4 and a half years in prison for subverting state power N.P.R.'s Rob Schmitz has more than one trend young defended political activists victims of land seizures and members of the banned religious group following go off from his office in Beijing then in July of 2015 Wong was among the 250 or so lawyers and activists detained in a widespread crackdown on rights lawyers Long's case stands out for the length of time he's been kept incommunicado 3 now for years probably the u.n. Rights group to call in Beijing to release him N.P.R.'s Rob Schmitz The opposition leader in Venezuela has declared himself interim president he's calling for new marches this week one wants demonstrators to demand that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro set new elections the u.s. Has recognized as Venezuela's legitimate leader you're listening to n.p.r. . Rescue teams in Southeastern Brazil are carefully walking through mud looking for any survivors from a dam collapse at a mine Friday afternoon at least 58 people are dead and as many as 300 others are missing authorities say they've drain water from behind a 2nd nearby dam they say it now poses less of a danger the International Paralympic Committee has stripped Malaysia of a major swimming event this year the i.p.c. Is now looking for a new host for the world Paris winning championships this after Malaysia would not change its decision to ban Israeli swimmers with disabilities from the event N.P.R.'s Tom Goldman reports International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons says the i.p.c. Is stripping the event for Malaysia because the Paralympic movement supports inclusion not exclusion the World Championship in July as a qualifier for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo the i.p.c. 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Great Plains modernizing today's transmission infrastructure to connect consumers to their 21st century needs more at i.t.c. That's holdings dot com. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep How does the debate over border security look from the border that debate hardly ended when President Trump gave up on Friday and agreed to end a partial government shutdown the agreement with lawmakers allows 3 weeks to develop a border security plan that Republicans and Democrats can agree on though the shutdown was a political disaster for the president his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told c.b.s. He is ready to do it again yeah I think he actually is keep in mind he's willing to do whatever it takes to secure the border he does take this very seriously this is a serious humanitarian and security crisis and as president of the United States he takes the securing the nation as highest priority that is one view from Washington d.c. De Margot has a view from El Paso Texas which sits right along the u.s. Border with Mexico is the Republican mayor of that city and he's on the line Mayor good morning good morning what you just describe for people who haven't been there El Paso those relationship to the border what it's like. Well we're the largest u.s. City on the Mexican border at work we say where the nexus of 3 states New Mexico Chihuahua Mexico and Texas 2 countries and one region that comprises over 2 and a half 1000000 people and I guess if we look down on El Paso there's a river it's like El Paso and Juarez Mexico or one big city with a river running through it and that river is the border right you can't tell the difference between El Paso and Juarez when you stand at the top of one of our bank buildings and looks out Wow Except of course that there is some fence along that river channel you do have a lot of fencing in El Paso to work. It works Yes As a matter of fact we're right at the safest city of over 4 or 500000 in the United States but this this particular fence that's I prefer that nomenclature to his want to give them to a wall that is this fence was done under the presidency of George w. Bush was built in 2008 and it works to stop more of a criminal element than anything else we have had a number of auto theft and things of that nature and. That gone down almost 0 or nail and so does function when it when it where it should function although I wonder if it really addresses the problems that the president worries about when he talks about walls I'm thinking about drugs for example the president talks about them a lot we're told that most drug traffic comes through legal ports of entry and smuggled through is that your understanding of what happens in El Paso if you have a drug problem it's mostly comes through illegal port of entry it goes through your very safe city and ends up somewhere else in America that's what we understand yes that is correct I mean where those 2nd largest Lamport with Mexico we have $13000.00 destiny and sleep will pedestrians across north every day and $21000000.00 plus private passenger vehicles on an annual basis. We where we've been one community one culture for 400 years so if it were up to you to identify the most serious problem along the United States border would it be wow we need more walls. Well we're sovereign nation and we need to control our borders my frustration with the listening to all the pundits and on the national media is that they keep talking about winners and losers over the shutdown and I don't think there were any winners whatsoever but what I haven't heard I'm a fall I've spent 35 years as a c.e.o. What I haven't heard is the Homeland