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Dot org Good morning it's 6 minutes now past 5 o'clock lots of sunshine again for the Bay Area it is her 3rd spare the air day in a row can go to spare the air dot org for more information about what that actually means upper sixty's at the coasts and submit 70 some mid eighty's around the bay cooling off a tad but it's going to still say very hot in line with temperatures in the upper ninety's in Tal also also getting up to almost 90 degrees their highs there 7787 it's K.Q.E.D. Public Radio. This is WEEKEND EDITION from N.P.R. News I'm Scott Simon Democratic presidential candidates debate again meanwhile their colleagues in the house inch toward the I word exhorts it's a tropical plant I looked it up and the president tells John Bolton that he's just tired of Coralie now N.P.R.'s Ron Elving joins us Ron thanks for being with us good to be with you Scott let's begin with Mr Bolton. The administration is now on the hunt for its 4th national security adviser what does this suggest about how that position is viewed by this president given the wide variety of people who have held the job already and been let go it suggests the job description is highly adaptable for example we heard the president was pondering offering it to Mike Pohnpei Oh no Mike already has a job as secretary of state a big one arguably a full time job outside the White House so it's hard to see him fulfilling the in-house advisory role of the N.S.A. And critics are going to call Bolton's departure another high profile example of how the Trump White House is basically a one man show with occasional guest stars but on substance that quarrelling you referred to Bolton and the president clashed because Bolton wanted to aggressively confront U.S. Adversaries around the world and the president seems more focused at this point on domestic politics and his reelection year I'll talk about the 3rd Democratic debate this one in Houston just just 10 candidates this time how do you think it compared to the previous shows and from the consumer standpoint there was improvement Scott you still had more contestants than are comfortable for a T.V. Quiz show a screen but at least you knew these were the real contenders and and not so many Career Builders and people bolstering their brands the show was too long at 3 hours but the format seemed relatively brisk the candidates got to respond and engage also the A.B.C. Moderators asked a good questions and then stood back to let the candidates speak in interact yet they never lost control of the proceedings and never actually intruded on them either federal Roark Yeah you have been ordered out of. Hell yes promised to to buy back assault weapons and to push for a mandatory buyback of assault weapons what do you make of this that was a dramatic highlight of the debate and grabbed a lot of people got a lot of mentions but such moments. Not make legislation congressional Democrats don't have a clear majority for an assault weapons ban let alone gun takeaways they're still hoping for universal background checks or on people buying guns but to pass the Republican Senate and actually get in acted even that much would need the backing of the president and the approval of the federal courts we are still a long way for meaningful gun measures despite the carnage we saw from guns in August and so many other recent months and years. And let's stay in the realm of Congress for this last question Ron. As of today where do you wish SAS where Democrats stand on the question of impeachment at the moment there's still divided the House Judiciary Committee took another procedural step toward official impeachment proceedings this week that is not a negligible thing but the committee is still seeking witnesses and evidence it is far from drafting articles of impeachment that they still seems a good ways off you could say that hurricane impeachment remains a Category 4 or 5 storm that is still well offshore and moving in an erratic direction very very slowly and moving towards the election that the campaign begins to complicate things too doesn't it it does and the house only has about 40 legislative days left in 2019 you don't really want to be starting this process in the actual election year N.P.R.'s senior editor and correspondent Ron Elving thanks so much for being with us thank you Scott Zimbabwe is giving its former President Robert Mugabe a final goodbye with a state funeral the gobby ruled Zimbabwe for more than 30 years and for the past 3 days in bobbins have been remembering the controversial leader N.P.R.'s later Peralta joins us from the national sports stadium in Harare enter thanks so much for being with us and you can hear us. Well perhaps we have perhaps we've lost 8 or paroled on the scene in. On the scene in Iraq but we have a realm of modern communications technology that's at our fingertips and we're going to get him on the phone perhaps we will get him on the phone but I have some more questions for N.P.R.'s Ron Elving who's with us Ron can you join us again. We can get Ron Elving on the phone you know I think I might have to talk to oh this is . And I'm back on SCOTT All right nice to talk you atre thanks for being with us what's the scene like a sorry about the now that's already dead so that's the news business what's the scene like there at the soccer stadium here in the middle of. You know there's a military band and there's a police