Points of 25977 the mounds I guess up 188106 this is n.p.r. Good morning from the News I'm Alex Cohen it's 70 for the man accused of threatening to kill reporters at The Boston Globe was ordered released from federal custody yesterday on a $50000.00 bond. And was there when he appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Robert Cheney appeared in a t. Shirt and a magenta mullet then hung past his shoulders his Idlib were heavy the federal prosecutor want to change to remain in custody he said when agents searched the home in Encino they found a shotgun by the door a gun hidden in a sock drawer and another 18 weapons around the house they seized all of them the defense said Cheney and his wife have a 2nd Amendment right and said In any event he doesn't pose a threat Judge Paul Abrams asked if there was any evidence of travel plans to Boston such as plane tickets the prosecutor didn't know of any I don't think it's appropriate to keep him in custody the judge said change the next hearing as in Boston while there he isn't allowed within 500 feet of the Boston Globe I mean any Gilbertson even if a home makes it intact through a big wildfire insurance companies can still cancel the coverage policy but the state legislature has passed a bill that could ease the insurance hunt for those whose residences survived. Sharon McNary has more the added protection would be for homeowners in areas that are declared fire disaster zones and those in neighboring state codes it says an insurance company may not cancel fire insurance or refused to renew a policy on unburned homes within a year of a fire people whose homes were destroyed by fire already have one year of protection against cancellations and renewals state insurance commissioner David Jones says he's seen a 15 percent increase in fire policy non-renewal in areas the chase. Forests and wild land you are now getting calls from all Mormons you know the flyers telling us because of the. Faces due to. The bill becomes law if Governor Jerry Brown signs it by the end of September covering infrastructure I'm sure in McNairy us authorities are scheduled to announce the arrests of m.s. 13 gang members in California on suspicion of murder assault and drug trafficking the u.s. Attorney's office has scheduled a news conference today in Fresno it says the arrests occurred here in l.a. As well as the rural California farm city of Mendota m s 13 it was formed in l.a. In the 1980 s. By refugees from El Salvador and is linked to many slayings in certain parts of the United States it's 707 support for n.p.r. Comes from t. Rowe Price offering a strategic investing approach for their clients investments and retirements goals institutions advisers employers and individuals choose to row price for over 80 years t. Rowe Price invest with confidence on the next fresh air more Emmy nominees you know the people that I work with they're just really really the. Most fantastic people who take will hear from Alec Baldwin who is nominated for his portrayal of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live and Bryan Tyree Henry nominated for his performance as paper boy in the series Atlanta join us at noon on $89.00 k. P.c.c. . It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin many images in capsule late this last week of remembrances for John McCain Arizona residents holding up American flags as a motorcade drove McCain's body away from his ranch troops standing at attention in his honor McCain's wife Cindy laying a last kiss on his casket this weekend the senator and former Navy airman will be buried at the u.s. Naval Academy today his body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda where his family and former colleagues will pay tribute in a memorial service in Phoenix yesterday McCain was remembered for his willingness to break with party politics and work with the other side our names Joe Biden. And a Democrat. I love John McCain . It is possible that no one understands John McCain better than our next guest Mark Salter he worked with McCain for 3 decades as a speechwriter biographer and chief of staff and he joins us now Mr Salter thanks for taking the time to talk to us during this difficult week Mr Salter. Yeah I'm on I'm Our Brooke are you I'm doing Ok Ok. Yeah I know it's been a tough week that is an understatement our condolences to you thank you very much may I ask what moments have stood out to you as you have no doubt been. Involved in a variety of different memorials and remembered with you know I think the pride. I want to. And the fact I don't know it was. Not entirely expected and I guess. I could watch Kid ranch and current draw about an hour after midnight hard. Case and a notice that he had passed away and people campaign has shown up and her attorney saying and why Dave in an interstate had to arch and quiet waiting it was really very technical. I want to play another clip from the eulogy that Joe Biden gave vice president gave yesterday in Arizona Let's listen to this together it wasn't about politics where John to get disagree on substance because you know underline values. That animated everything John did. Better the wires. To come to a different conclusion. How was he able to do that and I was John McCain able to separate the political from the personal. Well. You know he we have he always he always you know argue the stronger good for his position which he did he didn't mind if I have to enjoy them but he knew that we had not just we had problems in common and common responsibilities he always thought that the most we could do is make modest progress on the problems of our time and that my country a free country have so many strong opinion which was quite quite quite a satisfying achievement he was also just fun to be around. Exuberant to be asked Dick fun loving sarcastic witty had just used to he was just good company and I think I think you're seeing that reflected on a lot of remember to from his colleagues. You helped the senator write several books over many years and you helped him write his final letter to America can you share a little bit about what that was like. You know sort of typical for him he's a I was out visiting him in April and. He said you know when the time comes you know I'd