Kenyatta was reelected N.P.R.'s later Peralta reports from Kabera Nairobi's largest slum police here in Canberra have been trying to keep protesters from making it to the main streets of Nairobi the protesters keep trying to March their way out. And when they try police fire. Police have been using tear gas and witnesses say they've been firing live rounds in the air another witness says he saw 2 people shot in the a.p. Reports a young girl was killed by a stray bullet standing on a balcony police in Kenya have confirmed 2 deaths since a work in yet I was declared the winner of Tuesday's elections. N.p.r. News. A wildfire in Montana is forcing dozens of hikers in Glacier National Park to either re route or hunker down it's one of several western wildfires that have prompted federal officials to raise the national fire preparedness alert to the highest level Montana Public Radio's Eric Whitney reports the u.s. Had been in preparedness level for for about a month national fire managers bump that up to level 5 after lightning storms that ignited several more large fires in multiple states the National Interagency Fire Center is Mike Ferriss says that puts states on notice that they may not be able to immediately get all the firefighting help they request from the federal government for instance a hot shot crews smokejumpers still copters their tankers everybody's pretty busy right now and a lot of commitments all over the western parts of the states preparedness level 5 means managers can now start requesting more help from the military and other countries in 2015 army soldiers were deployed in Washington State as were aircraft from Canada Australia and New Zealand for n.p.r. News I'm Eric Whitney in Missoula Montana this is n.p.r. . Police in Charlottesville Virginia say 2 people are seriously injured after a white nationalists and counter protesters clashed last night. To protest the removal of a statue of confederates. From a public park. Police. The Los Angeles City Council has signed off on the city's bid to host the 2028 Olympic Games though it has no budget in place Danielle Carson reports the move to meet the International Olympic Committee's Aug 18th deadline to sign the agreement the contract requires the host cities to pay up and spending goes over budget the way it did in Athens and Rio de Janeiro but l.a. Officials say the city already has stadiums and arenas 9 time gold medal winner Carl Lewis sees the games intrinsic benefits. It's about. Corporate sponsorships tickets sales and other revenue sources are expected to pay for a big chunk of the costs but critics still say signing off on a multi-billion dollar undertaking so far in advance is reckless The city doesn't know what its economic circumstances will be 11 years from now for n.p.r. 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News I'm Scott Simon we continue to follow the situation in North Korea last night President Trump spoke by phone with trying to as President Xi Jinping who urged both sides to dial back their rhetoric about fire fury and missile threats we're going to turn now to Evan McMullan the former CIA officer and Republican staffer who ran against President Trump last fall criticizing his temperament and qualifications he won about 700000 votes Mr McMullan has continued to speak out in Philadelphia this weekend for a meeting of the centrist project which urges qualified independents to run for office at all levels he's co-founder of the group stand up Republic Mr McMullan thanks so much for being with us great to be with you Scott thanks for having me it's traditional for Americans from all parties to support the president in time of crisis what do you think of President Trump statements and actions surrounding North Korea where I would say that I do support a harder line with North Korea presidents of both parties for decades have tried more traditional diplomatic approach with the Kim regime unsuccessfully they do present I believe a threat to u.s. And global security but I've questioned whether Donald Trump's rhetoric has been part of the smartest way as a strategy and I also would advocate for a little more caution around some of the some of the red lines and threats that the president is trying now I think a much more productive approach is to increase the cost of the status quo for China and North Korea so that China can eat and were inspired to do more to rein in that regime but you spent years at the CIA. What you're realistic cesspit Is there any Paul. See the u.s. Can pursue that would prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons if that's what they want to do and if that's what the regime feel feels it has to do to stay in power you're exactly right that is the primary motivation for the Kim regime in pursuit of nuclear weapons is to preserve its power and so the girl then if their goal has to be to change the way they think about the best way to do that right now they think the best way to do that is to develop nuclear weapons it's understandable that they would think that by the way it's a rational conclusion but we have to change that dynamic and the only way we can really do that is with a lot more help from China and so that's got to be the approach China provides most of North Korea's energy and other support and humanitarian etc and we have got to change the dynamic there so that the regime actually fears you know its demise through lack of that support rather than through its lack of nuclear weapons. A tough question but I think it's on the minds of lot of Americans have have expressed this over the past few days do you Mr McMullan trust President Trump with u.s. Military power including nuclear weapons I I can't say that I completely trust him with with that awesome power