Every man and the Kurds long ago champ argues that his decision to pull u.s. Troops from the area was the right move there was some sniper fire this morning there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly and they're back to the full pause we have ISIS totally under God that chap has faced criticism from lawmakers from both parties over his shift in policy in Syria there had been concerns the u.s. Was leaving Kurdish forces to fend for themselves after they helped in the fight against ISIS I saw Roscoe in p.r. News the White House the State Department says it has completed its investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server and found violations on the part of 38 people some of whom could face disciplinary action the department of terminating the individuals were called double in 91 cases of sending messages that contain classified information via Clinton's personal e-mail account the list includes current and former State Department officials the probe covered 33000 e-mails the Clinton turned over for review after use of a private e-mail became public. Mexico's president is defending his military's capture and then release of one of the sons of imprisoned drug trafficker Joaquin El Chapo Guzman as N.P.R.'s Carrie Kahn reports federal forces were outnumbered by cartel hit men who laid siege on a Mexican city for hours until the military let the younger Guzman go residents are trying to shake off the trauma of yesterday when heavily armed gunmen shot up cars on major thoroughfares set vehicles on fire and sent people flying for cover for hours President and best man Lopez Obrador defended his officers to retrieve and release of man Lopez who is wanted on drug charges in the u.s. He said the capture of one criminal wasn't worth the loss of lives Bravo Recchi daughter a political analyst says Lopez Obrador isn't dealing with Mexico's we ality domestic hysteria that mixing going to authorities can be pressured to let the cream in the woods go he says the president has no strategy to combat Mexico's skyrocketing violence and record setting homicide rate Carrie Kahn n.p.r. News Mexico City the f.a.a. Is demanding an explanation from Boeing c.e.o. Dennis Mullen Berger's new evidence shows the airplane builder was aware of problems with the now grounded 737 Max jet 3 years ago newly revealed instant messages between Boeing's top technical pilots on the 3737 Max program indicate they experienced problems with the new flight control system on Wall Street stocks closed lower the Dow down 255 points this is n.p.r. And this is k.c. R.w. On a Friday October 18th I'm Larry Perella Here's what's happening at 6 o 4 over 50000 so cal residents could have their power shut off this weekend much of the area is currently under a red flag warning and a high wind advisory as well so cal Edison spokesperson Reggie Kumar says they are seriously concerned about the likelihood of a wildfire sparking it's who wins persists and we see that they are impacting our infrastructure and we could potentially turn the power off this comes as a. Shutdown by p.g. And e. Turned off the lights of 2000000 Northern California residents last week an incident Kumar says So Cal Edison took note of we are also swallowing everything that is happening with p.j. Me but again we are not p.g. And e. And we are not San Diego Gas and Electric we are separate from them and we still don't the things we are doing are meant to keep the community safe to prevent wildfires and keep the lights on for our customers safely Southern California Edison is the primary provider of electricity for the Southern California area President Trump supporters have rallied around the country against the impeachment inquiry that's moving forward and that included some protesters here mostly in blue California Terry Klein caught up with an organizer of the Bakersfield rally yesterday and filed this story for the California report about a couple dozen people showed up alongside Craig looser to protest Democrats in Congress and show their support for Trump's reelection were pushing back because we love the direction our country is moving and jobs are being created harm the economy is just bursting Luther a military historian from the hatch he said his group was waving American flags and signs that say Stop the impeachment which shot while he talked cars honked and Raph their engines though not always in support you know this is a very divided country and I have to tell you I have never been flipped off more times in my entire life than I have in the last hour Luther plans around 8 to coincide with pro trumpet marches organized nationally that is California reports Kerry Klein and a California real estate developer has been sentenced to one month in prison for paying to cheat on his daughter's college entrance exam Robert Flaxman was sentenced today in Boston's federal court the 63 year old law from l.a. 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All things considered I'm also Chang And I'm Audie Cornish this week brought a set of extraordinary developments here in Washington fallout from the president's change in policy with Syria his negotiations with Turkey and his administration's muddled effort to combat the impeachment inquiry unfolding on Capitol Hill now we're going to hear from a Republican congressman for his take on the week ends Frances Rooney he represents a section of southwest Florida he's a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee which is one of the panels conducting the impeachment inquiry Welcome to the program thank you for having me on I want to start with the comments yesterday from White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney you have said you were shocked by them which aspect and why well you know we heard this stuff about the money being withheld and then we heard about this is the aid to Ukraine that was right held back in the question is was it held back in order for the president to leverage an advantage to get invests in investigation right then separately from the money we heard about all these behavioral issues involving Juliani other kinds of people so I was willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt and say Well Ok maybe they were not related but then comes on Mick Mulvaney on the t.v. Yesterday and says they were so it's like he proved up the the case that they've been trying to make Now he tried to walk back these comments it sounds like you weren't convinced Well how do you walk back I mean it's not like you were misinterpreted it did the words seem to me very clear and I was