An aberration and what questions an impeachment inquiry may want to ask a culture later how will the House handle impeachment without participation from the White House the u.s. And Iran have a prisoner exchange and Mr Marin Alsop salute to Beethoven in 250 him not her 1st our newscast it Saturday December 7th 2009. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington and Joel Snyder an American graduate student held in Iran for 3 years on spying charges is free and is returning to the United States in a White House statement President Trump think the Swiss government for itself and securing the release of she way want the Princeton student who was detained in 2016 Iran's foreign minister also thanked the Swiss confirming that the u.s. Has released an Iranian scientist arrested in Chicago and 2018 the f.b.i. Is investigating Friday's deadly shooting at a military base in Florida 4 people were killed including the shooter and 8 others wounded N.P.R.'s Debbie Elliott reports authorities are keeping details of the investigation under wraps officials say the gunman was a member of the Saudi air force in training at Naval Air Station Pensacola f.b.i. Special Agent in Charge way to Rojas is asking for patience while agents do their work we are not prepared at this hour to confirm what may have motivated the shooter to commit this horrific act there are many reports circulating. But the f.b.i. Deals only in facts and this is still very much an active and ongoing investigation Florida's 2 u.s. Senators and Republican Congressman Matt Gates of Pensacola are calling for an examination of the vetting process for foreign military students Debbie Elliott n.p.r. News thank you Al a foreigner utility p.g. And e. Is reached a $13500000000.00 settlement with attorneys for victims of the state's recent wildfires Lily Jamali from member station k.q.e.d. Reports of money will help compensate victims of several fires caused by p.g. And e. Including last year's camp fire the deal is expected to resolve a set of liabilities that p.g. And e. Has claimed forced it into bankruptcy protection almost a year ago it comes after 2 other settlements reached earlier this year one with insurance companies and the other with local governments paving the way for p. Genies exit from Chapter 11. Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter of California says he'll resign after the holidays N.P.R.'s I know Jaffe has more on Hunter's announcement coming days after he pleaded guilty to federal charges of misusing campaign funds Duncan Hunter's announcement came one day after he was warned by the House Ethics Committee that he could no longer cast votes in Congress because of his guilty plea he'd already been stripped of his committee assignments California Governor Gavin Newsome now has the option of leaving Hunter seat open until November 2020 or calling a special election Hunter and his wife Margaret had been indicted on 60 criminal counts of misusing about a quarter of a $1000000.00 in campaign funds spending the money on everything from groceries to luxury vacations to flying the family's pet rabbit across the country Margaret Hunter earlier had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and agreed to testify against her husband on a Jaffe n.p.r. News this is n.p.r. House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry dad lawyers expressing disappointment at the White House's decision not to participate in his panel's impeachment hearings saying the American people deserve answers he issued a statement last night after White House counsel Pat simple Loney sent a letter to House Democrats condemning their inquiry is completely baseless Monday the Judiciary Committee will hear a presentation of the evidence that's been collected by the House Intelligence panel the Navy is getting ready to put a new nuclear powered aircraft carrier in the water the 2nd u.s.s. John f. Kennedy as a 9 year old girl Caroline Kennedy smashed the bottle on the 1st one today she will do it again in Newport News Virginia from member station w h r v Rebecca field house Adams reports. The manufacturer of this $13000000000.00 aircraft carrier Newport News Shipbuilding touted as the most technologically profession in history steam and hydraulic systems in the older Nimitz class of carriers are replaced by more efficient electrical systems project manager Lucas Hicks says the multi-year contract represents tens of millions of human labor hours it's a day where a person who has really been breaking his back for 5 years can bring his family and celebrate with you know Ambassador Kennedy you know that means a lot to a lot of people the u.s.s. John f. Kennedy is 67 percent complete after testing it should be delivered to the Navy in the summer of 2022 for n.p.r. News I'm Rebecca felt as Adam's in Newport News Virginia and I'm Joel Snyder This is n.p.r. News from Washington support for n.p.r. Comes from Heather Stewart Hagen and Paul g. Hague supporting African Wildlife Foundation working to ensure the future of Africa's wildlife and wild lands learn more at a w.f. Dot org And Americans for the Arts at Americans for the Arts dot org. Next time on the New York Radio Hour the actor Jamie Lee Curtis who says nothing bring success like a little failure had I not been fired from a show that only lasted 2 episodes before they canceled it I would never have been in my life would have never changed Jamie Lee Curtis next time on the New York radio Sunday morning between 10 and 11 on case. This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon an American graduate student imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges has been freed just as an Iranian scientists was granted early release from a u.s. Prison Iran's foreign minister tweeted about the exchange President Trump has confirmed the release by a round of American student. N.P.R.'s