn into a situation where it impacts our our staffing our ability to retain our labor force and grow in the future for now E.M.'s is in a good position it's even hiring new workers but Duffy's not sure how long that will continue the theory behind the steel and aluminum tariffs is that companies like Duffy's can just switch to an American supplier of those metals and there are 2 problems with that theory one is that there are some very specific types of aluminum and steel that just aren't made in the u.s. And maybe never will be the 2nd problem is that the tariffs have already caused the price of metals to go up even metals made in the u.s. The federal government tracks a price index on dozens of categories of aluminum and steel nearly every $1.00 of them is up compared to last year Kristen g. Check of the Center for Automotive Research says those increases are hitting parts suppliers hard whether they're buying from a domestic supplier or a foreign supplier their prices have gone up and while it might be good for steel and aluminum companies in the u.s. To have higher prices it's not good for the many many companies that buy those metals there are many many more jobs in steel aluminum consuming industries and there are in steel a little producing industry and those jobs especially at auto parts suppliers could be at risk and Wilson is with the motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association a group that represents a vehicle parts makers these caustic. You have to be born by someone and then this way they're going to be born by manufacturers it's not yet clear that it'll result in fewer jobs for now the biggest problem is just the uncertainty and there's even more of that on the way the trumpet ministration is still deciding whether to apply a new set of tariffs to entire vehicles imported to the u.s. Those tariffs could also apply to auto parts a possibility that has a lot of companies watching and waiting before making any big new investments dust and wire and p.r. News. This is n.p.r. News 18 minutes past 6 am here on Morning Edition on members a part of High Plains Public Radio. Coming up as N.P.R.'s headlines followed by regional news support comes from Arkansas belly diesel serviceable for all things heavy duty whether it needs repair to replace They have the expertise to help information on products and services available on Facebook and maybe diesel dot com my time. Prophesied Gustav Mahler and it has nearly a century after his death in $1000.00 in there are over $100.00 recordings of each of Mahler's 10 symphonies and we are doing our level best to survey this enormous varied and beautiful realm. This is the McLachlan invitee of the joiners as we continue to explore the world of course this week on exploring music. Weekdays at noon Central. From n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly secretary of state Mike Pompei was in South Korea for talks with that country's president moon Jane this comes a day after President Trump wrapped up his summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong un the 2 signed an agreement calling for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula without specific steps or timelines the president says he's pleased with how much has been accomplished on North Korea you haven't seen missiles going up and 7 or 8 months you haven't seen research you haven't seen nuclear tests very importantly Trump was speaking to the Fox News Channel's Hannity program tomorrow Pompei all will be in China more evacuation orders have been issued in Colorado after another wild fire broke out the latest fire is near Silverthorne about 60 miles west of Denver Megan Verlee with Colorado Public Radio says residents of more than 1300 homes were told to leave officials quickly had scores of firefighters on the ground and called in several air tankers to make water drops they also say years of tree clearing to build a wide firebreak around the community are paying off fire conditions are extreme across much of Colorado more than half of counties and most federal lands have some level of fire restrictions in place is awarding the 2026 men's World Cup soccer tournament to the u.s. Canada and Mexico North America was chosen over a bid by Morocco I'm David Mattingly in Washington. Of regional interest linguists say southwest Kansas is developing its own unique accent as the Kansas News Service reports that Stu to the area's fast growing which you know population listen closely to how this liberal resident says Spanish because you have all these Spanish speakers that have Spanish whole sound with he's not a Spanish speaker but there is a Spanish influence Spanish sounds like Spanish while hand sounds like hand Mary Khans a linguist at Kansas State University she says the rapidly growing Latino population southwest Kansas is changing how young people there speak she says this is an opportunity to learn what happens when cultures meet what we're really study people and how they move through the world and language is a part of that it's also a rare chance to study how regional dialect gets its start concepts accents are constantly changing the only language that doesn't change is a dead one for the kids new service I'm Stephen beside. A major role in the American journalistic landscape with news bureaus around the world reporters investigate anything from scientific discoveries to economic stability while hosting internationally renowned experts from science labs to state houses n.p.r. Is that they're carrying on scene interviews here for you day and night with news that matters we are High Plains Public Radio support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from performance bicycle with the selection of electric bikes