surprised that he did that but I you know I don't know how you walk that back I mean. One thing people are wondering today is moving his leadership style as acting chief of staff a contributing factor to how the situation is playing out is he becoming a problem I really couldn't comment on anything personal about that I have great respect for Mick Mulvaney he was instrumental in helping us get the funding for the Everglades and repair of the Herbert Hoover Dike in Florida I think he said and also as you were shocked by his comments right but I'm not as upset as you said Shock So that is creating a scenario that seems like a problem for the White House and do you think that means he should stick around or I think a lot of people were shocked to hear him say that get over it and that we're going to use foreign policy for political purposes that that really is not what we're supposed to be doing it sounds like you believe him does that mean you don't believe the president on this point. Yeah you seek I don't know I mean I move thinks like like I say like a bolt out of the sky contradicting his own president contradicting everything that had come before I want to wait and see what everybody else says but it's hard to comprehend the magnitude of those comments given what had gone before. On that issue you are a former diplomat you served as ambassador to the Vatican from 2005 to 20081 of the things that's come up in this discussion about Ukraine is the idea of a shadow foreign policy specifically bringing in the president's personal attorney to help conduct business in his interest in Ukraine is that something that's given you pause do you see it that way it's giving me great pause I don't think it's a good idea I think we have a great number of professional dedicated public servants both that Foggy Bottom and around the world and out at Langley in d.-i at Bolling Air Force Base and all around the world that are dedicated to professional diplomacy to advance u.s. Interests and I don't think we need amateur diplomacy competing with them or even worse undermining them as we mentioned a you are in one of the panels that's conducting the impeachment increase So you're hearing a lot of information you're hearing a lot of testimony are you hearing things that are in the direction of impeachable offenses Well I don't know I mean this impeachment is kind of whatever you decide to make of it right I mean I read some things today that impeachment whatever the House of Representatives says it is I thought it was high crimes and misdemeanors and that seems more of a legal thing but well the literal thing is it's your decision right I mean as part of Congress you guys will be deciding what is a high crime in misdemeanor are you hearing things that rise to do real detriment to the office of the presidency Olympe of this where I want to get all the facts and reserve judgment just a bit but I know that during Watergate everybody rushed to judgment and said always switch it's anti-Republican and trying Nixon deal and what it we find out and so I just I just want to get all the facts and but I will say this the issue of using the power and prestige of our country to. Pressure on a foreign government to deal with political activities not American security interest activities is bothersome to me and it's a big deal Congressman Francis Rooney Republican of Florida thank you for your time thanks for having me on and our congressional correspondents who Davis is back she's been listening to this conversation what do you make of what Congressman Rooney had to say well when you think about how reluctant congressional Republicans are and have been to criticize the president when one of them steps out to do that it generally means that they are so personally offended or troubled by the president's actions that that political considerations be put to the side really someone who I think is expressing what a lot of Republicans think inside but don't are willing to publicly say that there's a lot of reservations about how the president has conducted himself in this manner the one bit of caution I would say with him is he is a Republican that has been willing to break with the party and not step of the party line he's someone who's been very out there on things like climate change and saying the party needs to embrace the issue of climate change and do more so he's comfortable in this role but it is also going to raise a question of if he's stepping out or they're going to be more like him right although his district was went majority for Trump so it's no easy answer there should we expect more Republicans to break the president and speak out now I think he does speak to another reality is that the White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney did some damage to the president this week those comments are going to linger and they created real shock waves on Capitol Hill where Republicans who have very worked very diligently to get behind the White House messaging line for the past 3 weeks no quid pro quo there was no collusion that was all blown up in one fell swoop by with Mick Mulvaney comments and you seek Republicans scrambling to constantly find the defenses of the president obviously for him he couldn't find anything to defend in moment he said and spoke the truth that I think a lot of people say is how do you walk that back right move he did put out a statement clarifying what he said and. Saying what he said he didn't say but I don't know if that was good enough and it certainly wasn't good enough for Democrats who suggest it could be for you know pushing them further down the side of impeachment and it will raise the question if more and more Republicans are at least open to the idea of the investigation if not impeachment self That's N.P.R.'s who Davis thanks so much You're welcome. A 5 day ceasefire along Turkey's border with Syria is now in effect but there are reports that it has broken down in a strategic town near the border and it's not at all clear that Kurds in Syria have signed on to the u.s. Brokered agreement for more on that N.P.R.'s Dina raff joins us now from the Kurdish Iraqi city of dough hook across the Syrian border Hi Jane hi there so what signs are you seeing that this temporary ceasefire is not holding up in some areas well it centers around the border around the Turkish border near a strategic town as you mentioned it's called Russell and it's part of a 20 mile wide zone in Syria that Turkey is trying to carve out we spoke with so as to Raco from the Kurdish Red Crescent That's the equivalent of the Red