Peter Kenyon is following the story from Istanbul Peter thanks so much for being with us Hi Scott and what do we know about this prisoner exchange Well the 1st word came from Mohammad Javad Zarif That's the Iranian foreign minister and he wrote that this Chinese American scholar she where Wang who'd been arrested in 2016 will be joining his family soon that's would Zarif wrote Be also posted about the Iranian scientist the money he'd been arrested in Chicago last year Zarif thanked everyone involved especially the Swiss government for acting on behalf of the u.s. As it frequently does in matters involving Iran president and secretary of state might bump a also weighed in announcing Wang's coming return to the United States there's been some speculation for some time that a prisoner exchange might be possible and that heated up in recent days and note appears to transpired tell us about this year's grad student and he's been detained on charges that the u.s. Says were groundless. Exactly as u.n. Was a graduate student at Princeton a specialized in your Asian history he's married as a wife and a young son his wife released a statement saying the family is complete once again expressing their excitement at the prospect of seeing long again he had been in Iran doing language studies and research for a doctoral dissertation when he was detained he was charged with espionage 2 counts sentenced to 10 years in Iran's 18 prison u.s. Officials have always said the charges were bogus that one never engaged in any spying activities they also denied Iran's assertion that was sent to Iran by the government and what about the Iranian scientist who can go home yes 49 year old Dr must sued sue the money he was working in Iran he left on sabbatical came to the u.s. And was arrested in Chicago on charges of violating trade sanctions against Iran he was imprisoned he was apparently nearing release under a plea agreement when this exchange was just announced Foreign Minister Zarif posted photos of himself with Sulu money flying back to Iran obviously relations between the United States and Iran have been it a better tense point for some time now does this prisoner exchange signal something larger some kind of reproach moment when the 2 countries I would be a bit cautious to predict anything like that there's no question this prisoner swap stands in huge contrast to the generally negative bilateral relations us in the run of add ever since the u.s. Pulled out of the 2050 nuclear deal reimpose sanctions the government of son Rouhani Iran's been under heavy attack from hardliners accused him of making a bad deal and letting Iran down there are also other people we should note other Americans being held businessmen his octogenarian father Bachar who was imprisoned when he went to Iran to try and get his son released but you know this exchange does. Show that Iran and the trumpet ministration can agree on something and in this case I'd say the families of the way along unless it's to the money are the primary beneficiaries N.P.R.'s Peter Kenyon in Istanbul thanks so much for being with us thanks Scott members of the House are drafting articles of impeachment this weekend Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she had no choice this is about the Constitution of the United States and its facts that meet the president's violation of his oath of office and the White House doesn't look wopper to N.P.R.'s senior Washington editor and correspondent Ron Elving joins us Ron thanks so much for being with us glad to be cooperative Scott the. Without a subpoena Oh my gosh I'm impressed your dignity shines through the House Democrats now use the term shutdown to describe what they believe the president trying to do you cream by withholding support in hopes of getting Ukrainian officials to announce an investigation that presumably would would harm Joe Biden Politically what do you think the actual articles of impeachment will say by the time they're drafted so just to be clear the Constitution's Article 2 Section 4 does not mention shakedowns but it does speak of bribery and the Democrats say this is a case of the president soliciting a bribe asking for quote a favor so there will be an article to that effect using the term bribery or the phrase abuse of power or both and there will be an article for obstructing justice as there was for presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton that could stem largely from the president's efforts to thwart the investigation over Robert Mueller and there may be a 3rd article about the obstruction of Congress because the White House has been withholding documents and also barring the participation of top officials in this probe and in other congressional probes Chris we just heard the words of Speaker Pelosi at the microphones on Thursday for for several months we know that she was concerned about the possible political effects of an impeachment process. What do you notice in that regard if you look at the polls and consider the electoral calendar there is an argument to be made for hitting the brakes slowing this process down going to court to compel the testimony from those Administration holdouts but that would mean having Congress wait 3 or 5 or 7 months for all 3 levels of the federal courts to rule on each individual subpoena Now the presumption is that more time would mean a stronger case and perhaps more public support but it also risks freezing Congress in place with nothing else going on for the remainder of this term and as for the polls this impeachment is already more popular than the impeachment of Bill Clinton never was and more popular than the impeachment of Richard Nixon was it a comparable point in that process what do you believe are on the impeachment process does to other questions that are hanging about President Trump just this week an appeals court ordered banks