now I'm sorry to say that but I would say that there are he does have good people around him I do know General Mattis to have confidence in him and and there are others around the president like that and I'm hopeful that they will help prevent any terribly unwise actions let me give you a chance to have to talk about the centrist project too I'm not quite clear having read your website if it's a movement or a party. More akin to a movement although I'm not exactly sure I would call it quite that at this point it's more a quote needed effort between potentially independent candidates and those who would support them to drive change in American politics you might be an independent candidate for something I gather it's possible I'm I do believe that I'll run again of course the next opportunity for that would be in 2018 it is possible I just haven't made the decision yet I haven't McMullin thanks so much for being with us or thank you little comment from Moscow about the confrontation between the u.s. And North Korea there are reports that Russia and China are working quietly to try to reduce the tension but after the rhetoric turned out right threats the Kremlin finally spoke out N.P.R.'s Lucien Camm reports from Moscow Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov broke Moscow silence Friday when he spoke to a youth for. Said risk of a conflict is very high especially considering the level of rhetoric between Pyongyang and Washington. Moscow is concerned about North Korea not only because Russia is a nuclear power and a member of the u.n. Security Council but because like China it shares a border with North Korea ideally Russia and China would like to see anything into the stable divided between 2 countries most cells and well in the best of the possible will mom. Cough a professor at Cookman University in Seoul at the end of World War 2 the Soviet Union created North Korea and together with China supported the north in fighting the United States during the Korean War long cos it's only logical the 2 countries are coordinating their current policies toward Pyongyang Russia is likely to basically fall the chair at the flea issues chain that isn't driving seat because Cheney's interests Cheney's stakes far higher stakes off Russia only last month Russia and China jointly called on North Korea to freeze its nuclear weapons program in return they said the u.s. Should halt its military exercises with South Korea Russia's u.n. Ambassador Vaseline a Benzema told reporters in New York this week that Moscow and Beijing still think political dialogue is necessary in China. For more than months though in fact only the 2 countries have made clear they don't want North Korea to have nuclear weapons but stability on the Korean Peninsula is just as important. A small if as a research fellow at Moscow's Center for Korean Studies beautiful what you because I see everything to be a problem of he says Russia's main goal is stopping an armed conflict in one of its neighbors Russia has ambitious plans to build pipelines in a railroad across North Korea to the lucrative markets of South Korea but for that to happen there needs to be peace like Beijing Moscow is not enthusiastic about Korean unification on the sales terms since South Korea's a close u.s. Military ally nevertheless both Russia and China voted for new u.n. Sanctions against North Korea last weekend winning praise from the White House and a long cough if not scary is. If you. If they knew how including Russia and China a sort of dawning. Most Canadian attempt to develop nuclear weapons and on the minds of 20 to ration issues like office skeptical about the effectiveness of sanctions and isn't optimistic that negotiations would work either as a crisis heated up this week Russia's foreign minister said it was time for cooler heads to prevail. But you haven't actually. Before it comes to a fist fight Sergei Lavrov said the 1st guy to take a step back should be the one who's stronger and smarter he wasn't talking about North Korea Lucien Kim n.p.r. News Moscow Secretary of State chillers has been trying to find a diplomatic path out of the crisis of North Korea he's been working to keep up international pressure but it's a hard sell made even harder by the fact that the trumpet ministration has been slow to fill top jobs at the State Department and has drastically cut in the budget for diplomacy as N.P.R.'s Michele Kelemen reports career diplomat Danny Russell was the point person on Asia until earlier this year and he has a lot of confidence in the Foreign Service officers posted in that region but he says u.s. Allies and foes alike wanted. That they're talking to someone who really represents the administration's views are you it are you the Assistant Secretary are you the person that the trumpet ministration has designated to lead to the State Department's policy work as pertains to Asia broadly and particularly in a moment of high tension with North Korea the career diplomat who took his place isn't Thorton is still acting assistant secretary of state the White House has yet to formally nominate anyone for that job which requires Senate approval there is a point person on North Korea Jos have you known who's held back channel talks with theone young but Russell says there are many other openings in this crucial part of the world we have a brand new ambassador. We're waiting for Bill Haggerty to get to Tokyo. We don't have a nominee for so well South Korea these are handicaps for the administration the lack of appointments and the plans for a massive budget cuts have led to some pretty scathing reviews of secretary of state Rex Tillerson editorials describe a hollowed out State Department one recent headline from columnist Michael Gerson a former