Cross in northeast Syria she told us about information she's receiving on the ground about a hospital being bombed in one of those border cities is a city still being bombed that despite an agreement made yesterday. A team of doctors goes this morning to get civil Yes although that's deep but I'm indigent late same and this sim make as of a cause that is a key towns along and it saves money I was there so it's clear there's been quite a heavy toll on civilians in this conflict so far and it hasn't lasted very long possibly up to 200 civilians who have been killed medical facilities targeted and 200000 people displaced. And while all of that is going on President Trump has been calling this ceasefire a huge success a lot of us are still remain though right can you talk about what is still unresolved despite the fact that this deal was reached yesterday absolutely there is so much on resolved it's really vague agreement to that the Kurds say they haven't signed on to even though they greet to a cease fire the Turkish forces expect them to withdraw from this border area they say they didn't agree to that and that goes wider concerns what happens with ISIS they've been fighting ISIS for years and I says is threatening to regroup in a lot of these areas it seems to empower both Russia and Iran who are strong Syrian allies Turkey calls as a buffer zone but many see it as an occupation and one European leader calls it madness and at the same time there have been huge fears of a huge influx of refugees trying to cross into Iraq are you seeing that happening right now more and more today there were more than 700 refugees who crossed into account in the Kurdish region here in Iraq and in the past week in total more than 2000 crossed the border fleeing the fighting and that's just in 6 days yeah we spoke with Tom pear cost from the Norwegian Refugee Council and he says even the ceasefire isn't expected to stop people from leaving areas under Turkish control we can expect more displacement in fact Syria or 2 wars in Iraq Judy that fight that could be very. Hostile army towards people so we don't expect it's courage you need areas to get it it's not so easy to cross over the well Iraqi Kurds are welcoming almost everyone on the Kurdish Syrian side fighters are thought to be trying to prevent people from leaving and many of those arriving in the last couple of days paid smugglers to bring them across some of the refugees we've spoken to be trying to get to Europe they say which is perhaps another unintended consequence of this Turkish incursion and u.s. Withdrawal so this ceasefire or pies is a better way to put it it's only supposed to last 5 days what happens when time is up well that is the big question now because the Kurds have not agreed they say to withdraw from that buffer zone which is the whole point of this then after that cease fire is over it's very likely that there actually will be fighting again that's N.P.R.'s Gina raff in Doha thank you very much thank you. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. 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It is 61000 a case for joining us for this Friday evening edition of All Things Considered coming up out of the break on the program we'll have a chat with Ben Lowry he is the deputy editor of the Unionists leading a Belfast newsletter and talks about the latest proposed brags that deal in one northern Ireland's Union unionists oppose it also coming up the 1st federal case against the opioid industry goes to trial Monday in Ohio some companies have settled to avoid trial others will get their day in court some manufacturers have settled out of court and others may argue that many in the drug supply chain should share blame including doctors as well as patients and later you're going to hear from Jack Keane He's a retired Army 4 star general and he'll be on to talk about President Trump's strategy on Syria and Turkey you check your roads now on this Friday evening in Porter Ranch the eastbound 118 that receivable of our There's a crash blocking the left lane traffic slow and go from before Tampa the new hall passes to the northbound 5 rocks for some high winds blowing some debris from the center divider into lanes there and heads up Caltrans been called out to clear these a large pieces of debris out of lanes and in our lead in North. Port of a Fed Ex truck on fire on the right shoulder that's never a good thing especially if you got your packages inside at 620. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm also Chan And I'm Audie Cornish the toughest not to untangle and the negotiations over Breck's it has been this what to do about the border between northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which is staying in the European Union and opener soft border has been a crucial component of the peace agreement that ended decades of sectarian conflict in Ireland in 1988 the Bracks a deal negotiated by u.k. Prime minister Boris Johnson this week proposes a solution to the border problem but many people in Northern Ireland aren't satisfied Parliament votes on the deal tomorrow here to explain is Ben Lowery deputy editor for the Belfast newsletter it lean genius which means it favors a Northern Ireland political united with the rest of the u.k. He joins us via Skype Welcome to the program and of thank you let's begin by explaining the deal that Boris Johnson and the e.u. Have negotiated and what does this mean for Northern Ireland essentially it means that Northern Ireland will stay in the United Kingdom's customs territory but there will be lots of checks for goods for standards of goods and customs in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and the rest of the u.k. And they'll be no checks on the Irish land border on the island of Ireland can we talk about why this border is so contentious to the point where it is affected the entire BRICs a deal centrally nationalists most of the Catholic background in Northern Ireland think there must not be obstructions on the Irish land border between Northern Ireland part of the u.k. And the Republic of Ireland an independent nation state and unionists feel that there must not be checks between Northern Ireland part of the u.k. And the rest of the u.k. The Unionist argument is no country on Earth which has significant checks on internal movement for the Unionist it's the same as being in Alaska it would be unthinkable for there to be a passport checks or for any checks on goods between Alaska. And the 48 states help us understand the sentiment going into this process was there support