to turn over financial records that had been subpoenaed yesterday Trump asked the Supreme Court to block that. We saw the Supreme Court move it which you might call warp speed back in 2000 when it was ending the Florida recount controversy in anointing George w. Bush the new president of the United States in theory the court might move that fast again on Trump's taxes as you mention or on a host of other claims that he's made about his privileges and immunities but right now there's no sign the court is in the mood to do that. A comment they may hear from Republicans during the recent hearings is that impeachment is waste of time that could otherwise be spent getting legislation done. The White House suggested as much as sort of echoed some of that some of that rhetoric when they sent a letter last night saying that President Trump won't participate with the Judiciary Committee what do you foresee Congress and and the executive branch actually getting done between now and the November election now the safest thing is to say that historically little gets done in a presidential election year that's the pattern but it's also true that after his impeachment Bill Clinton worked with the Republicans in Congress who had impeached him and together they lowered the federal budget deficit rather dramatically now that achievement didn't really survive after Clinton left office of course but it did happen and it happened after his impeachment so that is also worth remembering at this point in time N.P.R.'s Ron Elving thank you so much for being with us thank you Scott. What makes a banana taped to a wall worth $120000.00 to someone if it's been put there by the right artist this banana was duct taped to a wall by a Riccio Cadillac the Italian artist and it's on display this week at Art Basel in Miami Beach the bananas real By the way not a sculpture it will soon go brown slimey and may already be fragrant the Art Gallery of Paris has already sold this piece of produce and it turns out that $120000.00 is practically 0. Bargain another banana the artist taped to a wall is already sold for $150000.00 the artwork is titled comedian Emmanuel pelting the art galleries owner told c.n.n. That bananas are a symbol of global trade double entendre as well as a classic device for humor slipping on $120000.00 banana peel doesn't sound all that amusing moderates your cattle on is a kind of art satirist makes art works not arguments as he mused in a rare phone interview with The Washington Post a couple of years ago what's the point of our life everything seems absurd until we die and then it makes sense one of his sculptures the 9th hour shows Pope John Paul the 2nd holding onto his pastoral staff being struck by a meteor his best known work is probably an 18 karat gold working toilet valued at more than a $1000000.00 called America which yes is supposed to be a contemporary political comment it was stolen this fall from Lenin Palace this work may remind but an art appreciators of Andy Warhol there composed a gently Browning banana for the cover of the 1967 album The Velvet Underground and Nico fans could pull back a banana skin sticker to reveal the fleshy fruit below which was famously suggestive for the times I doubt Paul says on earned anything near the 1000 century equivalent of $120000.00 for his masterful $895.00 painting the basket of apples where he turns spilled fruit into a picture of life's bounty but I don't want to sound like some finicky curmudgeon who thinks there hasn't been a truly great artist since Rockwell a banana duct taped to a wall may not be everyone's idea of art craft or inspiration but there is something absurd and maybe delightfully so about a banana on a wall now turning brown making people stop stare smell and wonder about the fragile passage of time. 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Some of the panelists on Wait Wait Don't Tell me a hard fight ready to get on the mere Pete but a judge bandwagon he's the person at the high school party who'd be up stairs talking to your parents soon I'm kidding Peter Sagal we're inviting all of you over to our place this weekend it should be a Ranger join us for a week wait don't tell me the news quiz from n.p.r. Saturdays between 10 and 11 am also at 11 Sunday morning on k.c.a.l. You. I'm Joel Snyder with these headlines the u.s. Has conducted a prisoner swap with Iran in a White House statement today President Trump said Princeton graduate student. Is returning to the u.s. After being held for 3 years on spying charges he would say he was exchanged in Switzerland today for an Iranian scientists arrested in Chicago in 2018 authorities in Florida declined to comment on a possible motive for yesterday's shooting at a naval base a gunman a member of the Saudi Arabian military in the u.s. For flight training he was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies after fatally shooting 3 people and wounding 8 others at his house Democrats move forward with impeachment proceedings President Trump preparing to head to Florida today he's scheduled to be in Miami for a state g.o.p. Dinner and then deliver the keynote at the annual conference of the Israeli American Council on trial smiter n.p.r. News from Washington. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Dana Farber Cancer Institute developing ways to use the p.d.