Point 3 North Highlands Sacramento and we're live online at k.q.e.d. Dot org. The party fill that promise to the voters of this country to. Replace can President Trump good Republican senators to pass a health care bill it's Monday July 24th and this is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. And I'm Kelly McEvers coming up Medicaid and childbirth half the mothers who give birth are covered by the program also the new movie Dunkirk tells of a moment in World War 2 when Britain's back to the wall how vital was it for. Me We need to get back and a Nobel laureate economist finds that when nurses visit with underprivileged new mothers children benefit especially the boys girls can actually seemingly. It's not that girls aren't affected by early adversity but boys seem particularly vulnerable now this news. Live from n.p.r. News had Washington on trial Snyder as the Senate prepares to decide Tuesday on whether to move forward on health care Arizona Senator John McCain is expected to cast a vote McCain's office has issued a statement saying he will be on Capitol Hill to stays after he received a cancer diagnosis N.P.R.'s Tamara Keith it's still not entirely clear whether Senate Republicans will have enough votes to move to proceed to debate on their health care bill but having Sen John McCain come back after his health emergency and to have this sad brain tumor removed having him back in the chamber is likely to add one vote in favor and potentially also some emotional Hafter our momentum President Trump brought up the expected vote on health care when he spoke to Boy Scouts at their national jam brewery in West Virginia his speech is being criticized for veering into politics White House adviser Jared cushion or President Trump's son in law is due back on Capitol Hill Tuesday scheduled to speak with the House Intelligence Committee in a private session a day after he denied any collusion with Russians after he met with Senate investigators he spoke with them for nearly 3 hours Kushner was not under oath but N.P.R.'s miles Parks' reports that doesn't matter Democrats say they want Trump officials to swear to tell the truth but legally speaking taking an oath doesn't actually change that much a law called the false statements Act means it's always illegal to lie to a congressional committee Here's Stuart Greene a law professor at Rutgers University in terms of criminal liability you still would be were tensely wild for false statements so it's not like you can lie with impunity before the committee Greene says a large part of making someone go under oath for congressional testimony is actually just for appearances miles parks n.p.r. News Washington firefighters from at least 34 states are in Montana to help fight. 20 wildfires including the country's largest Montana Public Radio's Eric Whitney reports firefighting teams in Montana are requesting aircraft heavy equipment and personnel to try to contain the fires there's been concern that an automatic state budget cut could deplete a state firefighting find but Governor Steve Bullock is telling Montanans not to worry about that money certainly won't be an issue we're going to deploy every resource minister it's a little early to say what point would you have real significant challenges Bullock declared a state of emergency Sunday due to the fires that frees up additional emergency money and allows them to activate the National Guard if needed fires are consuming both grasslands and forests from one end of Montana to the other for n.p.r. News I'm Eric Whitney in Missoula California authorities say it could take another couple of weeks before crews fully contain that wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park but they say crews are making gains you're listening to n.p.r. News. The man charged in the deaths of 10 immigrants found in a tractor trailer in San Antonio could face the death penalty if convicted 60 year old James of Matthew Bradley Jr was in federal court Monday facing charges of illegally transporting immigrants for financial gain resulting in death officials say at least some of the people who were found packed into the tractor trailer were from Mexico and Guatemala a new study finds that calls to poison control centers nationwide to report accidental exposures to dietary supplements have doubled over the last decade and N.P.R.'s Allison Aubrey reports about 70 percent of the calls involve a report of a child age 6 or younger the study finds that about every 24 minutes someone calls the poison control center in the u.s. To report an unintentional exposure to a dietary supplement supplements include everything from vitamins and minerals to herbs in both tentacles marketed to help with dieting energy levels or immune function study author Henry Spiller says in many cases kids get their hands on supplements accidentally he says symptoms such as an upset stomach are usually mild but be aware that there is a risk you know these don't have child resisting containers and just because you think it's natural doesn't mean it's safe so parents should consider where to store their dietary supplements Allison Aubrey n.p.r. News talk markets in Asia mixed in Tuesday trading Japan's Nikkei closed a 10th of a percent lower but shares in Hong Kong edged higher investors are waiting to hear from the Federal Reserve policymakers are beginning a 2 day meeting Tuesday on trial Snider n.p.r. News support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include the and he Casey Foundation with 28 years of Kids Count data on the wellbeing of America's children providing access to national and local information as well as state rankings learn more data center dot kids count dot org. Thank. You Thank You. Thank. You thank. You thank. You thank. You Thank You. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm Kelly McEvers in Culver City California and I'm Robert Siegel in Washington at the White House today 2 statements on 2 very different topics one on the Russia and best a geisha at the Trumpet ministration is struggling to get out from under the other on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that President Trump is struggling to push over the finish line n.p.r. White House correspondent Tamara Keith joins us now from the White House hi attempt Hi And let's start with that 1st statement a rare public remarks from Jericho or the president's son in law and senior adviser who sat down today with Senate investigators looking into Russian meddling in the election the record in documents I have provided voluntarily provided will show that all of my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign to what else did he have to say well that audio you were hearing came from a statement he delivered at the White House after speaking with Senate investigators but that was behind closed doors and lasted more than 2 hours in his public remarks cushion or was adamant that he did not collude with Russia and that he doesn't know of anyone else in the campaign who did so there was also a longer written statement that he submitted to the committee and in that he said that he had 4 meetings with Russians during the campaign and the transition which he characterized as benign and not part of some larger plot to work with Russia and he described them as part of the context of a campaign that was lean and inexperienced and overwhelmed with requests for meetings from many foreign governments not just Russia and we don't know though what the committee pressed him on or or what he talked about behind closed doors with investigators clearly was trying to put this behind him how likely is that yes so he was clearly trying to but you know what he'll be back up on the Hill tomorrow speaking to investigators from the House Intelligence Committee which has its own investigation it's. Possible that at some later point he'll be asked to testify in an open session it's not clear when that would be but questioners team insists he wants to be as helpful as possible Ok On to health care and the Senate is set to take a procedural vote on the bill tomorrow can you quickly explain what that means 1st yes so it's a motion to proceed that's basically a vote to begin debate on the health care bill or a health care bill but it's not clear that there are at this moment anough Republican senators willing to vote even just for that and if they do manage to begin debate it's not clear what version of the health care legislation they'd be debating or ultimately asked to support the president has said that his preferred option is repeal and replace but there at the moment is no agreement on what the replacement should be and the president had a message for Republican senators today what was it you've been making a promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act for years get on it you know this message was really all about turning up the heat on Republican senators. The question for every senator Democrat or Republican is whether they will side with Obamacare as architects which have been so destructive to our country or with it's forgotten victims any senator who votes against starting debate is telling America that you are fine with the Obamacare nightmare which is what it is there actually there are some Republican senators who would dispute that characterization they say they don't even know what they're being asked to vote for so and also one thing is that president trumps remarks today were pretty similar to remarks he delivered last week in a lunch meeting with Republican senators the message hasn't much changed and there hasn't been much movement apparently in invoke it's well given that and given that it's unclear what what's on the table exactly why as president I'm saying this again Well this was a statement that was aimed at the public and making the case to the public that Republican senators need to act and that there will be consequences if they don't n.p.r. White House correspondent Tamara Keith thanks Tom You're welcome women's health has been a point of much controversy in the ongoing health care debate federal funding for abortion is already illegal in most cases but many abortion rights opponents want to permanently block Planned Parenthood from getting federal dollars for services like contraception that's Medicaid money maternity care gets a lot less attention though it's also a critical part of Medicaid and as N.P.R.'s Sarah McCammon reports it turns out anti-abortion rights groups also rely on Medicaid to help low income pregnant women when Taylor endo moved to Indiana 2 years ago fleeing an abusive spouse she needed help. Sixpence. And at that point in time I really didn't have a stable place to live that's where the Hanna center in Bloomington stepped in it's what's known as a crisis pregnancy center where women. Are counseled against abortion and often get help after their babies are born executive director Tina Tooley lamb Key says many low income women come in believing they need to have an abortion and she tries to persuade them otherwise because for many women it's not truly a choice when they feel like they don't have any other options the nonprofit housed them around over about a year and it's