speechwriter for President Bush calls Tillerson a huge disappointment despite his management credentials running Exxon Mobil Tillerson as Deputy John Sullivan is trying to push back we are hitting on all cylinders even though we don't have the full complement of political appointees that we should have sell of and told a group of reporters earlier this week that he's working hard on this I probably spend an hour a day at least he the interviewing candidates are trying to get candidates through the process the deputy secretary of state says about 60 percent of the under-secretaries and assistant secretaries have either been identified or formally nominated many ambassadors are also in the pipeline but the fact that there's still no nominee for a country like South Korea is causing can. CERN's says Russell now a diplomat in residence at the Asia Society It doesn't make it any easier to deal with the stress of tension that's generated right now by North Korea mad sprint for the nuclear ballistic missile finish line without political appointments in place governments in Asia and around the world are canvassing the Trump administration trying to open lines to various advisers in the White House and they're getting mixed messages that are often hard to sort out Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News Washington. And you're listening to n.p.r. News. You're in tune with public radio. With your k.c.b. X. Weather forecast it will be sunny today on the Central Coast after morning low clouds and fog with Northwest winds from 10 to 20 miles per hour in the valley Salinas can expect a high today of 69 passing 102 with 88 degrees the high insanity in is in the coastal valleys high of 80 Santa Maria 74 along Polk 70 degrees for coastal cities Cambria can expect a high of 74. And his mo Beach 74 and along Santa Barbara south coast Santa Barbara will have a high of 76 Carpentaria 78 and Ventura 75 degrees Weekend Edition continues on public radio k.c.b. X. We serve the Salinas Valley at 91.7 San Luis Obispo in the 5 cities at 90 point one and the Santa Barbara south coast at 89.5 We're streaming at k.c.b. Ex dot org The time is 819. Headlines North Korea's official news agency is warning the trumpet ministration to talk and act properly if it doesn't want the u.s. To meet its due it's the latest volley of threatening rhetoric between the president. That international leaders say must be deescalated in Nairobi Kenya at least 9 people are dead amid post-election violence the unrest comes after Kenya's election commission announced yesterday that President Kenyatta had been reelected violence has broken out in Charlottesville Virginia where white nationalists are rallying to protest the city's decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert e. Lee from a public park. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from care evolution committed to connecting health care to improve population health through patient and gauge Menton care coordination solutions for providers health plans and communities learn more at Care evolution dot com from Babble a language out that teaches real life conversations in a new language including Spanish French and German battles 10 to 15 minute lessons are available in the app store or online at Babble b a b b e l dot com and from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon a forthcoming report of the National Climate Assessment points to rise in season temperatures and concludes quote evidence for a change in climate abounds from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the ocean President Trump has disparaged climate change as a hoax said the u.s. Will withdraw from the Paris climate accords that have already been ratified by 159 nations because they place quote Kone and financial and economic burdens on the u.s. He's overturned more than a score of environmental policies including approval of a Dakota access and Keystone pipeline and lifting a freeze on new coal leases on public lands and ending a mandate for federal agencies to include greenhouse gas emissions in environmental impact statements Gina McCarthy was head of the u.s. Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama and was an environmental advisor to 5 Massachusetts governor's Democratic and Republican and commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection She joins us from w.b. Or in Boston thanks so much for being with us good to be here with you Scott if you try to depress me you did a pretty good job of it with that intro Well do you feel yours here work have been undone in 6 months No actually I don't I do recognize that we're living in very uncertain times and we're with an administration that's seems to its vision of the future is to roll back to decades ago in the past you know I remain very hopeful that that over time the system will prevail that the laws of this country will be up held and I'm already seeing that when these decisions are being challenged in court that there's a good likelihood that the courts will see that this isn't what the e.p.a. Or the Cid ministration is supposed to be doing what about the argument though that you know when President Trump was elected in the American people had their eyes open and he. Thought it climate change was a hoax and he was elected. Generally what I see having lived through Republican and Democratic administrations is that it's Ok to have different policy ideas and end ways of achieving progress in this country I'm just not seeing any of those ideas a to kill a good policy in politics is different from science instead of saying that the science is somehow discredited are not viable this simply denying it because it doesn't align with their political interests and frankly that old tired idea