like you I'd like to have something ready because. You know sitting on some of the names he had been trying to stress in the last year of his life. You know we are you know about how much America meant to him and how much it means to the world and how much we hope to continue to be to the world after he's gone and so we. Put some so we put them together he added a little here to there help me to go to the door and really said after he passed away. Was it was it just like falling into an old pattern with him I mean. You have been writing with him you have been working with him you've known him for self or was the gravity of the situation did it inevitably not that different. In that time I didn't feel like you're going to pass away imminently and he was still working on getting stronger it was just we had been working on the book we had obviously we had had to sort of really rewrite the book but we were a few months into writing call last book and he was diagnosed and he wanted to see if you wanted to make a little bit of a different book a bit more personal than he had intended for him so we had just been working on that so we it was just just the usual way we work together. I want to read part an excerpt from that final letter it reads as follows quote we weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that's how that's how he saw America right now that's how he saw our politics right. Now but he. Obviously it's Or there's that there's a growing. Populism the 2 that that. Particular noxious kind of nativism was gaining some strength he doesn't think it represents a majority view of Americans he thinks it's a bit it's a minority view but he would like you and I and he spent much of the last year of his life trying to push back on that explained that this country isn't a country of the landed blood soil but I'll nation founded on ideals honor those ideals have made a prosperous and powerful and helped liberate more people from poverty and tyranny in the world and any point in history. Just wanted to make sure that that. That. That's attack continued. How do you remember him how will you remember. A lot of one of the it was. A great privilege working with him. I'm going to remember him as as I would remember any close friend he meant a lot to me and my family and he meant a lot of the country and. I was privileged to help in my and service the latter. Mark Salter longtime confidant friend of Senator John McCain thank you so much for your time thank you Rachel. President trumps soon departing White House counsel Don McGann has played a quiet but vital role he wants threatened to resign if President Trump fired a special counsel for example N.P.R.'s Tamara Keith reports on the White House lawyer who could replace McCann when Emmett flood joins the Trump White House in May cooperation with Robert Mueller special counsel investigation was at a turning point some 3 dozen aides had already voluntarily sat for interviews and thousands of documents had been turned over but that was changing Trump's personal legal team wasn't in a rush for the president to sit down with Muller's investigators and inside the White House flood put his foot down about another interview the special counsel wanted this one with Chief of Staff John Kelly he correctly it might be the Florida John Dowd is a former member of Trump's legal team who's still in touch with the president's lawyers to some requests or and if you are just gently. The hope that he goes cheapest out works for the president. Vote. Saying no to investigators who have their sights set on the White House is a specialty for Emmett flood Glendon at work closely with flood as part of President Clinton's outside legal team during the Starr investigation and impeachment trial he is as experienced and knowledgeable about impeachment proceedings and separation of powers executive privilege of those kinds of issues as any lawyer in the country through his experiences and through his temperament he is he's aggressive and protective of presidents across this flood also brought that approach to his work for the George w. Bush administration congressional Democrats were investigating the firing of u.s. Attorneys and flood then in the White House counsel's office wasn't about to make it easy for them says Elliot Mintz Berg who was trying to get documents and testimony flood refused to hand over he was a very strong defender of the argument that that information should not be provided even though he was under subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee for which I worked and we wound up having to take that dispute to court and the dispute continued even after Bush left office Mintzberg says that fight may be a preview of what's to come if Muller's team tries to force the issue of a presidential interview if the president and his personal lawyers decide they don't want to do an interview it won't happen on Mr flood's watch without a court order because he will slowly protect the president's prerogative whether older believe that Parag get his judge right or wrong by the courts what is flood doing these days at the White House Rudy Giuliani one of Trump's outside lawyers says he's handling requests from the special counsel when they come in and he's preparing for battle see as a legal expert on all these issues about subpoenas presidential privilege Article 2 of the Constitution. His overall we're looking toward a subpoena to try to supervise the research that will be necessary should they subpoenaed him we're not able to reach an agreement Giuliani tells N.P.R.'s Ryan Lucas It's been 3 weeks since their last counteroffer to Muller's team about a presidential interview and they still haven't gotten a response in the meantime flood name is in the mix to replace outgoing White House counsel Don McGann John Dowd says the president likes them I know from the president have from other people I've talked to these very pleased. But never good relationship it's not clear whether Trump has offered flood the job or whether he would even accept it given the risks but those who know him say he'd be good at it he'd be my 1st choice the year the president and the time Shannon cough and served with blood in the Bush administration you know it is very