18 primary a conservative group brought suit and a state trial judge agreed that state law required deactivation within 30 days but in subsequent review the commission deadlocked along party lines preventing the purge from going into effect the case is expected to end up at the Wisconsin Supreme Court with its 52 conservative majority for n.p.r. News I'm my own silver in Milwaukee advocates for the homeless are cheering the Supreme Court's decision not to hear a case in an appeal by the city of Boise Idaho it could challenge the city's ticketing of homeless people for sleeping outside even when there were no shelter beds available N.P.R.'s Kirk Siegler reports major West Coast cities was soaring homeless populations had back Boise and its petition the Supreme Court's denial upholds a lower court ruling that put severe limits on cities ability to enforce anti camping ordinances on streets and in public right of ways Los Angeles attorney Theon a evangelists is representing Boise in the case she says the decision ultimately harms the people it purports to protect because cities need the ability to control encampments that threaten public health and safety and cities hands are tied now by the 9th Circuit's decision because it effectively creates a constitutional right to camp the homeless and their advocates say ticketing homeless people does nothing to solve the bigger housing crisis Kirk Siegler n.p.r. News Boise stocks climbed higher today setting up what could be another week of gains on Wall Street the Dow was up $100.00 points the Nasdaq rose $79.00 points this is n.p.r. And on a Monday December 16th this is Casey r.w. On Larry Perella very good evening to you here's what's happening at 6 o 4 the l.a. Times is reporting that the u.s. Is preparing to send asylum seekers to Honduras who are not from that country this will effectively end their chances of obtaining asylum status in the United States more on this now from Casey cerise castle an agreement signed by former acting United States secretary of Homeland Security Kevin Macklin and hunder as his foreign minister. He had a lot as a ghetto says that adults and families seeking asylum at the Us Mexico border could be sent to Hunter s. Without the chance to seek asylum in the u.s. The Trump administration has described the arrangement as a quote effort to share the distribution of hundreds of thousands of asylum claims the agreements were signed after the administration announced a new rule which deems migrants who pass through other countries without seeking asylum before reaching the u.s. In eligible for protection the rule is currently facing legal challenges advocates for immigrants have condemned these agreements they say it will make it nearly impossible for Central Americans to seek asylum in the u.s. The trumpet ministration has reached similar agreements with all Salvador and Guatemala students and staff at Damian high school or morning after one of their teachers died over the weekend Timothy Staples was one of the volunteers searching for missing hiker Sri Moca Padi who disappeared a week ago hiking on the ball team to. 0. And unfortunately be able to answer for the loss like this affects the entire surgery secret right is still a search and rescue volunteer Mike Lee I'm speaking with n.b.c. For about 100 people gathered at a vigil at the high school for staples one of them was the school's principal merit Hemenway see coaches track coaches cross-country they just have a cross-country banquet Friday night here after a meeting trying his buddies up on the staples was newly married and a 2006 alum at Laverne high school where he taught social sciences and English she was 32 years old former movie producer Harvey Weinstein says he's a pioneer in advancing the careers of women in the film industry Weinstein said in an interview with The New York Post over the weekend he's made more movies directed by women and about women than any other filmmaker scores of women have accused him of sexual harassment and assault one still has tonight engaging in non consensual sex and is scheduled to go on trial next month on charges of rape and sexual assault support for n.p.r. Comes with a can do to fund supporting individual dignity and sustainable communities through investments in transformative leaders and ideas more at k e n d e d a fund dot org. It's All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Audie Cornish and I'm Ari Shapiro moderate Democrats are split over how to vote on impeachment on one hand you have New Jersey Representative Jeff Van Drew he opposes impeachment and now plans to switch parties and become a Republican on the other hand there's Michigan Congresswoman Alyssa Slotkin she spent all weekend thinking about her vote then in an op ed published today in The Detroit Free Press she announced her choice she is now for impeachment now before we hear directly from the congresswoman let's hear how she explained her decision to voters reporter Abigail sense of u.k. A.r. Was at Slatkin's town hall event earlier today. This is a community meeting in Rochester Michigan but inside the room it felt like 2 worlds as she shouted over protestors to announce how she'll vote on impeachment while we may not agree I hope you believe me when I tell you that I made this decision out of principle and out of a duty to protect and defend the Constitution I feel that in my bones and I will stick to that regardless of what it does to me politically because this is bigger than politics I found more spitting mad about her decision and there to let her know shouting 4 more years and deep state others were there to show their support for the 1st term congresswoman who represents a district that voted for President Trump in 2016 Tim Sawmiller is a retiree who says supporting impeachment will help Slotkin keep her seat next year well it's a brave decision in a swing district I think she'll definitely have Democrats in our corner that she voted No I think she would have ended her political career Steve Dean is a photographer who was holding an Impeach slot and sign did you watch those hearings the series where how did you know well everyone knows well how do you know do you have any evidence when the phone call you know Will someone else said when they get the guy who started he says oh it was speculation before the meeting Dean was waiting in line and got into an argument with Michelle Bryant she's a nurse. And veteran