Coleman as Washington braces for a partial government shutdown President Trump has scrapped a planned trip to Florida N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley reports Congress has until midnight to reach a spending agreement to keep the government's lights on Trump was planning to spend this weekend as he does many want to weekends at his private resort in Palm Beach Florida but White House officials say if lawmakers don't reach a spending agreement today the president will remain in Washington as Trump noted on Twitter this morning the House passed a temporary spending bill last night but that measure appears unlikely to clear the Senate Democrats want to bill that includes protection for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children a government shutdown if it happens would fall on the 1st anniversary of Trump's inauguration Scott Horsley n.p.r. 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Co-founder Glenn Simpson N.P.R.'s to mak reports Simpson addressed what went into the infamous dossier detailing efforts by powerful Russians to cultivate a relationship with President Trump Glenn Simpson testified in November about the research he did into Donald Trump throughout the presidential election in more than 150 pages covering 7 hours of testimony he described how his research revealed a trail of leads he thought the committee should follow such as possible links between Trump's businesses and Russian organized crime the dossier also described salacious behavior that might embarrass Trump Republicans had seized on these allegations to try and discredit the entire report but the committee's top Democrat Adam Schiff hailed the release of the transcript and said that Simpson's testimony raised quote numerous questions on money laundering that the committee must investigate to mak n.p.r. News Washington today is the annual anti-abortion March in Washington d.c. 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News I'm Brian Watt a former basketball player on Cal's women's team is suing the University of California w n b a player later Clarendon says assistant athletic director of student services Mohammad Tarr sexually assaulted her during her freshman year in 2009 she also says the university ignored and failed to investigate earlier complaints from other female athletes about move tar Jennifer band Low is Clarence Jones lawyer it's our allegation fads this would have never happened to Miss Clandon had the university taken earlier action when it was put on notice of various complaints a u.c. Spokesman referred questions to Cal athletics in a statement a callous lead exposure man did not comment on the lawsuit or past complaints and said All allegations are investigated by the u.c. Not his department Mohammed could not be reached for comment the Cal women's basketball team is currently ranked number 21 in the country they have a big game against number 13 u.c.l.a. Today then play at u.s.c. 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Brought to you this morning on k.q.e.d. By Compassion International on Friday morning a high surf warning in effect until 4 today it's going to be mostly cloudy a slight chance of thunderstorms this morning a slight chance of showers the Saturn. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin good morning the deadline is here the u.s. Government will shut down tonight at midnight if Congress doesn't fund it specifically today the Senate needs to pass the stopgap funding bill that the House passed last night Senate Democrats are blaming the president for taking the goshi Asians right up to the deadline Here's Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor yesterday the one thing standing in our way is the unrelenting flow of chaos from the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. It is reduced the Republicans to shambles we barely know who to negotiate with in the House Republicans from the Freedom Caucus who were initially opposed to the spending bill are getting some credit for pushing through this short term fix so what tipped the scales we're going to ask Congressman Tom Garrett he's a Republican from Virginia and a member of the Freedom caucus he joins me now on Skype Congressman thanks so much for being with us it's my pleasure 1st of all though I was never opposed to this I mean agreement it includes funding for health care for 9000000 vulnerable children that we've voted for 4 times that Chuck Schumer later gluttonous child says the table and says he cares about but that he and Leader Pelosi have. Repeatedly voted opportunities to fund this guy's like a kid having his cake and trying to eat it too ultimately last night 186 Democrats voted to shut down the government 11 voted not to 220 some are problems voted to keep it alive and one child's health children's health care there's a lot in there so let's yeah to counter it let's back up and walk through all this so you're talking about the Children's Health Insurance Program this is actually web site is something that Republicans have attached to this idea of a short term spending bill in order to get Democrats on board oh well it certainly didn't work if that's the case I'm voting for the things for times miscall Osi says Oh I care about children's health insurance repeatedly votes against Regina governor Terry McAuliffe asked us to do something about it after we've already voted to fix it and get what they want in the way we can help these children I think what they want to see is a long term permanent fix to get us in a long term fit into your money from him 3 so that's pretty good right 2023 they also want to see a long term fix to immigration in particularly health insurers so-called I mean