reasonable one home in times of crisis and I think you know there's 30 feet of crisis here meaning an excessive amount of something Tamara Keith n.p.r. News. This is n.p.r. News and you're listening on to 89.3 p.c.c. Good morning I'm Alex Cohen l.a. City officials celebrated the overhaul of a major street near us yesterday the my figure our project is finished after 10 years of planning and months of construction. Making McCarty Corrino was at the official opening the revamp of Figaro stretches for miles from downtown to Exposition Park and was funded with a $20000000.00 state grant it has protected bike lanes wider sidewalks new crosswalks landscaping art and bus platforms to the street here's l.a. Mayor Eric Garcetti this gives people great options now this is one of the most pedestrian areas of Los Angeles because of us see. So it's a perfect place to show kind of l.a. Of the future the project is the most Him bitches attempt yet in l.a. To create a so called Complete street one designed to be safe and enjoyable for all road users not just drivers but some biking and walking advocates like Michael McDonald question whether the project went far enough you know issues with not getting priority at intersections with bike lights not necessarily being long enough for people to get through intersections the l a t o t has already changed signal timing at some intersections for pedestrians and agreed to extend green lights for bikes covering transportation I made McCarty Corrino taking a quick check of traffic on the $45.00 south at Howard Hughes Parkway a latter is blocking the middle lanes watch out the p.c.c. 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Clients grow preserve and manage their wealth learn more at fidelity dot com slash wealth fidelity brokerage services l.l.c. . And from Americans for the Arts. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep good morning this summer a federal judge ordered the u.s. Government to immediately release or grant hearings to more than 1000 asylum seekers who were in detention in a court hearing earlier this week attorneys representing the detained argued that for many people that's not happening Monica teaser e-bay reports 2 days after Christmas last year a cattle rancher and his wife fled their home in northern Mexico after getting death threats from organized crime they arrived at an official u.s. Border crossing inquired about asylum and were detained they were then separated and held for 6 months despite passing an initial screening by an asylum officer and having a u.s. Citizen daughter who was petitioning for their residency Carlos Spector is the couple's attorney while they were detailing the I 130 partition to fix her residency was approved all they needed to do is be released and then they could fix her papers but officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to release them claiming they were a flight risk so the spring the couple joined a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union which accused ice of violated its own policies by denying asylum seekers humanitarian parole in July a u.s. District court judge in Washington d.c. Ordered ice to reconsider parole for some 800 asylum seekers nationwide the Mexican rancher and his wife are among the lucky few who have been released still fearful for his family the rancher requested we not use his name plus the employee did everything on purpose or we would suffer the Porche the ice officers discouraged and harassed us until we felt like giving. Up he says immigrant attorneys from Los Angeles to Philadelphia complain that in the last 2 years ice has become more aggressive toward asylum seekers and in that of us directs a legal aid organization for immigrants in El Paso in the past we would see people be released to a cousin an aunt and uncle and we track those cases they went to their court dates and it was not an issue under the Obama administration 90 percent of asylum seekers were freed shortly after arriving in the u.s. That was thanks to a 2009 directive from the Department of Homeland Security which required the release of asylum seekers who didn't pose a public threat and had strong community ties in the u.s. Then came the trumpet ministration and federal authorities reversed course in certain parts of the country such as El Paso ice locked up 100 percent of newly arrived asylum seekers it's really very disturbing is the change in policy Michael 10 is with the a.c.l.u. Immigrant Rights Project his client a Haitian ethics teacher named Dahmus is the lead plaintiffs in the parole lawsuit mysterious questions as to whether the government is complying with the court order and following the program in an e-mailed statement from ice headquarters a spokeswoman said the agency was complying with the order at a court hearing on the case this week a government attorney said the agency had quote corrected course on asylum detentions issuing parole for some 26 percent of cases reviewed in our view that not at all about a factory there are many many more asylum seekers that have no business being behind bars while they fight their case then the judge ordered the government to submit monthly reports to the court on its parole review of asylum seekers those who are released will join a backlog of some 700000 others waiting for their case to be high. Heard in immigration court for n.p.r. News I want to go to the city of it in El Paso. Time now for Story Corps as we head into this Labor Day weekend a rebroadcast of a conversation with 2 workers who set out to clean up New York City Angelo Bruno spent more than 30 years as a sanitation worker he and his partner Eddie Nieves cleared over 14 tons of garbage from the city streets every day shortly after Angela retired in 2010 the 2 sat down at Story Corps to remember their days on the route as he starts the conversation everybody would just come out if the talk to people is a good morning it will mourn 81 a cup of coffee you want lunch and a nun's kids are going through we have not gone around it I never had that before. The younger guys would ask me how did you get that it's just a little Good Morning Have a nice weekend you look great today I could do 14 tons of garbage I can't lift that baby carriage off