Security say what they want for border security I hear our political leaders our elected leaders make comments but I haven't heard what what they think we ought to have Texas from a geographical standpoint you can't put a fence from one end of Texas down from El Paso to Brownsville geographically not work so what do you do there's technology there all of it but I haven't heard of. A presentation under the auspices of Homeland Security to tell us exactly what they need it sounds like the combination is going to be maybe some barriers in places but probably also border security people technology it be a mix of things do you think also judges would be part of that increasing the number of immigration judges so that people who cross and are stopped can be their cases can be adjudicated. Absolutely but the biggest problem we've got is is the whole immigration system to begin with I mean it hasn't been addressed for 30 years there's been a lack of intestinal fortitude on both sides of the aisle and it's time for them to step up and do something about anybody that comes in to the border and claims credible. Issues related to security harm credible you know they're they're climbing credible harm they're under our laws are able to us to assume asylum my biggest issue is is some of that I mean we if you do a shutdown you we've got over 13000 not counting the military which wasn't involved in this but we've got over 13000 federal civilian and other employees here and that that's pretty critical our food banks where have been depleted we have all kinds of issues but I'm also dealing with migrants coming north every day yesterday we get data every day yesterday we had 290 That Saturday we had 250 Friday we had 420 and that's what you have coming forth and they're here from 24 to 48 hours typically could be as long as 96 hours but we haven't N.G.O.s and the enunciation House would which does a great job and processes them with 20 shelters and send them on their way and you had also these practical problems of dealing with that when some of the government people were unpaid or for a lot in just a sentence has our debate over this issue been almost irrelevant I mean given given what you say is really important Well it's ancillary to I mean if it prompts and prods and gets people to step up and do what they ought to be doing I mean and this whole process whole issue for the last several weeks all it does is say to me why we need term limits a deep Margot thanks so much really appreciate it you betcha he's a Republican mayor of El Paso. Immigration will surely be an issue in the 2020 presidential election the most recent Democrat to enter the race is also the one capturing the most attention at least in this moment California senator Kamel Harris to an estimated 20000 people to her kickoff rally in Oakland Yesterday N.P.R.'s Scott d'être was there. That the the it's the setting had all the hallmarks of the traditional campaign kickoff Oakland City Hall was draped in flags in bunches Harris stood in front of it launching her bid for president rally also had the unmistakable feel of both East Bay and of Harris's black heritage. In the us. The Oakland interfaith Gospel Choir sang in a drum group played Marvin Gaye among other topics I stand before you today to announce my candidacy was Harris's organizing her message around her long career as a prosecutor in the way that in that job she would always announce herself to the judge and jury I walked into the courtroom for the 1st time and said the 5 words that would guide my life's work Kaamelott Harris for the people but while that for the people slogan permeated her speech it was another repeated theme that energized the crowd the idea that the policies President from promotes don't represent the United States of America when we have children in cages crying for their mothers and fathers don't you dare call that border security that Human Rights Bill was at. Paris criticize the president implicitly Lord knows I'm not perfect. But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity and respect of God and also explicitly when authoritarianism is on the March when nucular proliferation is on the runs. When we have foreign powers infecting the White House like now where Paris also laid out a campaign platform that looks increasingly familiar among the Democrats in the race she promised to push for Medicare for all for debt free college education and universal pre-K. Among other policies she did so on a scale and stage that sought to signal to Democratic voters and donors that in a crowded and growing field of candidates she is a contender who should be taken seriously heavily produced and attended rally was a much different approach from the purposely low key way other top tier Democratic candidates have begun their campaigns Senator Elizabeth Warren launched her bid with a web video then went right to Iowa. And after an appearance on c.b.s. As Late Show Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited her hometown diner in upstate New York people want common sense solutions they want you to fight for them and get things done and I have a really strong proven record of doing that in my last decade in public service in Oakland Sunday supporters packed the plaza in front of City Hall as well as several surrounding city blocks they range from the interested but uncommitted like Isaac angry I'm excited that she's announced you can see I think we have a lot of great candidates so you know if any clover char's