they've put 9000000 vulnerable American children behind 800000 immigrants some of whom were brought here as children and some of them came here themselves because we haven't yet defined what a child is if you're 17 years and 3 and 64 days old and you up your. Own accord cross the border are you a child I suppose by the definition of law but if we want to help these children let's how well they'll be another c.r. In 4 weeks and we can talk about yourself have said that governing by continuing resolution isn't a good idea you said you hate every last minute that I do I can't stand it but I've also said that we do something about children's health insurance and here's the opportunity to do it so I invite Senator Schumer to join us avoid the Schumer shutdown and bring this health insurance to these children who by no no actions of their own are the most vulnerable among us so this is about cancer care about this is just about showmanship and political grandstanding they want to say with all due respect Congressman we always say same thing about against the Republicans and the you know well yeah but they had a chance to fund children's health insurance a whole have it in the Senate want to take this vote and if they choose not to the American people should count the votes see how many Democrats voted to shut down versus how many Republicans voted to shut there seems to be a really I'm going to my you're out there we can figure out who's a fall I'm sorry to interrupt you there seems to be a real effort on the on the part of Republicans to to frame this as as a Democratic failure if the shutdown happens it's on Democrats at the same time Democrats point to Republicans and saying you are in control of the White House you are in control of both houses of Congress this would be the 1st time the government which shut down under one party rule would not be a problem politically for the g.o.p. It well here's the problem the Republican Party is not comprised of people who think monolithically and do as they're told us comprised of free thinkers and if your listeners would think of themselves and ask the 2nd question not the 1st question that is why do we want to fund children's health insurance why isn't more to do it now our 9000000 vulnerable children more important than 800000 people who the Democrats use as a political football then we would fund children's health insurance come back to the table and try to address these core young people who were brought here in many cases but not all but I've no decision of their own Well then what if I make it and presidents tell you when there isn't anything really. And it tweeted out that the short term spending bill should not include chip funding What did you make of that was that not I just pointed out that I don't think monolithically and I'm not a 2nd fan so I disagree we can fix children so let's get right now 32023 we should do it so you decided maybe 600 yes absolutely on that 186 Democrats want to shut the government down and not fund children's health insurance that's what was voted on last night look at the vote count do you think you're going to get what you need to pass it in the Senate you know what I'm going to worry about I'm going to worry about the rich and you're going to worry about the children the vulnerable children there and we have a chance to fix this problem through 2023186 Democrats voted against doing that last night for shutting down the government they can say whose fault it is all they want of the American people can count I think they can then they'll know that the Democrats are the ones who are voting in vast majorities to shut down the government again only to try to public concerns to all of our inches of power will have to leave the conversation the Republican Representative Tom Garrett for just to that you know you have a great day you have. On one of the last days of his 1st year in office President from travel to southwest Pennsylvania mountainous region that voted big for Trump in a swing state that helped to give him the White House N.P.R.'s Don Gonyea is in that region in Monroeville Pennsylvania Don good morning good morning why the president go there well we're in an election year for starters there's an aggression all district at Pennsylvania 18 has a special election coming up on March 13th and it's seen as one of those early indicators as to maybe how the midterms could go this year how Trump's playing it's an area where Trump did very very well in 2016 he won the district by almost 20 points this special is to fill a seat that's been held by Republican Republicans do have an advantage here that Democrats have won in some unlikely places since Trump took office and hope this is another one in Alabama not so long ago as a matter of fact one of the president say as he visited a factory in Pennsylvania while he was here promoting what he sees. He says his successes as president things he often complains that he doesn't get enough credit for things like an unemployment rate that's not a 4 point one percent then and a stock market that sat at a record high just. Pensions and retirement accounts are surging in value as the stock market smashes run record I am sure another how many people have for one case here I. Hear brilliant investors Ok so that's what the president is saying what are Pennsylvania voters saying I've been in places like Washington Pennsylvania and Waynesburg and mineral veil here and I've been talking to Tom photos to see if they are as pro Tromp as they once were after you know a year in mostly the answer is yes but you do hear some complaints a lot of it's about his Twitter habits or complaints about things like the vulgar and he's alleged to have used during that