for Bracks it among the Northern Irish No that was a vote against regs that in Northern Ireland and again that you come to a fundamental division of art like the Unionist argument is that Northern Ireland is part of the u.k. It's a u.k. Wide vote the Irish National stardom and is that if Northern Ireland voted that way on such a major issue it cannot be wrenched arch of the European Union and thereby divorced even more from the Irish Republic which stays in the European Union now here we are on the eve of yet another vote I understand that the Democratic Unionist Party only has 10 votes in a 650 seat parliament so do they even have the power to stop this no they don't and so what you've seen is a big geo political shift to Northern Ireland has held up this process for 3 years a tiny fraction of Europe less than one percent of population and Europe isn't going to a lot to hold it up anymore and neither is London you use the term dragging What's the mood about the whole Bracks it process in Northern Ireland I think the mood is the result we've been bewilderment because of that complicated nature of it in addition to that there's great resentment and anger in Northern Ireland you have the same divisions over brags that but over the laying preexisting divisions that are centuries old I was beginning to think 10 years ago that the Northern Ireland situation had been largely solved increasingly prosperous society people not so hung up on identity and suddenly these divisions have erupted not in violence there's a small amount of violence still but politically and there's there's all this bitterness at the moment Ben Lowry deputy editor for the Belfast newsletter thank you for explaining it thank you for having me. Local governments across the country want the drug industry to pay for the damage from the opioid crisis thousands of counties cities Native American tribes and other parties have sued manufacturers distributors and pharmacies opening arguments are scheduled to begin next Monday in the 1st set of claims to go to trial 2 Ohio counties will serve as plaintiffs and all the while attorneys continue to negotiate possible settlements from member station w.c.p.n. Nick reports Eric Stine x. Path to addiction began with a work injury several years ago he says he was working a side job on a day off it was some stage foreign We were on loading off of the back of a box truck and it fell off of the lift gate and then landed on my foot in a fresh my foot stomach was prescribed opioid painkillers he says and grew addicted after a close friend died of a heroin overdose stomach describes reacting in a way that may seem surprising my 1st thought was Well if you know if this was something that they were willing to give their life over what's the deal with it you know so that's when I tried heroin for the 1st time after an arrest Stimac sought treatment at ib h. Addiction Recovery Center where we talked on a porch overlooking the campus it's a residential facility in Summit County Ohio one of the 2 plaintiffs in the upcoming trial Stimac is now part of a post treatment volunteer program that he says has given meaning to his life many people have gone down the same road beginning with prescription pills before moving to street drugs such as heroin or fentanyl that's why counties say drug companies are responsible for lighting the fuse of an addiction crisis that exploded and strained local services an average episode here is going to cost between $15.00 and $20000.00 Jonathan Wiley is the executive director of ib h. Treatment centers like this one often Bill Medicaid for those costs he says and also receive funding from county addiction and mental health. Words Wiley says no amount of money can truly match the damage that people have suffered here there's no numbering come up with that that's going to meet the the societal cost of what they'll be an epidemic has meant to the state there's the cost to medical examiners for toxicology reports after overdose deaths to the foster system to care for children who have lost parents to local jails and courts that handle drug cases an expert witness for the plaintiffs says damages in these 2 Ohio counties could run higher than $200000000.00 the counties have accused drug companies of marketing pain killers aggressively while under playing the risk of addiction and of failing to control suspicious orders of pills this case the facts of the case are just incredibly strong they're devastating Andrew policy is a law professor at Case Western Reserve University they demonstrate really a profit driven desire to exploit the fact that opioids are inherently physically addictive companies didn't make representatives available for interviews but in court filings they've said counties can't pin the crisis on the industry they say they plan to argue that they complied with a changing set of federal rules and that they can't be blamed for the damage of illegal drugs at the clock is faculty director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School I would predict that we're going to see a lot of attention to this question of cause a 2nd term we really say that all of the different defendants cause the harm that they're being sued for causing she says defendants may point out there are many decision makers in the drug supply chain including the f.d.a. Doctors and patients and what the defendants have been saying all along is that it's impossible to trace anyone of their actions to anyone overdose or anyone to addiction problem manufacturers have largely settled with the 2 Ohio counties allowing them to avoid trial and settlement negotiations have gone. Down to the wire with opioid distributors those possible nationwide agreements could be worth billions of dollars for n.p.r. News I'm Nick stout Cleve. This is n.p.r. News Casey out of you sponsors included National Geographic documentary films presenting the cave from director for OS Fayyad a story of a secret underground hospital in Syria and the female lead team who risk their lives to run it in select theaters now. And Joe Morgan Stern the question for this week is whether you really want to see a film about 2 men tending a lighthouse in the late 19th century the film is called the Lighthouse The answer is yes you do and I'll be back in a few minutes to tell you. 