who supports thought can and says voters need to put country over party when I see individuals come and have signs that says Democrat hate. In our country and that you know it listens should be impeach why for doing her job the only time the heckling quieted down was when she talked about things like prescription drug pricing or water quality then it appeared people were listening for n.p.r. News I'm Abigail sente in Rochester Michigan after Democratic congresswoman Alyssa Slotkin walked off the stage at her Rochester Michigan event she got on the phone with us and I asked her what she had noticed about the crowd's reaction when she spoke about her decision to support impeachment What really caught my attention today was how many folks there were in the audience Trump supporters people wearing hats and holding posters in support of the President who were actually listening and who were letting me talk and explain myself and to be honest with you all I can do as a member who's from a very mixed district is to make the most objective decision I can be transparent with my constituents and explain to them how I make decisions and I know that many of them aren't going to agree with me but my hope is that they at least understand that I made this decision based on a sense of personal integrity and my oath of office and and I hope that they hear that I want to ask you about how you did come to your conclusion because Republicans have argued that what the president may have done was wrong but not impeachable on this 1st article specifically of abuse of power how did you reach the conclusion that you did that this deserves impeachment I actually just by chance had a holiday party for a bipartisan caucus that I'm a part of something called the Problem Solvers caucus that happened to be held at the National Archives and the National Archives houses the Constitution the Declaration of Independence I mean it's a it's a. Very weighty place and it reminded me of what I was doing and how important it was to go back to those original documents and when it comes to an article of impeachment on abuse of power for me it started with the fact that the president and in addition his lawyer said openly that they reached out to a foreigner and asked for an investigation of a political rival they were saying how's are things that actually tipped to in this direction like was there inflection point it tipped me in Certainly I bet the reason I called for an impeachment inquiry and then throughout the testimony if you read the transcripts if you go through the tapes you see both 1st hand and 2nd hand accounts of people supporting that very basic idea of inviting a foreigner to participate in some way in an American democratic election and I can't stand by that I cannot let that just go because the president says a lot of things and does a lot of things there has to be some protection of our system and I felt my oath of office kick in my duty to protect and defend the Constitution and the evidence I believe confirmed that 1st initial statement or set of statements by the president and his lawyer I want to talk about then Drew he's the New Jersey representative who has consistently voted against the president and now he is switching parties What is your reaction to that as someone who is also in a mixed district. Well it sounds like a decision made almost exclusively on political expediency My understanding is that he was in a tough Democratic primary My understanding is he might not have won that primary and so in contrast everything I've ever heard from him he made the decision to go over to the Republican side and obviously he's free to do that I just think it reflects just such a cynical political way of looking at your job as a leader and as a representative What is your advice though to lawmakers in moderate districts who are facing similar tough decisions I mean you only narrowly beat a Republican incumbent last year in your district did go to trump in 2016 my advice is to make decisions that allow you to look in the mirror every morning my advice is to trust the voters that they would rather have a representative with integrity than one who agrees with them on every single issue people have to do things based on their oath of office or else they should find something else to do but you know the House speaker worked very hard to try to protect moderate Democrats from risking their seats through this process do you think that she could have done more. I think the the speaker and the leadership team as a whole has been very responsive to Democrats across the political spectrum including folks from tough districts but you have in your op ed I've been told more times than I can count that the vote I'll be casting this week will mark the end of my short political career yes I have we've had articles written in our big papers about it. And that may be true that may be correct and and all I can do is is hope and put my faith in the voters that they'd rather have someone with a backbone and with integrity than someone who just puts a talking point or puts a position out there to make everybody happy but if it is the end of my political career and I hope it's not I It is the greatest honor of my life to be the representative of Michigan's 8th district but if the voters decide differently at least I can walk out of the job with my head held high and that is extremely important to me that's Michigan Congresswoman Alyssa Slotkin Democrat who plans to vote for impeachment in the House this week thank you for your time thanks so much already. Researchers say a cancer drug has cleared another hurdle as a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease if the drug succeeds it would be the 1st to slow down Parkinson's rather than just reducing its symptoms N.P.R.'s Jon Hamilton reports skeptics still have doubts about the unusual treatment the drug is called a lot in it and it's used for a type of leukemia but a team at Georgetown University Medical Center has been studying a lot in it as a way to treat Parkinson's and other brain diseases Dr Fernando pro-gun says it works like a garbage disposal to clear out toxic substances that build up in brain cells you turn on the garbage disposal daily and you're able to get rid of that accumulation and hopefully see better function preliminary results looked encouraging so the team launched a study of $75.00 Parkinson's patients some got relatively low doses