White House immigration meeting last week but still support for him appears to be strong here as specially from those who work in coal mining this is call country 48 year old Paul Walker is a good example of that he was headed to the mine when he called my cell phone yeah we're all pretty dumb about what's been going on with Trump and old support some coal mines are seeing increased production now more shifts more hours there are a lot of reasons for that notably that the rising price of natural gas helps coal compete but overwhelmingly these workers also credit Trump who has cut some Obama era environmental regulations on mines but they also just like the guy Walker says the more unpolished Trump is the better Trump was not a politician here not come up through all the bull crap and they face in the elbow rubbing it in a man and I think this is a direct approach I like this Twitter if you watch my Twitter account I read tweet just about everything that he puts out now let's meet Republican state senator camera Bartolo. She offers some perspective on the politics of this place she says this part of the country has changed it's still full of Democrats lots of the union members but Democratic candidates can't just count on those votes anymore and much of it is over environmental policies what Trump and a lot of Republicans like to call the war on coal Here's Senator Barbara I think it's because people really got a message of look we have to fight for our jobs we have to fight for the energy industry of course coal mining is different now of course you're not going to need 2000 coal miners in a coal mine we've got on a mason we've got machines without you know better technology but you know we still need coal some Pennsylvania and Sue been talking with N.P.R.'s Don Gonyea who's in southwestern Pennsylvania and Donna one invites across the divide here a little bit because we get a question from Democrats people on the left on Twitter and elsewhere any time we put Trump voters on the air they ask why I keep interviewing Trump voters they never change their out of touch why why why this is a question that gets asked a lot so let me just ask you Don Gandhi why talk to trump voters Well 1st we talk to voters of all kinds of all stripes it's important to hear from all of them as for the Trump voters it's important to know a if they're still with him but it's good to hear how they talk about him and how that may change over time if there are ships is is there strong support suddenly I back him I like him but it's important to hear that also in states where the votes very close any movement among any voter group can can make the difference and the president's approval rating is down it's gone down since the beginning of his term but the core supporters seem still with him Don Gonyea thanks very much my pleasure That's N.P.R.'s Don Gonyea reporting today from Monroeville Pennsylvania. This is n.p.r. News stay tuned later today on k.q.e.d. For forum as you've been hearing and we. We have been reporting the House passed a temporary spending bill that will keep the government open through February 16th but as you know the Senate vote remains uncertain at this hour as Democratic lawmakers promise to block the bill because it doesn't include protections for DACA recipients forum with the latest at 9 and also the Oakland Symphony's new series playlist features concerts curated by leading thinkers we're going to talk about that and more starting at 9 o'clock and then there are science. We know that algorithms determine your news feed and music players but what about shaping jail sentences I'm Ira Flatow and unexciting it's Friday can algorithms be used to predict public policies and you may be using a sleep tracking app yet but is there solid evidence these sleep gadgets and caps really work the answers on Science Friday from n.p.r. I find out more today 2 hours of Science Friday on k.q.e.d. From 11 to one from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly President Trump is delaying his trip to Florida with the short term spending bill still unresolved in the Senate the House passed one last night funding the federal government for another 4 weeks Senate Democrats want DACA protections added for Dreamers those brought to the u.s. Illegally as children it affects hundreds of thousands of people here's N.P.R.'s Susan Davis seeking to N.P.R.'s Morning Edition Republicans are going to make the argument as they're calling it the Schumer shutdown in terms of Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer Democrats are the ones that really do have power here their votes were always going to be necessary to keep the government open they're saying we're not going to give them to you the risk Democrats may run and this is do they overplay their hand. 60 votes are needed in the Senate for passage a partial government shutdown begins tomorrow if a bill is not approved the group Human Rights Watch says Greece is failing to protect many asylum seekers and overcrowded refugee camps Here's Joanna casus the international rights watchdog says women and girls in the camp on the island of Lesbos often had to share tents with unrelated men putting them at risk of harassment and sexual violence others were too afraid to go alone to use public toilets refugee camps on the Greek islands are chronically overcrowded authorities have now created safe quarters for women and girls and Dave Mattingly n.p.r. 