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News in Culver City California I'm to Wayne Brown. U.s. Supreme Court says it will take up a case over whether the nation's most powerful consumer protection agency is constitutional the main issue is whether the president can replace the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau N.P.R.'s Chris Arnold explains the bureau is created after the financial crisis to be a tough watchdog of protecting everyday Americans from being treated unfairly by financial firms whether that be big banks or shady loan sharks by design the bureau's director is very powerful and independent and is part of that even the president can't replace the director except in cases of neglect of duty or malfeasance the trouble ministration argues that gives the director too much power if the court agrees though that cuts both ways if a Democrat wins the White House he or she could immediately replace the director that President Trump appointed who otherwise could serve out the remainder of a 5 year term the court is unlikely to hear the case until next year Chris Arnold n.p.r. News fueling fears of a global economic slowdown the world's 2nd largest economy China is experiencing its weakest expansion in nearly 30 years N.P.R.'s Emily Fang tells us the bruising trade war with the u.s. Is playing a role in the economic slowdown China has to test experience that 3rd quarter g.d.p. Growth rose just 6 percent compared to the same quarter last year that's the slowest it's grown since 1000 me to a prolonged trade war the us is at fault because it's cutting industries from line and exports but the thought has more to do with structural economic problems like waiting domestic demand and high levels of government and corporate debt Emily Fang reporting news out of China led u.s. Markets lower today America's 1st all female space walking team made history earlier outside the International Space Station astronauts Christina cook and Jessica Mir replaced a broken part of the station solar power grid. On Wall Street stocks finished lower across the board today this is n.p.r. And this is k.c. R.w. On a Friday October 18th I'm Larry Perella Here's what's happening at 632 jurors today have recommended a death sentence for the so-called Hollywood Ripper who stabbed 2 women to death in Southern California and attacked a 3rd Michael Gargiulo was convicted in August of 2 counts of 1st degree murder in 2003 and 05 jurors also found him guilty of the attempted murder of another woman in 2008 she survived being stabbed 8 times in her Santa Monica apartment a new study from the University of California has found that unpredictable work hours have detrimental effect on employees and their families and black and Latino women are most affected here's Casey Kasem The findings come from a continuing survey of about $30000.00 workers researchers compared workers who earned the same wages at the same employers but had different degrees of predictability and their schedules researchers found that black and Latino women had the worst schedules and white men had the best kids with parents who had precarious schedules displayed more bad behavior anxiety researchers say schedule instability wasn't tied to education or age but because managers gave worse shifts to employees who weren't white does Casey are guilty cerise Council reporting a man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train this morning as it was leaving the Norwalk centerpiece Spring station the train was heading towards l.a. The tracks were closed between Norwalk and commerce to investigate and affected l.a. Bound Metrolink passengers for a few hours the man has not been identified there were no other injuries reported if you were up at about midnight last night you might have felt a small 3.5 magnitude quake that hit in Compton the u.s. Geological Survey says the quake happened on the Newport Inglewood fault line which runs across a lot of cities and So Cal Jon Stewart is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at u.c.l.a. He says the Compton quake is not cause for alarm it's more just a reminder that we're not afraid country we have faults all around us everywhere. So while they pop off the Newport Englewood fault line did cause a deadly quake in Long Beach back in 1033 but Stewart says that wasn't big enough Our wasn't big night enough to trigger earthquake warnings like the new My shake app he says of people received too many alerts when the real thing happens they might not take it seriously enough but on the other hand we really haven't had the app do anything since it rolled out you know famously didn't see warn us for Ridgecrest because that was too far away it didn't pick up this one and maybe people start to wonder if the app even works the Ridgecrest earthquakes were the ones that hit l.a. County earlier this year on July 4th and 5th and regardless Stewart says we can never be reminded too often to make sure that we are prepared to support for n.p.r. Comes from add a layer of tax automation for businesses of all sizes designed to simplify sales tax compliance with real time rates and automatic filing learn more and I am a layer a l.a. Are a dot com and Boston Beer Company brewing Samuel Adams Boston longer since 1984 Sam Adams Boston longer uses hops from Germany's Bavaria region Boston Beer Company Boston Mass promoting responsible drinking. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm also Chang And I'm Audie Cornish despite sporadic fighting this morning President Trump says things are going quote very very well in northern Syria a day after the u.s. Brokered a cease fire between Turkey and Kurdish forces we have ISIS totally under guard Turkey is also guarding separately they're watching over everything so you have the Kurds who we're dealing with are not very happy about the way things are going I must say the president's decision to pull u.s. Forces from northern Syria has come under criticism from members of both parties and from a number of retired generals one of whom joins us now Jack Keane is a retired 4 star general and former vice chief of staff of the United States Army Welcome back to the program so delighted to bring it back to you does the president's assessment actually match with what you are hearing because I understand you're in touch with Kurdish commanders Yes there are ceasefire violations that have taken place some of them have been serious as a sot in the State Department that some of that may indeed be by one of 2 or to one of the generals who a proper sleep doing it because they want to ceasefire to fail so they can take control of the safe zone that the Kurds are in by military force which is what they were doing previously Right I mean are you hearing that the Kurds are happy with this current state of play the Kurds are not happy with the u.s. Decision to