a stuff and carry it down will hold someone's baby when they went to get their car because it's a go or no way you know the garbage would be there half hour from now on our fellow you get it you get it he made a statement when they were that he had those old to work and I do all the talking it came out wrong look how he did not as I just came out wrong. When I 1st came in the job there was one whole time I met him a gordie flow is name was when they stopped the truck he tells me. You look bad this block 1st see all the sidewalks are all crowded up with garbage I did not know that my father was told me to respect my oldest I get to the end of the block and he stops me again get out of the truck look back I seen clean right people walk on a sidewalk guys could make deliveries be proud of yourself. That they had people at large that you were going to retire we were right maybe a block or 2 blocks and 6 people came up to you crazy we're going to do when you leave I will bit of a marshmallow anyway but I never thought my last day would be so emotion. For me he's cried they're crying I'm crying watching them cry now good very lucky because all hates the best father I have a real try to take the thing vacation and try to have the same day off. I miss my partner I feel the same way. I miss it terribly I'm like a little kid looking out the window now when I had a truck. I think I could have been at it 31 news. Friends and former New York City sanitation workers Angelo Bruno and Eddie need a base as he has since joined Angelo in retirement but occasionally walks their old route to keep in touch with friends to see this story as an animated short you can visit N.P.R.'s org The conversation is archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress major support for Story Corps comes from Subaru featuring the outback with standard symmetrical all wheel drive and standard Subaru Starlink multimedia with Apple car play and Android Auto integration keeps drivers connected more at Subaru dot com and from Cancer Treatment Centers of America has 5000 dedicated stakeholders are committed to delivering care that inspires stories of healing and hope for cancer patients every day more of Cancer Center dot com. This is n.p.r. News and you're listening on a 9.3. Morning I'm Alex Cohen coming up the Justice Department is backing a lawsuit alleging that Harvard University University rather illegally discriminates against Asian Americans we'll hear more on that coming up in just a few minutes statement from n.p.r. Reports on national races the k.p.c. See in person candidate for hard hitting political news from the k.p.c. C newsroom it's the k.p.c. Seat game plan. Supporters include Focus Features presenting the little stranger from director Lenny Abramson based on the novel by Sarah Waters. Don't at least and as the doctor called to a company man who strange things begin to occur now playing Korean Air offering twice daily a 380 service from Los Angeles Korean Air is no operating from the new inch on International Airport terminal to excellence in flight Korean air. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly the official mourning for Senator John McCain is moving from Arizona State Capitol to the nation's capitol thousands of people pay their respects to the 6 term Republican senator in Phoenix today the public will do so at the u.s. Capitol in Washington where McCain will lie in state N.P.R.'s Scott Newman says the viewings proceed a weekend service at Washington National Cathedral in a ceremony on Saturday 2 former presidents Barack Obama and George w. Bush are expected to speak but the McCain family has asked that President Trump not attend McCain was a 958 graduate of the u.s. Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland and that's where he will be laid to rest in a private ceremony on Sunday McCain died of brain cancer at the age of 81 family and friends of singer Aretha Franklin are gathering in a Detroit church this morning to celebrate the life and career of the Queen of Soul former President Clinton is among those attending at a tribute to Franklin yesterday. That singer Joan Belgrave performing until you come back to me one of Franklin's many hits Aretha Franklin died earlier this month at age 76 she had a type of pancreatic cancer Franklin was an 18 time Grammy winner and the 1st woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is n.p.r. News from Washington good morning from k p c c News I'm Alex Cohen California is one step closer to creating its own net neutrality rules as the California report's Katie or explain Senate bill 822 faces a final vote today the measure from Democratic State Senator Scott Wiener would mirror Obama era federal protections that were repealed by the f.c.c. Under the trump of ministration the state rules would prohibit Internet providers from blocking speeding up or slowing down Internet traffic and charging more for faster service among other things the bill's authors say this is the strongest such legislation in the country and will create a level playing field for everyone including small businesses more than half of the states have introduced measures aimed at creating their own net neutrality rules critics like 18 t. Say Internet companies should be regulated by the federal government the bill must pass a final vote in the Senate before heading to Governor Jerry Brown status if signed it's likely to face legal challenges for the California report I'm Katie are in Sacramento the union representing Los Angeles Unified School District teachers are tabulating ballots today from a week long strike authorization vote potentially moving toward the 1st teacher walkout in the district since 1909 the union is seeking a 6 and a half percent raise across the board a harder cap on class sizes and more counselors school nurses and librarians you Chile is demanding that the district use $1700000000.00 in its reserves to offset costs but the district says it has other plans. Reporter Carl Stokes explains the district says we need to spend that $1700000000.00 over the next 3 years in order to make sure that we end each of those next 3 years in the black they have plans to spend that money they are going to burn through that money in order to stay in the black it's both true to say that there's $1700000000.00 in reserves but the district also has a point. They say we're using these reserves to balance a budget that is becoming increasingly unsustainable the vote doesn't necessarily mean a strike will happen just gives the teacher's union the ability to call a strike if contract talks fall apart I want to allegedly threw an ashy substance at an l.a.p.d. 