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Put on these pink knitted hats of solidarity and they marched down Pennsylvania Avenue similar marches happened around the world in dozens of other countries it was dubbed the women's March and it was about a lot of things it was a rally against sexual violence it was for reproductive rights and against gender discrimination of all kinds but it was also decidedly a rally against the new president Donald Trump now a year later the March is happening again the marquee event this time though is in Las Vegas it will happen this Sunday n.p.r. National correspondent little Fata will be there and she joins us now hey hi Presumably this is still a political March against the trumpet ministration So why is this happening in Las Vegas and not d.c. Well I think they wanted to leave the d.c. Area and go out into the country and local and national organizers that I spoke to called Nevada really a bright spot when it comes to national organizing they said this is a purple state they said in 2016 it went blue it went to Hillary Clinton the 1st Latina senator was elected here Catherine Cortez Masto And also there's a Republican governor Republican incumbents they want to highlight that type of work they call a bright spot that type of political organizing and they're also calling it a launch that this will be the 1st on a tour around the country take a listen to Kelly Robinson of Planned Parenthood a partner in the organizing of these marches the same people that were rallying in airports across the country and marching in the streets they're now fitting in faith legislatures all across the country making decisions on policy she's referring to people like Ashley Bennett in New Jersey who was a 1st time candidate last year and ran against an opponent who mocked the women's March and Danica Ronan Virginia who became the 1st openly transgender person to be elected to their Virginia General Assembly So they're saying that this March sparked a movement which then has put women into positions of power in to cover. Positions . I want to ask though about the diversity of the movement because the March last year got a lot of flak for being pretty high margin this being predominantly a group of white liberal women How's the movement diversified Well definitely when you look at the organizing that's going on in Nevada for example I was at a sign making a vent for Indigenous women who will be participating on Sunday and there is an attempt to reach out to different faiths to different races to different classes to different ages but there isn't an attempt to reach across the aisle to the right side the national organizers a diverse group of women say that their resistance to the president and so women who are on the right side of the political spectrum who support this president who maybe rally on issues of anti abortion they don't necessarily feel welcome at these marches you have been talking with some of the marchers who planned to attend the event the March on Sunday in Vegas what have you heard from them when I asked listeners to send me notes about why they're marching and we got hundreds of responses from women across the country from Tulsa Oklahoma to Kent Ohio to Anchorage Alaska and they say they're marching to be a visible force on everything from women's rights to the gender gap to the me to movement to immigrant rights and rights of people of color but the most common response was about making themselves into a powerful voice that elected officials will have to listen to and I'll read you one response from Julie Albert of Anchorage Alaska she says quote protections for the environment have been undermined racist and xenophobic policies have been proposed this is an election year and we have the chance to truly let our voices be heard. N.P.R.'s Leila Fadel she will be covering the women's March the marquee event happening in Las Vegas the Sunday thanks thank you. It's Friday which is when we hear from Story Corps 33 year old April Gibson and her teenage son Gregory bass love talking with each other we could talk about things like ours I think I learned more from those conversations than school but April the mother knew there was one subject they had not really explored so when a Story Corps mobile booth traveled recently to St Paul Minnesota she invited her son to sit down with her he asked about his grandparents and her childhood but people knew or 16 year old it something more that he wanted to talk about how you can actually a hard question what did you feel like when I was born when you were born. I actually didn't feel anything. I was 16 and I was a kid I don't know what I was doing so when I took you home I had you know how to feel. I made a bad choice according to everybody I was just like Arthur f. Them I don't know what the rest of the means but I know what it felt. Like I didn't deserve to feel the way women who do the right length do because what you celebrate someone making such a poor choice so. I don't know if you sought out nothing and I just took care you I do us both a do. Until one day I realize that I couldn't believe what people tell me about myself or about those people like me this is my baby and I love him and I can feel something. It's not a fairy tale it's not a failure it's just a process and now we're here 16 years later what are your dreams for me my drawing for you Gregory is that you become a good person and not a nice person that's not a deep quality to me niceness is mediocrity I want you to not be afraid to be afraid. Mostly I want you to be better than me when I was little I was always looking for someone to look up to but it's always been right in front of me . You just the greatest person that I ever know and I just want to be like you. 