from Fuji Breezer and Tuesday for trips around town commuting to work and rediscovering cycling performance bicycle store locations and an online store at performance bike dot com. From Wells Fargo established 850 to reestablish 2018 with a recommitment to customers working off the principles the company was founded on Wells Fargo dot com slash re new Wells Fargo Bank and a. And from c. 3 io t. Powering enterprise digital transformation with artificial intelligence predictive analytics and Io t. Solutions more and more it c 3 io t. a I. This is Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm David Greene and I'm Steve Inskeep for years now Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stressed a point about the Middle East most Arab nations remain officially opposed to Israel but Netanyahu says some Q Nations quietly work with Israel the New Yorker's Adam enters says Netanyahu Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have in fact been working to reshape the region and since 2016 they've had an American presidential candidate and then president who agreed with them Trump was interested in exactly what they were proposing he was a blank canvas his team didn't have a plan the 2 things that they didn't know is that they hated Iran and that they hated Obama and here were these 2 foreign leaders that came to them early when they didn't know anybody else and laid out a vision for the region the 2 foreign leaders the leaders of Israel and the u.a.e. President Trump in fact has pursued a policy sympathetic to theirs last month the United States withdrew from the Iranian nuclear agreement and reinstated sanctions the u.s. Is also preparing an Israeli Palestinian peace plan and Israel is hoping the Palestinians can be made to accept less because their Arab allies are working with Israel and us explained it like this Netanyahu is vision is basically that trying to negotiate a deal with Mahmoud Abbas the president the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to succeed because Abbas will not agree to the kinds of concessions that Netanyahu would need in order for him to sell to an increasingly right wing Israeli population such a deal so that in Netanyahu his mind is off the table the old notion of land for peace a Palestinian state forget about it not going to happen any time soon you know certainly does not think that that is a path that is going to produce positive results so how did he want to increase the pressure on the Palestinians. He wanted a peace deal with Riyadh not with Ramallah the Saudi Arabians correct that's his ambition so what you do is the Palestinians of course rely on support from the Arab states that's what allows them both financially and politically to fend off pressure from both the Israelis and the Americans to make concessions so Bibi's idea is that what you do is you create these bonds between Israel and the Gulf states and by doing so you can put pressure on the Palestinians to cave to accept terms that in the past they would have rejected you take away the Palestinians friends correct and Netanyahu is a smart guy and he knows that the dynamics in the region with the Iranian threat the way it was developing had created a big incentive for Arab states to work with Israel so if you are the u.a.e. You're literally across the small gap of water from Iran or if you're the Saudis you are looking for a partner Israel was willing to step up and provide assistance what Israel wanted in exchange for this secret assistance was it wanted an investment for the future that down the road after years of Israeli support to these efforts against Iran efforts against the Hezbollah that there would be this payoff that would come which would be steps towards normalization Israel's acceptance in the region and that was the vision that Bibi wanted Trump to embrace and he embraced it so Netanyahu wants to be closer with the Arab nations with u.s. Help and that's working out for him Netanyahu one of the u.s. Out of the Iran deal and more confrontation with Iran that's working out for him Netanyahu wanted pressure put on the Palestinians to accept a lesser deal that's working out for him. But is it still possible that he'll be asked to pay a price by President Trump that one day President Trump will say now I need you to make some real concessions to the Palestinians because I actually do want to Israeli Palestinian peace deal so I think that's something that makes Bibi nervous according to officials that we spoke to for the story he's worried that because of Trump's popularity in Israel because of the things that he's done such as moving the embassy to Jerusalem it is going to be very difficult for Netanyahu to say no to trump if and when he comes and he asks for concessions but I think one needs to look also look at Trump from the perspective that he is going to be seeking at some point probably reelection in order to be reelected his base of support are evangelical Christians in the United States and Orthodox Jews the issue is is he is he willing to upset his domestic base by making demands of Israel that potentially Bibi is unable to accept and that certainly strong hawks that support Israel in the United States will see potentially as a betrayal of commitments that they believe Trump made and why they supported him in the 1st place to become president and Amanda So the New Yorker thanks very much a pleasure thank you. In Seattle leaders have repealed a tax that was supposed to address the city's growing homelessness problem the so-called head tax was seen as targeting Amazon the city's largest private employer Simone alley seo from member station k.n. K.x. In Seattle reports the city council passed the tax unanimously last month but then Amazon