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News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep president trumps administration signaled which side it's on in a lawsuit against Harvard University the suit has been filed on behalf of Asian American applicants for admission they say Harvard discriminated against them as part of its admissions process and their suit is being seen as a challenge to affirmative action more broadly now the Justice Department has filed a brief as the government can arguing in support of the plaintiffs Kirk Kara Pez a Boston member station. Is on the line is covering this story good morning good morning Steve what is the Harvard admissions practice that's at the heart of this lawsuit. Steve this lawsuit brought by a group called Students for faired missions and they've accused Harvard of systematically ranking Asian American applicants much lower on intangible characteristics like courage kindness and leadership they've also accused the college of capping the number of qualified Asian American applicants from attending the school let's just see her on this Harvard does actually use those intangible characteristics like courage or our kindness they do factor those things in when they're deciding who to let in you have this lawsuit did should some light on on Harvard's admissions practices I think it's important to point out that this same group Students are fair admissions is led by a conservative strategist Edwards and he's filed suits against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Texas at Austin but in those previous cases he said that white students are at a disadvantage in college admissions Ok so we have a group here that has a broader broader objection to affirming ration yet this group and other conservatives they all want Harvard and other selective schools to drop race conscious admissions altogether Ok so what does Harvard say in explanation for the way that it approaches things and how it does treat Asian Americans the university denying all of these charges that says race is considered is just one factor weighed against a number of other factors like what your parents do or your hometown or your class or you know whether you can turn a double play or you get a good jump shot Harvard also points out that Asian Americans now account for about 23 percent of all admitted students and in a statement yesterday the university said it's deeply disappointed that the Justice Department has taken the side of the plaintiff in this case and the brief really surprised absolutely no one in higher education since the Tribune ministration has already repealed Obama era regulations or guidelines on the consideration of race in admissions and many are telling me that they see this as just a Trojan horse to end affirmative action 2 things to deal with very quickly 1st the Justice Department briefing and as a. They argue that the Harvard has to have a has to have a lot of evidence on its side in order to consider race at all and didn't meet its burden that's the Justice Department argument but the other question is who is harmed here are these plaintiffs this group that opposes affirmative action are they going to be able to show in court that there were actual Asian Americans who were harmed in some way that's unclear I got an e-mail from Edward earlier this week and I asked him I said you know where these students who speaking out on this is or face for your case here and he said that at this point no Asian American students are prepared to take the stand and testify when this case goes to trial in October no Asian Americans not one is willing to say I was harmed by this by this policy not publicly and as a reporter it's a tough story to tell because we've asked a number of Asian American groups whether they can introduce us to a student they haven't been able to come forward a lot of civil rights groups are back in Harvard including Asian American civil rights groups Kirk thanks very much thanks Steve Kerr Kara Pez a w g b h a year ago Hurricane Harvey devastated many parts of Texas it also slammed the petro chemical industry along the coast releasing millions of pounds of pollution now for some companies to reassess how they prepare for big storms N.P.R.'s Rebecca Hirsch has been talking to chemical companies and the communities around them the sea again like let's hear one Flores grew up and still lives in a neighborhood surrounded by industrial sites a gas terminal on one side a chemical company on another and a busy Houston ship channel running along the edge the biggest leak caused by Harvey happened a few blocks from his house at least 460000 gallons of gasoline released when a tank flooded the whole area reeked a year later Flores took me out to see one of the most visible changes that he has noticed since the storm huge cylindrical tanks used to store petro chemicals now have geodesic domes on their rooftops you start assuming that like little levels now have the money yes ma'am. A while back they were like that some of the biggest leaks during Harvey including the one in Flores's neighborhood happened because the roofs of those tanks sank under the weight of rainwater that allowed the chemicals inside to get out these domes prevent that Harvey made it inescapable be clear how high the stakes can be for keeping chemicals contained at one plant that lost power during the storm a fire broke out spreading pollution now that plants owner is facing criminal charges Rod Herrick manages a chemical facility for the company Vester Oh he says they reassess their hurricane plans after every storm the one thing I can say I've learned about hurricanes and tropical storms there's never one that's the same Eric site didn't report releasing any additional pollution as a result of hurricane Harvey which he attributes in part to