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It's protests over his leadership now because governors resigning I'm Rachel Martin and I'm no we'll King our correspondent in San Juan has the latest on Puerto Rico's extraordinary popular uprising. Many public schools in the u.s. Are still deeply segregated decades after Brown versus the Board of Education we go to 2 communities in Long Island to look at the stark racial and economic differences in school and it is Thursday July 25th sing or read a Marley is 73 years old today. And the news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm core of a Coleman facing massive pressure Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosario says he will resign tens of thousands of demonstrators who have poured into the streets of the island for days cheering in celebration. Many people banging loudly on pots and pans the San Juan resident Jorge Rubio says he's proud of Puerto Rico this is something that I have never seen in my life never ever I'm 41 years old and I never thought I will see what I'm seeing right now protesters were enraged over published text messages from the governor and his inner circle that were sexist homophobic and demeaned hurricane survivors rosé always to leave office August 2nd President Trump is claiming victory following former special counsel Robert Muller's congressional testimony Wednesday Trump said that Muller's performance was not good and he declared the Russia probe to be a waste of time all or told lawmakers he's investigation did not exonerate the president he also offered a dire warning about Russian election interference saying that Russia will do it again during the 2020 presidential campaign the House of Representatives is poised to vote on a massive 2 year government spending package N.P.R.'s Claudio solace reports Democratic and Republican leaders say they will back the budget House lawmakers could approve a deal to suspend the debt limit past the 2020 Alexion and then set 1.3 trillion dollars for defense and domestic spending over the next 2 years the vote could mark one of the House's last legislative actions before leaving for summer recess the White House and congressional leaders reach the bipartisan agreement to head off a potential crisis some fiscal conservatives including some members of the house freedom caucus have already said they will vote against the plan however House Democratic and Republican leaders say they have enough votes to ensure it passes the Senate is poised to vote on the plan next week Claudia Sallis n.p.r. . News Washington the president of Tunisia Beijing as subsea has died at the age of 92 according to the country's president's office N.P.R.'s Ruth Sherlock reports as was North Africa is 1st democratically elected leader an official statement from the presidency said that it is said he died this morning in a minute she hospital in the capital Cina s. Where he'd been taken the night before it was the 3rd time he'd been admitted in recent weeks a sexy 1000 as he has 1st free elections in 2014 in the wake of the Arab Spring revolution in the country as leader he relaxed a sweeping inheritance law to improve equality between men and women and called for 2 missing women to be able to marry non muslims earlier this year the 92 year old subsidy announced that he would not seek reelection saying a younger person should lead the country research outlook n.p.r. News Beirut You're listening to n.p.r. News from Washington from News Good Morning I'm Brian Watt Federal Trade Commission is levying a $5000000000.00 penalty on Facebook for privacy violations and in an unusual arrangement c.e.o. Mark Zuckerberg will be held personally accountable he cuties Rachael Myrow explains from our Silicon Valley desk Mark Zuckerberg will be required to submit quarterly compliance reports to federal regulators and to Facebook's board of directors or face additional civil and criminal penalties we're going to change the way that we operate across the whole company from the leadership down on the ground up we're going to change that we don't products and if we don't then we're going to be held accountable for it the $5000000000.00 fine is for a variety of privacy violations ranging from failing to protect user data from sharing with 3rd party apps to using user phone numbers for advertising to using facial recognition tracking without user consent I'm Rachel Myrow k.q.e.d. News State Attorney General have you. Airbus Sarah is suing a Sacramento based charity that sends care packages to combat troops among other things the seris complaint alleges that managers of move America forward misrepresented the group to the public and funneled charitable donations to help the troops to a for profit consulting firm and a political action committee most Americans want to be generous with those who have given service in uniform to our country my office is committed to holding unscrupulous charities accountable and making sure that donations to them are not misspent or diverted in a statement the organization said the allegations are totally false I'm Brian Watt k.q.e.d. News thank you Brian his report brought to you by the t.j. Martell Foundation support comes from Oakland International Airport with nonstop flights to 6 year p. And capitals including Oslo Barcelona and Stockholm support for n.p.r. Comes from I drive maker of remote p.c. 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Good Morning the time is 6 o 6 am Laurie Sanderson time to check in with Joe McConnell and see what's going on with her commute take 5 Anything not 80 because of this major crash it's almost an hour old north 18 or 29th with 2 lanes still blocked in the back up solid from about almost day to street it's 98th Avenue the southbound side slow from 980 or down and down to about 63 gets better after that that's not rubbernecking from the crash from the northbound crash it's because there's a separate southbound crash and earlier road work that should be finished now and the crash Southie to a street in Hayward move to the shoulder a relatively small back up behind that one Joe McConnell for key committee and Joe's report brought to you by hippo home insurance coming up this morning at 9 on forum for months. Special Counsel testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. 