Starbucks and others helped fund a campaign to put the head tax question to voters a majority of council members like Loretta Gonzales decided they couldn't win that fight but it is clear in this case that money has funded this campaign to put us in a situation. When we are repealing this law and that's the truth the vote was $7.00 to $2.00 to repeal council member Thomas I want was one of the Nevo it's she unlike other council members has referred to the head tax explicitly as an Amazon tax it is not a gold thinking to believe that some oh you will be able to win attacks like this without making enemies out of Jeff Bezos low Jeff Bezos is our enemy the tax was going to raise more than $47000000.00 for housing and emergency homeless services in Seattle had tax opponents like Julie Hall have questions as they see more and more tense in their neighborhoods we're tired we're tired of not seeing results head tax proponents spoke about the urgency of the homelessness crisis here's reference to Celia Kingman we have a moral imperative to give all our families a home it's unclear where this episode leave Seattle and its efforts to fight homelessness or in its relationship with a major employer and all of this could serve as a warning for cities looking to land Amazon's 2nd headquarters for n.p.r. News I'm Simone Eliseo in Seattle this is n.p.r. News. Next time in the People's Pharmacy find out about 3 salts of a head to head test of low carb versus low fat diets for weight loss can you predict who will be more successful on one diet or the other a leading nutrition scientist reveals the surprising findings from the diet fit study a conversation about weight loss and healthy diets with Dr Christopher Gardner on the next people found alive calling Saturday at 6 am Central. Good morning I'm David Greene story. From Minnesota Public Radio with the. Stories of an office building. Guardians of the galaxy started. Offered a reward for rescue help is coming. On that roof It's Morning Edition. Today it's going to be anywhere from cloudy to mostly sunny with highs in the mid eighty's to lower ninety's tonight it'll be partly to mostly cloudy with lows in the mid to upper sixty's in northwest Colorado it will be partly sunny with $86.00 and a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight partly cloudy with a low around $65.00 in north central Kansas it'll be partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the mid eighty's tonight isolated showers and storms lows in the upper sixty's and Colorado it'll be mostly sunny with near $91.00 tonight partly cloudy with a low around $67.00 and scattered showers and thunderstorms. Tonight and storms with a low around $69.00 in the. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and storms. Tonight partly cloudy in the upper sixty's. Mostly sunny. Tonight partly cloudy with a low around $68.00. Today's oil and gas report brought to you by Lovell law firm of Amarillo representing land and mineral owners across the high plains by synced in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Colorado novel dash Law dot net it's 33 minutes past the hour here on Morning Edition on member supported High Plains Public Radio stick around in just 10 minutes it's your regional news support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Fidelity Investments taking a personalized approach to helping clients grow preserve and manage their wealth learn more at fidelity dot com slash wealth fidelity brokerage services l.l.c. From Log Me In makers of Go To Meeting a collaborative meeting platform with over 18000000 monthly users designed to connect people from anywhere in the world on any device learn more it go to meeting dot com and from listeners like you who donate to this n.p.r. Station. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm David Greene Republicans who speak out against President Trump are often the ones who have already decided to retire one of those Republicans is Senator Bob Corker he objects to the steel and aluminum tariffs that Trump is imposing on other countries including u.s. Allies Here's what Corker said on the Senate floor yesterday about fellow Republicans who are not backing him up gosh wait we might poke the bear is the language I've been hearing and I always wait when my pope bear the president 'd might get upset with those United States senators if we vote on the Corker man but so we're going to do everything we can but walk it well one reason why those who confront the president are retiring Republican voters who are sending a simple message support President Trump we saw this again last night Republicans who distance themselves from the president are struggling in Republican primary races and let's talk to 3 with n.p.r. Congressional reporter Kelsey snow high Kelsey Hi there let's start with Bob Corker who we heard from there what message is trying to send you over tariffs Corker was trying to execute this strategy that would have allowed him to push back on the president by having attack especially letting Congress be the last people to have a say over any tariffs that are issued for national security reasons Now that may seem like a very narrow space to be pushing back as the president but so far it's the only time we've actually seen Republicans in Congress actually try approach press legislation on it and he is frustrated because leaders basically told him no and that's kind of been the theme over the past several months is that it's very hard for people in Congress to press back against the president frustrating as it is for people like Corker clearly wanted to send a message saying don't be don't be intimidated by this president there is a political reality that we really seem to see play out last