moving things to higher ground after the last big hurricane in the year since Harvey Herrick is taking it upon himself to collect info on what worked and what didn't from companies all over the region to severe weather it is best practices and it's it's got $3035.00 pages but it's got 65 pages of attachments on all these different in the binder there is info about when to shut down how to store different chemicals Plus Monday things you might not think of like when there's a hurricane approaching make sure that the people on the emergency team aren't on vacation hurricane season is in the summer after all another thing you may not think of employees won't show up to work if their homes are a mess you have to stock the things they need to clean up cleaning supplies it can be mops brooms squeegees it can be diapers seem to be fit feminine items that aren't available here that would even think about it women certainly would so how to how do we take care of that Howard Kundry 3rd directs the work in risk management and decision process center at the University of Pennsylvania and he wrote a book on how big companies manage risks from disasters it's the immediate impacts that are really important to them. He says companies are generally more likely to spend money on things that pay off in the short term like helping employees fix their homes which is an ideal to be better and cheaper in some cases to prepare for long term disasters before they happen he says a good way for companies and their boards to do that is to consciously change how they calculate risk for example the risk of a flood or hurricane happening next year might be low it may be at the level of one in $100.00 may be too low to justify spending money on say upgrading your tanks but if you look at the next 25 years then there might be a greater than a one in 5 chance of at least one of those floods occurring and when you mention one in fog people all pay attention to it and they'll say maybe I better start thinking about what I can do and he says regulators should do the same think long term because with climate change the risks from storms are only getting worse Rebecca her sure n.p.r. News Houston. This is n.p.r. News and you're listening on 89.3 k. P.c.c. Good morning I'm Alex Cohen all this week we've been taking an in-depth look at California homelessness to Kuwait and to our California dream collaboration today we take you a couple 100 miles north to the city of Oakland which is going through a shortage of affordable housing that has led to some serious homelessness but they're trying a new idea you can find out what that is if you stay tuned right here to 89.3. Good morning from the b.b.c. In London are a few Johns with b.b.c. Top line here a few of the stories we're following this hour the United Nations is calling on Greece to speed up the process saying of undocumented migrants it said the situation was reaching quote boarding point on the Greek island of less boss. The reception said it was designed for 2000 people it currently houses over 7000 there are no safe spaces for women and children no programs to prevent sexual violence little medical care one toilet for every 70 people the image and folks America's most senior counter intelligence officer says China is targeting thousands of Americans through fake accounts on social media we have a Nino said Chinese agencies were trying to recruit us informants through the business networking site Linked In Linked In says it's talking to law enforcement about the issue and in East Africa Tanzania is facing criticism over a huge hydroelectric dam project which is building on one of Africa's largest wildlife preserves the park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site our reporter Sami Awami is that once completed the project he said to generate more than 2000 megawatts of power which the government believes could be a silver bullet for the country's Polish He says industry voices in Tanzania earn favor of the dam but environmentalists like the World Wildlife Fund say the country's breaching conservation protocols it has signed in London at the b.b.c. . 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Starts Friday in select cities this is Morning Edition on 89.3 Good morning I'm Alex Cohen Oakland like other cities in California is suffering from a storage of affordable housing that has led to a rise in homelessness but Oakland is turning to a new idea in the state taxing they can properties as part of our California dream collaboration k.q.e.d. Job reports Oakland Raiders are often horrified at the thousands of people living on sidewalks and under freeway passes I'm born and raised in Oakland and we have not seen the rate of homelessness this much advocate Candace elder is pushing the city to provide water and porta potties at camps like this one but the city's struggling to keep up with the need and elder sees a missed opportunity sitting right next to these tents she points to a plot of dry grass inside a chain link fence is an example of a wood what's going on there's a lot of baking and properties where there's public are privately owned and they're not being used in look at we haven't you can't mean right next to it now Oakland voters could pass the state's 1st tax on vacant properties to raise millions of dollars to tackle homelessness and blight council member Rebecca Kaplan authored the proposal so we're looking not only to get rid of the trash the weeds of the types of problems you might see a but also to encourage people to do something that would be of benefit to the community Kaplan met me at a street with a couple of bare parcels friends that owns one he's growing veggies there bell peppers but they don't. We just like to garden. With the measures go. Of getting more homes and businesses built on private vacant lots he says strangers have used drugs and camped at another vacant parcel next to his house but he doesn't think charging owners up to $6000.00 a year is the way to go to doesn't make sense they just try to penalize people with taxes for not having something built on their luck when they're making it difficult for everybody to build something he planned to build a duplex on his land but was discouraged after the city told him