Actor Kevin Hart has suffered major back injuries in a car crash near Los Angeles and N.P.R.'s Ted Robbins reports on what happened a California Highway Patrol release obtained by N.P.R. Says Kevin Hart was in the passenger seat of his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda while a friend Jerod Black was driving another passenger was in the back seat the driver turned out to Mulholland Drive not far from Hart's home and immediately lost control the car left the road and rolled down an embankment Hart was able to go to his home to get help while the other 2 people were trapped in the car the C.H.P. Report says the driver was not under the influence of alcohol both heart and blacks sustained major back injuries while the 3rd person was not seriously injured Kevin Hart is known for his comedy specials as well as movies like night school and your Manji Welcome to the jungle Ted Robbins N.P.R. 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News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin hurricane Dorian continues to bear down on the Bahamas over the weekend storm strengthen to a catastrophic category 5 with sustained winds speeds of 185 miles per hour that's the strongest in modern record to hit the Bahamas Patrick Ottman is a correspondent with C.N.N. He's been reporting from Freeport on Grand Bahama which is right in the path of the storm and he joins us now Patrick can you just give us a sense of what you're seeing especially in these last 48 hours so we're seeing these tall pine trees that survived the last major hurricane Hurricane Matthew and they're getting thrown around by Doreen I can't imagine that was why the storm and its howling outside it sounds like a jet engine it certain points occasionally they'll be a little bit of a low but then it comes back even stronger so it is a hurricane but it's more palls morals really than I've covered more policy. Anybody has ever experienced in the Bahamas and that is certain because many people here perhaps didn't take it as seriously as they should many people told me they're going to ride it out homes and so much of this area where I am. Very small island SCO still communities if they're not underwater right now they will be have you have you been able to to look outside and everything the damage you know so we crazy enough we met this very nice couple busy on the beach when they had invited to come up to their apartment when the building with for 3 days and they have an amazing view and so you know over the beach. We are seeing all coming up but it's a long way to come because this storm really incredible things about a one of its power but also how slow it's going and it's a deadly combination of a strong category 5 that is essentially stalled out over us and that means of the hours if not days of just getting a complete beating and that also raises the possible. Very high storm surge and they're been talking about a storm surge of 20 feet which sounds terrifying then you add to the fact that we're an island where the highest point of land is 30 feet and you begin to realize exactly what the implications of that are going to be for so many people I mean I did note that when when you describe how the wind will kick up and this harrowing sound and then die down. You can think to yourself oh it's over because it is so slow moving it's it creates a different kind of psychological component it does on top of that we're in the dark because the lights went out last flashlights but I think for so many people looking out across the city it's reported and a handful lights on so I think for some people this is how they spent the night last night here in this role or why certain points it sounds like you know wild animal crawling crazy but that's the only way I can describe it and you're sitting in the dark and if you're someplace low you know we're seeing videos of people are sending in the what's up all around and some of them think of people water already in them and in their homes so we always see with hurricanes but again I've covered a lot of these in this is kind of the worst possible scenario to be a low lying place to have such a powerful hurricane over us just refuses to leave that's the historic nature of it Patrick Ottman correspond with C.N.N. Talking to us from Freeport on Grand Bahama Patrick thank you so much thank you. We are joined now by Don Cornish he is the disaster manager for Grand Bahama and he joins us from an emergency call center in Freeport the capital of Grand Bahama Mr Cornish thank you for taking the time on what is an incredibly busy day for you can you just describe the kinds of phone calls that you are taking in right now we're getting a lot of the fantic people calling in about citing issues and they're very concerned because of the storm surge how it's affecting. THEIR HOMES AND fact it had a person to. Trying to get out. In these conditions because that's that because of the level the water has come in their homes it's obviously very dangerous to go outside but can you just give us a sense of what it looks like what it sounds like. Like a freight train is passing and events are picking up obviously that's going to be flying debris and like the rain is also getting more intense so it's not a great time to be a dog before they have been gusts in the region of about 40 miles per hour high up . Your we've we've seen wind