van den right now they're about to take Robert Mugabe's body out of this is an A.T.M. The family of the casket has been opened the family and some foreign dignitaries are now viewing the body but you know it feels a little disjointed here Scott because you know Robert Mugabe was brought in here. Along with the generals and president ever since in this Numeral is happening less than loser. And since Robert Mugabe was ousted in a military coup and you know these generals this president who are bringing him into the stadium they were the ones wealth to him and that was definitely on the mind of Walter to see the how guy who spoke on behalf of the family let's listen to a bit of what he said earlier I must say. And I've very look of. The wise and I'm not. The sad. The Shad man we heard him say they did that did that underscore some of the complicated feelings I guess Jim Bob means I have for Mugabe. That all of them have with Mugabe one of the little things I should mention. Poole's God and you know out on the streets people you know feel very differently about Robert Mugabe you know they feel that he had become tired that he had been to his old team and right now in Zimbabwe is really hard. The economy is in the dumps it's got the 2nd worst inflation rate only after Venezuela and you know one woman I spoke to yesterday who came to view his body she was in tears she said that her heart hurt because this man had liberated Zimbabwe from a minority white rule but then she told me to look at her feet look at her legs they were stolen she couldn't get health care and she said that's because of him but she still hurting and and that's all part of a part of his legacy I understand that there has been what I'll call some confusion about when Mr Mugabe will be buried and where he will be buried I wonder if you can bring us up to date on that. We still don't know Scott yesterday they said that he will not be buried tomorrow at Heroes acre which is were many of the war heroes here in Zimbabwe are buried in the family didn't want to be buried there because they said they were hurt and they were hurt by the flu and they did not want to bury their And they said they say now that he might be buried sometime in the next 30 days probably at heroes even if. N.P.R.'s later Perrault on the job for us at the national sports stadium in Harare where a Robert Mugabe he is being celebrated today but may not be laid to rest for a number of other DAY Thanks so much for being with us. Thank you sun. News organizations now refer to President Trump swappers from the size of his inaugural crowds to hurricane threat in Alabama as routinely as referring to rain in Seattle but there were still some surprise this week when that services to mark the 18th anniversary of the attacks of September 11th the president insisted quote soon after I went down to Ground 0 with men who worked for me to try to help in any little way that we could we were not alone so many others risk gathered around trying to do the same they were all trying to help. Richard Alice battalion chief of The New York Fire Department at the time of the attack spent several months in the smoking choking ruins of Ground 0 and told little fact this summer I was there for several months I have no knowledge of his being down there and that is that there would be a record of president from sending $100.00 or more workers to aid in the harrowing recovery efforts at ground 0 there is not we might remember that 18 years ago the wreckage and rubble at Ground 0 was considered sacred ground that held the remains of thousands of loved ones including police and firefighters who perished as they tried to save lives it was a place for rescue and recovery workers not amateurs gawkers or celebrities producer Peter Breslow and I were in lower Manhattan in the days following September 11th when the haze of polarized steel glass and death on the air and scores of photos of mothers fathers and lost loved ones were taped on buildings and lamp post asking Have you seen but we couldn't go past the security perimeter outside Ground 0 My wife and I would stand outside the perimeter along Canal Street at night where thousands of people stood to cry pray and cheer for the workers in hard hats heading in to do the hard heavy hazardous work there there is a phrase for the offense committed by impostors who wear phony medals and try to pose as combat veterans stolen valor. At a Republican debate in 26 change Senator Ted Cruz decried what he called New York values and Donald Trump replied New York is a great place it's got great people it's got loving people wonderful people when the World Trade Center came down I saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully more humane than New York. Was all he needed to say then and this week. You're listening to N.P.R. News well it's going to be about 10 degrees warmer in San Francisco today with a high of $72.00 right now it is $65.00 degrees support for K.Q.E.D. 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I'm Louise Schiavone with these headlines the National Hurricane Center says the tropical storm Barito has taken shape and is passing east of Great Abaco Island parts of the northwestern Bahamas that were recently lashed by hurricane Dorian are now experiencing tropical storm force winds and heavy rain Yemen's who think rebels are claiming responsibility for a drone attack on 2 major oil installations in Saudi Arabia a Saudi led coalition has been battling the rebels since March 2015 A federal appeals court is reinstating a lawsuit filed by the parents of Democratic Party aides Seth rich murdered in 2016 the couple is suing Fox News and 2 other defendants I'm Louise Schiavone N.P.R. News Washington. Support for N.P.R. 