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News I'm Noel King and I'm Rachel Martin former special counsel Robert Mueller never wanted to appear before Congress but lawmakers were adamant that he tell the story of his inquiry in public when he appeared yesterday though the storytelling was limited during 7 hours before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees Mauler repeatedly declined to stray outside the confines of his $448.00 page report one topic he was a little more verbose about was the threat Russia poses to the country's election system and when the single attempted they're doing as we said here and they expect to do it and going to the next campaign he also affirmed that the report does not exonerate the president from allegations of a structural Here's what President Trump had to say about Miller's performance this was a very big day for our country this was a very big day for the Republican Party and you could say with a great day for me but I don't even like to say that it's great Republican Doug Collins is the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee and he is with us this morning thanks so much for being with us thank you good morning what did you learn from Robert Mueller yesterday Well I think the things we learned were pretty pretty perceptive most things were learned were when the report came out 3 months ago but there were several things that we found out yesterday number one was that we put to bed and put to rest finally this collusion conspiracy issue he made it very clear that there was none involved in the trumpet ministration of the mission the president's self or his family that that was over that was a as a complete Issel not to separate this quote collusion or conspiracy just but that completely the rest Number 2 I thought was very interesting that he also every time the Democrats tried to walk down a path of what they called obstruction he got to the end he said I disagree with your analysis I disagree with what you're you know on the path that you went there and then the 3rd thing I think that we learned yesterday was it was very interesting that he would not talk about a lot of the surroundings or how the investigation got started the French. From the dossier to other investigations of how it actually got started and said he couldn't do that but yet in the report itself it actually mentions the dossier and talks about how parts of the dossier were very were false so those are the 3 takeaways that I took away from yesterday I want to follow up on the 2nd takeaway you just mentioned the on the issue of possible obstruction there was this exchange between the former special counsel and your colleague Republican Congressman Ken Buck of Colorado on a plate us and we're talking about that Ok but he could you charge the president with a try after he left office yes you believe that he committed you could charge the president on stage with obstruction of justice after he left office yes now Miller's talking generally there he wasn't talking to the particulars but did that shift your view of the president's in a sense when it comes to the obstruction charge and whether or not he's been in childed of that because of the oh I'll see rules that prohibit the charging of prosecution of a sitting president you know because if you read the whole say opinion from day one there's always been that you know possibility of anything happening after the fact that's this in of course really you also have to have something to actually charge after the fact and Mr Muller never went down you know the analysis of saying the traction it was just the issues that were presented and again he struck down many of the Democrats who tried to walk him down that that was nothing new except just a restatement of what the oil say opinion had always said but he also made it very clear that he was not talking about any charges or charges that he would he would have brought. At the same time though I mean he said that the report clearly does not exonerate the president from the possibility of obstruction this is the biggest fallacy that I have it is just amazing that this is continued on because it's never and even he admitted yesterday that he had never exonerated anybody that the Department Justice has no process for exoneration in fact I don't know of a prosecutor in this country in our practice law who exonerates anybody that's not what a prosecutor. Finally they take the evidence and I find guilt or they find and you know they found not guilty then this exoneration that narrative that is being portrayed in the media and others is really something that needs to be addressed because it's not something a prosecutor supposed to list flip it around and say he didn't exonerate him but also you also flip around put in the way that's normally done we did not have anything to find to bring charges to find him guilty they said that they would not make that determination I want to shift the focus over to the 2nd hearing you were in the but presumably you you watched you know there was very clear that the threat from Russia persists when it comes to election security do you agree with that yes and I wish my Democrat Party colleagues agreed with that as well you didn't vote in favor of it against an election security bill that just passed in the house though why had that passed several months ago and it was nothing but an incumbent protection act that simply was public financing that elections it went I mean that Bill was so badly drafted that if I have a child who was 8 years old who wanted to vote and I stopped them from voting the way the bill was actually drafted I would be charged with a felony but let me answer it but leave very clear this had nothing to do this bill that we passed or had nothing to do a foreign interference in our elections the terror act and many other bills that have addressed foreign affairs the bill passed earlier in the House did not do anything to deal with foreign affairs are you and concerned that election security is now has become a partisan issue. No Not always but only because pardon issue when the Democratic Party took an election bill which many of us could have supported in different ways but then put issues in there that weren't partisan So I think that's the that's the takeaway from the 1st 7 months of this new Congress is that issues in which we could work together on have become hot have become partisan especially when you get into you know public financing of campaigns you get into you know a lot of bills that are bad badly drafted that's what makes those issues partisan and then like I said Don't be fooled for a 2nd those that Bill did nothing to talk about what Robert Muller's talking about Robert Mueller though did discuss the fact that he sees a threat in how federal agencies are even talking about these kinds of threats that they're not talking they're not sharing information which harkens back to 911 and the problems you heard that preceded that tragedy do you agree that that is the scope of the threat we're talking about well I think it's very obvious because the threat that happened during this was under the Obama administration and when we're not talking about these things you know 2016 election this was the Obama administration and we go forward now looking at what Mr Maule are saying is he said