maternity home and helped her apply for Medicaid in Indiana low income pregnant women qualify automatically the exact income requirements vary from state to state to. Now 21 Miranda was caring for 1000 month old son in training to become a nursing assistant. She says she never wanted an abortion but she couldn't have paid for her prenatal visits and then the delivery alone if Medicaid what the paid for it would have been thousands of dollars and being a single mother really just can't. Pay for a lot of women can't for pregnant women in the United States Medicaid is less a safety net than a building block of the maternity care system Dr how Laurence is with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists there are $4300000.00 births in this country so over $2000000.00 of those were are covered by Medicaid that's close to half in for the Hanna center in Bloomington it's at least 90 percent directors of several similar organizations interviewed by n.p.r. Indicated that most of their clients also end up receiving Medicaid and n.p.r. Review found at least 2 dozen such centers advertising online that they offer Medicaid referrals or enroll meant assistance Oh yeah I mean that's the primary service that every pregnancy center offers is the proof of pregnancy under a a crazy ice runs the pregnancy center of Stanford near Orlando without Medicaid she says many of her clients wouldn't see a doctor until the very end of their pregnancy so I think that's what it was. Happen is that she would go to the emergency room or she would have no care and then when she starts to you know her water breaks and she's about to go into labor then she'll be an emergency room. At access pregnancy centers and matter really Louisiana Michelle black works with clients like little haven Ling and her mom Tara who's delivery earlier this year was covered by Medicaid Medicaid has been targeted for cuts under recent Republican proposals in Congress black worries that could in turn push states to slash reimbursements to physicians she says that would hurt the maternity clinic her organization also runs and make it harder for pregnant women to find doctors I mean it's a major concern and we've actually seen fluctuations in the amount of money that we get reimbursed through the clinic and I know that doctor offices are seeing that as well so in some cases you know people who have accepted Medicaid in the past aren't because the reimbursements have shrunk back in Indiana Tina Tooley Lamptey says she's occasionally caught flak from her conservative Christian donors for helping women enroll in government services but she says she's seen several women decide to continue their pregnancies after learning their medical care would be provided some time simply explaining to them we can help them through the process of obtaining Medicaid is all it takes for them to realize I can do this I can be a mom and so it is very ironic to me that people who are pro-life would not also be pro Medicaid and she says after pregnant women get this basic health care they can then focus on things like their education and career Sarah McCammon n.p.r. News. 17 employees of one of Turkey's oldest daily newspapers went on trial today they faced terrorism charges that could land them in prison for up to 43 years the journalists are among tens of thousands of Turkish people fired from the. Jobs are arrested since an attempted coup last year and P.R.'s Lauren Frayer was at the courthouse in Istanbul today. Was the free press shall not be silenced hundreds of protesters chanted many some player way into the courthouse applauding the defendants as they filed in those on trial include the June who reports newspapers cartoonist book editor accountant and 76 year old editor in chief I didn't arrested last October. Angin says he was in solitary confinement for 5 days and then freed pending trial because of his old age but he worries for his co-defendants most of whom had been in jail for nearly 9 months are charged with helping groups the government considers terrorists Kurdish rebels and followers of cleric for 2 a googling lives in the us but the government accuses of orchestrating that failed coup which he denies press advocates say they're on trial for criticizing Turkish president Erda One rights group say he's jailed over 150 journalists to have been arrested the most important voices so when they imprison them they're also stop possibility for discussion for open for critical thinking and so on that's your game Lawrence and you came from Norway to observe this trial he works at Penn International which supports freedom of expression was. This as protesters sang songs for peace outside the court an elderly woman shuffled up carrying a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk who founded modern Turkey in 1023 attempted to purge the selling text here says she worries Ataturk's vision of a secular democratic Turkey is being lost as anyone jails dissenters it's part of a purge he says is necessary for stability country's been under a state of emergency for over a year the Jew who reacts. Halfords face up to 43 years in prison at the start of today's proceedings according to Turkish media the cartoonist musette cart was asked if he had a criminal record you replied Not yet Lauren Frayer n.p.r. News Istanbul. This is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Good morning from k.q.e.d. Public Radio where support for k.q.e.d. Comes from s.f. 