that you can have a clean environment and a strong economy or that the Paris agreement is going to stifle the economy in this country is just ludicrous There is no information to back that up Robel how so follow up on that as you see it if you're good President Trump is selling the United States shorts we have the innovators we have the technology developers this is not just an opportunity to save the future for our kids but it's an opportunity to take advantage of the economic benefits that we would accrue by using our best and brightest minds to actually find that path forward why would we decide that we want to cede that to other countries in particular to China and the e.u. Who are really already stepping up to fill that gap well but that base has legitimate interest doesn't it I mean a lot of people feel that they're losing know well they do have legitimate interests they have as much interest in clean air and clean water as as you and I do and in fact in many ways they struggle most With that in the rural communities with there are significant environmental challenges that have yet to be addressed so I understand that there are challenges economically in these areas but wouldn't it be a lot better if you didn't pretend like coal was coming back and instead go in. And identify the economies of the future for those individuals you're a longtime civil servant in both Republican and Democratic administrations seems to me every couple of weeks we read about employees leaving the Environmental Protection Agency because they say they just can't work for the current administration do you think they have a good idea. Well there's about 15000 people at e.p.a. That I have that I begged from November till when I left on January 20th at noontime to stay with the agency you know I knew it would be difficult I honestly Scott didn't know it would be as tough as it is today because I'm not just trying to roll back rules they're really trying to defund in and dismantle the agency itself so I understand the fact that they feel like the mission of the agency is not being served and they don't want to be part of it but no it's not Ok for them to leave you know their career public servants their job is to inform the political folks I love them dearly I understand and respect the decisions if they leave. But I want them to stay and know that their voices will eventually be heard Gina McCarthy was administrator of the e.p.a. Under President Obama thanks so much for being with us thanks Scott for having me. 3 coastal California communities recently filed lawsuits against some of the biggest fossil fuel companies in the world the community said those companies should pay for the damage caused by rising seas because they knew about climate change and still contributed to it N.P.R.'s Nathan Rott has more. Imperial Beach California is surrounded by water on 3 sides by a spit basically a kind of a peninsula where the town's mayor surged Idina is driving us through a residential area towards a public beach or just north of Mexican border so you can see in Mexico down there to show some of the problems that come with being surrounded by so much water basically what's been happening is water starts bubbling up under the houses now it's coming up under the streets so in the winner this essentially is full time always flooded now and they just started out in the last few years last winter he says during a storm see water was pouring over the streets that's was actually really scary to see that like it's oh this is what's coming up this is not something that we have to imagine that something is happening right now that something is sea level rise. As temperatures increase in the polar ice sheets melt scientists say that ocean levels will rise here and along the Pacific Coast the predictions vary but a recent report says that a foot of sea level rise in this part of Southern California is virtually an avoidable by the end of the century and it's likely to happen far sooner on the beach next to a row of homes to Dinas says that presents low lying Imperial Beach with a really tough question how do you pay for the street that we're going to lose and the public access rights you're losing access to resources and number 2 ultimately the loss of revenue from the fact that at some point these houses might not be the cost of long Imperial beaches coastline alone Dina's says are expected to exceed $100000000.00 way more than the city can afford this is the poorest city in San Diego County so he and 2 other California counties are facing the same sort of problems decided to look for help footing the bill by suing 3rd. 7 of the biggest oil gas and coal companies in the world the thrust of their lawsuit that those companies knew about climate change they planned for it themselves but they concealed the dangers and quote engaged in massive campaigns unquote to undermine efforts to regulate their products it's similar to how health advocates targeted tobacco companies in the eighty's I think it's an incredibly smart and well crafted approach to using litigation to really try to address some of the challenges of climate change and Carlson is the co-director of the Emmett Institute on climate change in the environment at u.c.l.a. She's also full disclosure advising the lawyers that brought this case not for financial reasons she says she's not being paid but because she says she feels like climate change needs to be addressed and frankly at a time when the United States is abdicating its leadership responsibilities I think we need to press a gentle fronts Now these aren't the 1st lawsuits of this nature that have been filed against big polluters similar efforts have failed but Carlson thinks that these have a better chance for a couple of