-l one pathway and immunotherapy to treat cancer committed to making contributions in cancer treatment for 72 years Dana Farber dot org slash everywhere and from little passports their new science junior subscription for kids aims to inspire curiosity designed to bring projects to life while utilizing new science concepts more at little passports dot com This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon What did Mike Pompei own know and when did he know it. Questions turned around the secretary of state in the impeachment investigations did he know as witnesses testified that President Trump demanded political favors from Ukraine before he would release the military aid approved by the u.s. Congress why did he take days to reveal he was on the line during that July 25th phone call between President Trump and President Selenski does he really believe Ukraine not Russia interfered in the 2016 u.s. Elections he's a West Point man who said during the 2016 Republican primary you know Donald Trump the other day said that it quote If he tells a soldier to commit a war crime the soldier will just go do it he said they'll do as I tell them to do we've spent 7 and a half years with authoritarian president who ignored our Constitution we don't need 4 more years of that how did that man become one of President Trump's most vociferously champions and Mike pump a I was nominated for secretary of state Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas told the Senate when my co-pay of speaks the world will know the secretary of state speaks to the president Peter Roskam is a former Republican congressman from Illinois who served in the house with Mike Pompei Oh I think he's got incredible intellectual capacity and the ability to take in a lot of information and operate well in a collegial environment and he's 'd not a hand wringer and he's not a cowboy might pump a 0 grew up in Orange County California finished 1st in his 1906 West Point class he was a platoon leader of a u.s. Infantry Division in Germany an editor of The Harvard Law Review then joined a prestigious Washington d.c. Law firm which he left in 1997 to head for Kansas and open an aircraft parts manufacturing firm with 3 West Point classmates. Koch Industries the Koch brothers major Republican donors invested in the company which might come pay a left to run for Congress in 2010 the Koch brothers really got politically active when he was getting into politics Jim McLean Managing Director of Public Radio's Kansas news service says pump a is career began to rise with the House hearings into the 2012 attack on the u.s. Diplomatic facilities in Benghazi he was pretty much a non entity politically speaking on the national scene up to that point and frankly he was overshadowed even here in Kansas politically but in those one Benghazi hearings he you know he really did take on a lead role as inquisitor and there was you know some very famous confrontations with Hillary Clinton during those hearings were you aware that our folks were either wittingly or unwittingly meeting with Al Qaeda on the ground in Benghazi Libya just hours before the attack I know nothing about this Congressman I think that's deeply disturbing. I think the fact that your team was meeting I'm sorry which team is this Miss a your to it would have been it was a personal tragedy it was a political tragedy but it did not have to become the kind of domestic controversy that it was turned into by none other than Mike Pompei o and Jim Jordan Nancy MacHall Downey was a career diplomat and director of the Foreign Service Institute who now teaches at Georgetown they refused to join the consensus with the congressional investigatory committee and wrote their own agenda and there are some very important words that they used in this report that I think it's worth remembering they talked about a State Department seemingly more concerned with politics than protecting its own people when President Trump came into office he appointed might prompt a 0 director of the CIA and you often personally delivered the daily security briefing to the president Ambassador Michael Downey says many State Department officers were heartened when Mike Brown Peo replaced the highly unpopular Rex Tillerson people sought it least his close relationship with the president and his experience as a military officer would help his leadership of the State Department So initially there was a positive feeling a hopefulness that pump ale would turn around the destruction of the Tillerson time there are critical questions about how Secretary Pompei o disclosed that he was on the line for president Trump's phone conversation with Ukraine's president Selenski on July 25th Congress had approved military aid for Ukraine but the money hadn't been released when President Trump told Ukraine's president I would like you to do us a favor though and Secretary Pompei I was asked by reporters about the call that set off the whistleblowers report he told them so Matt I haven't had a chance to actually read the whistleblower complaint yet I read the 1st couple of pairs. Afshin think up busy today but I'll get a chance to see it if I understand it right it's from someone who at 2nd hand knowledge to the end it wasn't for almost a week until the acknowledge that's what was on the phone call I was on the phone call them or Congressman Peter Roskam says he doesn't believe Mike pump a 0 deceive the public No I'm convinced that he was forthright and direct with the American public and he's been forthright and direct I think it every turn up and down well wasn't there that week when he he sort of just evaded the question with reporters Yeah but that's different than deception and I think that there's an ability to communicate in ways that are affected minute axle and timing but I think it with his communications would pass the threshold of honorable under any standard questions have also been raised about why the secretary of state didn't defend u.s. Diplomats from political attack as exemplified by President Trump's ridicule of Marie Yvonne a bitch who was relieved of her post in Ukraine Nancy Michael Downey the former ambassador who is now at Georgetown says he allowed given of edge to be 1st be smeared and then to be fired he did not stop that and that has had such a poisonous impact on other diplomats throughout the service what about the argument a messenger that