announcement was you know a mile from my house I go to that to people like me who says she'll definitely vote for Harrison California's primary one to the just end of government shutdown Carbonneau says of all the issues out there to her the most important one is simply electing a Democrat back in the wall and just too many years yet change is more important than anything that something Democrat after Democrat has told n.p.r. Here in Oakland but also Iowa New Hampshire and elsewhere if that's the criteria many Democrats will be voting on the question is how candidates will distinguish themselves in a field that grows more. Every week. N.p.r. News Oakland the people eager to challenge President Trump could conceivably include Howard Schultz the man who made Starbucks into a global brand says he's considering a run for president though he's a lifelong Democrat says he would run as an independent he spoke last night on C.B.S.'s 60 Minutes I don't care if you're Democrat independent libertarian Republican bring me your ideas and I will be an independent person who will embrace those ideas because I am not in any way in bed with a party the prospect of an independent bid is annoying some Democrats who do not want to divide the vote against President Trump So what would. Stand for we expect an interview with tomorrow here on Morning Edition. This is n.p.r. 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In regional news a meeting of the Texas State Preservation Board last week turned heated in a discussion over a Confederate memorial marker recently removed from the state Capitol building as the Texas Tribune reports what began as a discussion on the Plex future quickly devolved into a better argument over whether the plaque should have been taken down in the 1st place the memorial has drawn controversy over the past couple of years partially due to the text on the plaque which asserts that the Civil War did not occur due to slavery people like me have ancestors who fought or died in the civil war said one Texas resident at the hearing adding they weren't fighting for slavery the children of the Confederacy Creed was installed in the Capitol in 1959 during the height of the civil rights era it's one of more than $200.00 Confederate monuments statewide you can find more stories like this one at our website h p p.r.f. 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Led the band Guardian integration race the armed forces and studied many the lessons that the head didn't pass on Rosemary Mariner died on Friday of cancer at the age of 65 the people she inspired over the years include her friend Tammy Jo Schultz who was also a Navy aviator she retired as a lieutenant commander she became a commercial pilot later on who made the news last year safely landing a Southwest Airlines plane that suffered engine failure Michelle spoke of the program. Well thank you good morning and I'm sorry for your loss how long did you know Rosemary Mariner. Probably approaching 30 years oh goodness how did you meet was it and was it in the military I checked into her squadron v.a. Q 34. When she was executive officer getting ready to take command What was it like to serve under then to take an order from her from time to time. You know 1st of all just checking interest squadron even as the xo her leadership change the atmosphere as leadership did always set the town and she was one of those completely unique individuals that was able to help everyone cross the great divide and the squadron that I came from there was usually one woman a year that went through it and they still had some of their set ideas and ways about when then aviators but when I checked into her squadron a key 34. There was just a completely different atmosphere and everybody was pulling together for one mission and the differences in and race or gender were completely invisible Now when you say set ideas or ways about women aviators I guess that would be the men who would think as as men sometimes do well women can't drive a car I mean that sort of thing Oh right right well and you have to also remember. When we talk about Rosemary being in the 1st class you know those kind of changes they may speak fairly quickly and when you say them but those were those caused huge ripples of effect and everywhere Rosemary went in naval aviation she was the 1st to do that the 1st to fly jets the 1st to have the command of a squadron and you know she was and she was more than a 1st she was an original meaning that that she had an influence beyond whatever she did her day. Today life she was a Jackie Robinson kind of secure very much she she had one of the most. I would say whenever you're new at something you're doing something new walking through a door and I will say she was a champion of people not of Women of people and the doors that were unlocked for women in aviation and the Navy were unlocked by men it took women like Rose Mary Jo Ellan Mary Louise there's there was a group of those ladies in that 6 of them I believe total It started with 8 and then it went to 6 and that 1st class and they had to push the doors open with their own hard work determination and brilliance and she was one of those leaders that could that could do that and and wield that machete to open up a path and do it with as little malice and with grace wielding a machete with grace and without malice Wow Because if possible we just got a few seconds is it possible to put in a few words what she loved about flying. You know I