during this time these agencies were not talking about these lessons but as in not doing anything about it so I mean this is something that's been going on for several years now and I think sometimes we forget that the last election occurred under a Democratic administration but when we talk about not standing elections security to be partisan Your instinct is to go to a partisan corner while my instinct is also from your question is because it's talks about now from the current situation and where we're at is how we deal with where I'm looking at a solution to how we could deal with it now under any administration I don't care who is going to treasure it is but many times when the question is raised it makes it appears as if this this administration it does not want to do anything about election security and I'm just simply reminding of how the process of been working and the fact Russia's been trying to interfere in our elections for many years this is not a new topic Republican Doug Collins of the House Judiciary Committee we appreciate your time Michel thank you and your same lack was listening in on that conversation I mean Tim What what about that idea of him. Election security becoming a partisan issue is that what you're saying so we're saying well I mean it's not a partisan issue in terms of the describing the the nature of the problem right that that the trumpet ministration lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have all said hey this is something that needs to be dealt with this is a serious problem Russia did interfere in 2016 and they will be they will be back in 2020 so generally lawmakers understand that this is an issue that needs to be dealt with and it's not partisan what's And what has become partisan in some ways is how to deal with it where the calls for impeachment now after this hearing is over I don't think we're quite done yet the House Judiciary Committee is going to take some action on litigation starting today we'll hear more about that in coming days n.p.r. Political reporter Tim back thanks to the Puerto Rico's governor Ricardo Rosales has finally yielded to massive public protests in a recorded announcement posted online late last night Rosales said he will resign at the time thousands of demonstrators were in the streets outside of his executive residence for the 13th straight day of protests here is Adrian Florida of N.P.R.'s Code Switch team he's been covering this from San Juan you say you addressed Puerto Ricans from behind his desk in the governor's mansion known as La Foret the lesser After several minutes listing accomplishments of freshly shaven and somber faced honestly you arrived at the line that many thousands of people in the streets had been demanding to hear from him for days. And I think I meant to many here despite the mandate I have from the people who democratically elected me said I feel remaining in this position would hinder the continued success of what's been achieved in the end the. Middle scale no one no one day he said announce that I'll be resigning the governorship effective August 2nd at 5 pm Outside thousands of people packing the street to vote some one were streaming the address on their cell phones and the. Heard that line there up it was it was it feels amazing said a number but has the time had come for him to resign over the last 2 weeks to say you could see his political capital evaporate it started with corruption charges against 2 former officials in his administration then the publication of private text messages in which the governor and his top advisers consulted opponents and then made a Puerto Rican schemed ways to manipulate the public and joked about dead bodies from Hurricane Maria protests against him started small but within days it swelled to thousands and then tens possibly hundreds of thousands if not employable but told us how you know the people have woken up said What a pity that I thank God it was tough for you all the assets I want to point out which I will also do you know he said he was glad the private texts had come out because Puerto Ricans had seen what kind of people their leaders really were but for days initial offense of the chants transformed into a broad repudiation of not only the government but a political system that perjury Kingsfield is rife with corruption and responsible for the island's ongoing economic crisis and much of the suffering lean toward After Hurricane Maria. Was cancelled. Was. That it was but any other leader has said what happens to the governor should be a warning that Puerto Ricans are finally standing up to hold their leaders accountable and that whoever comes next should know that protesters won't let up on your part because constitution the next in line to become governor is the island justice secretary on the basket because the secretary of state who would have us in little resigned last week and if the scandal did ring for you don't n.p.r. News some one for the legal. This is n.p.r. News good morning this is k.q.e.d. Public Radio the time is 619 and let's check in and see what's going on with our commute with Joe McConnell the hottest spot is still south northbound 80 a 29th where there's been a crash for about an hour and 10 minutes it had been blocking 2 lanes now it's down to one the far right so some improvement but the traffic is still backed up solid to 98th Avenue on the northbound side and southbound slow from about 980 new problem for the north they have I want to one northbound at Penn Grove possible injury collision at least one lane is blocked there are some major damage the southbound side through Petaluma slower than usual for the surly because of some earlier road work Fairfield New crash 6 city north I think 80 west connecter Joe McConnell and Joe's report brought to you by Amazon support for k.q.e.d. 