By watching says quote Our family is complete again she and her son have waited in her words 3 long years for this day to be reunited wish you a an academic who went to Iran for research Iran's foreign minister tweeted a picture of himself on a plane going home with Professor must Sutil Imani who is facing charges of violating trade sanctions for trying to have biological material brought to Iran u.s. Officials confirm his release and Thanks Wiz diplomats for arranging the prisoner swap there are still other Americans and other nationals being held in Iran in what some are now calling a hostage crisis Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News Washington f.b.i. Says it's not yet ready to release the identity of the Saudi Arabian aviation student who killed 3 people yesterday of Florida's Naval Air Station Pensacola during a press conference last night special agent in charge of the F.B.I.'s Jacksonville office Rachel Rojas declined to comment on a possible motivation 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 with a student who opened fire is described as a 2nd lieutenant in the Saudi Arabian Air Force in addition to the 3 people killed 8 others were wounded before the gunman was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy is Saudi Arabia's King Solomon is condemning the shooting and in a written statement said Saudi security services are working with u.s. Authorities to uncover the cause the shooting was the 2nd at a u.s. Naval base this week the nation's largest utility has reached a multibillion dollar settlement with attorneys for a wildfire victims in California Lily Jamali of member station k.q.e.d. Reports it's a key step toward Pacific Gas and Electric's plan to emerge from bankruptcy p.g. And E.'s $13500000000.00 deal would help compensate victims of catastrophic wildfires caused by its equipment that includes. Last year's camp fire which killed 85 people and destroyed the town of Paradise weeks later the utility filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection p.g. And e. Has come under intense scrutiny for failing to properly inspect its giant network of power lines problems called out in a report this week from California's utility regulator Friday's colossal settlement with victim's lawyers comes after 2 other deals p.g. And e. Struck earlier this year one with insurance companies and the other with local governments it awaits approval by the judge overseeing p.g. And E.'s bankruptcy for n.p.r. News I'm Lily Jamali in San Francisco and you're listening to n.p.r. News from Washington. It's 7 o 4 Good morning I mean give us one with k.c.a.l. You news some of the leading experts on American military preparedness are on the south coast for a 2 day forum looking at the health of the nation's defense the Reagan National Defense forum features 10 different panels looking at everything from u.s. China relations to efforts to create a military space program the event at the Ronald Reagan presidential library isn't open to the public but is being live streamed via the library's Web site for people to watch the panelists range from current and former members of Congress to the heads of the Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps the events include a ceremony today dedicating the library's newest exhibit that exhibit is an f $117.00 Nighthawk which was the 1st operational u.s. Military aircraft with stealth technology. The latest in a series of storms has arrived on the central and south coasts but it's not expected to do much more than create on and off showers throughout the weekend there are no warnings or watches for problems in the regions brush fire burn zones rainfall totals are expected to be in the half inch to an inch levels on the coast and inland Meanwhile in the mountain areas we could have up to around 2 and a half inches of rain and it's a relatively warm storm with the snow level above 6000 feet the chance of showers will stick around through Sunday clearing into the new week with warm dry weather on Monday California Congressman Duncan Hunter says he will resign after the holidays following his guilty plea to illegally using campaign money for personal expenses the California Republican made the announcement yesterday in a 2 sentence statement it doesn't provide a specific date for his resignation Hunter says it was an honor to serve the San Diego area district for 11 years Hunter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge of conspiring with his wife to use at least 150000 dollars in campaign funds for things like family vacations to Italy and Hawaii and private school tuition it's k.c.l. You. Support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include the simle family foundation supporting the National Center for Learning Disabilities which works to improve the lives of the one in 5 individuals with learning and attention issues learn more at n.c.l.b. Dot org. This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon the u.s. Graduate student imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges has been freed just as an Arabian scientist who granted early release from a u.s. Prison Iran's foreign minister tweeted about this exchange and President Trump confirmed the release by Iran of us student. N.P.R.'s Peter Kenyon has been following the story from Istanbul Peter thanks 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 who'd been arrested in 2016 will be joining his family soon that's what Zarif wrote The also posted about the Iranian scientist message so the money he had 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 you a Wang was a graduate student at Princeton the 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 long it been 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 us 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 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 in message 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 the 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. Without a subpoena Oh my gosh I'm impressed your dignity shines through the House Democrats now use the term shut down to describe what they believe the president trying to do you creamed 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 1st. 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. 