of no law which is sold under the brand name to Cigna others got a placebo pro-gun says the results show that the drug is reasonably safe for these patients and may even be slowing down the disease this drug is still not ready for prime time I think there's still a lot more work to be done but we are seeing signals that this may be a potential treatment for Parkinson's patients patients who got the drug had lower levels of 2 toxic substances in their spinal fluid they also reported a better quality of life and Georgetown's charbroiled says the drugs seem to increase dope I mean the brain chemical that is lacking in people with Parkinson's and a lot and it is seeing the f.a. Lability of the stored dope I mean and the brain so the brain is now extract in its own in dozen stores of the opening the results appear in the Journal John mineralogy and they represent the latest exchange in an ugly scientific conflict over the use of know a lot in it for Parkinson's the Michael j. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research has publicly criticize. The Georgetown research even as it was conducting its own study of the drug and earlier this month the foundation announced that an allotment didn't help Parkinson's patients in their study even though the study results hadn't been published Mussa who holds a patent on the use of the lot and for treating brain diseases says patients should ignore the scientific in-fighting this may fail it's Ok but I think the concept is very feasible and if this drug doesn't work another drug will work but scientists including Dr Joe Perlmutter of Washington University in St Louis had doubts about the study they really didn't find anything convincing Perlmutter says some results look good at one time point but not another and he says it's not clear whether the dopamine changes were caused by a lot in it but it's possible these are very statistical aberrations and are not really convincing evidence of a change and do so by the drug but we don't know Perlmutter says he's also concerned about side effects which were more frequent in people who got the drug he says it will take a much larger study to show whether in the lot and it really can help people with Parkinson's John Hamilton n.p.r. 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And at 619 Here's what's up ahead on All Things Considered Bernie Sanders prominence as a national political figure can be traced to a moment in 2010 it was when his filibuster criticized the bipartisan tax deal that extended tax cuts for the wealthy that story just ahead on All Things Considered Also ahead there's a spat brewing in America's favorite pastime Major League Baseball threatening to walk away from minor league baseball and create a new minor league system you'll hear why that's happening and what could happen to so-called farm teams and a new study has found that the cigarettes are linked to increased risk of chronic lung diseases including emphysema chronic bronchitis in c o p d as well as we can immune defenses but some experts argue that cigarettes could help smokers reduce the risk of lung disease will explain how that all works coming up on the program as well right now let's see what's working or not working on your road. 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News this is All Things Considered I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish do you compromise to get things done or do you stick to your principles and fight that dilemma has played out prominently in the Democratic race for president it was also central to a moment that helped make Senator Bernie Sanders a national figure Bernie Sanders fans know it simply as the speech in 2010 Sanders went to the Senate floor he was protesting a bipartisan agreement brokered by Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Mitch McConnell who is the minority leader than N.P.R.'s Scott Petro has more on this turning point in Sanders political career on December 10th 2010 President Barack Obama was facing a lot of pressure Democrats had just lost the House of Representatives and here was Obama about a month later asking his party for a major tax deal that would extend the Bush administration's tax cuts for the wealthy something Democrats had railed on for years the issue here is not whether I think that the tax cuts for the wealthy are a good or smart thing to do that morning Obama was on N.P.R.'s Morning Edition defending the deal the problem is that this is the single issue that the Republicans are willing to. Scotch the entire deal for Obama had tapped Vice President Joe Biden to figure out a deal with Mitch McConnell they reached one relatively quickly in several phone calls over the course of a single week and Republicans got the tax cuts the Bush extensions plus a cut in a state taxes paid by the mega wealthy Democrats got an extension of unemployment benefits in a range of other broader tax cuts a few hours after Obama's interview aired Bernie Sanders walked onto the Senate floor I think we can do better. And I am here today to take a strong stand against this bill at this point Sanders had been in Congress for nearly 2 decades he had a long inconsistent track record but he hadn't emerged as a national figure that would start to. Change over the course of the next 8 hours you can call what I'm doing today whatever you want you can call it a filibuster you can call it a very long speech I'm not here to set any great records I was sitting with him for the entire 8 hours that Bernie was doing his filibuster Warren gunnels has been on Sandor staff for decades that day on the Senate floor he was running point of Sanders needed notes gunnels handed them to him if there was a sign or a chart that would help Sanders point gunnels would send another staffer to fetch it got also sander speech notes were relatively minimal I would call it a refrain of about 3 or 4 pages of how he wanted to set it up Sanders kept returning to 2 points over and over 1st that public opinion was on his side the polls show us the American people do not believe millionaires and billionaires need more tax breaks Sanders also made a point to talk past the other lawmakers who he likely realized were mostly going to vote for the bipartisan deal he kept urging people to call Congress to complain if they make their voices heard and said enough is enough the rich of got it all right now the clock kept ticking and Sanders kept secret