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I'm Brian Watt California is the 1st state in the country to experiment with a new way of delivering drug treatment to low income residents more than 20 other state plan to follow suit California has set up the program county by county and that has created some inequities cuties April dim Bosky explains when Daniel Giles blanks it looks like he might be wearing I make up he has a tattoo across each of his eyelids that says born deaf you never know when your last breaths going to be so it's kind of like an existential reminder to remember that are not always promised tomorrow Giles was working in a redwood lumber mill and humble when his hand got crushed in an accident he got hooked on the opiate pills the doctor prescribed for pain then he graduated to heroin as he watched his friends overdose he was afraid he was next so I just. Came down here you know I raised a flag a white flag of surrender and I just came down here Giles checked himself into a treatment center in San Francisco it's one of the 1st counties in the state to roll out new updates to the drug Medi-Cal program now the state gets more federal money to provide residential treatment for more people but each county runs its own program so while some bigger counties have gone all in many smaller rural counties for financial or political reasons have opted out that's a really personal center of Stanford Psychiatry Professor Keith Humphries says this could lead to exploitation between counties for example the services where he lives in Santa Clara County or so generous people call it Santa Claus county if you are a county that decides to invest in an addiction and mental health does that lead other counties to say why don't we just kind of give people bus tickets San Francisco was afraid of this it considered a rule that said people who wanted to come here for treatment had to establish residency in the county 1st and that can take 60 days treatment providers flecked they could die because literally die between today and tomorrow Vica Eisen is c.e.o. Of Health right 360 which has been testing the new drug Medi-Cal program at its treatment centers in San Francisco for 2 years a person who comes in for sepsis uses who are treated today need to today because if they are if we we put any barrier up they're not going to get that treatment today most of the time they might do is go around the corner and use drugs in the end San Francisco decided to admit these folks into treatment right away but the county is on the hook for their bills until their residency is switched over and it's unclear if other counties in the same position will be that generous Daniel Giles says for him recovering here in San Francisco instead of back home and humble has been a blessing because I have had 2 years on the streets I knew a lot of people and I know myself so when I got out I think that it would have been really high. Hard for me to separate myself in a small town from the people. Says it was best for him to start over somewhere else I mean. Immigrants and asylum seekers who come to the us often head to places where they know people and in Oakland there's a growing community of people from rural Guatemala who speak an indigenous language called mam as part of our California dream collaboration. Went to a class where English and Spanish speakers are learning the mom language. A handful of adults said in the Latin next cultural center at Laney community college they practice saying good afternoon and mom will teacher Henry. Frater Silas writes on the whiteboard Let's go in and show students word by word. The students laugh at themselves and practice. Then yeah yeah what is taking the class she volunteers at a Sunday school where many of the kids only speak mom and I want them to hear me speak so that they see that I'm also learning and trying hard to learn a different language because that's what they're doing she wants the kids to feel proud of their language and culture I think month. Good afternoon place that they're right and then one thing is really easy because that's thank you and we always try to teach the kids good manners after we give them their snacks and helps the kids open up she says they trust her more and even the parents too if I greet them and. They smile and I think they feel that I'm I care more about them there's no official count of Mom people in Oakland but the community has grown rapidly. Plea to at least several 1000 and as more Mom speakers come the city needs more people able to talk with them to connect them to schools and services as there are so many newcomers there having a great need to serve those people. I do know that as a Spanish professor that coordinates the at the next cultural center at Laney He says they've gone requests for Mom interpreters interpreters for medical clinics or clinics the 1st waves of mom Guatemalans began arriving in Oakland in the 1980 s. During that country's civil war today mom are leaving what their model of because of gang violence and crushing poverty in some ways they're finding Oakland more accepting of their indigenous culture than their home country says mom teacher Henry Sallis now that I'm here I understand my rights and I like who we are and now I feel proud and I will teach anyone who. Was It's not easy for mom speakers new to the city it's expensive family scram together in small apartments it can be hard to navigate if you don't speak English or Spanish but Silas thinks he and this class can help change that I love it I love you know connecting communities. At the end of class size writes down the phrase for any questions. One word has for consonants together. But then after practice. They get it on Friday. K.q.e.d. News. You're listening to Morning Edition on k.q.e.d. The team includes Ted Goldberg Alex Helmick Erica Kelley and Nina Thorsen getting. From Raquel Maria Dillon Bianca Taylor and Angela corral the engineer standing bringer c.l. Mother Rob Speight and Katie McMurray and I'm Brian watching News from n.p.r. And k.q.e.d. After a break. Thank you Brian and we will hear from you in just a moment but 1st let's look at our commute with Joe McConnell started off the wrong way in the Nimitz Freeway on the damaged freeway and at 510 the crash northeast 80 around 29th is still blocking the right lane still waiting for tow trucks and still backed up almost to the north into San Leandro and southbound still rubberneckers from $980.00 plus there was a separate crash and road work in that direction Southie did a street crash there moved to the shoulder the back up is to about 238 but not as slow as the northbound jam on the other crash in North one of what it Pengrowth a collision with injuries but still have the right lane blocked Joe McConnell for key committee and his report brought to you by Metro my t. Mobile support for k.q.e.d. Comes from Comcast committed to improving its customer service experience with 2 hour appointment windows including nights and weekends so customers can spend more time doing what they love Oakland International Airport with up to 11 daily flights to 4 Hawaiian Islands Aloha begins at a Ok. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly North Korea fired 2 short range missiles into the Sea of Japan today a day after President Trump's national security adviser was in Seoul John Bolton was in South Korea discussing denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula N.P.R.'s Michael Sullivan in Seoul says these latest missile tests come weeks after President Trump and Kim Jong un agreed to restart talks on North Korea's nuclear program and the North has upped its rhetoric against the u.s. It's warned that planned military exercises between u.s. And South Korean forces next month could jeopardize talks this week photos also surfaced of Kim Jong un inspecting a large newly built submarine may be big enough to carry ballistic missiles and now today's tests South Korean defense officials say the missiles launched today are a new type of ballistic missile one flew more than 400 miles Puerto Rico's governor says he'll resign next week work harder oh say oh announced his decision to step down late last night following 2 weeks of protests they were triggered by a leaked online comments showing the governor Mako mocking constituents the Labor Department says 1st time claims for unemployment benefits in the u.s. Fell 10000 last week this as Nissan announces planning to cut more than 12000 jobs it has assembly plants in Tennessee and Mississippi this is n.p.r. News from k.q.e.d. News I'm Brian Watt to peace state lawmakers want to give Governor Gavin Newsome the power to issue a moratorium on new fracking licenses in California k.q.e.d. Stead Goldberg reports close to 2 weeks ago Newsome fired California's top oil and gas regulator that's in part because the agency that official led was handing out a large number of permits for hydraulic fracturing or fracking Environmentalists say the oil extraction technique pollutes the air and potential drinking water the day after the fire. During the governor was asked by reporters whether he planned to place a halt on new fracking work I don't tell him more for him up I think you can't do that you know what. The governor of California cannot do that I have explored that during my transition now State Senator Henry Stern who chairs the Senate Natural Resources Committee and Assemblywoman Laura Friedman who chairs the similar panel in the assembly say they're open to working on a bill that would give new some that power Here's Friedman we look forward to having a clean the Khana me using renewable sources of fuel and if the governor thinks that he needs the legislators help in developing legislation to make that vision happen I think and willing and able to do that experts say the oil industry is expected to lobby hard against any such proposal and follow a lawsuit if it were passed the head of the western states Petroleum Association in a statement says shutting down oil and gas production would increase dependence on Middle East oil and eliminate thousands of jobs I'm Ted Goldberg k.q.e.d. 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News I'm Noel King and I'm Rachel Martin Democrats had hung high hopes on Robert Miller's testimony some thought it might draw a direct line to impeachment or at least draw a straight line to a Democrat in the White House in 2020 most agree though the testimony did not do either of those things Here's House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking at a press conference last night I do believe that what we saw today was a very strong manifestation in fact some would even say indictment of this it ministrations cone of silence and their cover up but some of the actions that the administration may have taken. Through our investigation may have jeopardized our national security this is very serious today was very important Democrat Jackie Spears on the line with us now she's a member of the House Intelligence Committee and questioned former special counsel Robert Mueller yesterday afternoon in that 2nd session thank you so much for being with us pleasure be with you Rachel so as you know Robert Mueller wouldn't talk about anything outside the report in fact he didn't even want to read out loud any excerpts from the report do you believe his testimony changed anything I think his testimony was key to the American people starting to focus on the report over 400 pages it's not some thing that the average person is going to want to curl up with at night to read and my goal was hopefully to have the American people start to focus on it and listen to its words and recognize that the Russians were here in 26 days they were here 24 they were here 28 years and they will be here in 2020 and we have to redouble our efforts to prevent them from doing the kind of start of warfare that they've engaged in after you read Robert Miller's report you you decided to support the idea of opening impeachment proceedings. Do you believe the entire. Her intent of bringing Robert Muller up to Capitol Hill on the part of Democrats was was to try to generate public support for impeachment it was to. Put it in and the movie starting what the words were attempting to do and while I don't know if it captures that it certainly set the stage for as one person put it painting the portrait filling in the wind and when he said and I quote This is the most serious challenge to our democracy that he had ever seen in terms of the Russian government interference 26 think those are the very words and we should heed the words are one thing actions another I mean you said last night you think the speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is softening on impeachment she has famously been very reserved on this issue instead of encouraging further investigation and letting Americans make their decision in 2020 Why do you think she's changing her mind now I can't say that I know that she's changed her mind but I think she appreciates the gravity of what has taken place the efforts by the president to obstruct justice his unwillingness to be interviewed and the result I think the guest is just a very corrupt person and the White House. I'm sure you know you've seen the surveys that show a majority of Americans oppose impeachment why continue pressing for well this is not a polling point this is about the Constitution if these raised the level of high crimes and misdemeanors it's a comfort on us to take action whether the American people are with us at this particular point if you look back at the Nixon hearings and Watergate I mean there wasn't support necessarily for impeachment until the tape came out and then it flipped literally overnight I think in this setting we don't have tapes but I do think the tax returns are going to provide us with that kind of an aha moment are you closer to getting a well that certainly in the court I mean we basically have an administration that's violating the law again because it's required to shout Turn over tax or turn to the Ways and Means Committee they've come up with a you know absurd argument not to it's there now it's in the courts and hopefully it'll move swiftly through that process to the extent that anything through the judicial process the 2020 a Democratic candidate for president didn't have a lot to say yesterday after Miller's testimony is that disappointing to you would you like your colleagues to be more vocal about impeachment while many of them have already stepped forward I think Warren has actually doubled down and saying how important is it for the house to take action. If For those that thought that this