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 banana is real by the way not a sculpture it will soon go brown slimy and may already be fragrant the Art Gallery of Paris is already sold this piece of produce turns out that $120000.00 is practically a bargain another banana the artist taped to a wall is already sold for $150000.00 the artwork is titled comedian Emmanuel Perito the art galleries owner told c.n.n. That bananas are a symbol of global trade Duba own toned as well as a classic device for humor of 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 that 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 ago. Of lead 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 that makes anything worthwhile is the use joy or simple giggles that it gives us. We have no. We have no. Today. That string beans and onions and big juicy lamb in. All kinds of fruit. We've got on the. Sash and tomato. Along. We have no one now. We have no. Today. There's a whole lot of Louis Prima b.j. Lederman rides are the music you're listening to n.p.r. News. Good morning it's 718 I mean give us oil and you're listening to Weekend Edition here on k.c.a.l. You have got a gray rainy weekend in your forecast highs will be in the mid sixty's at the beaches with roughly the same temperatures inland we can expect a tween a half inch to an inch of rain into Sunday in London on the coast reaching past 2 inches of rain in the mountains Oxnard as a forecast high of 64 today with a high surf advisory Westlake Village 63 and a pomo 66 with a high surf advisory as well k.c.a.l. You programming is made possible by contributing members and in part by ensemble field our company Santa Barbara is award winning professional theater company presenting the holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life the timeless story of George Bailey comes to life is alive 940 s. Radio broadcast 5 actors performing dozens of characters in limited engagement at the New take in Santa Barbara begins December 5th through the 22nd tickets e.t.c. S.-p. Dot org. 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 She'll be along is returning to the u.s. After being held for 3 years on spying charges he was changed in Switzerland today for an Iranian scientist arrested in Chicago and 28 team at Tory's in Florida declining to comment on a possible motivation for yesterday's shooting at a naval base the government was a member of the Saudi Arabian military in the u.s. For flight training he was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy after fatally shooting 3 people and wounding 8 others and his House Democrats move forward with impeachment proceedings president trumps 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 Snider 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 in 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 pump Aon 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 an 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 ale 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 for 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 become pale 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. 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 Mr 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 Mike from Peo 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 Oh disclose 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 and 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. Graphs and think up busy today but I'll get a chance to see if I understand it right it's from someone who had 2nd hand knowledge to the bet and 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 Pompei Oh 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 effective at minimum axle and timing but I think it would 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 MacHall downy the former ambassador who's now at Georgetown says he allowed given of it 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 did 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 the kind of the sea Jericho has us just this week at the NATO summit President Trump told reporters he might ask his 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 Mike 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 aligned 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. Ajmer rose 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 a risk or to dinner rolled out in particular in the west of China and in 20162017. Samples from and socially didn't type operation people 12 to 65 and. 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 you know more 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 Belgian columnists and in Rundle and Burundi actually when there they were using pseudo scientific ideas about race and assigned people to a particular Miss ity 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 involvement of American and European companies in 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 Yemeni to some kind of obsession I mean it's very surprising of studying the genetics of different populations across China Tibetans are studied 40 times more intensely than the hands and the records studied 30 times more intensely than the hands in the last 8 years out of all for 5 herded population that made this genetic characterization of ethnical conditions across China half of Will book 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 hold it to church. Is it 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 have been taught to actually put Save on this old g. And those are not perfect but they've made a huge difference so. 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. So here in California a single use plastics are being phased out meaning no plastic bags or straw but doesn't really make a difference for marine life and environment that's coming up on this episode of sea radio. This is a radio on John's a pole though and I don't know about shoe but when I talk about plastic bags or plastic straw bands I hear a lot of people ask do we really gotta do this does it really make a difference you know there's some ridicule over why we can't use plastic straws anymore why we can't use plastic bags that's great Gorka he's the c.e.o. Of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum in Gorga is one of the many people working to change opinions on plastic use and it's nice to see that we are doing more and more to prevent that were used in recyclable bags you know and then we sell in our story little metal straw and little kitten that you can bring your own straw with I'd say you might be asking yourself why does a maritime museum on California's central coast care about plastics and ocean life well as Gorgar rightly notes those plastics in the oceans are eaten by the tiniest of species and then spread throughout the global ecosystem those plash plastics decompose into smaller and smaller particles and our marine life is eating those particles so that gets into their system you know the ocean food web