and started trending on Twitter traffic surged on the Senate website at points the phone lines to Senate offices jammed up the speech was clearly hitting a nerve with progressives Gunnell says it was something else though that made them realize they were breaking through when the White House responded with a dramatic move over floaters their software for the other guy I don't even know if they had a topic in mind but they just rolled out Bill Clinton while Bernie was speaking Obama had brought the former president into the White House briefing room to make his pitch for the compromise the agreement taken as a whole is I believe. The best bipartisan agreement we can reach to help the largest number of Americans meanwhile on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue Sanders kept going this is a transfer of wealth it's Robin Hood in reverse that Sanders wrapped after 8 hours and 30 minutes he could finally take a break so could gunnels I was exhausted I was mentally exhausted I can't say I was physically exhausted because I was sitting down the whole time but the filibuster failed the Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve the tax bill Sandor speech hadn't seemed to change any minds still very soon Gunnell saw things differently when you look back at that I think that might have been the spark that began to set things off the speech was quickly turned into a book which was a bestseller and Bernie Sanders was suddenly a much more prominent figure another longtime Sanders advisor Jeff Weaver agrees that brought Bernie Sanders to the notice of millions of Americans who didn't know who he was and I think it laid a lot of the groundwork for the success that he would see in the 20152016 election cycle the next year Joe Biden stood next to Mitch McConnell on the stage and defended the deal which we both believe has spurred the economic growth we've got a long way to go but it actually not only was a compromise because a compromise that was useful for the economy Obama did get those top tier Bush tax cuts eliminated down the line still in the immediate wake of the filibuster Bernie Sanders told n.p.r. He was tired of compromises might we have to compromise you know maybe we do but Chicago waged a fight before you compromise you got to take the case to the American people and we didn't do that compromise or fight nearly a decade later Sanderson Biden are battling for the Democratic presidential nomination in a contest that largely revolves around that same key question Scott Petro n.p.r. News Washington. Here's something Bernie Sanders is fighting for right now the future of baseball yesterday in Iowa he took a few minutes to take a few swings. It wasn't just a heartland photo op on the campaign trail baseball fans are worried about a new proposal it would get rid of a significant number of the country's minor league teams many of them in smaller cities and towns N.P.R.'s Tom Goldman reports before Bernie Sanders took his swings and he did connect a couple of times he met with a few people do discuss the proposed contraction Major League Baseball reportedly wants to cut more than a quarter of the current 162 minor league teams that are affiliated with major league clubs attorney Garrett brush house a former minor leaguer was one of those who met with Sanders and you can imagine some of the personal issue to have the former mayor of a minor that find it outrageous Sanders recently wrote to Major League Commissioner Rob Manfred saying the proposal would quote destroy thousands of jobs and devastate local economies not to mention in many small towns minor league baseball is what you do to have fun in the summer time and they'll be says contraction would be a way to streamline a minor league system where there are inferior even unsafe stadiums and where Major League owners pay too much for minor league operations after a contraction the argument goes the remaining minor league players could be paid more brush houses class action lawsuit against m.l. Be filed in 2014 claims that many minor leaguers aren't even paid minimum wage the current contract between the majors and minors ends after next season last week Commissioner Manfred said he's committed to resolving the issues through bargaining it is by no means a fait accompli as to what the agreements going to look like Major League Baseball has men and will remain flexible in its negotiating position he claims though that minor league leaders are not being flexible and the 2 sides have been battling publicly so much so that last Friday and they'll be released a statement essentially threatening to scuttle. The longstanding relationship between the majors and minors Tom Goldman n.p.r. News. This is n.p.r. News. In this collection I wanted cash and some amazing memories but also. That we do. It really takes us. Back to live for the day for one final release. The final. 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Correspondent will share a scene that never made it into a piece but has stuck with her since she taped it it happened at a dumb ball or bingo hall in Mosul Iraq we'll talk more about that also up ahead farmers hurt by Trump's trade war with China celebrate news of the agreement they say it's meant to ease some of the restrictions on commodities those some farmers say they're skeptical about the long term impacts We'll talk about those coming up as well state and local news at 632 why congregants at the Beverly Hills synagogue may be feeling a bit jittery and why protesters tried to shut down Burbank Congressman Adam Schiff during an event in California after these stories from n.p.r. Stick around. Live from n.p.r. News in Culver City California Lisa kowtow ahead of the House floor impeachment vote the House Judiciary Committee today released its 658 page report detailing the charges against the president N.P.R.'s Claudio Gonzales has more the report delves into underlying evidence for the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the report also notes the bribery occurs when the president solicit something of personal value through the power of the office taken together the panel said it found the president place his personal and political interests above u.s. National security the full House could vote on the articles on Wednesday That's N.P.R.'s cladograms solace there's new evidence that they've been nicotine increases the risk of chronic bronchitis and other respiratory