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Peter French with some more Bay Area traffic entrancing news things getting a little bit better in the Hercules Pinole area westbound 80 where we had a multi vehicle accident earlier today still kind of slow through there though and the bay shore as you approach the Bay Bridge up back up is all the way to Richmond Parkway San Francisco northbound to 80 traffic very heavy between Monterey and between Monterey Boulevard and 101 Hercules we've got stock trap. Fake I talked about that already Pittsburgh accident left lane west bound for near Bailey road that's a truck and a motorcycle blocking the left lane San Jose an accident northbound 101 after 280 has been cleared to the right shoulder I'm Peter Finch for k.q.e.d. Brought to you by the Crohn's and Colitis foundation support for k.q.e.d. 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News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep Let's ask our news story became a news story and why it wasn't one sooner the story is President Trump's alleged affair in 2006 with an adult film actress the Wall Street Journal reports that the president or the president to be we should say paid Stephanie Clifford also known as Stormy Daniels $130000.00 not to tell her story before the 2016 election Daniels and the White House deny they had a new relationship it turns out that numerous news organizations pursued this story long before the Wall Street Journal reported it so why would it surface now Paul Fahri has been covering this for The Washington Post Good morning Paul good morning Steve just remind us when did reporters 1st get word of this allegation so far as you know well the earliest we know of these 2011 magazine called in touch interviewed Stormy Daniels said appeared on a couple. Points but then the story disappears and doesn't resurface until about 2016 and when I say resurface reporters were aware of stories and those but they never published any reporters from where. They were foreigners are organizations Sleat Fox News a.b.c. And The Daily Beast were all circling around the story none quite had it not quite nailed it down but all we're trying to do so they never quite got there you said none quite nailed it down are you saying I mean we're talking about news organizations Fox has been very supportive of trump some of the others have been more independent or even hostile but none of them felt that they had enough to go with the story yeah I mean this is the blind man feeling the elephant you know they all felt one part of it but never quite got the whole picture together Fox News never really had it their former head of digital news said that they had a source saying that it was true but they didn't have stormy. She was no commenting there sourcing roots was thin slate got very close but she kind of bailed on them when she got apparently got paid off to not Ok Well that raises another question then because the Wall Street Journal the other day went ahead and published a story about this about the alleged $130000.00 payment but as I understand it neither party to the alleged affair is admitting having done anything at the moment so what made this a strong enough story finally for the journal to publish. Well 1st of all we don't know the sources on the journals 3 sources. But what's interesting about the journals reporting is that no one has really the fact that $30000.00 changed hands from Trump through his lawyer to Stormy Daniels through her lawyer the journal further reported yesterday that Trump's campaign or at least his lawyer set up an l c in Delaware to affect his pain and a limited liability company just to make the payment that is correct and that is what The Journal has reported none of that has been denied so we there's certainly a lot of questions being raised so what The Journal has is a trail of money regardless of what the truth of the original x. Might have been yes all those story of various points has confirmed it. Has confirmed it but news organizations have not been able to nail it down substantially Paul thanks very much thank you Steve Paul Farhi of The Washington Post. It can be hard to remember back to the 1st days of the Afghan war now that it's entering its 17th year our new movie about the early moments of the war when victory seemed possible is out today is called 12 strong it's the story of the dozen Green Berets dropped into Afghanistan barely a month after $911.00 just. N.P.R.'s Greg Myre he spoke with the actual soldiers who made it out when Army Captain Mark Newton his men jumped off their helicopter into the swirling dust of northern Afghanistan their Afghan partner informed them they would be battling the Taliban on horseback and that's a situation they're certainly not going to give you their very best horses Fortunately for new church this wasn't his 1st rodeo literally He's from Kansas grew up on horses and yes competing in rodeos then there's Chief Warrant Officer Bob Pennington and. An experienced rider weighing in at $225.00 plus 50 pounds of gear all atop a small cranky horse Oh my God I crushed him me and I absolutely crushed him he was so aggravated with me he reached back several times to try to bite my leg he did was basically trying to pull me off this early fighting just a month after $911.00 was unconventional warfare in the extreme a few tiny units all together just a couple 100 American troops and CIA operatives linked up with Afghan rebels and coordinated with u.s. Airpower to take on the Taliban new chix planes yet basically 19th century or fair horseback mixed with 20th century weaponry a k $47.00 s and rocket launchers with our 21st century technology global positioning devices and satellite radios and so we just had to figure out how to blend all that together horse soldiers a 2009 book by author Doug Stanton is the basis for the movie next to where the World Trade Center towers once stood in New York there's