reasons 1st the science around climate change and the damages it can cause has only gotten stronger with time Secondly there's more evidence now reporting a document showing that some of these companies did in fact know about the dangers of climate change and yet engaged in a concerted campaign to try to cover up what was going on those make it easier to show a direct line between how the actions of the defendants caused the damages to the plaintiffs but that doesn't mean it's cut and dry Michael Berger is executive director of the Saban Center for Climate Change law and he says the toughest question these lawyers have to answer is why these particularly actors should be held responsible or a global pollution problem that involves pretty much every human being on the face of the planet n.p.r. Reached out to 4 of the largest companies in the lawsuit and none responded but the American Petroleum Institute without direct. Addressing the litigation said quote The natural gas and oil industry is committed to addressing the challenge of global climate change back in Imperial Beach surged to Dinas says he knows the lawsuit might seem like a long shot but he says we'll take our chances any day in court over the reality of the floodwaters and ways that are coming out of that reality isn't going anywhere Nathan Rott n.p.r. News u.s. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers have stepped up their efforts to detain and deport immigrants who are in the country illegally under orders from President Trump Ice says arrests have been up nearly 40 percent over the same period in 2016 and one way ice agents have tracked down undocumented immigrants is to come to court houses or they may be on trial for minor traffic or other offenses Eric and solace the acting district attorney in Brooklyn New York is opposed to that he joins us from his office thanks so much for being with us thank you for having me Scott you are in the New York attorney general have have called for ice to stop conducting raids in courthouses why when ice comes to court it serves as a deterrent for Laura by the people to come in as witnesses and victims it's less likely that they cooperate with my office and as a result I'm afraid that we are going to see some bad people be freed because witnesses and victims choose not to come and ice has removed people charge of low level senses even before they've been convicted of the crime depriving us of pursuing a new case in due process well to fill in the blanks you're suggesting that people who are in this country illegally nevertheless can offer valuable testimony in criminal cases and they'd be reluctant to come forward and do that if they thought they were going to be arrested at the courthouse exactly Scott but it's not just a belief I've seen in week 2. Had a case where a man fortunately was able to get out of ice custody amending William Hurt tato who fully cooperated in 2012 on a homicide case he testified as a witness in the killing and his testimony was invaluable in securing the conviction of these 2 killers he also provided additional evidence another homicide case so in total his testimony secured convictions for 5 people were killed other people well maybe have watched too many episodes of Law and Order but can you not go to 2 ice or other people and say look we need this person here let me make a deal so they won't be prosecuted for immigration crime they believe that coming to court is easier for them to locate people they're looking for and we're calling on ice to treat courthouses as sensitive locations it does not absolutely prevent ice from coming in and doing this for some action but like churches and other sensitive locations ice will voluntarily not do in force an action unless absolutely necessary. You are an officer of the court is the as the district attorney. No matter what good work people have done if they're in this country illegally are aren't you obliged to make them subject to the rule of law which might involve getting detained by a. I think that due process requires people to have their day in court you know and some of the people ice is coming and they're arresting our people here with green cards in other status and ice is taking custody Nonetheless I understand that ice has said no to the whole idea of a sensitive location do you have any options I think that we have starting to do the process of documenting in quantifying how often that's interfering with cases you know but I can tell you that domestic violence prosecutors here some of our social workers and many of the assistant d.a. Say that when they're speaking to witnesses and victims they are asking about ice in the courtrooms they ask if it's safe to come down it's safe to participate and police commissioner here in New York heard at a public forum people were asking was it safe to report crime to the police if they had immigration concerns so I think all of that put together will mean that people who commit crimes were going to benefit because many less people will cooperate and I can just take a journey of Brooklyn Eric and Josh thanks so much thank you. And you're listening to Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News. And it's time for sports. The great Hussein gold takes a final balloted day running on Britain's relay team at the World Championships a great distance runner Mo Farah will also join him for a final curtain but 1st 2 n.f.l. Seasons are about to get underway in less than a month and perhaps for that one of its big stars N.P.R.'s Tom Goldman joins us Tom thanks for being with us always a pleasure Scott latest news about football and domestic violence subjects that are too often linked in recent times. At the Dallas Cowboys running back leading rusher in the n.f.l. Last