permanent loan could cost $35000.00 and take a year it wouldn't work out for me council member Kaplan shakes her head and tells a course that she's glad they met and I'm glad you know we've traded cards we're going to follow up because we desperately need more housing she says that's why her tax measure would provide financial help to build affordable units and low income earners and nonprofits would be exempt from the tax She says the problem in a different group of owners of a can real estate and Oakland's hot market people who may not have the connection and the motivation to do something with them and especially a lot of big corporate speculators critics charge a big problem is the city doesn't know yet exactly how many buildings and lots are really vacant and who owns them it would be great to have a list 1st before you went about taxing people on it Kiran should know is what the Oakland Berkeley Association of Realtors our city doesn't need another tax that could adversely affect a lot of long term Oakland residents that don't have the time the money or the expertise to go about fighting a tax the measures exemptions and the promise that the city will work the kinks out later are enough for James than a retired architect who pushed for the tax the city did not have a budget to address the homeless this issue. That's clear there's just no money there and the budget he looked at other cities with taxes. Some vacant properties like Washington d.c. And Vancouver British Columbia he says this is an opportunity to raise a steady stream of funds so the homelessness problem is one that we're facing now it's critical it's urgent it can't wait the idea could be catching on people in the neighboring city of Richmond will also vote on a vacant property tax in November in Oakland on Friday that. That story was part of our California dream collaboration after 2 years of battles in the legislature a bill to regulate drug industry middlemen on California Governor Jerry Brown's desk Capital Public Radio health care reporter Sammy Kayleigh has more pharmacy benefit managers are p.b.s. Have long garnered suspicion from consumer advocates worried about corrupt dealings behind doors these private companies strike deals for cheaper drugs on behalf of health plans in theory they pass the cost savings on to patients Kathy Mudge works for Jim Wood who authored the bill open the mysterious black box whatever you want to call it we need to better understand their business model and know exactly who's getting the benefit of these negotiations the proposal would require p.b.s. To disclose more information about those negotiations to the state it was held last session after he did opposition from the drug industry health plans are strongly opposed they say having to file reports about the p.b.s. They work with would be a burden and p.b.m. Groups said it would be hard to compete for the best deal on drugs when everyone's cards are on the table in Sacramento I'm Sammy Kayleigh taking a look at traffic now on the 210 east at Sunflower Avenue there's a crash that's been moved to the right shoulder it's backed up to the ave you can expect delays there roughly 10 minutes it's 751 a.t.c.c. Supporters include u.c.l.a. Health ranked number one in l.a. And number 7 in the nation by the u.s. News and World Report they are honored to rank among the best hospitals for 29 years can regrow but their greatest honor is to bring outstanding care from the routine. To the most complex to patients and their families that more than 170 primary and specialty care practices throughout Southern California it begins flip you go to u.c.l.a. Health dot org or call 800 u.c.l.a. Into the line. President Trump and the European Union are now girding for a big fight over cars Marketplace Morning Report is supported by Western hotels and resorts dedicated to empowering your well being while on the road with signature wellness programs designed to help you stay in control while traveling west and let's rise learn more at Weston dot com hand by Sony Pictures Classics with puzzle star and Kelly Macdonald a housewife mastery of jigsaw puzzles empowers her to take charge of her life and have new experiences now playing I'm David Brancaccio New York what had seemed like a ceasefire in the trade battle between the u.s. And the European Union appears to be very over yesterday a senior e.u. Trade official had offered to drop European card tariffs to 0 if the u.s. Did the same but during an interview with Bloomberg News yesterday President Trump said no it's not good enough because they will always sell more cars their cars. Their habits their consumer habits are to buying their cars not to buy cars the president also said quote The e.u. Is almost as bad as China just smaller European Commission president John Claudie John younger of course said today the e.u. Will respond in kind if the u.s. Imposes higher car tariffs but back to that trump observation that it's about European habits not to buy u.s. Made cars and trucks of tradition culture not economics I spoke to the B.B.C.'s economics correspondent Andrew Walker today it's partly about economics of course because one of the reasons that Europeans buy European cars is because then. That means the transport costs of getting into the European market a factor that helps keep the prices down they're also built to European reg. Standards that's a more complicated issue if American manufacturers also have to deal with the u.s. Market consumers everywhere tend to have a degree of what's called home preference and it's not normally been considered a modified tried policy to try to do anything about I know we can help all those medieval European towns widen their streets so they can accommodate our larger pickup trucks that's one idea but you know the response in the past from the u.s. Car industry has been to build European spec cars in Europe that's what g.m. Used to do when it owned Opel in Dade and to some degree Ford doesn't of course the Japanese manufacturers do that as well there's also issues about fuel consumption European consumers have a particular preference for low fuel consumption vehicles and one of the reasons for that is of course that we have much higher taxes on gasoline on this side