speeds upwards of 180 miles per hour through the Caribbean this is supposed to be the worst storm to ever hit the Caribbean in modern history you all are used to hurricanes but can you talk about how how you prepared differently because of the historic nature of the storm . Basically separation is always the same simply because we fully aware that a song can have access of 200 miles one no matter. How the saying went off. About our normal separation and we also have such an left. Standing by knowing that the challenges of being on the coast of Maine across the country and of course a lot of this case. Doing what we have to do something by training on the shelf amounted to respond to professionals in various aspects of. The planning as well as the recovery period afterwards. Also some still go on terms of the system evacuated fully and everybody standing by waiting for the moment for them to execute the various aspects of their responsibility you are the disaster manager it is your job to remain calm and you sound that way in this moment. But can you just give us a sense of the emotional tenor of the room that you're in all these people fielding all these phone calls from frantic human individuals. It's very difficult for. Some of the present 1000 a form of indicating how they feel. Difficult for them through the frantic cries for help persons who are panicking for various reasons so it takes a toll on you and. We do have. Counseling and other services psychological support that's going to be important especially considering. That to be a very difficult. Disruptive day much of the quality of life of many many buses according to some of the person sitting in the. Don Cornish she is the disaster manager for Grand Bahama he spoke to us on the line from Freeport the capital thank you so much and stay safe thank you and thanks for calling. We're seeing signs of hope for a peace deal in Afghanistan Afghan President Musharraf's Ghani is currently reviewing a draft agreement reached by the U.S. And the Taliban he has promised a response in coming days Meanwhile though the violence is far from over in Afghanistan this weekend there were 2 attacks Afghan officials say were carried out by the Taliban and there was violence in neighboring Pakistan to a bombing there earlier this month highlights the powerful and an easy role that country plays in these peace negotiations N.P.R.'s Dia de reports from Islamabad critics of long contended that Pakistan has held some sway of the Taliban by offering them shelter if not outright support but the extent of Pakistan's influence over the insurgents is unclear and that's deliberately solar This is Steven tangle professor in the School of International Service at the American University there have long since made a practice of simultaneously trying to downplay. Their support for the Taliban while simultaneously trying to argue that any deal with the Taliban has to go down but Pakistan has enough influence that it's been assisting negotiations they're expected to allow most American forces to withdraw from Afghanistan in return for the insurgents agreeing not to allow the country to become a base for global terror attacks to kick start negotiations last October Pakistan release the co-founder of the Taliban that man. Is now the Taliban's chief negotiator and in December a president trumps requests Pakistani officials prodded the insurgents to take negotiations more seriously that was after talks appeared to fall to this is at the Brookings Institution I think I guess I'm very aware of it strategic importance here she says Pakistan is trying to assert its own interests in Afghanistan I guess . Doesn't want conflict in Afghanistan but it always wants to be a valid vent the Taleban make Pakistan more relevant than the Afghan government which you know has issues that Pakistan the key is when foreign forces leave and Afghans negotiate a political future. It is a retired diplomat and president of the Pakistan Institute for conflict and Security Studies in Islamabad he says Pakistan wants Afghans to delay their upcoming presidential elections if the election daughter. Situation on the ground. Perhaps the next could be to postpone ready this election or come up. That will include the Taliban but how much power should they have shall have Latif is a retired advice Marshall he often helps journalists understand the thinking of the Pakistani military I think Pakistan has 14 Taliban in getting to the mainstream part which means they should be part of the government and but haps the word will not accept. So I can't go we need to talk to each economic solution with them Latif says the current Afghan government led by President Musharraf honey is seen as friendly to the enemy India I mean government that is dependent on India will certainly not have any good feeling for parks so they are obviously on except Afghans have long resented Pakistan's involvement in their country's affairs and their relations with the Taliban some fear if the insurgents are part of an interim government they'll impose their harsh version of Islamic law or just seize power outright but the retired diplomat says Pakistan wants to prevent chaos from engulfing Afghanistan and potentially destabilizing his country as well. N.P.R. News. This is N.P.R. News Morning Edition on Labor Day right here on public radio Good morning on Monday 19 minutes after 5 a holiday for some some of us on the job today including Mel Baker he Connell Let's find out about the traffic on Monday. Mel are you there. 