withdraw or the neighbor expressed themselves very clearly General Moslem does agree with the cease fire he's the head of the white beach the Syrian Kurds and he does agree to move is quite peachy forcers from the 2 contested towns some 30 miles to the south he does not agree and he's out of that that he has no intention to move all of the Syrian Kurds away from the border some 30 miles to the south not to be hundreds of thousands of people and out to be an incredible humanitarian operation another issue you said in recent days that there's. No doubt that ISIS would return after the u.s. Pullout from Syria do you take any comfort in the president's words today that ISIS is quote totally under guard No Actually ISIS has been resurgence or so months before the president's decision to withdraw they're operating as a terrorist network the administration special envoy to Syria believes there's 18000 ISIS fighters between Iraq and Syria and we have 10000 fighters under guard by the Syrian Kurds that's what the president is referencing what we don't want to have happen is present outbreaks that would give isis a formidable force and it be no doubt that they would return to some degree of significance defense secretary Marcus for said he's going to Brussels to talk about the way ahead for fighting ISIS but with u.s. And allied troops gone how does the u.s. Do that well that's going to be challenging I mean how are we going to be able to keep our foot on the throat of ISIS without u.s. Troops on the ground I want to ask you one more thing in context of you being a decorated combat veteran you know there are those fighting on the ground who have harsh words for this u.s. Policy some have told n.p.r. This is an embarrassment that it's an ethical that they're ashamed Looking back does this remind you in any way of Vietnam right the idea of troops in the field complaining about their bosses back in Washington. Well I think when you're fighting side by side with our allies like that in dealing with fear on on a daily basis and a burden to close combat it really is that's what I did when I was a young servant in the army so I have great empathy for that and certainly those those feelings are very understandable and I think it had to do also a lot with the suddenness of that decision as opposed to working out a timeline a schedule preparation that needs to be done what's the alternative on things that are available to us and something that could be worked out. Several months I think we would have had a different reaction from Archer retired 4 star General Jack Keane he serves as chairman of the Institute for the Study of War Thank you for your time thank you President trumps decision to hold the next g. 7 summit at his private call for sort has once again put a spotlight on the Trump organization that business empire is currently run by the president's sons and the Trump organizations involvement in hosting the g 7 summit comes just as President Trump continues to attack Joe Biden for his son's work overseas N.P.R.'s i.e. Sure Roscoe has more on the challenges of presidential progeny and their business dealings President Trump is accusing former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter of corrupt conduct in Ukraine and China during Biden's time in office there's no evidence to back up most of Trump's claims still trap insists his family will be held to a different standard here he is at a campaign rally in Louisiana last week do you have. His. Or. Do you want some. If they. Would want to. I wouldn't be so. Totally unsubstantiated down from junior in air run the company that continues to be owned by the president and that's the difference between the Trumps and Hunter Biden who received a lucrative position with the Ukrainian gas company while Biden was v.p. Says Kathleen Clark she's a law professor at Washington University in St Louis it's the family business it's not just you know adult children or siblings going off on their own and trying to take advantage and rich themselves Clark says she was troubled that had to buy them to work with the Ukrainian company even as his father was point person on Ukraine still there's no evidence that Hunter by those ties affected u.s. Policy but Clarke says the tribes have been particularly blatant when it comes to mixing business and politics trumps sons pledge not to enter into any new deals overseas and to donate any profits made from foreign governments they also said they would not talk to their father about company business however a watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington points to a sales trip Donald Trump Jr took to India last year they say condo buyers were offered special access to the president's son no a bookbinder is the group's executive director if they are using the presidency to make more money than they would if they didn't use it in that way that's a problem crew is one of several organizations suing President Trump arguing his decision to not divest from his businesses violates the Constitution trumps sons dismissed those arguments Don Jr was on Fox News earlier this week we were international business people before politics and we gave up doing all new deals going forward we didn't become magically international business people because of our political position the truck organization. Did not respond to requests for comment Trump's sons are not the only trump children who have raised ethics concerns evocate Trump and her husband Jerry Kushner work in the White House in their own business dealings have been closely scrutinized for Clark the constitutional questions and the issues of nepotism and self dealing are really complicated when it comes to the Trump children it's not surprisingly one huge mess while there's no sign of Trump relenting Clark hopes that future presidents will come up with Brad and detailed disclosure requirements for their family members ice or Roscoe n.p.r. News the White House. You're listening to All Things Considered. I'm Joe Morgan Stanley film critic of The Wall Street Journal every now and then a movie beguiles your mind's eye as you're watching it you know you'll keep calling up images from it along with feelings the images convey the lighthouse is a harsh fantasy by Robert Eggers he's the visionary filmmaker who made his dark mark 3 years ago with the which is Deb you feature this film takes place in the late 18th ninety's the setting is a god for sake an island off the coast of Maine where 2 so-called Wiki's a veteran lighthouse keeper and his younger assistant tend to us government light house that's all