night Mark Sanford South Carolina congressman who survived a major sex scandal if you remember he could not overcome his own criticism of the president that is to. And it was not criticism necessarily that led to him voting against the president it was criticism about the way he handled things the way he spoke but that was enough to you know get an angry tweet from the president saying that people should vote for his opponent the woman who won Katie Arrington and in her speech she said we are the party of Donald Trump and that has been the message that voters have wanted to hear the more you can be with the president here the more voters are happy now the Sanford thing is really interesting because he he was as I was talking to Republicans all over Capitol Hill yesterday before the tweet there saying they thought it be safe that he is a he's a conservative guy he is with the president usually Well this is this division within the party over whether to support the president not another division playing out has been over the issue of immigration which the parties really been struggling with a lot of lawmakers have suggest they might work with Democrats on that issue it sounds like the party might be coming together around some sort of deal if they are and it fits with the theme we've been talking about there with a group of Republicans who are going to try to get this discharge petition this thing to say that doesn't know best and they should vote on an immigration deal with Democrats while they fell 2 signatures short and now leaders are talking about voting on something that largely aligns with what President Trump wants the 4 pillars on immigration and you know a more moderate version that would support the Dream Act but they don't expect that that dream act to pass right n.p.r. Congressional reporter Kelsey Snow reporting on a fascinating political dynamic in this election year Kelsey thanks Elaine Theo as the climate changes Alaska is warming even more quickly than the rest of the United States and that is creating an opportunity for companies that help Alaska's oil industry adapt Here's Elizabeth hardball of Alaska's Energy Task Brian shoemaker knows how tricky it can be for oil companies to work in Alaska used to do some engineering work for them up in the Arctic imagine for a moment you just landed in a helicopter. And you're about a 100 miles from anywhere. And it's costing you dollars 2nd to be here this is what we do there every winter companies build hundreds of miles of roads made of ice essential for moving the mass of the Quitman used for oil exploration but all companies can't do this until the fragile tundra is sufficiently frozen and freeze up is happening up to 2 months later than it did in the 1980 s. Ok so we're in a 5. That is a huge pretend that this is the center line of an ice road. Schumaker figured out a way to help oil companies pinpoint exactly when the ground's freezing outside of Anchorage warehouse he drills into the frozen soil and inserts a blue and yellow temperature monitoring cable he hooks it up to a small solar panel box this sends temperature data to the Internet via satellite usually up with our technology we can get folks out there days 2 weeks early and so it translates into huge cost savings his startup is called beaded stream and it isn't alone oil companies now help support a cottage industry of consultants and product manufacturers in Alaska all providing workarounds for the fact that the frozen ground they rely on to produce oil isn't so frozen anymore although she maker says when he talks to customers he doesn't bring up why temperatures are rising I'm not debating what's happening what are we going to do about it multiple oil companies contacted for the story turn down interview requests Josh kindred represented those companies until recently with the Alaska Oil and Gas Association It is ironic it's challenging for a state that is so dependent on resource extraction but is also really feeling the impacts of climate change Alaska's economy leans heavily on oil money for kindred the idea of stopping the state's oil production to address climate change is unthinkable so oil companies keep finding ways to adapt Ed yarmulke runs a company called Arctic foundations to be honest climate change is pretty good business for a company because we're in the business of making things. Holder like the permafrost that blankets much of Alaska the oil industry has built a vast network of pipelines and buildings on top of it but your mike says as the permafrost it can cause problems the door start to stick the sheet rock cracks the floor isn't level any more things aren't the way that they planned it. In the company's Anchorage warehouse the guys in protective goggles are manufacturing long metal tubes filled with a refrigerant they're called thermal siphons a dense array of tiny pins that stick out the top it's where the heat comes out and goes so that these giant tubes are partially buried in permafrost the gas inside cools heat out of the ground and in the process keeps the frozen your mike says each tube is custom made and can cost up to $10000.00 oil companies have installed thousands of them across Alaska's Arctic and if the state continues to warm is projected he expects to be in business on long time to come for n.p.r. News I'm Elizabeth hardball in Anchorage. Ok That story comes to us from Alaska's energy desk which is a public media collaboration. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News Brian Biro here with you for Morning Edition on your public radio station High Plains Public Radio it's currently 19 minutes ahead of 7 o'clock Central Time in just 2 minutes as your regional news then stick around for your weather forecast at the top of the hour looking for a way to strengthen the service consider donating your old vehicle to High Plains Public Radio plus you may qualify for a tax deduction visit h.p.p. Are dot org and click and her vehicle donations. Hi My name is Bob Davis and I'm h.p. P.r.s. New executive director please consider this an invitation to join me and fellow listeners at our Emeril o. Studio located at 104 Southwest 6th Avenue this Wednesday evening June 13th from 630 until 8 light refreshments will be provided h.p. P.r. Members are the backbone of High Plains Public Radio and h.p. P.r. Connect I'm looking forward to meeting you and serving the high plains region with the best in public radio. From n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly the u.n. General Assembly is expected to vote today on an Arab drought backed draft resolution it calls for the protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza as Linda facility reports it follows deadly violence on the border of Israel and Gaza which the u.s. Planes on Hamas the General Assembly is expected to adopt the non-binding draft resolution than as you wish does not mention Hamas calls on u.n. Secretary General Antonio the terrorists to recommend ways to protect civilians in Gaza including options for a possible international protection mechanism the u.s. Meanwhile has proposed an amendment condemning Hamas for the violence and announcing it sees provocative actions candidates backed by President Trump are celebrating primary wins in yesterday's voting in South Carolina state lawmaker Katie Arrington defeated incumbent Republican Congressman Mark Sanford in the g.o.p. Primary in Virginia Trump supporter Cory Stewart won the Republican Senate primary he'll face incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Kaine in November Malory no pain with member station w. V.t.s. Reports on democratic voting in the state's congressional primaries Virginia has 7 congressional representatives who are Republican Democrats chose women to run for almost every one of those seats Republican voters in North Dakota chose Congressman Kevin Kramer to face incumbent Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp I'm David Mattingly in Washington in regional news a poet from the Texas panhandle has won a prestigious poetry award Shira Hammond's is the winner of the pin Southwest poetry award for her book The Traveler's guide to bomb City Judge Allison Adele hedge Koch called him in this book quote an astute take on life from the southern plains adding We are the better for this book being here humans told age p.p.r. That she's always felt a bit invisible on the Texas poetry scene because we in the panhandle are so isolate. Here from the writing community in the rest of the state she noted when it comes to big awards it's easy to forget about the panhandle in places with thriving literary scenes like San Antonio and Austin in celebration of the award Hammons and her husband said they broke out a bottle of writer's tears whiskey which we only save for tryouts she said because if we were to drink it when we get rejections the bottle would be empty in no time for High Plains Public Radio I'm Jonathan Baker. Plains morning your source for Wednesday morning inspiration up next at 9 am central state in for eba O'Donovan Baba today. Plus some Carter Sampson I planed morning after morning edition only on listener supported High Plains Public Radio. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from indeed used by over 3000000 businesses for hiring where employers can post jobs and use screener questions to build their shortlist of preferred candidates learn more it indeed dot com slash hire from Charles Schwab when it comes to wealth management sua believes in asking questions and being engaged so investors can better on their tomorrow learn more at Schwab dot com. And from the William t. Grant foundation at w t Grant Foundation dot org. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm David Greene this week's summit with North Korea was really just the latest chapter in a long and tense u.s. Relationship with that country let's look back to Dwight Eisenhower after he was elected president he visited the peninsula as the Korean War was dragging on that $952.00 visit was covered extensively the general who pays high tribute to the fighting but it is of the men of the South Korean forces this is the field it is to make them bigger and better although he points out they will need help from outside for a long time to come a. Long time to come Eisenhower probably didn't realize just how long America would be giving that outside help now many of you wanted to know about how the relationship with Korea has developed and we are going to put those questions to commentator Cokie Roberts who is with us she answers your questions each week about how the government works like Okie Hi David Well let's get right to it let's cue the tape here this is Craig McCloud from Dayton Ohio where and when did the tensions between the u.s. And North Korea Begin who have been the major player since the beginning of the u.s. And North Korean tensions and what are the major events throughout the tensions that have led us here Ok Cokie that's a good way to start some basics what do you think it goes back to World War 2 Japan had ruled Korea brutally since before World War one but when Japan surrendered after the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and then the Soviets came into Korea the u.s. Was alarmed about the spread of communism so we went in and drew a line of the 38th Parallel it was similar David to the division of Berlin after the war the Soviets were in the north the west was in the south but then in 1950 Northern Korean