diseases N.P.R.'s Allison Aubrey reports the new findings point to the potential long term health effects of cigarette use among people who have never smoked traditional cigarettes it's well known that smoking cigarettes increases the risk of respiratory disease but the new study finds people who only use e.c. Carets have about a 30 percent increased risk of developing diseases such as c.e.o. P d emphysema and chronic bronchitis Robert terrine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says the study offers important evidence I think it's fair to say that the new study adds to the body of evidence saying they think the cigarette is harmful to the long he says babying can lead to inflammation and weakened immune defenses Allison Aubrey n.p.r. News for the 1st time in 23 years a Mississippi man who has been tried 6 times for the murders of 4 people is out on bail pending a possible 7th trial a judge today set bond for Curtis flowers at $250000.00 the u.s. Supreme Court had overturned his latest conviction citing a pattern of racial bias on the part of the prosecutor you listening to n.p.r. News. This is k.c. Or w. . On a Monday December 16th Here's what happen at 632 police in Beverly Hills are investigating a vandalism incident at a synagogue as a possible hate crime cops say the suspect overturned furniture through brochures and damaged relics at the Nesa synagogue early Saturday morning the vandalism comes in the midst of a surge in attacks and threats on locations associated with Jewish communities most recently last week's deadly attack at a New Jersey kosher market that has a synagogue was established in 1900 to serve or Iranian Jews fleeing Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1909 Police say the synagogue will be cleaned up and reopened on Sunday a group of entity in peace should protesters have stormed an event featuring Representative Adam Schiff shouting at him and calling him a liar ship was celebrating a bill over the weekend he coauthored it recognized the mass killings of Armenians 100 years ago as a genocide some of the people there included descendants of genocide survivors the Armenian National Committee of America western region says that made the protest more egregious and that this celebration should transcend by partisan politics here shift speaking with a.b.c. 7 they were a number of transporters who crashed the event and disrupted it which was a shame I think and disrespectful to the community and the memory of those that were lost look people have a right to picket me if they want to picket me they should pick at me but they shouldn't show disrespect at a community event like that that wasn't about me Event organizers could not calm the protesters so police eventually had to take them out of the room nor arrest however or made mental health workers a cause for Permanente have started a 5 day strike today it is the latest move in a continue to labor standoff over concerns about wages and work benefits as Casey are reports that could mean more than $100.00 Kaiser clinics could close across the state the protesters include about $4000.00 psychologists therapists and psychiatric nurses from the National Union of health care workers the union says mental health is underserved and overlooks and that patients wait months for appointments and clinicians are forced to juggle unsustainable caseload. It also accuses Kaiser of forcing clinicians to accept worse retirement health benefits than other Kaiser employees Kaiser says the union has rejected a proposal from a mediator and is choosing to strike instead of working with the company and it says the workers represented by and you h. W. Have the same contribution plan as a dozen other unions this walkout was supposed to happen in November but it was postponed after Kaiser c.e.o. Bernard Tyson died that is k c r w scale the Wells reporting and abet used by slugger Babe Ruth to hit his $500.00 major league home run has sold for more than $1000000.00 The bet was sold at s.c.p. Auctions in Orange County over the weekend so far the buyer has not been identified Ruth gave that back to a friend by the way it had been in that friend's family for about 75 years support for n.p.r. Comes from Indeed with it skills test built for employers who want to see a deeper sense of the person behind the resume learn more at Indeed dot com plush n.p.r. And Zoom Zoom offers cloud video conferencing online meetings in a video conference room solution in one platform featuring digital video and audio with screen sharing I can't resist ration and more zoomed on us from n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish 52 people have died and more than 2000 have been hospitalized this year because of lung injuries caused by babying the crisis has raised awareness about the larger problem of teen dating now well many of the worst cases have been linked to black market products that contain t.h.c. New evidence suggest something more that people who have a nicotine are more likely to get respiratory diseases including chronic bronchitis and emphysema N.P.R.'s Allison Aubrey reports early last year one of the most comprehensive studies ever done pointed to evidence that teens who vapor nicotine can experience increased coughing wheezing and other short term effects such as asthma exacerbations Now researchers are beginning to pin down the potential long term risks the new study finds that Eesa directs are linked to an increased risk of chronic lung disease Stan. Glantz a professor of medicine at u.c. San Francisco and his collaborators assess data from a study of about $30000.00 people including smokers and people who've ate we started out with people who didn't have any diagnosis of respiratory disease and then we followed them forward time for 3 years and we said is there an association between his cigarette use and new respiratory disease during that time people who used to combustible products such as cigarettes had more than doubled the risk of being diagnosed with a respiratory disease which is not surprising but the more novel finding is that isa Gretz had an independent affect people in the study who only used the cigarettes had about a 30 percent higher risk of developing chronic conditions such as chronic bronchitis and physio or asthma gland says the risks appear to be highest among adults who both the vapor and smoke which often happens when people turn to vaporing in an attempt to quit