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News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin as kids go back to school health officials are reminding parents how important vaccines are they've been more than 1200 cases of measles in the U.S. This year but a lot of those cases actually involve adults who travel to countries with current measles outbreaks April damn Bosky of member station K.Q.E.D. Learned this firsthand when she scheduled a trip overseas this summer. Destination area a tiny country and Eastern Europe typically overlooked by American tourists. My husband's father grew up there so it's long been on our travel list it's also on the list of countries with measles outbreaks some of the biggest are in the Philippines and Ukraine well Kariya has had almost 800 cases this year that's why my travel nurse wanted to check my vaccination status before I left when the measles mumps rubella vaccine was 1st introduced in the early 1970 S. Scientists recommended just one dose it wasn't until 989 that they changed the guidelines to 2 doses so a lot of people like me now in their thirty's and forty's aren't sure if they ever got that 2nd dose or not now during. 3 or so miners recommended I go to the lab to get a blood test to check my immunity it's a basic test that looks for antibodies to measles that should come back positive or negative yes or no doubt. My own. Research Be well my results came back borderline In other words maybe I mean maybe I'm not the blood test is imperfect Dr Art wrangled is a professor of epidemiology at U.C. Berkeley if you don't have adequate ease you may still be immune but you're not detectable by the test so it's possible I got a false negative but there's no way to know for sure people who would say what's reasonable to test in. Because you get these results you're not Durbridge them people worry so now what my doctor suggested getting another dose of the vaccine it's safe but when I look into it it turns out there are some side effects and adults that don't occur in babies 25 percent of women get acute arthritis one to 3 week. After getting the vaccine that would be right in the middle of my trip right when my husband and I are due to arrive at will Gary is black seacoast. I imagine lying on the beach meditating on the rolling waves racked with joint pain that would be horrible. But then getting measles would be worse I could fully appreciate getting measles is not something you want so I went back to the experts this time Dr Lisa Winston an epidemiologist at San Francisco General Hospital 1st she tells me not to worry about the acute arthritis which really means sudden onset and short lived and she says the joint pain is usually mild nothing a couple ibuprofen would take care of if the choice is between I'm a little worried but I you know may get this arthritis or some joint pain versus I'm going someplace where I'm really going to be at risk for missiles the balance would swing towards being vaccinated for sure but before I went through the trouble of another medical visit I wanted to make sure I really needed it my mom was a nurse and she kept my pediatric vaccine records squeezed in the margin scribbled in black pen it says that when I was 11 I got a 2nd dose of measles vaccine once and tells me in general medical records are more reliable than a blood test or somebody who knows that they have been vaccinated who has their history you would actually be considered immune regardless of what your blood tests shows bottom line if you're not sure what your vaccination status is and you're travelling to a country with a known measles outbreak there's no harm getting a 2nd dose of vaccine but if you know you've had 2 doses there's no benefit to getting a 3rd For N.P.R. News I'm April to. Be happy it could make you live longer really it's science Here's N.P.R.'s Patti name and researchers from Boston University's School of Medicine knew if you're optimistic you're less likely to suffer chronic disease and depression but clinical psychologist Louis Millie who headed the study wanted to know this whether optimist than as related to the likelihood of exceptional long cavity defined as 85 years old or. Older lady looked at medical records from 2 long term research studies one involving female nurses on the other involving males mostly veterans to gauge optimism study participants were asked if they agreed with statements like this and certain times I usually expect the best or this I usually expect to succeed and things that I do optimistic responses were tallied and it turned out those who were the most optimistic lived 15 percent longer lives than the less optimistic in fact their odds of living to 85 or longer increased by as much as 70 percent now researchers don't know exactly how optimism affects longevity they think optimistic people tend to have goals in life as a result Lee says they may be more motivated to maintain health in order to achieve those goals things like a nutritious diet regular exercise no smoking they may also be better at regulating stress for example when they get angry confrontation they are able to come down more quickly and feel calmer and feel more relaxed in a shorter amount of time compared to someone else who stays. 