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Comes from this station and from the Jacob and valerian Lang loft foundation supporting the health and wellbeing of underserved populations lying with dot org from the John d. And Catherine team ecard her foundation supporting creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just verdant and peaceful world more information is at max found dot org And from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation working with others to build a culture of health for all on the web at r w j f dot org. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm Robert Siegel and I'm Kelly McEvers after President visited Poland earlier this month the right wing ruling party passed a series of bills to reform the country's judicial system one of them would have allowed the government to remove and replace all of the Supreme Court judges for the last week tens of thousands of Polish people went to the streets to protest the bills. The they demanded that President on Jay do to veto the bills and today in an unexpected turn he did he vetoed 2 of the 3 Joining me now from Poland is you stand up pov Locke She's the writers bureau chief for Central Europe welcome to show. Can you tell us just a little more about the legislation that President vetoed. Yes there are quite a lot of credit a lot of details in it but essentially the legislation is going to give the government or problem and which is controlled by the same party. Say in a place and their placement of judges just about across the across the spectrum the most controversial because it was an overhaul of the rules dealing with the Supreme Court in a which. If if if the law if that is the track that station actually became law all the Supreme Court judges would have would have to retire the next day except for those take place but the justice minister and the parliament would have to have the say and appointing on their replacement so clearly quite a politicized process right along with these huge protests that I mentioned the European Union Trenholme and the sanctions if these bills were signed the u.s. State Department weighed in saying just reform shouldn't violate once Constitution or international legal obligations what made the difference so why do you do this hey he vetoed these though. I have to say this is the $1000000.00 question. There is a cousin who is a very close ally of the ruling of the ruling Conservative Party sold so this is the end of the main question is whether you know to what extent did he break away from the party and this is a big blow for the government in terms of losing a dependence and dependable ally and a kind of future policy making. Some some observers say that this is related to our that this is a political you know political crisis cultivation on his part because of the head of the next presidential election and 2020 where he perhaps felt that. If he can somebody people believe are constitutional would actually help him people worried about the future of Poland's democracy you've got protesters in the streets for 8 days outside the Supreme Court demonstrations all across the country does this mitosis people's worries that make them things the president might be listening to them. Yes I'm nodding 1st of all he vetoed 2 out of the 3 on piece of legislation and they wanted he didn't veto does actually give the government owns some say an appointment and appointing a lower level judges So there's there's a high lot of concern about that but I think broadly speaking you know it's unclear as to where the problems will go from from now on the government said that they do want the judiciary to be reformed to do that said he does well just under different conditions so there will be no proposals you see the public Ritter's bureau chief for Central Europe and the Nordics thank you so much thank you. The new movie Dunkirk immerses its 21st century audience in a pivotal moment of 20th century British history early in the 2nd world war in late May and early June of 1940 as German forces plowed through Belgium and France hundreds of thousands of British and allied soldiers were forced to retreat from the European mainland. The darkness hangs over the herd dogs and they lined up on the beach at the French seaside town of Dunkirk often under German bombardment they were evacuated not just by naval vessels but by hundreds of small boats pleasure boats ferries life boats you name it and on their way home from a village in Duncan for more on the story of Dunkirk we turn to historian Andrew Roberts who joins us from London welcome to the program thank you very much indeed the 2nd world war began in September 1939 the movie Dunkirk in the story of Dunkirk takes place in May and June of 1941st what happened in the early months of the war to lead up to Dunkirk were very little actually there wasn't anything really that happened on land a tool in Western Europe until the 10th of May 1940 when Hitler unleashed his blitzkrieg on the West and invaded on that day France Belgium and Holland the story of the evacuation of British troops and also other other allied forces this is not a story of a military victory but of a very successful retreat across the English Channel How important was it to the people of wartime Britain it was absolutely vital we had an army that we needed to get back 250000 troops were in fact evacuated from Dunkirk back to Britain and of course they formed to the the kernel of the new army that we were going to build which eventually was to get back into France. At that time. The late spring of 1940 the United States was not yet in the war and wouldn't be in the war until Pearl Harbor at the end of 1941 British resolve at Dunkirk and later during the bombing of