smoking but then aren't able to completely give up cigarettes if you are a dual use that is if you're using cigarettes a new server at 6 the same time these 2 risks multiply given that ease cigarettes are relatively new the long term effects of a ping are just beginning to be understood says Robert terrine of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill he says this study offers important evidence I think it's fair to say that the new study adds to the body of evidence saying they think the cigarette is harmful to the long it seems that easy Gretz can harm the longs in multiple ways beeping can lead to inflammation and tamp down immune defenses very thing can do a lot. Can Change in fact you trace gases and actually things that cause you know suppression and leaves people more prone to infection he says it's not just the nicotine there are other ingredients including profiling glycol glycerin and. Flavoring compounds that may lead to harmful effects when heated and inhaled despite these risks many argue that e.c. Carets still have a role to play in trying to help smokers reduce the risk of lung disease Amy Fairchild is dean of the College of Public Health at the Ohio State University there is no question that they the nicotine is not safe but it is safer than inhaling burning tobacco this remains the key argument in favor of a being that it's less risky than smoking but at a time when one in 4 high school seniors report vaporing and are at risk of getting hooked on nicotine the authors of The New Paper argue the evidence pointing to the harms of e. Cigarettes is starting to pile up Allison Aubrey n.p.r. News m m m m. M m m m m m m m. M m. It's the season of giving So we've asked our international correspondents to give us the gift of tape something they recorded that never made it into a radio story that they haven't been able to forget today International Correspondent Jane raff takes us to a place that she has visited many times and on this visit she ended up someplace on expected Hi Jane hi there so take us into the scene where were you so this was Mosul Iraq's 2nd biggest city and Mosul it was still emerging from the influence of ISIS it was under ISIS control for almost 3 years and almost everything was banned particularly drinking and smoking near the river that divides the city we went through this entrance through the steel door and then there were guys collecting weapons from people who had weapons and then quick body searches for the man and then we opened the doors and there was this. What are we hearing it's being smoky room really smoky full of men with what looks like being go cards and they're Trink in the air and drinking whiskey but they're mostly focusing on the bingo which isn't actually called bingo here what is the Arabic word for bingo it's called double if you want to say dumb but not. So happy that's engineer at their house and who opened the place in fact it's the 1st being no hole opened in Mosul since 1994 and the 1st bar to be opened there in maybe like a decade you mentioned it was full of men was this like a strictly male only space it was so strictly a male of Elise face we went there with her local producers that are highly Oh. She's from Mosul and a friend from Swedish Radio who's also a woman and the owner who was our host told us we were the 1st 2 women who had ever been there and it's not about how in Baghdad apart from a very old staid social club where families go to play being known when electrical appliances women. Didn't go to these places and I said I think seen women go to them before in Baghdad and he said but to him and bring them. Better women. But these were not bad men playing bingo in the hole where you were. Presumably not they were happy men the ones who were winning anyway because this isn't just this isn't bingo for like peanuts or electrical appliances it's for cash money up to $3000.00 a game up to 3000 dollars a game Whoa did they have the same kind of like big rolling cage in front that they would pull balls out of did it look like a bingo hall that we would see in America so it had a big blue ball but it was a lot more complicated than Big go because there are numbers and not letters and the numbers go from one to 90 and then the announcer would do this clever sort of thing where before almost every number he'd give some sort of reference that the Iraqis would get like he'd say war with Iran and everybody would know that was 88 because in 1988 was the year the war ended so James over the last year you have covered so many scenes of war of refugees of cities coming back to life after ISIS Why is this the scene that stuck with you that you wanted to bring to us today I think because for all the time I've spent in Mosul you know that there was time spent under the restrictions of Saddam were with the u.s. Military or in and out quickly when ISIS were around and I kind of felt like I never got to know it so there I was sitting with remarkable people from Mosul who had been there all along this this young activist who has volunteer movement to help to rebuild the city with a musician and with people like a thinker the businessman who opened it who said he wanted to change the mentality in Mosul but he wasn't to do with guns because then people would bring more guns he was going to do it by offering beer in go and I think most of all it. Back a part of that Iraq that I had known and loved and that's now harder to find that tolerance where if you want to you can go to the mosque and pray or if you want to you can go and drink can play bingo and all those things coexist N.P.R.'s general Africa gift from the international desk this one from Mosul Iraq thank you James thank you for. Your listening to All Things Considered a tentative deal that eases trade restrictions with China seems like great news for farmers they've been pummeled by the trade war but some farmers are concerned about the new agreement as Frank Morris of member station you are reports they worry that ag exports will suffer for years in history backs that up. The Casey's gas station in sweet Springs Missouri has a table an officially reserved for farmers. Christs for the corn and soybeans these men grow are rising last couple days they did but they took a nosedive before that so we need to make that back Farmer Tom Crisil says prices for grain and hogs fell hard when China imposed retaliatory tariffs in the summer of 2018 many farmers lost