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News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly hurricane Dorian continues battering the northwest Bahamas this morning where the International Red Cross says thousands of homes have already been damaged or destroyed on Abaco and Grand Bahama Islands forecaster Robbie Berg the National Hurricane Center in Miami says Dorian remains a dangerous Category 5 hurricane with top sustained winds of 165 miles per hour hurricane Dorian as a flood to an almost across all as it moves west are a cop Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas the primary on the island are receiving just seconds 15 pummeling of a very strong and catastrophic hurricane force winds and devastating storm surge wind gusts of more than 200 miles per hour have been reported in the Bahamas Dorian remains more than 100 miles off Florida where voluntary and mandatory coastal evacuations are underway mandatory coastal evacuations begin at midday in Georgia and South Carolina east of Interstate 95 they include the cities of Savannah and Charleston state troopers will be reversing traffic on some interstates to help speed up the evacuations Durian is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic the National Hurricane Center expects durian to move close to Florida before turning to the north and moving up the coastline police in Odessa Texas still don't have a motive for a weekend shooting that left 7 people dead and 22 hurt This is N.P.R. News. Vice President Pence is in Poland today where he signed a 5 G. Cyber security agreement between the U.S. And Warsaw as show MC Poland reports tomorrow pence will be in Ireland for talks with the country's president and prime minister focusing largely on for access at the top of their agenda is the potential return of a hard border across Ireland if you can and E.U. Negotiators failed to reach a Brecht's a deal the deadline is set for Ireland's ancient pagan holiday of Sallon also known as Halloween animal rights activists in Canada are criticizing affair in Ontario which featured pigeon bowling his Dan Cartman check reports one critic posted video of the event online the advocate is going only by the name of Joe because she fears reprisals after posting the video on Facebook the incident took place at the annual Herald fair in the town of Essex Ontario on the Northwest shores of Lake Erie the video shows people holding a pigeon in one hand then rolling it on the grass until it comes to a stop Jo says she was horrified calling it blatant disrespect in cruelty officials at the fair say the pigeons used over a specific greed that doesn't fly but does roll the fares website describes them as the bully balls of the avian world animal rights advocates argue that the birds are stressed for no reason and the practice sends the wrong message to children about how to treat animals For N.P.R. News I'm Dan carpenter in Toronto. Hi I'm Dave Mattingly N.P.R. News in Washington I'm Peter O'Dowd Britain's new prime minister Boris Johnson has whipped up a fury in the U.K. After he suspended parliament the head of a key BRACKS It didn't he says don't worry you nothing has nothing to do with leaving Europe we need a new legislation we've got to be bringing forward new and important bills the latest in British politics next time on here and now. Here and now today with more from the U.K. Today from 11 to noon on public radio coming up on Morning Edition China is the world's biggest rice producer So why did it agree to buy 2 shipping containers of rice from the US Planet Money reporters explain the other trade battle between the 2 countries that story on Monday morning ahead for you along with the California report Saul Gonzales will have that for you from from Los Angeles on K.Q.E.D. 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News I'm Rachel Martin and I'm Steve Inskeep good morning this is the 1st day of the fall semester in Hong Kong but many students are not in class they're on strike for the next 2 weeks or they say until Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie lamb listens to their demands those demands include ending an extradition bill with. China and also direct elections for the next chief executive N.P.R.'s Beijing correspondent Julie firing is in Hong Kong She's been covering a protest there Emily where are you. Change University of Hong Kong and sitting right under a banner this fight for freedom and stand with Hong Kong and I'm surrounded by people it's the color of protesters there thousands of students still here on campus hours into the rally their willingness to have them. Standing in the. Speeches and then even in flags to say restore the revolution of our time is one of the main slogans in the protest and just about half an hour away there's another rally going on with workers who are on a general strike and support the protesters I'm curious because this is a student strike or you're there on a campus Have you noticed anybody with backpacks or books under their arms trying to squeeze into class or is everything pretty much up to. Know everything I mean everything is open it's an open campus there are people in the academic buildings but no one is going to class they're here to talk about the protests or to protest themselves and why is it significant that the students among all the people who would go