was going to be a fill a bullet a color or not we were trying to tamp down expectations on the Intelligence Committee because we knew that he was only going to stay within the 4 corners of the report Congresswoman Jackie Spear Democrat of California we appreciate your time this morning great to be effective. N.P.R.'s to Mack was listening in to that conversation and followed the hearing closely yesterday Tim I want to start by asking you what does an impeachment process even look like because we're not talking about immediately holding a floor vote are we if this were to transpire No So it's a process that's 1st alluded to in the Constitution centrally what you do is the House Judiciary Committee can open an impeachment inquiry the committee then then can vote on articles of impeachment that it puts forward the House floor would then vote on articles impeachment that would then go to the Senate where they would hold a trial that would be presided over by the chief justice of the Supreme Court and a number of House lawmakers would serve as prosecutors in that trial the Senate would need a 2 thirds vote in order to convict and remove the president it would take who knows how long they're it's not actually there's no timeline outlined in the constitution there's no restriction as to how long it must take or should take it takes as long as it needs to take and could really wrap up the United States in quite a large period of time right meanwhile the clock is ticking on the actual election and the campaign for 2021 of the major arguments that House leaders and other Democrats who oppose impeachment is that hey we've got this election coming up in 2020 that's just around the corner the American people will have. An opportunity to make a decision on President Trump at that time Jackie Spear said that you know her Democratic colleagues who are running for president have have weighed into the impeachment issue to a degree but we really you know she mentioned Elizabeth Warren but on the whole Yesterday we didn't hear a lot from them did we right 2020 candidates mirrored House Democrats and a lot of ways in not saying a whole lot following Mahler's testimony it didn't really seem to create a groundswell of interest among either Democrats in the House or Democrats on the campaign. Trail because it's not politically salient is that what they they believe is there on the trail well even among you could put aside the polling numbers even among House Democrats a majority opposed opening an impeachment inquiry at this particular moment we'll see if it changed any minds in the days and weeks to come n.p.r. Political reporter Tim Force thank you thanks. This is n.p.r. News Good Morning the time a 642 this is k.q.e.d. And it's time to check in and see what's going on with her commute Here's Joe McConnell saying things going on on the Nimitz freeway north 80 the crash of 29 still there on the right lanes to waiting for a big rig tow truck and traffic is backed up to about almost Davis Street on the northbound side southbound is better there was a separate crash and road were coming under 16 but that's been picked up finally on one of one southbound at San Bruno Avenue there's a report of a crash there in the right lane that just reported moments ago the Pengrowth crash in one of the north of Penn grow at the Pengrowth exit has been moved to the shoulder but it unusual not a commuter action jam John McConnell for k.q.e.d. And Joe's report braccia by Choose org Good Morning the time is 643 Time now for a k.q.e.d. Perspectives re pest strong finds evidence of the huge forces that shape our planet in the small changes of a sandy beach on a beautiful sunny day last week I was strolling along the seashore walking barefoot in the surf sun when I stopped to watch the breaking waves and noticed a repetitive pattern I had never paid attention to before as each breaking wave receded it deposited the sand it had been carrying up onto the beach and the different colors formed many landscape of hills and valleys only to be immediately destroyed as the next wave it danced. Could that be like the natural geologic landscape of hills plains and valleys present everywhere the typically forms over thousands even millions of years such landscapes to find the world around us and unless we personally get to experience an earthquake or a landslide or erupting volcano they evolve very slowly without our notice here was a location where I could in miniature get to see the earth evolve before my eyes is this another readily accessible example of lessons from the earth in my life what could I identify were slow change occurs continuously and predictably over time and are then interrupted by events like a death or a diagnosis of birth or a move which changes your life immediately and significantly like the wave changes the image of the landscape at the shore these events so much like the continual waves that quickly are raced what came before and caused profound effects at the shore can this be another lesson from the earth an awareness from which there is something we can learn perhaps as in this case about paying closer attention to the natural world around us with a perspective this is rapists wrong re past wrong as a professor emeritus of geology at San Francisco State University support for perspectives comes from Comcast business offering Internet and phone options to nonprofit organizations there it's community essentials program more at Comcast Business dot com slash community a sense else. 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Well your bay area weather will have sunshine today and they're saying that it's hot but it's still be warm in La and we can expect highs ranging from the sixty's at the coast seventies around the bay eighty's as well and the low ninety's further inland offer safe haven the judge wrote that the government's decision to promulgated a rule was capricious and arbitrary That's because it would expose migrants to violence and abuse in those 3rd countries and possibly deliver them right back into the hands of their persecutors legal line is the a.c.l.u. Lawyer who argued the case yesterday those countries do not have a fully functioning asylum system so the administration's premise that if you really knew asylum you would simply applying them our Mexico is not true it's too dangerous for them to apply there so that's why Desperate people have to come to the us to seek refuge and the judge also said it's Congress's job to make asylum laws not the white houses and this I understand was one of 2 dueling rulings on the same question right from opposite coasts exactly on Wednesday morning another federal Judge Timothy Kelly there in the District of Columbia ruled the other way he gave the courtroom victory to President Trump who appointed him the judge target was appointed