you know in the end the president gets to set foreign policy and if he decides to hold up aid to Ukraine they can do it if he decides to relieve an ambassador he can do it that's exactly right but there's one element that you don't touch on there that is the key missing thing it's one thing to have powers that you can execute it's another to abuse them impeachment hearings could lead to a Senate trial were Democrats will want Secretary Pompei o to testify. He was one person who may have been deeply involved in all aspects of President Trump's approach to Ukraine Susan Glasser of The New Yorker says that lawmakers want to ask Mike Pompei o What did he know about the withholding of nearly $400000000.00 in congressionally appropriated aid to Ukraine when did he know it what direct conversations if any does he have with the president Rudy Giuliani says that everything he did was carried out with the knowledge of the State Department is that in fact the case I mean I could go on but even his secretary Pompei o has not testify in Congress about the controversy over u.s. Aid to Ukraine he's made time to do interviews with local Kansas media his fans speculation that before any impeachment trial begins Mike bump aoe may plan to leave Washington d.c. Is he has before and run for the Senate in Kansas or Jim McLean of the Kansas news service says impeachment Ukraine and quid pro quo would sound a long way off the initial stories that have been written about how Kansans would view impales alleged role in whatever took place relative to Ukraine and the cover up and all those issues so far at least people seem to say well you know that's what's happening in d.c. And I'm nobody's really sure to what extent that would affect a candidacy Jerrick as us just this week at the NATO summit President Trump told reporters he might ask a secretary of state to return to Kansas to try to win a seat that would help Republicans keep control of the u.s. Senate Susan Glasser of The New Yorker points out might bump a always tied his political fortunes to Donald Trump and he has to hold on tight his power and his currency comes from being as close as he can. Be allied with Trump and his policy preferences and Pompei or has really defined himself as there never ever being any daylight between himself and Trump but it's precisely McBrien pay as closeness to this president that makes him a crucial figure in the investigations and impeachment to come. D.n.a. Data has been used to track and identify alleged criminals for decades but what happens when China begins to use that technology to identify and detain people based on their ethnicity especially ethnic minorities like weaker Muslims in the name of national security. 8 morrow is an engineer and professor at the Catholic University and live on Belgium he studies human genetics and the ethics involved in that Mr Morrow thanks so much for being with us thank you very much for the invitation How exactly is China collecting d.n.a. And then and then using that information to identify people so overall in the whole of China the technique that is used to indeed investigate criminals and crime scenes in rolled out on a very large scale and what we have seen is that was argued in rolled out in particular in the west of China and in 2006 in 2017 blood samples from and socially didn't type operation people 12 to 65 and in think . It was collected and potentially put in that they did and it could be part of a broader system of what we call total surveillance. So can this technology be used for example to survey a crowd and pick out weekers or let's say Tibetans mouth people ya'll people other minorities or their relatives so defining it Miss it is extremely extremely messy so actually this is G.'s is 1st a social and cultural concept and now suddenly we're talking about genes However it makes it possible to tomorrow decide that someone does belong or does not belong to a certain population I'm extremely concerned about this because in history actually if you look back in the 1st half of the 20 century German and then Belgian columnists and in run and Burundi actually went there they were using pseudo scientific ideas about race and assigned people to a particular Mississippi that actually was a significant factor in Jena sides and the risk for this in the mid term is actually read the where it. Are American companies European companies contributing to this so the technology that is needed to do d.n.a. Studies that requires on the one hand a device a d.n.a. Sequence or and it with wires very specialized chemical regions and there is very significant and will and American and European companies this Mark you've also called and scientific journals and publications. To be careful about what they publish Yes exactly so there is a huge level of a 50 Yeah I mean to some kind of obsession I mean it's very surprising of studying the genetics of different populations across China Tibetan is our study 40 times more intensity than the hands and the records studied 30 times more intensely than the Habs in the last 8 years out of all for 5 herded population that did this Janet a characterization of ethnic populations across China half of Will publications at a call from the Chinese police the military the judiciary or some such government institution and I think that's means that this kind of research isn't acceptable and that publishers mostly Western publishers should not have to hold that it to church. Is a losing struggle Professor Moreau I mean Dan Eggen made of aces grow every week. If you look for example and Europe and the United States there have been already strong battles that it ought to actually could save on this old g. And those are not perfect but they've made a huge difference. I think that it's close to midnight it's maybe 2 minutes before midnight but I'm not desperate and I think that it's really