soldiers invaded the South and the Korean War followed Ok well let's move on a little bit in history to another question and it comes from Mike cap'n he wanted to know about the Korean War and how the Korean War compared to the Cuban missile crisis. How close were we to a World War Well essentially was a World War In that world powers were very much involved the Soviets and Chinese back the north the un came in on the side of the South soldiers from 16 countries were under American commander and David almost 40000 Americans died 12000 after the peace talks began and those lasted 2 years despite President Eisenhower's desire to end the fighting there was never a document ending the war the peninsula is still living under the armistice and that's a cautionary tale about game business with North Korea you know it's so easy to forget when so many years go by that armistice this is still in place the war never officially ended one more question and it's about South Korea's role in the talks as they go forward it's from Matt Fox and he wanted to ask you when did South Korea become the more prosperous of the 2 nations how does that economic imbalance inform to go see Asians Well it was the less prosperous agricultural part of the country pre-war but after a good bit of aid from other countries especially the u.s. Robust trade and a commitment to educating girls development took off so that by the seventy's the South was richer than the north and then after the fall the Soviet Union which supported the North that country has fallen into poverty and famine and that's a reason for Kim to come to the table so it does affect the negotiations all right come to Cokie Roberts you can ask Cokie questions about how politics and government work just e-mail us at ask Cokie at npr dot org Or you can tweet us and just use the hash tag ask Cokie Cokie thanks as always always good to talk you to. This is Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. Thanks for joining me for Morning Edition right here on High Plains Public Radio. The current time is 649 Central and coming up in just 2 minutes is your Marketplace report so stick around in regional news the state of Texas has revealed a new program that offers incentives to residents who purchase or lease cars they use alternative fuels the state is offering a $2500.00 cashback deal to Texans who decide to buy green automobiles but now as the Dallas Morning News reports Texas car shoppers have been surprised to learn that the Tesla is not one of the autos for which the incentives are available the Tesla Model 3 is now the most popular electric car in America but the Texas alternative fuel incentive only applies to cars bought through dealerships a rule that would exclude Tesla cars Texas has a law disallowing direct sales of cars the state's 1300 new car and truck dealerships have lobbied to maintain the law though many lawmakers have called the rule antiquated Tesla has been fighting to get the law changed in Texas you can find more stories at h.p. P.r. Dot org I'm Jonathan Baker as our world becomes increasingly interconnected h.p.r. Connect is here to keep you informed about events at home and around the globe for a complete program schedule or to listen online please visit our website at h.p. P.r. Dot org from interviewing reporting in presenting information accuracy is important to n.p.r. If you have recently been presented with a renewal form please respond and help keep accurate journalism on the airwaves we knew today at h.p. P.r. Dot org Great to have you here with me this morning I'm Brian Barrow and this is Morning Edition on member supported High Plains Public Radio it's currently 9 minutes ahead of 7 o'clock Central Time. High octane language a judge charges what could become a wave of corporate mergers Marketplace Morning Report is supported by exact sciences offering. 50. Cancer screening tests that can be used at home by prescription only information. I'm David Brancaccio in New York the Trump administration did not want the telecom company a t. And t. To buy the media content company Time Warner for $85000000000.00 the government sued saying it could hurt consumers Yesterday a federal judge said the merger was by him now let's get a clearer sense of the federal judge's quite vivid ruling here Michael carrier is a professor at the Rutgers Law School and follows issues of competition the monopolies Good morning good morning there's the basic distinction the vertical merger versus the horizontal merger reading this opinion is there ever the possibility that a vertical merger might violate. This decision yes there definitely is so typically laws worried about horizontal mergers horizontal mergers or between direct rivals and the fear there is that if you take one of those rivals off the market then prices could go up and consumers could suffer with vertical mergers in contrast it's tougher to show anti-competitive harm and the judge recognize that because you don't have the direct elimination of a rival So you need to show a real story for how the consumer is going to be hurt and the judge recognized that in theory a vertical merger could violate the laws it's just that he found that this one did not this judge was not buying what the government was selling was a he absolutely was not he rejected all of the Department of Justice's factual bases an economic basis for its case and it really was and. Cross the board last for the government reading the opinion did you see where the government's case came a cropper Did you see where they went wrong in the judge's view as was a clear to you it was it was basically everything that the government relied on if the government introduced a witness and the judge thought that the witness was not