now a statue of a soldier on horseback a tribute to these fighters and Nuge can revel in his big screen portrayal by a chiseled Chris Hemsworth star of the Thor movies my kids think it's quite humorous that Chris Hemsworth this portraying me in this film all this makes for a stirring patriotic movie as long as you conveniently ended in 2001 and don't dwell on the grinding years of warfare that a followed new Jim Pennington or helping promote the Warner Brothers film which focuses entirely on the early success against the Taleban they say the filmmakers got the spirit right but it is Hollywood in the movie Pennington is wounded for dramatic effect in real life he was uninjured though he still suffers back pain from all the horse riding He vividly remembers the adrenaline rush of that 1st charge into Afghanistan we looked at this mission. And thought This is the Super Bowl this is the real serious the national championship then we can't wait to get in there and we looked at it as we could be here for 3 to 5 months 3 to 5 years who knows that was more than 16 years ago did you ever think the us would still be fighting in Afghanistan today no no not at all not this long that we never thought that we would be bogged down for this long a period to be honest with you Pennington in new chair both retired from the military but they're still working together preparing to launch a distillery this spring in St Petersburg Florida featured products will include Horse Soldier bourbon and t. Shirts that read make whiskey not war read my re n.p.r. News Washington. This is n.p.r. 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News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly The Senate has until tonight to pass a short term spending bill otherwise a partial shutdown of the federal government begins a 4 week funding extension cleared the House last night but Senate Democrats want DACA protections added for Dreamers those brought to the u.s. Illegally as children they're seeking a funding extension of days rather than weeks Mark short as president Trump's point person in his dealings with Congress West says keep it open allow us to continue our negotiation I think we're making progress on docket but I think it's not realistic to think there's going to be a solution the next 5 day short was speaking to N.P.R.'s Morning Edition President Trump is delaying his trip to Florida with the issue unresolved icy roads continue to cause problems this morning in much of the Southern u.s. This week's winter storm dumped snow and ice from Texas to Maine at least 15 deaths are blamed on the storm that dumped a foot of snow on parts of North Carolina Here's Louisiana governor John Bell Edwards the good news is the temperatures are increasing out there and the ISIS law and the bad news is that's presenting problems of its own that we're having to deal with those problems include burst pipes as temperatures fluctuate above and below the freezing mark classes are canceled for a 3rd straight day at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on Wall Street the Dow is up 4 points I'm Dave Mattingly n.p.r. News in Washington support for k.q.e.d. Comes from Chiba San Francisco creative agency specializing in advertising customer experience design and brand strategy she bowed disrupt in Gage connect love Chiba is online at c i.b.o. S.f. Dot com u.c.s.f. 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News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep I'll tell you right now some people will find the next 4 minutes disturbing in 2010 a Tunisian fruit seller set himself on fire in an act of rage against the country's dictatorship his actions shocked Tunisians in the mass demonstrations and sparked the Arab Spring since then self-immolation has become a common form of suicide among Tunisians N.P.R.'s Ruth Sherlock went to nature to find out why. Life in the rural town of city crusade revolves around the main square and in the center of that square is a huge sculpture of a fruit cart carved out of rock and Clay it's a monument to Mohammed was easy the fruit seller who set himself on fire in 2010 after police wrenching isn't his Hashmi regime confiscated is caught the whole Middle East knows about Mohamed Bouazizi but they don't know about tutti Fareed last at the had said that the i Meet Frida to tell him less than an hour from city to say on the steps of the city hall where he set himself on fire in December of 2016. For the gas all over myself and my shirt caught fire my jeans stuck to my current flush Fareed spent 7 months in the hospital but many others like him died in fact 7 years since because he's famous self-immolation the practice has become grimly commonplace it's now one of the main methods of suicide in Tunisia says Mattie a doctor at the Charles Nicole hospital in cheeriness who studies the phenomenon I can tell you that we still have more than 3 times more from Malaysian than before the revolution says that in the months immediately after the 2011 revolution the spike in cases could have been explained by what's known as the copycat effect imitations of a widely publicized act but it's continued and in 2016 the main. Hospital burn unit in Tunisia admitted 104 people who had set themselves on fire this is now also about poverty says hello people who are expecting a lot just out of the revolution they were waiting to improve themselves to improve their economic capacity and slowly they were losing hope today unemployment is at 15 percent often says people set themselves on fire to get the attention of government officials who control jobs. That's like the case of Tutti freed the 38 year old immolation survivor who we spoke with he graduated in computer