possible to still do something but the battle is going to be very yes. He is an engineer and professor at the Catholic University in Belgium he spoke with this via Skype thanks so much for being with us thank you very much for your time. You're listening to Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News. The 2020 Democratic presidential field was once hailed as the most diverse but California senator Kamel Harris shook up the primaries by ending her campaign remaining candidates of color haven't qualified for the next debate right now the 4 Democrats you could call front runners are all white 3 of them are men N.P.R.'s want to Somers has been in Iowa this week to talk to voters and candidates about the race want to thank so much for being with us thanks for having me how did this shake up in the campaign change what a lot of people are talking about this week so this is a conversation that has been going on for quite a while now but in the last week voters activists and even some candidates are really saying the quiet part out loud after Senator Harris announced that she was going to be leaving the presidential race it really seemed to raise alarm bells among some Democrats the party is now grappling with this uncomfortable reality that when Democrats gather for their next debate in a couple of weeks the candidates at least so far who have qualified to be on stage they're all white what message is that sending that we Helli the most diverse field in our history and now we're seeing people like her dropping out of this campaign not because Iowa voters had the voice voters did not determine her destiny you know that was New Jersey Senator Cory Booker talking about Harris's decision to get out of the race he and former housing secretary who Leon Castro are among the most vocal candidates on this issue they and some other prominent Democrats I've been talking with are making the point that this is not how a party that emphasizes diversity and fairness should represent itself well not of course this field also includes mayor but a judge who represents a milestone as a gay candidate what would Senator Booker and Mr Castro like to change about the debates of the primaries so this is where it gets kind of entrusting none of the candidates including Senator Booker and Mr Castro are calling on the d.n.c. To change the standards for debate in December and the d.n.c. Has made clear that they don't plan to do that Julio Castro though he says he wants bigger changes. He talked about that on a call with reporters earlier this week there's no reason that I was you and she would hardly know any black people or people of color should always go 1st to nominating a president and on Friday night he took that even a little further he told reporters here in Iowa that the next chair of the Democratic Party has to commit to making the presidential primary process more reflective of the country's diversity he says if they don't they shouldn't be in charge of the party's nominating process what are some of the other candidates saying so former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg who recently jumped into the race was asked about Booker's comments by c.b.s. News as Gayle King he says he was not worried about the current makeup of the field if you wanted to enter and run for president in states you could have done that but don't complain to me that you're not in the race it was up to you and he's not the only candidate who is getting this question Joe Biden said on Friday that while it's obvious that the folks on stage are not representative of the party you can't dictate who's going to be able to stay in the race that's the job of the voters want to you've spent some time talking with Iowans this week and what do you hear from them about the field so I talked to a lot of non white voters about what they thought about the fact that the top tier of this field at least right now seems to be made up of white candidates and frankly a lot of them seem pretty frustrated but I like to ask voters when I talk to them what quality is most important them in the candidate and one of the big things I've heard them toss around this week is words like viability they want someone who can win in November and some of these voters of color even explicitly have made the point to me that they feel like a white candidate is the one that's best position to beat Donald Trump and November's election on a summer's coverage demographic should culture for n.p.r. 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News I'm Scott Simon boxing is a brutal dangerous business I've reported on brain damage in boxing and can't bring myself to call it a sport but I think that a documentary One night or does own original is a great film this is typical of the way championship at the card captures this past spring is about what when Anthony Joshua of Great Britain 6 foot 6 the reigning heavyweight champion of the world who looks as if he'd been chiseled from a block of marble and a much shorter and of California with a physique that more recalls a bag of loose rocks he'd make that joke himself but Andy Rowe is the $15.00 to $1.00 underdog for that fight is champion of the world now the 1st fighter of Mexican descent to win the heavyweight title this new film about the June upset comes out just before the rematch tonight in Saudi Arabia it's directed by Deidre Fenton one Academy Award for producing the documentary o.j. Made in America a guy named Sylvester Stallone by the way is executive producer Deidre Fenton joins us from New York thanks so much for being with us thank you so much for having me what an honor to very different kind of athletes aren't they he could say that well I guess they share a lot too but they look different they act different their ring ballet is different too is he yes but it's not just their physical appearance I think they