money last year while prices have but with the market facilitation alone it was all right market facilitation payments that's the official name for the money the trumpet ministration gave farmers to compensate for trade losses about $16000000000.00 in trade aid kept many farmers from losing money this year the 1st like John vocals Myer don't like it I would 10 times rather have a market than to have somebody give me a few dollars cash and then brag about. Grain prices are still much lower than they were before the trade war started so it means for instance we're trading above $10.00 a bushel back then today they're just over 9 it looks good but you know we've been in this rollercoaster situation now for quite some time so I don't think you could basically take this news to the bank Scott Erwin in agricultural economist at the University of Illinois agrees the details are sketchy everyone is just trying to nail down exactly what has been agreed to u.s. Negotiators say that China has promised to buy at least $40000000000.00 worth of bag products each year that would be billions more than China has ever purchased Irwin says the $16000000000.00 jump in sales would be great for farmers if it actually materializes meantime he says this tentative phase one agreement is at least a step in the right direction things could have gotten worse. And so we. For the time being have avoided that but insist this deescalation may come too late to avoid long term damage to the trading relationship from the beginning that has been the nightmare scenario is history suggest that once you break an important relationship trade wise like this it is very difficult to fully recover your market share he's talking about the history of the Russian grain embargo when the United States abruptly stopped wheat sales to Russia the price of wheat tanked and stayed low for years like just about every farmer of a Certain Age John Vogels Meyer clearly remembers the floor dropping out in a way he's still living it 4 decades on we can raise wheat to be profitable here because of what happened and I'm afraid that's exactly what is going to happen with what is going on today so farmers welcomed the idea of easing hostilities with China but as to what happens if and when the u.s. And China actually sign off on the deal I think it's a whole lot more complicated for n.p.r. News I'm Frank Morris in Kansas City. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Sponsors include Netflix presenting the Irishman now nominated for 4 sag awards including outstanding performance in a motion picture and 5 Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture and Best Director Martin Scorsese. Support for Casey comes from the David Bonior foundation advancing social justice and higher education through support for the David residential college at u.s.c. a Living and learning environment that nurtures personal growth through community action more at b.o.h. Any t.-t. 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At 649 Still ahead on all things considered this hour an author will be on the program to talk about new kids books he's a Newbery Award winning writer of last stop on Market Street and helped compile a list of books that both parents and children they say will enjoy reading again and again press play coming up at 7 o'clock on the program Joe Pesci known for his roles in huge movies like Home Alone and good fellows but did you know he's a jazz singer to talk about his career and a new album close to l.a. City council members talk about homelessness and l.a. That's coming up. At 7 o'clock on press play here on. The most feel is. Blocking the left lane you're stopped from Riverside Drive over to East l.a. The eastbound 10 at campus a solo motorcycle crash being moved out of lanes but that's got to slow from the fog and west. Before the 10 crash block in the right lane you're stopped from Washington. This is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Ari Shapiro And I'm Audie Cornish beautiful and crazy making the cries of a small child for another book as a parent it's the best thing if you love the book but if you don't Yikes So to help us build the best book shelves for youthful enjoyment and your family sanity we've asked Matt Taylor Pena to join us he's written lots of books for loads of ages including the Newberry Award winning last stop on Market Street Welcome back to the show thanks so much for having me so let's talk about some of your suggestions there's a book called Saturday that just came out this year tell us about the author and why this one hit home with you this comes to us from. Who wrote Thank you all move which one of tons of awards last year so my whole family love the book we were super excited for the new one what I love about this one it's very simple language but it's exploring a single parent it's exploring an African-American child's navigation through the world but it's not about that so this little girl and her mom are so excited for their one day they get together it was Saturday because Eva's mother worked Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday Saturday was the day they cherished they go to the park but it's too crowded they get their hair done but then a bus comes and splashes a puddle and ruins their hair so all the things they set out to do they're not working out however when they forget their tickets to the puppet show they both look at each other and after sort of letting that sink in for a 2nd the disappointment they decide they'll make their own puppet show so it's a really sweet ending and really it's about 2 people a mother and a daughter spending time together and I can imagine for the parent reading it especially if you do work a lot single parent or not there's something in there for you as well. Right because we can make those interactions very high stakes when we you know do have the time see that's the thing I travel a lot for work so when I'm home I try to be home and this book sort of hit home for me as a parent but my daughter loves the pictures. Another book this one is about summer actually saffron ice cream Why does this appeal to you in why do you think it makes sense for young readers so saffron ice cream is a book I don't think a lot of people know about it's by an Iranian artist name Russian and it's about a little girl who's an immigrant to America she's going to the beach for the very 1st time and is called Coney Island