by Obama Kelly in d.c. Agreed with Justice Department lawyers that quote It's in the greater public interest to allow the administration to carry out its immigration policy so in the same day you have the White House congratulating Judge Kelly for shutting down quote. Opportunistic claims by those who want to exploit our asylum system and then a few hours later here comes judge Tiger's opinion his injunction applies nationwide so Judge Kelly's favorable ruling is dead in the water what's the administration's point in all of this I mean what is the gist of their argument here well Rachel the White House is alarmed at what they call the ongoing crisis at the border what bugs Trump is that asylum officers let most applicants enter the u.s. And wait here for months or years for their day in immigration court that's created a backlog of nearly a 1000000 cases today and yet they point to the fact that 8 out of 10 people who ask for asylum are ultimately denied because they don't meet the definition of fleeing persecution immigrant advocates counter that these people are fleeing genuinely dangerous circumstances in their home countries and they deserve due process and refuge this is become a pattern though right the administration rolls out some big plan to curtail asylum and then the courts knock it down yeah the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan told n.p.r. Last week they were actually expecting an injunction to suspend the new asylum rules I mean just look at the administration's track record so many of Trump's immigration initiatives have ended up on hold in court last year Trump tried to block asylum seekers who entered the country illegally between ports of entry and this same California judge John Tiger told the administration you can't do that the government is appealing that case and that's exactly what we expect in this case d.o.j. Will appeal to the 9th Circuit and the wheels of justice will grind on his N.P.R.'s Southwest correspondent covering immigration John Banks Thanks Rachel. This is n.p.r. News. Coming up this morning on for 9 o'clock form on tax the former special counsel Robert Muller steps to Maadi Wednesday before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees and then a 10 author Peter owner of the show to share his new short story collection called Maggie Brown and others and then a 1030 in the California wine industries being hit hard by Chinese terrorists form discusses how the us Chinese trade wars affecting local vendors that's formed beginning at 9 it is time to take a look at our freeways and the commute with Joe McConnell It's pretty jammed up and sell San Francisco there may be a crash in each direction there's a report of a crash on one of one southbound at San Bruno Avenue 1st reported there at $640.00 and now there's a crash reported on the northbound side at least your point and possibly also blocking the left lane and the Nimitz Freeway still the same on the northbound side in Oakland the crash since $510.00 is still blocking the far right lane Dorothy 80 at 29th Avenue it involves involved a concrete mixer truck and they're still waiting for a try a tow truck they're going to have to move it Joe McConnell for key committee and Joe's report brought to you by Amazon support for k.q.e.d. 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Short for Thursday July 25th Good morning I'm Saul Gonzales in Los Angeles State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lott is defending himself against allegations that he improperly got involved in cases that affect Donors Choose 2020 campaign lot of has acknowledged that he took more than $50000.00 in campaign contributions from insurance company executives and their spouses that after previously pledging not to take funds from those with ties to the industry he was elected to regulate in an exclusive interview with me and my California Report co-host Lily Jamali we asked the insurance commissioner about whether he stands by his decision to intervene in those cases but 1st and foremost I want to be clear look the the the recent reporting of the contributions that I received from folks who were affiliated with an assurance company. You know what was something that we took action immediately my pledge was to not take money from insurers and so when I found out I immediately returned the money I put a 3rd party person to make sure we review all. Checks that come in and I've also recused myself from me having any decisions regarding. Regarding this insurance company I'm just going to jump in for a moment because my understanding was that initially you had planned to keep the money no that's not accurate at all we assume as we found out about this money we returned it again these are folks that were associated with an assurance company my pledge was to you know make sure we did not take any money from insurance companies and so I felt that it was important for me to correct this action immediately and recuse myself from any actions on applied underwriters just to protect the integrity of the process of the commission I got to say you did reverse the verdict of the insurance judges in a couple of cases you state a couple of other cases I mean there was real action taken that help these. Company's right actually I did reverse I did reverse the ruling from the law judge because I wanted it to be consistent with what we've done with my previous predecessors rulings which really got to the point of protecting consumers from injured workers really from losing their coverage and from businesses being on the hook for major financial losses the actions that I took are consistent Well what predecessor has done on these other rulings and so again making sure that we were consistent on protecting the consumer and that's why I did wait to understand reversing a judge's ruling that was incredibly rare So how many other times have you done and that's the only time we did it because we felt we wanted to make sure we were consistent with the previous ruling which was to protect consumers and protect these injured workers there are calls now for you to make your calendars public critics say that would let us see whether or not you personally met with the executives involved are you prepared to do that to release those calendars Yeah we received we received a request where we're going to you know process that and we're going to make my calendar open Put the fact is look I've met with I meet with seals all the time of insurance companies in the 6 months that I've been in office I met with C.E.O.'s I've met with consumer advocates I've met with fire victims it's the business and the nature of the business as insurance commissioner Ricard a lot of insurance commissioner California thanks so much for joining us thank you and on the show tomorrow Lara will take our questions