London the blitz this must have strengthened the hand of those arguing that us entry would have a real effect that Britain wasn't finished after all Churchill thought this was tremendously important and mentioned that the United States a lot including in his great speech at the fufu Jean the we should fight them on the beaches speech in which he said that Britain would carry on fighting until in God's good time the New World would step forward to the Savior and deliverance if we can say America was in the forefront of his thinking pretty much all the way through this period yet we should point out the ambassador from the New World Joseph Kennedy was among those who felt that Britain was a lost cause and democracy was finished in England and we shouldn't get involved yes we didn't have much immediate support from Jason Kennedy however luckily you also had. The great broadcaster he was also in Britain at the time and throughout the Battle of Britain was broadcasting saying exactly the opposite saying that the British people did have the resolve to carry on fighting obviously for many years Dunkirk was a symbol British resolve and also of cleverness of figuring out how to get all of these men back across the channel does it still resonate with younger people in Britain or are they as far removed from this as Americans would be at their age oh you know all the young people who have spoken about including my children are very excited by the PSNI they crave loved it and you'll seeing a lot of people coming partly I think maybe because one of the actors Harry Styles is a famous pop star but also the story is so gripping and it's one I think that will last down the generations it doesn't really require that much knowledge of the period. To appreciate what an extraordinary event Duncan cools and interestingly it's not a great battlefield victory it's a recovery from defeat it's what you do when when your back is to the wall not not when you're triumphant precisely the walls are not won by evacuations is was Winston Churchill said in that great speech I mentioned earlier the this was a in his words colossal military disaster however the fact was that we lost 40000 and saved 250000 say you know it was the book he also called the miracle of deliverance and survival was in itself a form of victory historian Andrew Roberts speaking with us about Dunkirk what actually happened there subject of a new movie thanks so much for talking with us thank you. This is n.p.r. News. In the United States most people see a bicycle as a recreational vehicle but the bike is poised to make a comeback as a means of commuting to work I'm sure Metzner and this is the pulse of the planet. Countrywide cycling still only accounts for about one percent of all trips rough Buehler is an associate professor in Urban Affairs and planning at Regina tech but in certain cities such as Portland share of regular commuters riding a bike increased from one percent in 1900 to about 6 percent today in Minneapolis the similar trend happened from one percent to about 4 percent today even given the cold temperatures there Europeans have a longer history with a bicycle as a main mode of transportation so in the Netherlands today about one quarter of all trips in the entire country I made by bicycle and Denmark that's between 16 and 18 percent and even in a current of country like Germany you get about a 9 to 10 percent of all trips by bicycle so what's keeping more Americans from riding but there are many factors that influence people and their decision to cycle or not to cycle a key factor for many European cities has been to provide separate bicycle infrastructure bike lanes that's a stripe of paint on the roadway or physically separated bicycle facilities alongside roadways let's include speed limits for cars low enough for bicycles to share with cars big factor why people report not cycling fear of traffic danger and we find most people view with the separate facilities more positively than cycling in traffic with cars in the United States about 75 percent of cyclists are males in Europe it's an even $5050.00 split between men and women will hear more about bicycles in future programs I'm Jim this year and this is the pulse of the planet. Starting July 25th. In the movie Galaxy Quest the starship is powered by a sphere of beryllium one of the lightest chemical elements that may be strictly Hollywood fantasy but Beryllium is an important component in many spacecraft the really em comes in several forms but only one of them is stable that form is produced between the stars and cosmic rays that atoms of heavier elements splitting the atoms apart a tiny bit of a really and was incorporated into earth's crust and it has a lot of uses it's combined with copper or other elements for example to make alloys that are especially strong and durable but really I'm doesn't block x. Rays or most other forms of radiation so it's used in many scientific settings it forms the pipes that surround the particle beams in the Large Hadron Collider when the particles in those beams ram together the radiation and particles they produce pass right through the pipes so they can be recorded by scientific instruments but really I'm also frequently finds its way into space it's used in some rocket nozzles and was a key component in the breaks and windshields of the space shuttles and because it doesn't expand or contract much as it changes temperature it's also great for the mirrors of space telescopes all the mirrors aboard Spitzer Space Telescope are made of beryllium and so are the giant mirrors of the new James Webb Space Telescope powering the continued exploration of the universe we have sky watching Tip's astronomy news and much more about the wonders of the universe in starting a magazine subscription information at start a dot org for the McDonald Observatory I'm standing would. 