on strike. It puts to the test it is really important social institutions and what role they're going to play in the protests which are now in their court so far the marches have always been on the streets and on the weekends they're bringing them into school and there was a fear that when school started it would take the momentum that out of demonstrations but students say that's not going to be the case in fact they want to give protests more LOT of here's a student union vice chair and one of the speakers at the rally today we are losing our brothers insisted getting arrested and no longer able to come out so where is trying to find another way outside the movement to sustain and to continue like many of the university students who participated day she was in high school. When it. Happened that was a pro-democracy movement that fizzled out and she says she was inspired to step up and follow and not movements footsteps today Emily I'd like to ask you referred to that protester as 1st name only many people in trying to take on an English name are you only using the 1st name because there is a real fear that people could be arrested for their role in these these protests. Journalists and radio journalist like myself it's incredibly organized OK Well we know you've got good battery power that Emily thanks so much. Thank you that's N.P.R.'s Emily franc she is in Hong Kong. The world is fixated on the U.S. China trade war but there's another terror fight with China happening behind the scenes with a lot of money at stake a battle over rice Planet Money reporters crowded Garcia and Sally Herships explain why China agreed to buy 2 shipping containers of rice from the United States very quietly last winter China agreed to buy some rice from the U.S. To shipping containers full 2 batches for sale of rice to China and recent history Jim Grant is with the USA Rice Federation a trade association and I think we should all just pause here for a minute because we are talking about China buying rice from America China is the world's largest producer of rice 200000000 tons a year produces the plant for China to buy rice from America it has been cooking for a really long time nice and while it ministrations were changing trade policies were shifting right importers an export hers on both sides of the ocean were left waiting so this story really gets its start back in 2001 bad is the year China joins the World Trade Organization the job of the W T O is to oversee trade between different countries if you join you get a benefit from all the special treat deals with the other member countries and for the already established members when a country is biggest China joins it could mean all these potential new customers so as part of the deal it cut when it joined the W T O China agreed to make it easier and cheaper specifically for 5300000 tons of foreign rice to come into the country in the rice world that's a lot of that's a lot of rice Joe Glauber is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute and a former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture So this deal happens and rice farmers are getting psyched export hers are getting really excited but there was a problem China really nagged on. Its side of the deal China was not making it easier or cheaper to import foreign rice like it had promised and if you were a U.S. Farmer hoping to sell some of your rice crop to China things just were not moving China just wasn't importing rice at least not from the United States China was importing a tiny bit of rice from other countries so what do you do if you are the United States well you do the same thing that a lot of parties with a grievance do you litigate at the W T O the U.S. Actually during the last couple of months of the Obama administration took China to the to the settlement body and said hey China is not playing by the rules they're not importing rice the World Trade Organization has its own kind of court the dispute settlement body it lets countries which are upset but other countries about tariffs in import licenses try to work things out case took 3 years to work out which as he sings go is actually pretty quick but it did eventually get settled the deputy O. Said that China had to allow the sale and China agreed to let it go through and even though the Chinese government may have been a reluctant purchaser of American rice there are many consumers in China who might want the option to buy rice from America so the Chinese finally agreed to start importing more foreign rice and it placed an order for American rice and that is the speed of international trade Cardiff some of these deals can take a really long time to kind of cap part of Garcia Sally Herships N.P.R. News. Support for Planet Money comes from Charles Schwab Schwab believes in asking questions and being engaged Charles Schwab only or tomorrow learn more at Schwab dot com. This is N.P.R. News thank you for engaging us this. Morning you're listening to K.Q.E.D. Public Radio and support for K.Q.E.D. 