will tell you one of the things that. She loved about flying was probably the adventure of it. And and and her flying was just a small part that was what she did it wasn't who she was and that part of the reason she was she was very well grounded she found her foundation in Christ and that's what springboard her into being a good leader well grounded thanks so much you that the guy she told us about Rosemary Mariner who died at 65. Which are now to southern Brazil where a catastrophic dam collapse has left at least 50 people dead up to 300 others missing there's Katherine mineworkers Louise cast through was taking iron ore to a grinding machine on Friday when he heard what he says sounded like the noise of giant truck wheels exploding. Then as he said he saw a mountain of mud descending on the building where he works. He ran and made it out alive after watching and hearing of the deaths of several coworkers he knew stress on Sunday when his neighborhood was evacuated due to the threat of a 2nd dam collapse at the mining complex the mine is on the outskirts of the small city of Blue Mud genial population around $40000.00 people in southeastern Brazil the panic since Friday's disaster has also left some residents outraged at the mining industry that dominates the region will make leasing a dozen and legends and it was a crime said retired clothing vendor g.o.c. Almeda she spent the weekend between hospitals and emergency response centers searching for her nephew Andre authorities say by now it's likely most people who disappeared in the flood of mining waste have died believed to be buried alive. What most angers all me that she says is how little the mining company Vallejo appears to have learned since a 2015 dam collapse at a mine it coincide with multinational b.h.p. That killed 19 people since Friday Brazilian judges have frozen over $2900000000.00 in vollies accounts for immediate relief for victims and the environment still Brazilians are predicting this kind of tragedy will continue to happen Alvey is a disaster relief coordinator with the federal government is overseeing his 5th dam collapse Yes Yes No this is he's going to help me it's not because I'm up the mother he says Risk Management and Brazilian mining dams really needs to improve federal officials have pledged to make mining regulations more strict but for many this disaster has laid bare the difference between pledges and enforcement. President told Press that a few months ago an audit found the dam stable search efforts continued overnight on Sunday reporter Catherine Osborn you hear her on n.p.r. News. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly Congress and the White House have less than 3 weeks to resolve their dispute over border security otherwise another partial government shutdown is possible N.P.R.'s Winsor Johnston says House and Senate budget negotiators will get back added this week as the president insists on money for a wall along the Us Mexico border the president says of a deal is not reached by the Feb 15th deadline the partial shutdown will resume or he'll declare a national emergency to get the money for a while without congressional approval hundreds of thousands of federal workers are back on the job today after going without pay for more than a month the president tells The Wall Street Journal he believes the chances of Congress agreeing to a border security deal he'd be willing to sign are less than $5050.00 the end of the partial shutdown means staff are returning to the country's national parks Brian Levy with member station k.q.e.d. Says that includes ones in California point raise national seashore resumed normal operations on Sunday morning Yosemite is set to do the same and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will follow suit on Tuesday several parks in the state have been open with limited staffing during the shutdown leading to vandalism and trash accumulation one park superintendent said his staff will be reviewing how it handled this work stoppage and what it might do differently in a future shutdown which could come as soon as next month this is n.p.r. News from Washington. A un human rights expert is in Turkey to examine last October's death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi the week of meetings includes ones with Turkey's foreign minister and the chief prosecutor in Istanbul which showed she was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul 11 people are facing charges in Saudi Arabia 5 face a possible death penalty if convicted a Brazilian artist says she's begun colorizing black and white photographs of Holocaust victims in an effort to bring them to life N.P.R.'s Amanda Morris says the project is called Faces of Auschwitz more than 2 years ago Marina colorized a photo of a 14 year old girl killed in Auschwitz the photo went viral and Amaro got messages from people saying they had no idea what the Holocaust really represented until they saw the victims in color I think when we look at the black and white photos they are almost representing something and all going to happen so many years ago and it is difficult to to connect to the victims in a more date been intimate way now all is working with the Auschwitz Birkenau memorial and museum to color thousands more faces she want to finish $200.00 by the end of the year Amanda Morris n.p.r. 