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News this is All Things Considered I'm Robert Siegel and I'm Kelly McEvers Democrats have a lot to figure out after Republicans took Congress and the White House last November so today Democratic Party leaders left the Beltway for a town park in Virginia to launch their new branding effort they hope a more focused message will help them regain popularity with voters and maybe even retake control of the house next year Here's N.P.R.'s Brian Naylor they stood in the midday heat the men with their shirt sleeves rolled up in the picturesque town park in Berryville behind a podium that read a better deal the town was chosen for its scenic quality and also because it's in the 10th Congressional District one Democrats hope to flip in 2018 Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer conceded what polls have shown that voters know Democrats are against President Trump but need more too many Americans don't know what we stand for not after today President Trump campaigned on a populist platform talking to working people that's why he won. But as soon as he got into office he abandoned Schumer outlined a populist agenda calling for raising the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour lowering prices on prescription drugs by allowing Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and encouraging companies to provide training and apprenticeships through tax credits and while some of these proposals are tried and true democratic warhorses Schumer took a page from the progressive Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren wing of the party saying old fashioned capitalism has broken down we're going to fight to allow regulators to break up big companies if they're hurting consumers and to make it harder for companies to merge if it reduces competition the Democrats singled out the airline industry cable companies and even breweries as examples of where consolidation has hurt consumers Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia says the political debate inside the Beltway has become stuck in the past what we're trying to offer here is a better deal that recognizes that a one of the challenges we face in America today are no longer left versus right or liberal versus conservative but it's future versus past the better deal agenda has already faced ridicule for sounding like the Papa John's better pizza slogan a group of Republican protesters emphasize that point today holding up pizza boxes with a picture of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the Lying better jobs better wages still Palosi and voters seem skeptical about the new campaign of Colson was down from Baltimore visiting his granddaughter and was unimpressed a lot of started listening the politicians when Teddy was running for president and nothing's changed the words are all the same and need a Gallagher from Leesburg Virginia was even more blunt I think it's baloney I was very disappear. And then down Trump once the election by appealing to working people the traditional constituency of the Democratic Party and they talk about you know a few jobs here few jobs here you know cyber security jobs blah blah blah Gallagher wants to see Democrats move further to the left reflecting that the party still has a ways to go to refine its pitch to win over working people Brian Naylor n.p.r. News Berryville Virginia our next guest is a Nobel laureate an economist who knows that providing support to new mothers means children who are healthier and more successful in life James Heckman conclusions are reinforced by a new study on the effectiveness of a home visiting program called of the Nurse Family Partnership or n f p it supports low income 1st time mothers in $43.00 states nurses visit new mothers during pregnancy through the age of 2 showing them how to care for their baby splurging them to read to their children to take them out and show them things and Professor James Heckman sent Alice's shows that that can make a huge difference especially for boys Welcome to the program Oh glad to be here your paper looks at a Nurse Family Partnership Program in Memphis it started in 1998 and it kept track of hundreds of kids who participated tracking them until they were 12 What did you find while at age 6 if you look for both boys and girls you see both cognitive benefits the belly to function in a classroom and acquire knowledge and just to solve ordinary day to day problems as well as an emotional skills that's for both boys and girls when you get to age 12 the primary benefit that's lasting would be cognitive skills cognitive skills that for boys and they are benefits which are for the mother during the period of time when the mother is looking at the 1st 2 years with the child there does seem to be and Hamster the strength of the maternal environment in the sense the mother. Is less anxiety she seems better able to cope and she herself was calmer and more maybe focused and directed towards the education of her child but that big gender gap between boys and girls boys still showing the benefits as you see it and as you analyze it through the age 12 what's the big difference here. I think we as a society beginning to understand the greater vulnerability of boys especially disadvantaged boys the lower levels of resilience