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News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin it's Labor Day the unofficial last day of summer and the unofficial start of election season Yep we are one year and 2 months away from Election Day But who's counting we're 2 debates into the Democratic primary to fund raising deadlines have come and gone the field of 20 candidates has been cut in half down to 10 so who's going to be on stage for the next debate on September 12th Let's ask senior political editor and correspondent to medical Montero Good Morning America Good morning Rachel All right you have been digging into the polling data fundraising numbers and while it's still early Joe Biden is still the Democratic front runner but he is a man who is not without vulnerabilities correct what he's seen Yeah I mean look Democratic strategists have been waiting for the Biden implosion since before he even got into the race it seems but you know he's made several missteps on the campaign trail he had a pretty rocky 1st debate and guess what that implosion hasn't happened his brandish shown sort of a degree of resiliency with the least a certain segment of the Democratic Party he's got big leads with older black voters older voters generally and even more support with women than any other candidate in the race right now which might seem counterintuitive because there are women in the race now. But the fact is we've seen a lot of women sort of doubt if other women can win and you know the support though for Biden have to say he's far from a majority at this point he's got something of an enthusiasm gap and he struggles with voters under 35 years old and he's just not been that crisp and there are a lot of questions about the long term strength of his candidacy so who's best positioned to leverage those those vulnerabilities like have Biden stumbles in a big way by the implosion happens who is best poised to gain ground Well I'd say no one's had a better summer than Elizabeth Warren I mean she's seen a steady rise in the polls she had to really solid debates her fundraising is on track she's seeing some big crowds she's. Been the most heavy on policy and plans in some ways she's caught on because of her warmth and enthusiasm though frankly I mean if you're someone who doesn't like the moderation of Joe Biden or the democratic socialism of Bernie Sanders then you might like the quote big structural changes she calls it but still capitalism of Elizabeth Warren you know the one vulnerability she has though it's a pretty big one lots of Democratic voters we've talked to question if she can win and it feels more like a psychological barrier frankly that this is a lot of a holdover from Hillary Clinton having lost they see another woman running and they're not sure and a lot of the people who say this are women frankly but you know a lot of the people who have now started to cross the psychological barrier and given her support you start to see her rise and they say you know what look women have been the backbone of the resistance to trump since he took office and they just think that she's the best athlete on this on the stage right now and especially as we look ahead to the next debate you know one person I think still have to look at is Kamel Harrison a lot of Democrats seem to want to have a reason to vote for her they think she's got a lot of potential former prosecutor they like to see her on the debate stage think she could take on she saw a rise after that 1st debate with where she took on Biden but then she kind of receded what we hear and that on the issues health care climate change for example there are just other candidates who are bolder and clear and we'll see if she finds her footing and especially if Biden falters she seems well positioned to do well with black voters especially in South Carolina All right N.P.R.'s Dominica months in our 04 a Leave It is the beginning of campaign. 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This is the California report good morning and happy Labor Day I'm salt and solace a lot of you listening are ranchers and it's probably a safe assumption that you think your rent is too darn high Well there might be relief in sight at least when it comes to future rent hikes late Friday night Governor Gavin Newsome and state legislative leaders struck a deal over a bill that would cap rent increases in California to 5 percent a year plus inflation for the next 10 years the deal also makes it harder for landlords to fix some renters without having a good reason to become a law the deal needs lawmakers to approve it before the legislative year INS later this month here is the author of the bill assembly member David Chu this bill is balanced it reflects the concerns that have been raised by the housing industry and it would provide some relief for millions of tenants who would now be protected from our greatest runs increases and predatory addiction and I think everyone understand that it's it's right now if you're what we've seen skyrocketing levels of homelessness just current rates of addictions we've got to protect tenants in their homes the California Association of Realtors opposes the bill the religion or say it will take away incentives to build more housing and housing starved California next the median income of Latinos has been rising the poverty level dropping but it is not as easy to get into the middle class today as it used to be K.P.C. Ceaselessly bear Stein Rowe has recently reported a 2 part series on Latino wealth and poverty for the California dream project Leslie why did you want to report the series as you know I've spent tons of years reporting on immigration and more and more lately I keep hearing this