this one species follows another brazen another and it just keeps moving up that chain plastics keep getting into our our food system and that's why Gorgon the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum are leading the way to help get children and parents on board with the idea of a future that is free of single use plastics now this focus on plastics is way more expansive than the days when conservationists urge the public to come. Up there used a 6 pack rings you might remember that campaign about 20 years ago when school kids were taught to cut those 6 pack rings so they could show their parents well Gordon says the comprehensive current campaign that's going on all across the world to phase out single use plastics shows we are far beyond those days when a simple cut of the plastic would keep animals alive oh yeah I think that the conversations are coming up more I think where more and more aware of it you know we've outlawed straw plastic bags things like that just the problem is so big that it's going to take continue to work towards those solutions but there is resistance mostly with the older folks I think but but the youth get it I think which is nice so at the end of the day here are the hard facts our society is dependent on single use plastics and as long as we are there is a significant threat to marine life and frankly our own lives as these petro chemical toxic compounds make their ways into the food web. The radios of production of k c o u n.p.r. For the California coast and the Santa Barbara Zoo I'm John simple though and yes I'm recovering from a little bit of a cold make sure you wash your hands out there until next time thanks for as. I'm Karen giving in 2016 grant them with the starting left tackle for the Michigan Wolverines but one play brought him face to face with the surgeon and the only words I could think to formulate and I'm going to like when this is done and the last thing I remember his saying we're trying our best Was it worth it he answered this week on only a game join us Saturday afternoon between 3 and 4 on k.c.a.l. You. It's 739 Good morning I mean it was Sawyer and this is Weekend Edition on k.c.a.l. 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Joyal Snyder with these headlines members of the House Judiciary Committee are meeting this weekend as a way to turn chill articles of impeachment against President Trump the panel is preparing for a Monday hearing during which it will hear about the evidence that's been collected yesterday the White House declined to participate condemning the inquiry is baseless officials in Iraq a breeze the death toll from an attack by armed gunmen who targeted anti-government protesters in Baghdad officials now say 25 protesters were killed and scores have been wounded and firefighters in Australia say a massive wildfire burning on the edge of Sydney cannot be extinguished without help from heavy rain fire since October it destroyed some 700 homes and killed 6 people I'm Joel Snyder n.p.r. News from Washington. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from pro Quest creators of pro Quest one academic unifying journals ebooks videos and dissertations across disciplines in one mobile enabled interface pro Quest dot com slash go slash n.p.r. From American Jewish World Service working together for more than 30 years to build a more just and equitable world learn more at a.j. Ws Dato argy and from the listeners who support this n.p.r. Station. This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. 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 the. New Way championship at the card captures this past spring is about 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 they're ring ballet is different too is he a 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 you 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 received 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 really threat Joshua in the 3rd round that hit Joshua in the left temple It really knocks a.j. Off his 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 initially 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 talk 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 Rocky 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 like I thought Andy Reid was the was the rocky character but it was the you know 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 Or 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 said something that chilled my heart to 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 day 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 it but should they. I. I've 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 channel thank you so much for being with us thank you I really appreciate it. Tessa patient bill as the work is just a year away from the true 150th anniversary of the births 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 bumped into Ben 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 they 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 it were $220.00 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 which 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 piece 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 and 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 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 Sox Well I think they are I think for 2 reasons One is I think because they participate in the display of Sox and they think they also realizes they've been reading and reading that Sox are a business and no one to go into that business because you've started a stock company you design for psychobilly or you're in the business at the 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 used to wear red socks you might remember what the Goldberg over the years has won all kinds of socks there are also people who make a statement by not wearing socks you may have seen Donny Deutsch on t.v. . Joining get 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 summer time and 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 coach Burgundy with a little tiny blue pin Dutch 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. And he cut that out if you want to go he's too late it's too late I do would 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 now I did try to 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 told us 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 again from can my pleasure anytime thank you very much I'm going to take my big floppy feet out here you've. Got 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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