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News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin will walking El Chapo Guzman take the stand the prosecution is wrapping up its arguments in the trial of the Natori his drug kingpin federal prosecutors have presented dozens of witnesses to testify over the past several months in a prickling courthouse now it will be the defense's turn to make its case and it's not yet clear whether or not they will put Guzman on the stand he faces 17 counts linked to running the massive drug trafficking organization and has already been convicted of crimes in Mexico joining us on the line keep in Hamilton he is u.s. Editor for Vice News he hosts a podcast called Chappo kingpin on trial King and thanks for being here morning thanks for having me let's start with what is going to happen today the prosecution gets its last chance to make its arguments what do you expecting So the prosecution will have one cooperating witness on the stand and then they have to law enforcement witness it afterwards you should be brief they'll get a chance to talk to the jury get in when they make their closing arguments but this is their last chance to present evidence the jury and you know prove their case that is the leader that you know law cartel and guilty of all these crimes he's accused of what is left in their case to make I mean what are these witnesses expected to say that others have not we haven't heard about spinal capture and 2016 it's sort of taken the jury chronologically from the late eighty's and sort of chop a career up until the very end of the week last week we heard about his 2015 escape but we haven't heard about when he was recaptured which involved a shootout with Mexican marines and another attempted escape through a tunnel that didn't quite work out. All right so the prosecution gets to to question these final witnesses and then it's the defense's turn the big question is whether or not they're going to put Guzman on the stand what are the factors that go into that decision. So the facts are going to decision are what they have to lose and at this point it seems like the defense has nothing to lose usually a defendant taking the stand is sort of a last ditch effort and that seems like it might be needed in this case I mean on one hand he opens itself up to self incrimination perjury if he's questioned by prosecutors on cross-examination on the other hand he can sort of maybe control his narrative a little bit and respond to some of the witnesses who testified against him this trial as we've noted it's been going on for months and the jury has had to hear all kinds of gruesome stories. Recounting some of these horrific crimes can you can you detail moments that have stood out to you absolutely So you know initially the judge in this case said this is a drug conspiracy trial it's not a murder trial throughout the course of the trial there had been references to murders that were committed kidnappings things of that nature but it wasn't really laid out in vivid graphic detail until the end of last week when a witness who was on top of a bodyguard for a while and a hitman for him came to testify and describe in just the most gruesome vivid details you can imagine him. Personally pulling the trigger on executions personally being involved in beatings of men who've been kidnaps we've heard description of 11 man who was shot and buried while he was still alive just truly stomach turning stuff that really seems to impact the jury and frankly everyone who was in the courtroom when the expected verdict. Were 2nd verdict some time in the next 2 possibly 3 weeks although given the totality of the evidence that's come across so far it's it's hard to see them taking long to need a guilty verdict Keegan Hamilton a Vice News thanks we appreciate it thanks Here's how the power struggle in Venezuela looks this week an opposition leader who was declared interim president plans a week of mass protests the United. State is backing his campaign to replace the longtime president Nicolas Maduro N.P.R.'s Philip Reeves says both sides are courting Venezuela's security forces no president in Venezuela can keep power without the support of the Armed Forces Nicolas Maduro knows that so far his generals appear loyal modelers working to ensure it stays that way now the current Berta a levy that I'll call out of the out of time a lot of by running his troops in person with no went to a military base yesterday west of Caracas his forces paraded their Russian made arms and fired some tank shells into a hillside just to show there's someone. Yeah to support a coup the door asks them no president the soldiers reply Coomber doto has in mind is one that he says is masterminded by the United States last week opposition leader 1.0 declared himself Venezuela's interim president the us and much of the Western Hemisphere at once recognized him arguing that presidency is illegitimate because he wrecked his reelection then everyone waited to see if Madonna would fall he still wear a tool for power is underway focusing on Venezuela's military and indeed it was out of our. Immediate environment and the little guy Dove is taking the fight to the streets by holding rallies with a message for the armed forces abandonment Oh and we'll offer you amnesty Venezuela's national assembly which quite 0 heads passed a law laying out how this works. His supporters yesterday went around the streets handing out copies of this law to soldiers and police people posted videos of them on social media though it's unconfirmed if they're authentic several videos appear to show National Guardsman