we're getting there by subway train which is filled with all sorts of people in Iran the Caspian scene looks endless blue and beautiful How will the scene look in Brooklyn when she sees an ice cream vendor she gets really excited because when she was at the Caspian Sea and Iran she would always get saffron ice cream so she gets up there she orders on for ice cream and they don't have it she cries because she's not just crying about the ice cream she's crying about being an outsider being in a place that's new and then a little girl in the back. Says you should try chocolate crunch and she does and she loves it and those 2 girls play together what about the idea of books for very young children that tackle really difficult topics I think about Lupita Nyong'o goes book I think it's called away maybe it came out this year which is essentially about colorism civil way was born the color of midnight mama was the color of dawn Baba the color of dusk and me her sister was the color of High Noon and introduces a small girl a child who wishes that her skin wasn't so dark. I have had mixed kind of responses from people about what parts of the book were appropriate depending on how old the child was I mean how do you suggest people go about having these talks in their own home here's my theory is there a safer place to explore the more challenging parts of life than in the lap of a loved one so and then and then my theory is you let the child take you where they want to in conversation around the book if they want to talk about the colorism aspect they will guide you into the conversation if they just want to talk about Vashti Harrison's amazing illustrations then you just kind of go with that but I think giving children an opportunity to sort of experience something. That they're going to find in the real world a world eventually and if they can experience it through a book 1st I just think that's it's a really great thing for parents and for the child. So you have 2 small children and I should have said very small children right one of them is like one and a half so yes are you reading. To him or her at this age and what kind of books have you found of value. So this is interesting you know you kids don't come the same way even though they have the same parents write we know this my daughter will read anything she could read books all day and all night my son however not the biggest book then in fact one time I remember I was reading to them he closed the book knocked it out of my hands jumped off the couch and pushed it under the couch saws like Ok he's a challenge. There's not one there's one author illustrator that we have found he actually loves his name is Chris Houghton I believe he's located in the u.k. And our favorite book that he's created that my wife and I share with Margo is a book called Oh no George and he loves this book he picks it off the shelf every night before bed George see something in the kitchen cake I said be good George thanks but I love cake there's another book you mention it's called the dead bird from Margaret Wise Brown who also wrote Goodnight Moon which everyone reads No one really reads this one. And it's probably because of the plot tell us more about it yes so the dead bird is possibly one of my favorite picture books ever. And I have the realist ration by Christian Robinson who somebody I've worked with before and I greatly admire and I think some people are scared off from this book because the word dead is in the title. Do you mind if I read you a couple of my favorite lines please do Ok so after they sing the song to this bird that they buried we get this line from our eyes brown she says around the stone they planted white violet plants and while draining arms only the dreamy ems faded and every day until they forgot they went and saying to their little dead bird and put fresh flowers on his grave. And I just love this line until they forgot because isn't that childhood you're living in the now you're trying on the adult sensibilities but really you're concerned with right the 2nd and I think that's such an amazing psychological element of childhood that you can share with them well Matt they were Pena thank you so much for bringing these these books to us old and new it's a lovely mix Thank you it's such a pleasure to talk to you that's Madeleine Pena kids' book writer by day and kids book reader by night to Luna and Miguel his picture books include Carmela full of wishes love and last stop on Market Street and thanks to N.P.R.'s Lynn Neary for reading from some of my opinions picks for us. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. 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News in Washington I'm Jack Speer the House Judiciary Committee has released its report detailing the charges against President Trump head of a house floor impeachment vote N.P.R.'s Claudio reports the 658 page document outlines evidence uncovered in the probe the report delves into underlying evidence for the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the panel said the report provides evidentiary and legal basis for charging the president with 2 articles of impeachment under high crimes and misdemeanors The report also notes that bribery occurs when the president solicit something of personal value through the power of the office taken together the panel said it found the president place his personal and political interests above u.s. National security the report goes on to say the president should be impeached and removed from office the full House could vote on the articles on Wednesday Clottey Selous n.p.r. News Washington Michigan Representative Alyssa Slotkin says when the House votes on whether to impeach President Trump she will be voting in the infirmity of the freshman Democrat who represents a swing seat announcing her decision today via op ed in The Detroit Free Press in a town hall meeting in suburban Detroit Slotkin a former national security official says Trump used the power of the presidency for his own advantage when it comes to an article of impeachment on abuse of power for me it started with the fact that the president and then and in addition his lawyer said openly that they reached out to a foreigner and asked for an investigation of a political rivals lock ins district back Trump in 2016 but she was elected over Republican incumbent last year the trauma.

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