both have very different mental preparations Anthony Joshua is very much a machine and we know we went to shoot his interview in Sheffield that is training camp it feels very much like a very high tax driven athlete and then you know we visited Ruiz's camp in Guadalajara and it's very family oriented it's very close net and it seems like they have a lot of fun so I think they're they're different in kind of every sense of the word Well let me ask you about the fight Josh for seem such a commanding figure in the 1st couple of rounds but then what happened. The thing that changed really the course of the entire evening was a punch that Ruiz threat Joshua in the 3rd round that hit Joshua in the left temple It really knocks a.j. Office feet you know he looks like he's back in the fight but you know we come to find out that he really never was able to recover from that and we should remind ourselves as this film goes into Ruiz wasn't even his 1st choice well it wasn't even an issue he's scheduled to be as opponent What was he able to do in the ring that no previous opponent of Anthony Joshua had been able to do. You know when you talked and what he says is he has no fear he wasn't scared of him at all and when you see just throughout the 1st round of the fight a.j. Is punching him and he almost doesn't move he can take a punch on the Chen kind of I think like no one a.j. Had ever faced and that was really shocking for him and the other thing that he was able to do is wear him down you know be able to get inside his huge reach and punch him in the body and just that's what really exhausts you I find both of these fighters to be very appealing human beings you know one of the things I wanted to do because as we were creating the piece obviously were you know looking to Rocky for inspiration and the guy who's right Iraq is always fighting is kind of a villain and one of the things I wanted to make sure came through is a.j. Was never a villain I thought Andy Reid was the was the rocky character but it was the No that Madame director yeah that's what I'm saying is they you know you have Andy is as Rocky and then the other guy he's not a villain he's a he's a good guy oh yeah they're just 2 completely different fighters one guy is fighting with his head and one guy feels like he's fighting from his heart and there are wrong it's you know they're just compelling to watch I saw an interview on Britain's Sky News and was touched by the mutual respect of 2 great athletes but I got to tell you Anthony who is said something that chilled my heart he reset I respect him because me and him are risking our lives to entertain people. I don't know risking their lives to entertain people yeah it's a brutal sport it's devastating when injuries happen but I think like any sport there's always risk involved you best get ball baseball don't have this kind of risk I think unlike some other sports boxing is a lot more transparent about how brutal it can be and you know it your heart breaks when you see them actually get hurt and you never hope that that's the case that's why the commission and the promoters make sure that there's medical care in each corner and on the side and they're there to assess them should they hold this much in Saudi Arabia given their human rights record you know we're just broadcasting the fight we had nothing to do with the decision of the location that was solely the promoters so you know I know you have nothing to do with that book should they . I. You know I'd rather not talk about that I know that's probably not not the best answer but when you look at it I would have preferred a location that gave us a more primetime broadcast for the fight but we kind of had to play the hand we were doubt here rooting for anyone looking for a guy. Like like I said I think both guys are great people they're both great fighters at the top of their game and it will be interesting to say Deidre Fenton director of the documentary one night on does own online and their You Tube Journal thank you so much for being with us thank you I really appreciate it. Dissipate as the work is just a year away from the true 150th anniversary of the birth overload big fund Beethoven. And for my astro Marin Alsop the busy she'll be leading 10 concerts on 6 continents and a series called all together a global Ode to Joy 1st up this coming Thursday shall lead These So Paulo Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony of the translation of Ode to Joy to Brazilian Portuguese a master joins us now from the studios of wy p.r. In Baltimore thanks so much for being back with us Marin Oh it's great to be here Scott and before we get to the year ahead Firstly you might want to nap but. In addition to this like you've been music director of the Baltimore Symphony since 2007 they're going to participate in this new series he'll lead them again in June but we have to acknowledge there was a pretty serious labor dispute mayor musicians were locked up before finally signing a one year contract What's the situation like now. Well you know I think from adversity comes true resolution or revelation at least and and what's happening now which is really very encouraging is that all the parties are involved in working together to try to set forth some goals and I have great hope for the future so stay tuned it's an amazing orchestra it's a beautiful city and the city needs us we need the city so let's see if we can make it work u.k. . Chip Beethoven Now if you could let's begin if you could take us through the music. Well you have to think about this so Beethoven writes 8 symphonies. In 12 years and everybody's waiting Ok so where is this 9th Symphony nothing he doesn't write a single symphony for 12 more years he's absolutely silent on the symphonic front and then he comes out with this symphony. Pretty ominous stuff on my guard has overwhelmed him