year suspended the 1st 6 games for the upcoming season because of a charge about domestic violence right the back story a woman Elliott was involved with alleged he committed multiple acts of violence against her a year ago Elliott denied it he was never arrested and prosecutors didn't press charges because of what they called conflicting and inconsistent information but the n.f.l. Did its own investigation with outside legal and domestic violence advisors and decided there was evidence of violence on Elliot's part in under the new domestic violence rules the n.f.l. Can suspend even if there's not a criminal conviction Elliott is expected to appeal now Scott a couple of things about this the n.f.l. Has been criticized rightly so for its handling of domestic violence cases certainly you know you remember the Ray Rice case in 2014 that was a huge misstep but this time the n.f.l. Appears to have done it right it was a thorough year long investigation a strong 1st time punishment also this does not reflect well on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones a man who as you know was just inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for months he's been saying there was nothing to the allegations against his star running back Jones as one of the most powerful owners in the n.f.l. For him. To be sending messages that domestic violence doesn't exist when the league says it does shows there still are problems with how the n.f.l. Deals with us more happily although with a tinge of sadness Hussein bolt runs a relay tonight and says it's amazing career is over 8 Olympic gold medals I don't know how many world championships contemplate in the world of track after Hussein bolt is gone is that a little bit like I don't know what guacamole without Hala Payne you know. I just came up with that. That's really editors cringing but yes no I love it there are a lot of gloomy predictions which aren't altogether fair if track can escape debilitating doping scandals a big if there are lots of exciting athletes have there who can keep fans and gauged take yesterday's 3000 meter steeple chase in London American women won gold and silver a one to finish in a distance race in a major championship that hadn't happened since 1012 but athletes like Bolt are rare he dominated for nearly a decade captivated the entire world with his Olympic performances with his smile and charisma they're going to miss him and another goodbye tonight the great distance runner Mo fare Yeah the great British runner born in Somalia after tonight's 5000 meters he will retire from track racing and focus on marathons Farah hadn't had the global impact to bolt because you know maybe because France are so explosive and exciting a fan favorite but he has become the world's best distance runner he's a huge star very popular he's also been dogged by doping suspicions all of course he denied but certainly in London tonight on his home track they'll cheer long and hard and hope for a win in his final race N.P.R.'s sports correspondent sports correspondent boy what a game Tom Goldman thanks so much for joining us. 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News I'm Scott Simon baseball's a game that honors tradition like leisure Lederman rights or theme music at Wrigley Field which is where I believe the world champion Chicago Cubs play their 103 year old ballpark has a new seating and dining area a massive new video screen but near that Jumbotron is a living relic of manually operated scoreboard it's one of only 2 in Major League Baseball the other of course in Boston as part of our backstage pass series N.P.R.'s David Schaper takes us inside the historic scoreboard from a perch high above the center field bleachers inside the massive forest green scoreboard Darryl Wilson has a view like none other in the ballpark you see everything that's the thing about instant things a lot of people seem just sit in the seats but he doesn't have much time to enjoy the view I think. The visiting Washington Nationals had a chain run homer and it's time to get up and change out one of the nearly 7 pound 15 by 20 and steel plate. With. Just turning around the clock but it's not that easy these pieces are old. With time to get there whereas it is a little rusty so let's get more flexible. Which works to bottom out he then replaces a blank plate with one painted with a yellow number 2. Slot in the. Slammer at Wells and then lots that yellow tune into place and that will do means the inning is due at the end that happening ends he replaces the yellow number with the white ball which remains in place for the rest of the game Wilson and his 2 coworkers repeat that routine each half inning that's at least 18 changes of these heavy steel panels in a 9 inning game and it's not just for the Cubs game they're doing that for as many as a dozen games that might be going on in Major League Baseball at the same time fortunately for them only $24.00. Of the 30 teams fit on this old scoreboard that was built in 1937 you know sort of. Going to causes that are because you as a bird will go back to the 2nd you get 2 more chances and icons we have always who knows the most of. Those running around if it's a hot day the giant steel box gets stifling inside Wilson and his coworkers have to wear gloves to change out the scalding hot steel plates that have been baking in the sun during those cold days and nights earlier late in the season they're wearing heavy winter coats ski masks in your minds as a whole you don't want you know a little of his skull when all of the ridges everything in it gets cold and that everything that blows everything away the only concession to technology here in the scoreboard is 1937 technology it's that loud electric common clank