accepting the pieces of paper and set. In fact I'm yet quite a supporters. Military support is fracturing I maybe that is the last. Nail in the lower ranks his opposition activist might hear him and his. Goes had one success Venezuela's defense Tash a in Washington is now on his side why those also targeting civil servants and the judiciary offering them possible amnesty to judges in the Dodos Venezuela a particularly important says Alfredo Romero imagine that the judiciary like soldiers of the your region and actually is being used the judiciary system as a weapon for political persecution normal that knows Venezuela's judiciary Well he's director of the human rights group photo pinout and that is why no no says he spends a lot of time in front of judges trying to persuade them to release detainees his organization says the security forces detained more than 800 people last week mostly in poor areas global aids has Venezuela's political crisis unfolds its judiciary is playing a waiting game in days not a possibility of mother leaving power they will keep the way they are however says Roma if there is a risk of mother leaving power and I read for damn through all saw. As a power they will think about ways to exit Philip Reeves n.p.r. News acts. This afternoon and all things considered San Francisco has created the nation's 1st official transgender cultural district it's part of an effort to resist gentrification listened by telling your smart speaker to play n.p.r. Or your local member station but. This is n.p.r. News. Thanks for joining me for N.P.R.'s Morning Edition right here on member supported High Plains Public Radio the current time is 18 minutes ahead of 6 am central coming up in less than a minute we've got a regional news report for you so stay tuned. Lock the doors close the curtains and keep the lights on it's time for h.p.r. Radio readers book clubs 29000 Spring Remade the theme it's a mystery to me with book bites from 9 regional book lovers authors and law enforcement covering more than 20 titles including True Crime and novels set here on the high plains visit h.p.r. 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Stein received 30 years federal prosecutors had requested life sentences for the 3 men who were all in their fifty's McAllister said the sentences handed down were still substantial there affectively life is probably on the cards but the government has preserve our right to appeal on that issue. McAllister said he hopes the sentencing will help the victims move forward with their lives as Americans and Garden City I mean to Haiti. Rachel Martin what was the last time you had bowling maybe got a few strikes some are pretty happy with yourself because bowling a strike every time is hard right which is like high Struthers family is so exciting guy is just 10 years old became the 2nd youngest person in the country to bowl a perfect 300 point game his coach said when he doesn't have a bowling ball in his hand is just a regular 10 year old when he does he is bowling perfection It's Morning Edition support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Dreamwave maker of luxury massage chairs from Japan was shiatsu point detection and 16 programmed massages including morning night and stretch sessions retailers nationwide more at Dreamwave chair dot com. And from at last Ian a collaboration software company powering teams around the world committed to providing the tools and practices to help teams plan track build and work better together more at at Lassen dot com. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin Today's the 1st day back at work for hundreds of thousands of federal workers across the country President Trump signed a bill to reopen the government late Friday bringing an end to the longest shutdown in u.s. History but now federal workers are worried they could be out of work again in a few weeks if the president and Congress can't come up with a deal here's N.P.R.'s back to butter. Just a few blocks away from the White House a food bank is set up for furloughed federal employees area. All that's required to come in is a federal work badge yesterday's offerings included chicken in the winter vegetable panzanella ready to write a. Check if you don't cry here and grilled Central Kitchen I meet Terry a federal worker she asked that we not use her last name because she's afraid her boss won't be happy with her when she shows back up at work. I got some fruit. And vegetables. And I got a latch. Terry works as a janitor at the Smithsonian here in Washington like many other federal employees she's missed 2 paychecks as a result of the 35 day shutdown She says 2 things got her through for me it has been prayer in my family if I had not been able to depend on my family I probably would not have gotten through the past couple weeks she says the shutdown has been painful tears not sure politicians though have any input the for her or anyone else in the federal workforce My thing is I don't I don't like being used and that's what we felt like we're being the ones part of the party and left out to dry when these people that are making these decisions don't have the financial worries that we have Terry wasn't getting paid but she also didn't have to go into work when Wilson did have to show up he's a federal police officer at the Department of Homeland Security he expects. Backpay soon and another thing he expects the government to be shut down again in a few weeks after up personally I feel like