of a and I suppose one thing President Trump might be tempted to ask for is for European governments to do something about that the b.b.c. Is economics correspondent Andrew Walker thank you my pleasure David. Let's check the numbers here the Dow His up 6 points the s. And p. Is up less than a 10th percent the Nasdaq is up 3 tenths of a percent the federal government is thinking about making it easier for regular people to put money into riskier investments now only wealthier people can buy stock in privately held companies but Securities and Exchange Commission chaired Jay Clayton told The Wall Street Journal that might change Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer What are the rules on these things now if you invest in a company like that hasn't gone public so is not listed on a stock exchange you have to be with the calls and a credited investor with a household income of $300000.00 a year or a net worth over a $1000000.00 and that's excluding the value of your house why can't anyone take a gamble if they want the rules are designed to protect small investors a you're sinking money into things like hedge funds and startups you get a lot less information about these private investments compared to companies on a stock exchange you can make a huge profit but there's a lot of risk and what changes does the f.c.c. Have in mind that's not clear at this point but we do know the trumpet ministration is in favor of rolling back some of the Dodd Frank regulations put in place after the financial crisis one of those was the requirement that you can't count the value of your house when you're calculating your net worth Marketplace Morning Report is supported by t. Rowe Price offering a strategic investing approach that examines investment opportunities 1st hand institutions advisers employers and individuals choose to Rowe Price t. Rowe Price invest with confidence and by Cloud Flare helping to build a better Internet by making more than 8000000 websites apps and other Internet services faster safer and more reliable Cloud Flare dot com The Minnesota State Fair centers on good things to eat on a stick it's also an agricultural fair meaning of these. As it's a trade story on a stick with all those farmers set up there Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Dunbar reports times are hard for many of the farmers gathered here at the Minnesota State Fair the u.s.d.a. Says net farm income has fallen 50 percent since 2012 in part because of declining crop prices now many farmers have to deal with retaliatory tariffs from u.s. Trading partners on products like soybeans and corn being kicked Lansdowne all of this guy feels when growth grows crops and raises dairy cows I found him checking out youth farm exhibits at the fair Roe says he'll accept bailout money from the trumpet ministrations $12000000000.00 farm aid package announced this week but he'd rather have a healthy market for a soybeans he usually sells to China but he's worried that market will disappear altogether if the trade war drags on when all the regions of the world life he will start to pick up American slacking orders a lot of undeveloped land around the world that could be brought into the soybean production over at the Minnesota farm bureau Boone Dean Christofferson is chatting with fairgoers about what it's like to farm these days he grows soybeans corn and raises dairy cows we need trade we're growing much more crop in the United States and we can use our sell it's not just crops that are affected pork producers are hurting too after Mexico and China impose tariffs hog farmer want Apache is volunteering at the fair swine booth where a visitor can see different breeds like a Chester White hawg and pick up a free pig's ear headband she says of the trade war we live on but if it is extended we're going to see farmers going out of business President Trump handily won Minnesota's farm country in 2016 and he still has a lot of support there farmer Lauren Wallen is hanging out by the fairs milking parlor in a bright red Make America Great Again t. Shirt he says Trump is already helping farmers by rolling back regulations that affect them and he's cheering the trumpet ministrations trade news I think they stand their ground that's probably isn't what you'd expect to hear out. Former Wallen says when this trade war is over farmers will be better for it in St Paul I'm Elizabeth Dunbar from Marketplace and the u.s. And Mexico been negotiating with Canada over updates to the NAFTA trade agreement up against the deadline for today based on the Mexican political calendar the update this morning the troubled ministration says Canada has yet to offer concessions on agriculture talks continue our executive producers Nicole child is our digital producer is Redmond Carolyn b.o.r. Engineer is Brian Nelson Brancaccio with the Marketplace Morning Report from a.p.m. American Public Media Good morning this is 89.3 k. P.c.c. 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I'm Alex Cohen The debate continues on a new North American trade deal as president from pushes Canadian officials to sign today. Coming up analysis of this moment by former Obama administration economic advisor Austin Goolsbee and Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin next week and some Senate Democrats are ready for a fight this is the moment where you have to look at yourself in the mirror and say what will I do to make sure this man is not the next justice on the Supreme Court abortion rights advocates are especially concerned plus Twitter is taking a lot of heat for being slow to discipline that noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones we hear from Twitter's head of public policy on the social media companies efforts to clean up the conversation Those stories and more ahead on Morning Edition the news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Corba Coleman the casket of the late Senator John McCain has arrived at the u.s. Capitol a memorial ceremony has gotten underway in the Capitol Rotunda N.P.R.'s Scott Neuman has more McCain's body arrived at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington d.c. Thursday evening after being honored in Phoenix Arizona the state that the late senator.