and you have to remember that this is a guy that now is profoundly deaf I mean he can't even hear what he's written I mean it's so revolutionary. And from this rather ominous opening you know that Unison Ok slam the door shut comes one of the most iconic him recognizable scared. It's the hook it's the you know right to the point but I'm gonna bend twice but you know he just knows how to get his point across in the most a saint and direct way. Beethoven actually invented the scared so he used to be a sort of obligatory dance movement but he coined the term scared so for this movement and it's a movement that's been used for television programs for commercials for all kinds of things I think you'll recognize it as soon as you hear. Really make shit up in your seat. The 3rd movement is. Yeah this is a different planet altogether and maybe that's what this piece is about just exploring all kinds of. Emotions. Just like a prayer exactly you know I should. Say getting by children. Look and work exactly I mean and Beethoven was a man who believes so much in the goodness of humankind and he was a very spiritual person and deeply connected to nature I think you can feel that exponentially in this movement. Then of course at work to join up too old to drop. By the time you get there I think you feel you've gotten almost a history of what music can do. This remind you of the ultimate power to uplift us yes to me this is really the ultimate statement on. The possibility that we hold in our hands for unity for tolerance for peace for Joy this is a peace that my mentor Leonard Bernstein he really went to this piece at important political moments in history when the Berlin Wall came down Bernstein was there playing Beethoven's 9th Symphony changing the word Freude joy to Freiheit freedom this is what really inspired me to look at Beethoven 9 in a 21st century context so all of the texts that we have beginning in Brazil next week are reimagining these themes of unity and tolerance and the goodness of humanity so next week when we do it in Portuguese it's really looking at the issues of slavery in the early days of Brazil and how we can come together today as a very diverse peoples and really try to join hands and arms together to create a better world and Bill will this bring to a closure tenure there and shop. Yes this is my final concert as music director in Sao Paulo although I'm going to continue as they made this beauty. Title conductor of honor so I'll go every year and do at least one or 2 projects with them. Maestro Marin Alsop thanks so much Oh my pleasure Scott thank you. It's the holiday gift but when you can't think of what else to give somebody good for old young women men north south n.p.r. Even sells them socks and they're having their moment in the fashion world Steven from can is doing it the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and joins us again from can thanks so much for being with us thanks for having me stocks are having their moment in the fashion world now they are a Sox have gone through their ups and desert have had very very many different moments in the fashion world and this certainly a resurgence today as you have probably noticed people want to make a statement and one of the nice ways of doing it is to have a Paris office that says something and our students design schools pay more attention to such Well I think they are I think for 2 reasons One is I think because they participate in the display of socks and they think they also realizes they've been reading and reading that Sox are a business and no one can go into that business because you've started a stock company you've been part of this a company you design for psychopathy or you're in the business and that's a company so why not take the opportunity to participate in a fun product who sets the trends these days when it comes to showing off stocks you know that's interesting there are many different people probably the most famous politician was our president 41 George Bush he's doing Red Sox You might remember would be Goldberg over the years has won all kinds of Sox There are also people who make a statement by not wearing socks you may have seen Donny Deutsch on t.v. Joining attention to his feet in a slightly different way. Dean an important question yes or cotton wool bamboo what makes the best sock. The best sock is the sock that's one for the occasion so if in fact it's the middle of the winter you could probably were will suck but if it's so. The time when you're playing tennis you might want a cotton sock. I can't believe I'm telling you the kind of socks I'm wearing but I do crave your opinion because Burgundy with little tiny blue pin dots Ok but what else are you wearing. I am wearing a pinstripe suit black with white silver white pinstripes Ok that's in a blue shirt with white stripes and red kind of holiday tie Ok so you look like a clown. So you can cut that out if you want to know he's too late you know it's too late I do dispute it yeah so you know that's the beauty of socks you're comfortable with it makes you feel good you're talking about it now and it sounds like you put together an outfit that is colorful but subdued and proper Well you recovered from that. You have a lot of control you have the button to push me off the air notes the people in the control room and they go on to say they've never heard a wiser statement in their life and I don't look like a clown. Stephen drunken is a Dane at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York thanks so much for being with us Dean from can my pleasure anytime thank you very much I'm going to take my big floppy feet out here. And you can start a whole new career now yes I'll need to do after this interview at this. This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon. Support for n.p.r. 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