narrative in the political rhetoric much of it and squarely at Latinos that we're public charges that we don't pull our own weight and that's not an accurate picture not by a long shot in here in Southern California has. We've reported you have entire cities that are being reshaped by the US that are upwardly mobile cities like Downey and Whittier which I'm sure you've heard about and many successful if you know families are concentrated in any one place they're spread out around the region they're your neighbors I mean I live in South Pasadena and it's pretty affluent I mean the median incomes about $90000.00 a year 20 percent of that city is that the you know many are 2nd or 3rd generation some are people like me who may have been the 1st person in the family to go to college and they work hard I wanted to point out that narrative which often gets overlooked so that's the good news the bad news is that in spite of all the successes among poor Californians Latinos are still overrepresented and especially these days in California some of the same opportunities that previous generations had to move up into the middle class those are getting harder to come by and that's a concern for the future so let's talk about a number 2 how many Latino's are considered to be in the middle class in California Well U.S.C. Has crunched some census numbers from 27000 and from their calculation about 45 percent of the Latino population in California falls into a can be considered middle and upper income groups the bad news is this is still below the general population well below the general population the state now all that said the Census Bureau says Latino poverty in the U.S. Keeps dropping and the median household income has kept rising there are lots of reasons why but experts say one is that there's far less unauthorized migration from Latin America today than there was even a decade ago this means you have more that you know families who've been in the U.S. Long term So these families have had more opportunities to move up the economic ladder and even to build some multi-generational wealth which brings us to the family that's featured in the 1st story 3 of their US up to be verified Amalie loves horses one and Helen Rivera owns several of them on a T.V. Acre horse property in Chino a suburb about 30 miles east of Los Angeles one pets of course names that all your friends and family you might say the Rivera's are comfortable. They live in a Modern Family Style 3 bedroom that they designed themselves their stables out back and grounds lush with purple Jacaranda convertible Mercedes sits in the driveway so Leslie It sounds like they are really living the American dream the California dream how were they able to make it now one came to the U.S. With his family from Mexico when he was in his early teens back in the late 1960 S. His parents did not have legal status at 1st they both worked in a factory they bought a tri plex back in 1970 with a down payment of just $3000.00 and all crammed into one unit and they rented out the others and while up over time they started building some wealth you mentioned that one of the baddest family came to the U.S. In the 1960 S. Why was it possible to get into the middle class then and why is that so much harder to do now in 2019 the cost of living in especially the cost of housing it's a major obstacle buying real estate used to be $1.00 of the key ways that immigrant families could build wealth you can't really do that these days and just the high cost of rent that keeps people from ever saving enough money to buy let alone keeping up with their bills and in your 2nd story you introduce us to another family that's grappling with just that. About 100 people are waiting for groceries at the 1st Christian Church in Downey It's a Saturday morning when the church does its weekly food giveaway the hall is packed Jeanette pressed sits on a folding chair her baby boy in her lap her 6 year old son plays a couple of feet away it's their 1st time here I was told to do my job that they were donating food here at the church so I came by to see what they could give us and were struggling right now especially after I just had the baby her as and her husband both work he installs car stereos she works in nutrition at a head start preschool but even with 2 incomes they're just scraping by it gets to her it's really difficult. And it's like 1375. Our car payment you know $500.00 to we can't afford anything right now so you just heard from Jeanette as she mentioned she and her husband both work and they can't save enough not surprisingly they've been thinking about leaving the state to move into Arizona Leslie thanks so much thank you again that was. Support for the California report comes from bridge bank a division of Western alliance bank offering flexible financial solutions to entrepreneurs and to the technology. Communities. Energy upgrade California. By saving. Unplugging and use devices energy. And. Fun for. Transformative ideas that. Protecting the natural recognizing. Of all. That's the California report for Monday September 2nd a production of. Public radio. And weather off the job today. It's a pretty good Labor Day to travel on highways and freeways around the Bay Area with more and here's a couple of the hot spots 80 eastbound just before hill top the 3 right lanes blocked by an incident stop and go traffic