we're going to be there I think you have to at this point you have to assume the worst the deal reached by Congress and the White House only keeps the government open for 3 weeks it included none of the $5700000000.00 for president Trump's us Mexico border wall and when Trump announced the agreement from the Rose Garden he showcased his willingness to shutter the government once again if we don't get a fair deal from Congress the government will either shut down on February 15th again or the president says he will declare a national emergency to get his border wall a move that will almost certainly be challenged in the courts RINGBACK. It's bright there from n.p.r. Right. Ok great Eric Ingram and his wife Andrea Jensen live in Alexandria Virginia both are federal workers Ingram works for the Federal Aviation Administration and took the shutdown saga in stride I guess it's cool to be a part of history that's that's nice if it sounds like he's laid back it's because his wife who works for the Department of Energy has been on the job and has been getting paid Jensen says the shutdown me to realize something important maybe it's not wise for both of them to work for the federal government seems like this March on security and not working for the same agency here having one person in private industry and one person in the government Her husband says that is something he's considering but today he's heading back to work where he's got a ton of projects to get up and running before the next possible shutdown Brechin Booker n.p.r. News Washington. This is Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep. Brian bureau here you're tuned to N.P.R.'s Morning Edition right here on member supported High Plains Public Radio the current time it's 549 Central and in just 2 minutes if you're Marketplace report in regional news companies drilling for fossil fuels in West Texas Permian Basin are flaring off a significantly more gas than they say they are that according to new An analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund at the Texas Tribune reports scientists at the environmental advocacy group used satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to determine how much gas operators burned in 2017 in the oil rich Permian they compared that with the amount of flare gas that was reported to the state's oil and gas regulatory agency the Texas Railroad Commission and they discovered a big gap the satellite data showed Permian operators burned 104000000000 cubic feet of natural gas in 2017 while state records showed they burned only about half that a spokeswoman for the Railroad Commission said in an e-mail that operators are required to be in compliance with all Railroad Commission rules at all times I mean to hatefully a. RINGBACK Monday morning and we are taken in by storm on high plains morning so stay tuned for Don and hocked the gauge brothers and a tribute to Dooku high plains morning after morning edition on the our listener supported by Plains Public Radio. Hey there you're listening to Morning Edition on High Plains Public Radio the current time is 9 minutes ahead of 6 am stick around for your regional weather at the top of the hour. For parts of the federal government reopening today it's like turning the engine for a cold start on a cold day Marketplace Morning Report is supported by constant contact whose marketing advisors work directly with small businesses for monthly marketing guidance personalized support and email campaign optimization learn more at constant contact dot com I'm David Brancaccio in New York the government overseer that monitors the i.r.s. Is reportedly telling members of Congress that it could take a year or more for federal tax operations to recover from the government shutdown that's according to The Washington Post now the i.r.s. Will start processing taxes today shut down ended at least for now this tax season is the 1st full one after the 2017 overhaul Marketplace's Erica Barris reports every tax filing season people have figures in mind how much they'll be refunded or how much they'll pay not so fast this year says Lilian Paul Haber a law professor at Georgetown University taxpayers will be facing different consequences than they might have expected based on previous years they'll have fewer deductions and will be subject to a new tax rate for example complicating this the i.r.s. Ran on a skeleton crew for the past month during the partial government shutdown so says Paul Haber that meant having fewer i.r.s. Workers to help taxpayers I would imagine that that's just going to make it harder for taxpayers to get guidance tax preparers like Armando Hurtado of Paris California are also surprised by some aspects of this filing season they were saying that. It was going to be the size of a postcard it's not he already has dozens of complete a tax returns ready to be filed but he's been warning clients because of the shutdown they have to expect. Their refund and clients haven't been happy to hear that as well America for Marketplace Now some members of Congress floating competing plans to outlaw government shutdowns for good this with President Trump telling The Wall Street Journal this weekend that he's skeptical of a border deal in the next 3 weeks the next shutdown deadline Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer joins us live from Washington Hi Nancy. Hey how does one Ban Ban shutdowns there are 2 bills that would do that so far one is from Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio it's called the end to government shutdowns acted says if no spending agreement is reached the government is about to run out of money instead of shutting down the government would be automatically funded at the previous years level but if no agreement was reached after about 4 months funding would be cut by one percent it would be reduced by another one percent every 90 days after that and that's designed to give Congress and the White House an incentive to reach a deal and approach Number 2. This 2nd bill is from a Democrat Senator Mark Warner of Virginia and his hell is called the Stop shutdowns transferring unnecessary pain and inflicting damage in the coming years Act or stop stupidity Act It would also automatically fund the government to keep it running if a budget agreement couldn't be reached but it would not fund the legislative branch were the executive office of the president the idea here is it would be hard for Congress and the president to let budget disagreements drag on if their staffers weren't getting paid and then see either of these things likely to pass hard to say Senator Portman says he's introduced his bill every session of Congress since he was elected in 2010 you know it seems like there is bipartisan momentum but it hasn't translated into action yet our Nancy Marshall Genzer in Washington thank you imagine a world without government shutdowns Let's check the markets the key stock index in Tokyo fell 7 tenths of a percent but Hong Kong was steady today London is down 3 percent here Dow and s. And p. Futures are down for 10 percent each the benchmark u.s. 10 year interest rate is up at 2.76 percent Nissan motor's it overnight it's cooperating with u.s. Securities regulators looking into executive pay the company itself is getting special s.e.c. Attention after its chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan it's alleged he understated his compensation among other accusations of improper financial behavior . Marketplace Morning Report is supported by t. Rowe Price offering a strategic investing approach that examines investment opportunities 1st hand institutions advisers employers and individuals choose to price. Invest with confidence starting this month one of New York's great art museums the Guggenheim is open 7 days a week year round New York's Metropolitan the Denver Art Museum the Museum of Islamic art in Qatar have already done this Goldstone report. 9 months ago Elizabeth Hugo was interviewing for a job at the Guggenheim Museum she decided to swing by the day before. She expected to get a ticket and make her way up the museum's distinctive white spiral ramp designed by Frank Lloyd Wright instead I walked up here on a Thursday and it was close and I was very surprised you know you know shame on me I probably should look on the website do gal got the job and now overseas operations at the museum she helped make the move to a 7 day a week schedule instead of the previous 6 But change comes with increased costs and scheduling challenges that white spiral ramp it used to be painted mostly on Thursdays when the museum was closed now it's getting touchups every weekday morning but with the additional revenue from the extra day gal isn't worried I'm sure that will be worth the cost either New York museums have already made the change the Metropolitan Museum and the moment 20132016 the Whitney Museum added a 7th day in busy July and August under Santo is a cultural strategy consultant the largest museums in town are open 7 days a week I think that you know certainly creates an incentive to all the others to follow suit but it's not just about competing with other museums coing Dylan Schneider analyzes museum trends for impacts research and development the art museum isn't just competing with the history museum it's also competing with Netflix and there's the last you know instance of a to leave our homes than we've ever had before plus when visitors show up to a locked entrance it's bad for future attendance at the museum is closed want to person expects the museum to be open then that visit is generally lost we don't see that those folks come back she says museums lose out on more than just that one visit because they also won't get the word of mouth or the Instagram post that could get more people in the door I know I would Goldstein for Marketplace and the big club of Business Economists has pulled its members who predict a slowdown in the u.s. This year but think less than half. F. Think it'll slow to the point of recession 2 thirds of the economists think 2020 next year is when a recession bites and we were talking about the big tax overhaul couple minutes ago the National Association of Business Economics survey finds 84 percent of these companies Forecasters say the tax change has not prompted their companies to hire more people or to invest more I'm David Brancaccio with Marketplace Morning Report from a.p.m. American Public Media. There is Phil McLaughlin I was going to do for you. Over the Pacific Ocean finding wonderful music in every port. And Chile. Turkey. Sandwich wonderful music for joining us for Pacific Overtures this week. 'd weekdays at noon Central. This is 91.5 p. Bushland 89.38 c d h service of High Plains Public Radio available everywhere at h.p. P.r. Dot org We want to be sure that our web stream always works and sounds right you can help by serving a signal monitor and reporting any troubles to h.p. 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