there is the 2 men and the lighthouse plus a pair of brilliant performances by Willem de phone Robert Pattinson Tarrance of astonishing language a slow crescendo of fateful sounds and a succession of hypnotic images and black and white on an almost square screen that lend a rock solid sense of reality to a growing struggle for dominance rock solid yet at the same time abstract since both men are mysteriously drawn to the light the literal light beckoning to ships from behind a huge fresnel lens which becomes a symbolic light a source of in chantant or a spirituality or maybe just power to be gained at whatever cost the lighthouse is among other things very funny in it's pitch dark way and atmospheric in a way that's rarely seen or felt on the screen atmosphere in movies is usually added as a static whether to heighten mood this film goes much further it uses physical objects to define an amplified carrier. To the physical environment is both oppressive as it's meant to be and Xpress of by virtue of its bleak beauty at times the film is also pretentious though Robert Eggers seems to be having grim fun and I mean Grimm with a climax that evokes the legend of Promethea is not the upbeat part mostly though the lighthouse is a shining example of the huge impact a film can still have even when it's made with a modest means the square screen exert psychic pressure the black and white photography amounts to do it yourself color it allows our imaginations to supply the Hughes be ostensively simple story keeps his commuting between physical and metaphorical realms while we savor the pleasure of Tusa purred back tears at the top of their games playing desperate eccentrics at the end of their tethers these 2 men are the oddest of odd couples bound together by harsh circumstances not to mention a more erotic attraction and closed off until they're forced by one another to spill their caustic secrets and whether they're being driven by rivalry or by supernatural forces they are driving each other man make a point of seeking out this extraordinary film itll stream adventure early but you should see it on the big screen it's darkness glows with an eerie light. And I'll be back in case you are w. Next recruit more reviews. Presenting Jo-Jo rabbit. Tired directed by. And starring Scarlett Johanson Sam Rockwell Thomason Mackenzie. Now playing in select theaters it is 648 here. Coming up out of the break the author of a new book called idiot recounts her tale about bumps and bruises along the way to success in Hollywood my conversation with actress and comedian Laura Cleary In about 2 minutes stick around. Hello hello I'm. Teaming up with. Broken record. My podcast of conversations with musicians and just it's fleet to lead from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. To the children coming Wednesday December 13th in downtown l.a. For tickets. You. Can record. 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Most of you have likely heard the stories about breaking into Hollywood Tales of trying to make ends meet with odd jobs as a dishwasher maybe a waiter or a valet parking cars during long stretches between auditions but survival can bring a more pragmatic approach for many aspiring stars who let the dream go in favor of more stable work in the hopes of maybe raising a family or buying a home others stick it out at any cost continuing to fall down and pick themselves up to live another day willing to do anything or nearly anything to make it what sounds cliche but the girl or boy from the Midwest who gets off the bus in Hollywood to become a star really does happen but for the most part never really turns out well more clearly took that bus ride so to speak a few of them actually and craft a whole new circuitous path to success she's got a new book which recently made the New York Times international bestseller list it's called idiot and she joins me now welcome Hi Thanks for having me thanks for coming in so I got to 1st ask the title of the book idiot how to choose the title because I am was Ok You know I don't know I think for me there's a lot of different reasons one of them I've made a lot of very idiotic decisions in my past and so there it is I also just the word makes me laugh and I'm obsessed with any and all things funny. And I find when I told people the title my book they often just started laughing it was a perfect word Yeah let's talk about your aspiring actress. You describe in the book that as far as being classically trained in acting or learning comedy you said even though it's what you wanted to do any sort of class made you feel stupid yeah not good enough to be there what do you mean by that yeah I just I Ever since I was very little I I always struggled in school I was terrible at taking tests I it was very hard for me to focus and so I found when I would take classes like at the Groundlings or 2nd city or anything like that there was a lot of judgment and teachers that this is not how you do it this is how you do it and and most kids would go Oh Ok and tweak it and I just would run out of the room crying and say no I'm going to do it my own way so I taught myself yeah. You know along the way you simply left town we talked about the sort of getting off this bus kind of mentality simply left town to chase your dream and when you left it appeared each time that your parents were kind of like Ok how good how fun we know you'll make it but did you feel like you needed more from them. You know. Yes I would say Now I look back and go perhaps I could've benefited from a little little more discipline and structure but I also absolutely love them for it because I have so many friends who are discouraged from their parents saying you know look these are the odds you're probably not going to make it you need a but you need a plan b. You need a backup plan and guess what all of those people are doing their backup plans they're at their $9.00 to $5.00 whereas for me when I told them at 11 that I was going to be an actress they were like you can do it it was incredible and I never had a plan b. And I think that's why I'm successful now at what I did because I was there is nothing that was going to stop me but not having a plan b. And then really turned into a lot of sort of ups and downs a lot of downs for you along the way didn't share absolutely but you know you you know I walked through those and I learned and I grew from those experiences whether I had really strict parents or not I'm still an alcoholic and I think you know my drug and alcohol addiction got in the way of my dreams right I mean some of