science but couldn't find work despite years of trips to the city hall for a public sector job he says the local government promised him some but they never came through and private sector jobs are even more scarce. But rather this on November came in last December came in my situation didn't change and my mother fell sick with like half my electricity and I couldn't pay the bill something snapped inside Fareed and I was just in you know I was helpless I could afford my mother's health care I couldn't pay my electricity bill I have no work and the local government humiliated me so he went to the city hall and set him self on fire in the lobby and gift to a new regime. I wanted them to know I did this to myself so they would feel responsible both his legs are covered in painful skin grafts and scars many Tunisians who set themselves on fire and survive say they regret the act but Freed says he still feel so hopeless that he can't promise he won't do it again restruck n.p.r. News city was a. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News our theme music was composed by b.j. Leiderman and arranged by Jim Q I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin and here's Peter Finch with a look at bay. Area traffic in transit slow going on Highway 4 right now westbound near Bailey road we have had an accident involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle last we heard it was still blocking the left lane Hercules westbound 80 recovering after an earlier multi car accident still some back up there but it is starting to improve some problems to Richmond right now this would be on the westbound 80 reports of a couple accidents there and some slow going as you make your way through there I'm Peter Finch who are k.q.e.d. Brought to you by Compassion International coming up in a little over a minute we have the Marketplace Morning Report for you when it comes to sexual harassment in the workplace a new survey finds a majority of self assessed victims never reported the survey comes admits the hashtag me to move on and ahead of this weekend's women's March on Washington which is tomorrow coming up on the California Marketplace Morning Report excuse me we'll have the survey's findings about workplace climates for those outside the celebrity spotlight that and more ahead. On the next California report from the media channels are fighting back against sexual harassment on the job by learning self-defense missteps that Ok show me one minute I almost don't even recognize. Now I'm confident I'm not afraid of the floor I was afraid of my own shadow on that afraid of anything anymore maybe I'm Sasha Coco joined us for the California Report magazine on k.q.e.d. Public radio that's coming up the softer noon at $43630.00 pm and 11 pm tonight on the next Commonwealth of radio program University of California president Janet Napolitano from u.c. Berkeley law professor turns to discuss free speech on campus tonight and the. Community. What changes overnight if the federal government partially runs out of money and shuts down Marketplace Morning Report is supported by the town a partner in developing smart cities technology that connects vehicles free fish and sea in safety well eliminating traffic jams because of the tally can be done but tell dot org slash marketplace I'm David Brancaccio in New York the House of Representatives has passed a bill to temporarily keep the government funded but to keep it from shutting down just after midnight tonight the Senate would have to pass its funding extension and as you've been hearing the votes may not be there a key issue are Democrats who want protections for people who came to the u.s. Illegally as kids both Republicans and Democrats are already hard at it trying to shift blame on the other party if the government indeed shuts overnight or partially shuts Jim Kessler is with the centrist think tank the 3rd way good morning good morning partially shutting down the government is ugly government contractors may not get paid phone calls won't get returned and we've been doing some reporting the i.r.s. Right now is trying to figure out what to tell employers about how to configure the new pay stubs even the tax overhaul and if the government shuts down that could delay that process certain things people will feel no effect you know their air traffic controllers will go to where the military goes to work f.b.i. Is still working other things that are sort of the more routine tasks of government they will stop and yes we have a new tax bill here it's very complicated what gets withheld from your paycheck and what doesn't get withheld is very hard to figure out that is the i.r.s. Is job those people will start working on it if you're on vacation and you're going to a national park or you're going to this Missoni and you know you're going to find the doors locked or the gate shack so you'll still get your Social Security check but you know signing up new people on Social Security that's going to be. Little bit more difficult without government employees there so the longer it goes the more the effect will feel you know meaningful for this country so you work at the think tank that's called The 3rd Way more broadly are there strategies so that we're not in this situation every couple of months which is the situation we seem to be in yeah there's a problem that's been going on for a long time that you know both parties have gotten very polarized they're finding it very difficult to work together this is an example of that you know the present except for the tax bill which they pass completely partisan you know they have the president hasn't really been able to do much of anything that's been bipartisan he got elected