if you will to adversity girls for whatever reason and I think it may be biological or maybe because of the relationship with the mother it's not fully understood but girls can actually seemingly shake the adversity off it's not the girls aren't affected by early adversity but boy seem particularly vulnerable the Nurse Family Partnership or an f.p. Program that that you were analyzing was in Memphis Yes I've seen that there are similar positive effects from a similar idea in Jamaica but that in Britain a similar program did not show any great difference it isn't any idea why well the British program I know less well but the Jamaican program is a wonderful example the Jamaican program had some of the same features what I consider the key feature of the Nurse Family Partnership Program which was that it encouraged mothers to interact with their children and if you can get a chemistry going between the child and caregiver what you've done is created a life time environment that motivates the child that motivates the mother and of builds a synergy which actually leads to productive children and productive families we spoke years ago you were talking about the value of preschool for kids and in this case what you're describing something very valuable is it's very modest the intervention of the nurse is you know once somebody shows up a few times to talk with a mother and yet that yields big results who say yes someone we boil all is down you know I think his home was like this beautiful song you know all it takes is love or something it really is requiring that somebody love you and love is a very scarce resource of course over the probably the scarcest resource and modern in any society. But if somebody takes an interest in you it doesn't have to be a massive you know for example in Chicago we've had these home projects now torn down the Robert Taylor Homes very very infamous in their own way gangs roaming around but children who grew up in those have come many of them have become very successful moderately successful middle class anyway and always the ingredient was a mother or caregiver who is sincerely interested in the lies of the child or protected the child encourage the child I think that's what's missing and I think that is the love that probably is the key ingredient but Professor Heckman thanks for talking with us again Ok it was great talking to you have a good day that's Professor James Heckman economist at the University of Chicago. And. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News in Hawaii on the island of collide the native forest birds are in danger the island has lost more than half of those native species and it could be an early warning for the other Hawaiian Islands Gloria Hillard reports native Hawaiian songs tell stories of the islands was. Meet. Her. This one was inspired by the last meeting call of a now extinct bird the Quite. Low. And. You know we still sing it with hope in our hearts simple Calcutta is one of the sing but and truth. Our birds our native birds are in a very steep decline Calcutta a native Hawaiian is also a revered teacher of the island's culture our seabirds are mountain birds. They are just indicators of the health of the earth on the west side of. Has provided a home to the island birds. It's a different picture here than the beaches and palm trees that graced most Hawaiian postcards trails cut through. Covered trees and dark green ferns is just cool and disturbingly quite like I heard one of the honey. In the distance. Dr Lisa. Recovery Project she's not that long ago maybe a few decades there were so many birds here we wouldn't have a conversation it was much much. Many. 70 and 90 percent decline. That's how fast their populations are collapsing loss of native habitat and the introduction of species like rats wild pigs and feral cats have contributed to the birds decline Crampton mosquito borne diseases from the. Temperature's pose the biggest threat these mountains that we're in right now have provided. Yes but as the planet warms that refuge is getting shrunk down and could be completely gone Crampton says within a decade conservation efforts including rat control captive breeding and habitat restoration are underway of the bird species on the island 3. Among them is the Paul the small grey with pink feet numbers less than $500.00 it feeds on the plants and plays a role in sea dispersal at least we have the. Then what is going to disperse the fruits and. Generate all these beautiful feeding plants that are so much a part of the. One bird is doing slightly better. With . Crampton uses her best. Call. After an hour or so searching for the elusive cinnamon and grey bird. I thought you would come in to look at if it was a mother bird and her young. A quiet song helping to tell the story of this troubled forest for n.p.r. News I'm Gloria Hillard on the island. On the next fresh air Jessica Williams as a Daily Show correspondent for her reports on. Homophobia she gets more personal takes on gender and race in the comedy podcast to dub Queens now she's starring in a new Netflix movie a romantic comedy called The Incredible Jessica James. 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Now the final segment of All Things Considered 10 minutes away from one at the top of the hour the b.b.c. World Service. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm Kelly McEvers And I'm Robert Siegel we're going to meet one of Mexico's most popular standup arrows standup comedians sort of feel. Is among those in the country giving comedy a new voice comedians in Mexico have long been controlled by the leading television networks confining the John Ritter slapstick characters spouting sexually laced to belong Tundras Well they're Rivera is fresh off a successful Netflix show and a national tour and N.P.R.'s Carrie Kahn brings us her story. The opening act of Sophia Nino that of it as Netflix comedy special the slender tall comedian takes center stage on majestic they go yellow theater surrounded by 2 male ballet dancers. Members and a little They told me my show had to be of a cultural nature to present it in such a fine place as this she said straight faced. With. That was the cultural part she says. So get ready she says throwing out an expletive to describe the crowd at $35.00 mm in your days of it as routine is a little Amy Schumer not as crude but with plenty of cussing and self deprecation mixed in with a bit of Louis c.k. Is anecdotal comedic flair she likes to push Mexicans comfort zone poking fun at regional accents and customs even taking aim at Mexican food in the Virgin of Guadalupe Nino they have evidence says Mexicans are the best humorists when it comes to making fun of others but not so used to laughing at themselves so it's time to shake things up 8 years ago she decided to bring standup comedy to Mexico I think Mexicans wanted to see other types of content other than whatever the t.v. Had to give them she quit her job. As an advertising copywriter watch lots of You Tube comedy videos traveled to shows in New York and at home performed in front of any audience she could muster everybody told me this is not going to work because stand up doesn't really exist in Mexico and people don't even know how to watch it or understand it and I said but how do you know if it doesn't exist how do you know it's not her work. Getting the last laugh now her Netflix show did well she's got a recurring part in another Netflix series and her nationwide tour cells are good she nearly filled a 4200 seat pavilion in the northern city of Monterey at a recent show. Thank you Monterrey shelter Veta she calls this act not Netflix and fills it with more self-deprecating jokes that herself and Mexicans like the bit about how she loves travelling around the country just not the resort city of Cancun anymore it's overrun with gringos she jokes is the only. Conclusion is so full of Americans these days the Mexicans there look like immigrant she says she goes on a bunch of Mexicans who are working in the kitchen of a restaurant when she saw a patrol car drive by. She says she screamed raw and then they all fled by the time she could tell them it wasn't immigration agents it was too late they were gone. Usually shies away from politics but couldn't resist some jabs at President Enrique Pena Nieto Now one of Mexico's most hated politicians She also takes aim at her mother's home state of Chihuahua which she says is still stuck in simpler times she didn't know they even have internet and jokes a lot about Mexicans driving habits local businessmen love the show she came. From. So did computer technician yet. It wasn't are stupid comedy she says. It was really smart and fun niño the internet as says it hasn't been easy being a woman breaking new ground in Mexico she says the hardest part has been the massaging istic of views on social media but she's not backing down she's even taking her show in comedic workshops to a women's prison just outside Mexico City she says standup is catching on in Mexico so I think it's going to be it's going to be here for a while Carrie Kahn n.p.r. News Mexico City took Otello is a group of 3 artists from the island of Madagascar each member has had a distinguished career of his or her own reviewer Banning Eyre says their debut album together called Toy Run hot toy or here it is has a synergy all its own. Guitars in the world plays with this kind of fleet darting lightness and persuasion to the self-styled fingerpicking genius who burst on the scene back in the ninety's and it's been dropping jaws ever since. Here he leads a folk power trio with vocalist money couldn't Java an accordionist. Sadly she died suddenly at age 58 just as this beautiful album was reaching. Out. To all 3 of these artists come from Southwest Madagascar we're beyond the coastal beaches the territory is a little like the wild west land of cattle rustler mines are tough characters at the drive Savannah though they've mostly spent their days in Madagascar Highland Capital or abroad their concerns of the. The songs remain in the place the one who was. Coming to. Town to. Hear when he can job recalls the trials of her childhood from the very real fear of violent cattle thieves to her shyness about wearing a skirt because her legs were as thin as cornstalks But despite it all seems money I miss my past life in the field the. Listeners familiar with the Garrido recordings will recognize some of these songs like the wistful piano Condor old song about herders riding home to a family meal at sunset. Coming. Job as a vocal imbues want to Gary's signature songs will find elegance and shows himself one last time a consummate accompanist in addition to his own extensive solo career desirable played with the who's who of international musicians but on this album Everything feels personal these 3 artists are deeply in sync and with toy hot toy they've created perhaps the best introduction yet to Madagascar utterly alluring folk music . Banning Eyre is senior producer for after Pop worldwide He reviewed Toy Run hot toy by Took go tell him. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from the Alfred p. 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