persuasive if the government relied on the neck anomic model the judge thought that the model was not persuasive and so it really was a strong loss for the government the judge is a kind of salty salty language there what did you say you used the word poppycock in there yes he used the word Poppy cock by one person's count 16 exclamation points I can't ever recommend reading 170 page opinion but if I were to recommend it one with this much salty language was one that is a little interesting to read what you think it will be like throwing jet fuel on the coals of mergers acquisitions in America the sole drive other ones I think that this will this will make it a lot harder for the Department of Justice to sue it certainly can sue and they can win in court it just needs an airtight case and this case was not airtight and so I think d.o.j. Will be very careful before bringing another one of these cases Michael carriers' a professor at the Rutgers Law School Professor thank you for this thanks for having me and beyond this a t.n.t. Time Warner ruling what also will drive a feeding frenzy of mergers and acquisitions possibly old Remember the tax overhaul that has made corporations so flush these days that cash is burning a hole in their pockets sparking visions of corporate shopping sprees Now let's do the numbers the Footsie index in London is about 510 percent the Dow future is up to 10 percent similar percentage rise for the s. And p. Future the Nasdaq future is up 3 tenths of a percent interest rate says the Federal Reserve meets to set interest rates the 10 year Treasury yield is down. Just a tad bit about 2.96 percent just below that now on this day the Fed will raise interest rates to keep the economy from overheating will get information on inflation at the wholesale level already in hand retail inflation which is now running at its highest in 6 years Marketplace's Dan Gorenstein reports in the past year the Consumer Price Index rose 2.8 percent Brandeis a Congress Steve could shed he says American consumers are starting to notice the price of housing has been rising the price of restaurant meals those are been rising for instance rent to people are paying rising over 3 percent per year gas prices are also up why are we seeing all this now it's because the economy's pretty strong says u.b.s. The Congress Alan debt Meister as the economy does well firms have a little bit more pricing power are gathering up inventories of item and so they can increase their prices a little bit more quickly the Fed wants inflation at 2 percent a year that Meister says the key to doing that is moderate interest rate hikes they're trying to just slowly ease the economy down debt meisters says when it comes the interest rate increases the Fed plans to be very slow and very deliberate I'm Dan Gorenstein from Marketplace. Marketplace Morning Report is supported by little passports a subscription service for curious kids hands on activities souvenirs and experiments are delivered every month to help kids explore their world and spark their curiosity learn more at little passports dot com slash radio by Carbonite offering data protection solutions for businesses including automatic backup for servers and point protection high availability in disaster recovery and data migration learn more in carbonite dot com The massive chunk of change known as the farm bill gets reviewed by the Senate Agriculture Committee today a House version failed after agreement could not be bridged over work requirements for people who get food assistance marketplaces jet came reports on. Where this is going the Senate bill is less partisan than the house one was but that doesn't guarantee it'll pass Chris Edwards is with the Cato Institute he says a lot of conservatives aren't happy the bill doesn't have any of the food stamp reforms that the House wanted to put on and it doesn't really have any farm subsidy reforms either if it doesn't pass that isn't the end Michigan State University's Christopher Wall says if I had to place a bet I would bet that we roll the current one meaning keeping current funding in place until after the midterm elections this is common practice the 2002 farm bill was supposed to be the 2001 and the 2008 farm bill was supposed to be the 272014 same deal and you won't be as with the American Farm Bureau Federation he really hopes it will pass this year says a lot of works already gone into it you inject a lot of uncertainty if you do a one year extension I don't believe it gets any easier in the new Congress and the longer it gets put off the harder it is for farmers to make plans I beg him for Marketplace and a divided Seattle City Council yesterday repeal the tax on big companies such as Amazon and Starbucks a tax on the number of employees the idea was to use the money to help with affordable housing and homelessness the Seattle City Council faced a vigorous backlash from businesses which said it's penalizes hiring the gap the rich and poor has widened in Seattle and David Brancaccio with the Marketplace Morning Report from a.p.m. American Public Media. John Sanders you have a delay of topic. Or. Do. Listening to station people I don't agree with maybe public radio doesn't have as much of that. I'm not complaining but I do feel the more I disagree with somebody the more I better listen. This is 91.5 p. Bushland 89.3 Kate cd h.d.l. Heart 91.7. And Hayes a service of High Plains Public Radio the cost of operating h p p R's web stream are underwritten by community sponsors you hear recognized on the air we thank them for their support and hope that you will patronize support and it's going to Ms well. Good morning after a summit with North Korea's leader President. U.s. Military exercises with. The idea.