actually being you know with the promise that he was a different type of Republican that was going to reach out to both sides he hasn't done that so you know we'd like parties to work together but you know it's up to the president to be a little bit more forthcoming a little bit more flexible I believe all right and most of these discussions end with a broader discussion about gerrymandering and redistricting and its connection to political polarization the believe that for a different day that's right while that's definitely a problem all right Jim Kasler vice president for policy at the 3rd Way a centrist policy think tank is to get a thank you thank you. Checking my live markets screens the Dow is down 30 points about 2 tenths percent s. And p. $500.00 in the Nasdaq composite both those indices are up to 10 percent as we've been reporting the benchmark interest rate in America is at its highest level in nearly 4 years the 10 year Treasury yield up at 2.64 percent just ahead of the women's marches planned across the country this weekend in the midst of the me too movement there's new data confirming that most people harassed in the workplace keep quiet about it it's survey data from Career Builder dot com Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer reports the survey found that more than one in 10 workers experience sexual harassment it was more common among women 72 percent of the workers surveyed said they never reported the harassment because they didn't want to be labeled as a troublemaker others said that it was their word against the other persons or they're afraid of losing their job. On Hayes's with Career Builder She says the harassment isn't always coming from a boss people pointed to their peers 60 percent a client senior management vendor and Hayes acknowledges women activists are divided over whether to focus solely on sexual harassment or gear greater effort toward getting women elected to public office still Sarah Fleiss Finke with the National Partnership for Women and Families says I think the important thing right now is that we're having the conversation that some of these experiences that people have faced are being surfaced and the Career Builder survey says 76 percent of the workers who did report the sexual harassment said the issue was resolved I'm Nancy Marshall Genzer from Marketplace Marketplace Morning Report a support of 5 progressive insurance offering a way to buy home insurance with their home Kotak splurge tools custom quotes and rates are available online learn more progressive dot com or 1800 regressing Now that's progressive and. Helps businesses of all sizes stand out with premium quality print products and human to human customer service. And more at mu dot com vice president Pence is bound for the Middle East including Egypt Jordan and Israel recent announcements by the administration that will it will move the u.s. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and cut payments that had supported Palestinian refugees could complicate the Jordanian leg of fences tour Marketplace's Mitchell Hartman reports Jordan has 6 and a half 1000000 people it exports oil iron and grain economic growth around 3 percent a year steady but not stunning says Jake of Kirkuk guard at the Peterson Institute for International Economics unemployment is very high close to 20 percent it's a country that obviously faces significant economic hardship related to the presence of refugees that's refugees from Syria and a large Palestinian population the u.n. Helps pay for their housing education and medical care the trumpet ministration has just cut us funding for that effort Jordan faces massive public debt and it's raising taxes on items like bread fuel and cigarettes Paul Selema at the Middle East Institute says the u.s. Wants to keep Jordan on an even keel it remains I think a key element of stability in the region and I think u.s. Values that very much Jordan received about $1300000000.00 in u.s. Aid last year I'm Mitchell Hartman for Marketplace and when the dollar falls it makes foreign goods more expensive to sell here which slows imports and helps American exports with that is preamble I note that the u.s. Dollar has fallen to its lowest point in 3 years against China's currency the dollars down 7 percent over the last year against the yuan analysts point to China's quest for the you want to be used around the world for all kinds of deals the acute issue today with a falling dollar is the chance of a federal government shutdown tonight. Our executive producers Nicole child is our digital producer is Janet when our engineer is Brian Allison I'm David Brancaccio. With the Marketplace Morning Report. From the pm American Public Media more Morning Edition and k.q.e.d. News ahead in a minute after more traffic here's Peter Finch the slowest traffic right now commute found on Highway 4 really have us bound between railroad Avenue and Willow pass road a couple accidents have contributed to that slow down traffic in Walnut Creek southbound 680 on the highway 24 very heavy it doesn't ease up until Happy Valley traffic heading into San Francisco also heavy especially on northbound 280 where the backup begins after John Daly Boulevard I'm Peter Finch for k.q.e.d. Proud to you by unbound dot org And support for k.q.e.d. Comes from Parkinson voice project preserving the voices of individuals with Parkinson's and related neurological disorders through intensive speech therapy follow up support research and education more at Parkinson voice project dot org I'm Dave Freeman Good morning you're listening to k.q.e.d. F.m. San Francisco and found North Highlands Sacramento now 8 am. 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