backed help or tile McDonald McDonald Avenue off ramp in Richmond from eastbound 80 we have a vehicle it's gone off the roadway C.H.P. And Caltrans heading to the scene I'm Mel Baker Ford brought to you this morning by Beach Blanket Babylon support for comes from the nonprofit nonpartisan Rand Corporation Rand. Researchers are developing innovative policy insights to help stem the tide of the opioid crisis learn more about Rand's insight and analysis at Rand dot org Bay Area sunny skies for the most part today on Labor Day temperatures up or sixty's to the low ninety's Sacramento today lots of sun warmed to hot temperatures around the Sacramento Valley Sacramento is high today about 97 degree day Freeman on K.Q.E.D. San Francisco K.Q.E.D. North Highlands Sacramento Good morning Jim Madison quit his secretary of defense after differences with President Trump in a new book The military veteran argues that multiple U.S. Administrations have failed to think long term it's MORNING EDITION from N.P.R. News. Hurricane Dorian is moving through the Bahamas leaving devastation behind I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin a storm approaches the U.S. Mainland and the state of Florida gets ready. We'll bring you the latest updates on the hurricane plus what more we're learning about Saturday's not shooting in West Texas and how are the U.S. Tariffs against China affecting the decisions of one of America's most important companies It is Monday September 2nd. News is next. Live from N.P.R. News in Washington and trial Snider hurricane Dorian is still pounding Grand Bahama Island as one of the strongest said Lennox storms on record residents are posing social media images of water rising up the side of their homes and up shredded roofs and snapped power lines after pounding the Bahamas Dorrian is expected to come close to Florida N.P.R.'s Greg Allen reports mandatory evacuations have been ordered for mobile homes and beach side neighborhoods and many counties along Florida's Atlantic coast Dorian is expected to head north on a track that will bring it within 40 miles of the Florida coast the National Hurricane Center says a coastal areas may see hurricane force winds and flooding from rain and storm surge Palm Beach County has ordered a mandatory evacuation for Barrier Islands and mobile homes at the Metro Brook mobile home park Lucinda Gonzales said she was preparing to evacuate but that many others were staying when next door neighbors thing the other houses thing couple of them over here are saying oh they say that's something you have something here that you know floods I was Dorian is forecast to move north on a track that later in the week brings it close to Georgia and South Carolina as a major hurricane Greg Allen N.P.R. News Miami to Texas where last night hundreds turned down for a bit old to mourn the victims of the latest major mass shooting event was 1st step toward healing as mark of Public Radio's Carlos Morales reports mourners came together some with Bibles others waving flags are holding signs in memory of the 7 people killed in the August 31st shooting mark all of us attended the vigil he said the West Texas community is hurting but we can't let that get to us so we came out tonight. To show that fear will not get the best of us The shooting left more than 20 others injured including 3 1st responders and a 17 month old girl this is the 2nd mass shooting in Texas in less than a month for N.P.R. News. I'm Carlos more on this the International Committee of the Red Cross reports at least 100 people were killed and scores injured in an airstrike by the Saudi led coalition on a detention facility in southwestern Yemen we socialising is in Geneva she reports the attack on the facility run by the Hooty rebels is believed to be the deadliest so far this year the Saudi like Coalition says the who the facility had attacked was storing drones and missiles the Red Cross says a detention center holding some 170 prisoners was hit Saudi Arabia began bombing Hooty targets in support of the Yemeni government in 2015 since then the U.N. Reports coalition air strikes have killed nearly 7000 civilians and wounded more than 10000 rescuers are still searching the rubble for victims of Fishel say 86 bodies have been recovered so far and from Washington this is N.P.R. News from San Francisco this is K.Q.E.D. News Good Morning I'm Brian Watt some Kaiser Permanente workers plan to protest their employers labor practices this Labor Day morning by blocking an intersection near Kaiser's Medical Center in Oakland. Klein reports a coalition of some of the unions that represent Kaiser workers say their members want better wages and safer staffing levels but the coalition says talks with Kaiser have stalled and more than 80000 workers have been without a contract for almost a year senior vice president for Kaiser's human resources Arlene Pease nal said in a statement they have contracts with 60 unions representing 160000 people she did not address questions about the protests which are also planned for Sacramento and L.A. Thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers are also set to strike nationwide in October which would affect patient services I'm an eco Klein K.Q.E.D. News a bill that aims to insulate California from changes to federal environmental laws is moving forward in the state legislature S.B. One would lock in.