you from the electromagnetic dots that are flipped into place remotely to form the numbers for ball strikes and out. That will be a ball the job does have a few drawbacks like climbing up the ladder at the top of the center field bleachers and through a trap door to get into the scoreboard I think the extra steps it still works it's good for but after 26 years there'll Wilson still loves operating this old manual score board even if there is a much bigger and brighter video screen just a few dozen feet away over left field so we're like history like you know this is getting a real it out as the sun then it just has the feel of old baseballs and Wilson was thrilled to be up in the old scoreboard to watch last year's run through the playoffs into the Cubs 1st World Series championship in over a century David Schaper n.p.r. News Chicago. Iraq has a day purchased a Kerridge that stems back to ancient Mesopotamia and beyond that heritage sadly gotten more attention recently because Islamised Middle East and militants are destroying it. Now a collection of ancient Iraqi art that's been saved his own view alongside can chamfer reworked from that country at the world's largest and most prestigious contemporary art fair Christopher lives say explains in 2014 Islamic state militants invaded the city of Mosul ransacking its history museum and statues of wing Boles bearded Davies and whatever else they deemed idolatrous the post of the destruction online in a propaganda video even the only living. I can even look at those images because they seem like they're real beheadings I mean it's horrific to Marcela be is the co-curator of the Iraq pavilion at this year's Venice being all a show is called archaic this lady who is from the period which is in the Olympic spirit going back to 6000 years before Christ is actually a 1000 years old alongside fertility goddesses info to figures are contemporary video installations paintings and photography by working a rocky artist it's a conversation between the very ancient past and the very recent present the now this is a result of the past which is something that has happened repeatedly in Iraq for the last 4050 years has really affected the way people perceive of themselves today and what they can hold on to what they can refer back to to know who they are it's very confusing those complexities are reflected in Charlie's own personal history her late father. Was part of a group of influential Iraqi expatriates who advocated the overthrow of Saddam Hussein that group provided information it said could prove that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction those were never found to March Halabja Defensor father to use one man as a scapegoat for the entire superpower of the world to go to Iraq I mean it's a camera that's been hashed and rehashed since 2003 you know the linear narrative of the you know one man that took a whole nation to war which I think is just. Nicholas it's a complicated personal narrative for an Iraqi woman who went to boarding school in Oxford and completed her history Ph d. At Harvard says even the Pope Yes I mean honestly I would not be suspicious of the Contras right now if she's doing the job for the country as an art historian who curated the Georgian pavilion at the b.n. Ali in 1999 she recognizes there's another twist that the Iraqi national 1000000000 in Venice has been organized by challah private foundation but she says the show is ultimately a good thing for Iraqi artists and their culture you know when you hear Iraq today if you think of war and you think of the things you don't expect to see a rocket Pavilion in Venice when you know many countries cannot afford and don't have and it's great that they did it and it's good for the artists artists like Iraqi Australian and. She's a member of an ancient and vanishing ethno religious minority called the Dion's her work includes collage small objects made of clay and old family photos from Iraq in which she's Photoshop away all of the people in order to comment on the fact that people are disappearing from this landscape and the approach that I took was one that doesn't define a place by its recent history rather is defined by the multitude of stories that always and will continue to happen and it's very emotional for me in text below the photographs the missing people talk about the lives they lead how they met and fell in love those kinds of personal stories are essential to connecting with the work says Linda Comaroff she's a curator of Islamic art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art who says American audiences tend to think of ancient civilizations as dead civilizations there's a shared humanity their shared appreciation for art and beauty and of crucial importance is a reminder that the. These contemporary works of art are produced by people and these people are more than collateral damage or blurred images on a nightly news report they are human like us but some are challenged he says she also wants her country's Pavilion in Venice to help Iraqis make sense of their own stories in a way this exhibit is also kind of trying to push that barrier that people have with such an intense heritage in this version of the heritage there's a healing element to it not just for her she adds but for the artists and their audiences putting ancient works next to contemporary art is a way to process the past as a rock forges on to an uncertain future for n.p.r. News I'm Christopher lives say in Venice. Michelangelo his Passion Pit a decade ago out of his dorm room at Emerson College he's released 4 albums and also become known for his involvement in mental health his latest album out now is tremendous sea of love. Michelangelo has joins us now from our studios in New York