those downs you had with some pretty wild swings I mean sleeping at friends' apartments abusive relationships of boyfriends you know those kinds of things and you also say in the book that it was hard to figure out that you had a problem how did you figure it out yeah I think when I ended up driving to Mexico with some random Irish guy I met at a bar once that was a sign that was a sign that perhaps the My life is a little unmanageable I'm being dangerously impulsive when I got back to Los Angeles my then boyfriend didn't appreciate me leaving and going to Mexico with another man so he kicked me out rightfully so I flew back to Chicago where I'm from and I had lunch with my aunt who is probably the only sober one of my family there's a lot of drug addicts alcoholics in my family and she sat me down she looked to me she said You look like your hair looks like a rat's nest you need help. Just oh yeah she was a character and so I really though to. That in and I thought wow I do need help I'm living on the edge and if I keep going to die and so I flew back to Los Angeles and I started my journey to sobriety. So you continue to go out on these auditions and a lot of them and you continue these about sort of up and down Kevin Hart comes into your life how did that sort of play a role in this path Oh my gosh literally so for years and years out I was auditioning and I was making a living by the time I was 2223 I was making up an awful as an actor to eat and pay rent but I was just constantly auditioning I had no creative control it's like very powerless position to be in. So I started posting videos online started seeing that that's where people were they were on their phones or not watching t.v. The average t.v. Viewers 50 plus I decided to be very extreme and post a video a day for a year. Probably 8 months into that had some viral videos started getting more known and Kevin Hart's someone at his production company d.m. To me and said Kevin Hart's a big fan and wanted to come in and create content for him and his new app laugh out loud what was that like for you when you heard that oh my god it was like Kevin Hart knows who I al many things I thought like I was losing at. Who's Helen. Man Helen is probably my most famous character you know one day I was on Snap Chat Have you ever been on snap chat I have to like it I do you know if you played with the filters a little bit Ok so there's the facial recognition felt right and there was one with the square face and makes your neck of normally large and your your face very square and I just thought it was very funny and I was and I was looking at myself in it night my husband was behind me and I thought oh I'm just going to press record and start saying disgusting pick up lines to him with the square face and I think I said Hey Steve and he said well and he looked serious that the sudden pile shot her she got pretty sweet. Ok so that's why I said something like that one of those and he just looked at me because you really sick know he's British. That's really sick and so the more annoyed he would get the more I would do it and it was really making me laugh and I thought I'll just post it why not it might you know have a few chuckles here and there why not posted it long story long it went viral more more more we need more so I kept doing it kept her poor Steve and just caps actually harassing my husband and that is really the character that took me over a 1000000 followers at this point I have nearly 10000000 but she really blew me up to the point where there's like this guy in London who has a tattoo of the squareface character how I swear to God and that's what I was like . But as soon as somebody puts a tattoo on them of your character right that's it you've That's there's no other way to go Oh totally write your story is an incredible story what would you tell people listening to this who have the same dream yeah I mean I always say you know it is the best time to be a content creator it's the best time to be an artist it truly is we have global distribution at our fingertips we don't have the gate keepers anymore you know you have the freedom to post as much as you want and people can follow you and if they do you know you can make a living doing what you love Laura Cleary is the author of it if you catch your on You Tube and Facebook and all the other social media out there were clearly again thanks so much thank you so much for having me. And if you want to meet Laura she's going to be signing copies of her book this Sunday over the growth in. Where we're in the grove it is. There you go. 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And Mojave we are music culture and news a community service of Santa Monica College and n p r for southern California mostly clear skies tonight lows in the fifty's to about 60 degrees winds of 15 to 25 miles per hour at 7 o'clock. From Casey. This is left right and center Mike Pence says we have a ceasefire of sorts in Syria all we had to do was give the Turks everything they wanted and a White House meeting about Syria where Trump said he's not worried about ISIS escapees because they're 7000 miles away Democrats stormed out and Republicans pretty paint a left right and center you're civilized yet provocative antidote self-contained opinion bubbles to dominate political debate I'm Josh Barrow later in the show we will talk about the latest developments in the Ukraine scandal. As more officials and former officials testify on Capitol Hill will search for any possible justification for the president's choice to host the g. 7 summit at his own golf resort in Miami and look at the 4th Democratic presidential debate did Joe Biden do a good enough job defending himself against accusations about his son and did a little bit of Warren's moderate opponents make a strong enough case to dislodge the new front runner all that plus the president's partial climbdown on China and trade is coming up next on left right and center will be right back live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Jack Speer Kurdish forces in Syria are accusing Turkey of using chemical weapons on civilians in an attack in northern Syria this week. Has more photographs released by the Kurdish Red Crescent show children with what appear to be chemical burns on their bodies the aid organization says a hospital treated 6 patients with similar symptoms after airstrikes and in the organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirms that it is collecting information on the nature of the attack media outlets are suggesting it may be white phosphorus.