about the future of the insurance industry has our state grapples with climate change this week here in Los Angeles f.b.i. Agents raided the headquarters of L.A.'s Department of Water and Power and the offices of the city attorney the agents may no arrests but did cart away reams of documents although the feds are staying mum local officials say the seizures relate to a 2013 d.w.p. Scandal where utility rate payers in l.a. Were overcharged I caught up with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti who promised full cooperation by the city in the federal investigation when I was elected as Mary was to clean up do you have any. Peace and to make it work for the people and that legacy is going to continue the public trust is the most important thing to me and if you cross the line be prepared to pay the price because we have 0 tolerance people have a presumption of innocence but in the meantime we have to make sure that we help all prosecutors and investigators in this matter and do you know about the contours of the f.b.i. Investigation I don't have a close relationship with the f.b.i. They gave me professional courtesy heads up that city hall east and that department was going to be raided by some of the agents but no we do not know and my message back to them was let us know what you need to help we want to get to the bottom of it just like you we want to clean up this department just like you in the wake of the f.b.i. Raids Corsetti Isac the general manager of Las Department of Water and Power Meanwhile another f.b.i. Investigation involving an l.a. City councilman and city hall officials is ongoing and now a settlement in Orange County over the treatment of its homeless population it was signed by all parties and approved by the court earlier this week and state officials are looking at it as a potential model Michelle Wiley has more the deal addresses several of the issues that were brought up by the original lawsuits filed back in 2018 which allege that the county was violating the rights of the homeless and the Americans With Disabilities Act 1st the settlement provides guidelines for law enforcement interactions with the homeless requiring them to connect homeless people with services and shelter options before enforcing any anti camping ordinances except in high risk areas like the airport or railroads and also establishes a more uniform system of care for service providers for consistency and a process to ensure the programs are all excessive all to people with disabilities Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg who leads the state's new commission on Homelessness and support of housing said this settlement could be a solution for the rest of the state we all need to get there in Orange County and have one of our 1st year of down there it actually break down and dissect the model and ask the obvious question can this be replicated in. The other part of the state the implementation of the settlement terms will be overseen by the federal court for the next 3 years for the California court I'm Michelle while. Support for the California report comes from Personal Capital offering insight driven advice and wealth management tools and now personal capital cash introducing a new high yield account personal capital cash f.d.i.c insured energy California urging Californians to keep it golden through simple acts like adjusting the thermostat a few degrees energy have great California or. Eric and Wendy Schmidt who is fun for strategic innovation supports transformative ideas that benefit humanity while protecting the natural world recognizing through science the interdependence of all living systems. And that is the California report for Thursday July 25th a production of k.q.e.d. Public Radio salt and solace the great day. The time now is one minute before 7 o'clock and we're going to check in with Joe McConnell and see how the community is going not going well on each side of the bay in a couple of spots on the Nimitz freeway north a day the a $29.00 still waiting for that to tow truck to clear the crash has been out there for almost 2 hours the back up a solid to Davis street and highway want to one in South City there's at least one crash possibly just the southbound side of Grand Avenue was the focal point with this crash with a couple Elaine's block but it's jammed in both directions northbound from before same or new avenue and southbound is backed up almost a 3rd Street in San Francisco and how we want to one northbound at the Montague expressway a new collision reported there injuries a job McConnell for k.q.e.d. And Joe's report braccia bites. Org Support for k.q.e.d. Comes from u.c.s.f. Health the baker position cancer medicine building is now open in Mission Bay bringing together leaders in cancer discovery and care to develop new treatments and speed their delivery to patients learn more at u.c.s.f. Health dot org Hi there I'm Lori Sanders Good morning this is. North Highlands Sacramento. Good morning after mass demonstrations in the streets against his leadership the governor of Puerto Rico says he will resign who's left in the government that could take his place on Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller didn't say the word impeachment but it loomed over his testimony before Congress yesterday I'm now well King and I'm Rachel Martin did his exchanges with lawmakers change any minds about obstruction. Facebook is under fire again the Federal Trade Commission is investigating the company over antitrust issues a global recall for breast implants linked to cancer and we remember the life of actor director Howard It's Thursday July 25th Matt Le Blanc otherwise known as Joey from Friends turns 52 today. Next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Corba Coleman facing massive protest Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosario will resign he had come under harsh criticism after group text service from him and his inner circle these demeaned many people including hurricane survivors N.P.R.'s David wellness says Rosario released a statement he said he had fully intended to serve out the remaining 2 years of his term in fact just a few days ago he said he would do just that but not seek reelection but that he now saw that all he's accomplished during his 1st 2 years as governor could be damaged if he remained in office N.P.R.'s David Willman in San Juan Puerto Rico North Korea has fired 2 short range missiles off its coast into the Sea of Japan the launches come in the midst of stalled talks on the country's nuclear missile program N.P.R.'s Michael Sullivan has more from Seoul South Korea says the 1st missile was fired shortly after 530 this morning local time the 2nd followed less than a half hour later officials say the 1st.

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