thanks so much for being with us thanks for having me how did you find music. My dad recalls me singing and the perfect pitch when he was changing my diapers and my father's music my father was an answer to all of us fathers do that but it early true you know I wrote a recital of Shakespeare when I was during when when my wife was changing their you know what my parents are my father being a musician and he was a music teacher for like 15 years of public schools and everything. When a son suddenly becomes a professional musician and you know you were. Always trying to be a musician he's not you know the one who's going to just give me that for free which I love my father you know a I love him to death but it's just natural they came to me it was one of those things where you know they tried to pay for Lawson's and I would go to Lawson's and I get my hands slapped you know because I just don't understand wanting to learn other people's music when I could just write my own and I also just thought that with my obsession with the Beach Boys around 4 or 5 I thought they had annual tryouts of the day like yearly tryouts and so I was I want to be in the Beach Boys Yeah I just wanted to be a beach by really and I thought you know they would I would impress them if I wrote songs so I was a little bit of a brat but I it was it was encouraged my family was very kind about allowing me to sit in my room and I recorded over all my dad's tapes to retaliate but at the end of the day you know they nurtured a songwriter and that was really all I ever wanted to be. Listen to one of the songs this is for song. Still take care of me. It means to me. And smile. Again for. Life from the. Way it goes can see mask who Saundra. Sodger on and off ski the opera singer and I've met a lot of famous people in my life but the one of the only people. Who made me cry a pun he didn't I'm like just freaking out because Sandra opera is something that I was introduced to very young it was a thing that I shared with people I'm very close with that I had to go through a lot with and something about the night meeting Sondra and everything just. Brought the the woman of my life to a place where I mean I have. I'm just really grateful to my mother and my wife my grandmother all these people that I just didn't know how to talk about really this song let you do that talk to them you know you connected to something like a memory like that it kind of you allows you to access a certain place and something that I remember thinking at the time was like a nest everybody I mean when I met Sandra I missed everyone because at the time I was blaming lots of people for problems that are just impossible to explain I had what does that mean. Well. I have bipolar one disorder rapid cycling. With. Anxiety p.t.s.d. . And what I've always been doing with my music even know certain points I just denied it flat out it was just a way of explaining it. Sonically and I just wanted to hear what it sounded like wrote my book for disorder somebody and it would sound like to me always like the underdog winning or something like that and that's been my life as is really just trying to explain and apologize and work through this illogical world in my head that has actually been it's been like running with weights but no one can see the weights and suddenly at a certain point of live through it and that's one thing that I started to realize it was like the hindrance became the power they hindrance became the power so with my own us I started realizing like as a mental health advocate that. Everyone's going to deal with no one call Yeah ever is going to deal with anxiety grief so on and so forth but how you walk through them is important because you could develop something very serious and I care deeply because when I was actually lost as and what happened when I did not go to counseling and I was 1213 and 14 years old what happens when you're in your twenty's these things develop bad behaviors that look like choices but they become treatments self not self medicating things that are really really dangerous. I don't want to lose sight here because it's good music want us to a song you'd like to hear. I think. A song of the Sidhe a k. A I. Can't really. Explain it's. Just. A lot of my music has been about my wife and my life with my disorder and how much we went through and you know you're a hormonal nightmare as a male in your twenty's and you're going through a lot on top of the having disorder and having to be the center of attention the whole time and like it's a giant miscommunication but at the time when I just couldn't connect with I was manic and a lot of people when you're manic you just like you have to really quarantine yourself and so we weren't talking but I just threw this music I was able to kind of speak to her and say like something along the lines of. Don't forget that this entire my entire life and everything I'm doing all the you know the work I'm doing now is because I'm also trying to protect you and I actually try to do something such as talk Michaelangelo Arcus of passion for it so she's from his new album tremendous sea of love go to benefit the Stanley center for psychiatric research thanks so much for speaking with the Sphinx so much for having me. This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from visit St Pete Clearwater with miles of white sand beaches on Florida's Gulf Coast and cultural attractions including St Pete's Dali Museum and Museum of Fine Arts 90 minutes west of Orlando at visit St Pete Clearwater dot com from the mosaic foundation of Rita and Peter Hayden based in Ann Arbor honoring the passion of public radio listeners all across America who support their n.p.r. 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