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Mr Snowden's book is permanent record and we're Jordan joins us now from Moscow thanks so much for being with us thank you for having me on I think a lot of people don't want to hear anything you have to say until I've asked you this question are you being used by Vladimir Putin. No I don't think so. When people look at this you know particularly with Russia in the news as much as it is there's always this this cloud of suspicion that's leveled against anybody who can be in the most stretched way associated with Russia it was mojo shredded way or you're living there in Moscow you have been for 6 years all right but it was not my choice to be here and this is what people forget I applied for asylum 27 different countries around the world and it was the government the United States government and then Secretary John Kerry that cancelled my passport as I was leaving from Hong Kong on route to Ecuador and this locked me in place I believe they they panicked and I think the reason that I'm in Russia today is because what we know this was actually publicly reported 2030 every time one of these of the countries that the United States public would be much more comfortable with the France Norway a Germany one of 2 people would call the foreign ministry of that country and it would be either Secretary of State John Kerry or then Vice President Joe Biden the idea here is they would go look we understand here that he has been charged with political crimes this means you don't qualify for extradition and you almost always do qualify for asylum protections the government we know you can do this but if you do we want you to understand there will be a response we're not going to say what it will be but it will be severe because we don't want to see the public seeing this guy's a whistleblower which the public and was coming around to do you say the U.S. Government panicked. Did the U.S. Government panic or just they felt it was important to the national interest of the United States to make certain you or your movement with limited What is the thing they are arguing is in the interests of the United States you're sort of like in your introduction you say some people say I betrayed the United States will how did I betray the United States all of my information was given to the American public through some of the most trusted institutions in journalism institutions like the Washington Post now as a condition of access to this archive material these journalists were required not to publish any story that they thought was harmful no story simply because it was interesting no store simply because it was newsworthy all the stories that they were willing to make an institutional argument stand for it was in the public interest to know and here as an extraordinary secret on top of this I required each of the journalists working with Miss material in advance of publication to go to the government before they ran stories and this is why in 2013 we heard exactly the extraordinary rhetoric that you raised before but now in 2019 we don't hear this anymore we have seen the laws changed we have seen the programs changed and we have even seen officials in the United States intelligence community former deputy director Richard legit For example say that he thought the N.S.A. Had made him a stage in concealing this program the particular unconstitutional phone records program because he believed that if the N.S.A. Hadn't played the secrecy games and denied the American people the right to know much less the right to vote on it they could have won that. Sort of persuasive argument but they didn't do it they had made a mistake and it harmed the rights of everyone in. It states and everyone around the world as a consequence and they call eat the treat or you recount in this book how Russian intelligence representatives met you at the airport in Moscow and said you were going to quote from your own book Life for a person in your situation can be very difficult without friends who can help is there some information you could share with us the are there 6 years later you can see why people might be suspicious Cantar. I was trapped in that airport for 40 days if I had played ball I would left Day one in a limo you know I would have been living in a palace you would see them giving me parades in Red Square the reality is this I had destroyed my access to all of the classified material that I provided to journalists before leaving Hong Kong precisely because I didn't know what was going to happen next are you. At the same time though you are in Moscow are you a very smart man naive to think that Vladimir Putin is going to give you asylum without expecting something in return. All throughout the Cold War in the United States we protected dissidents from the Soviet government these are you know writers these are speakers these are physicists These are not people who can benefit the United States government even if they had wanted to and we protected them in the last because of the message it sent Now the Russian government doesn't get many chances in this context internationally on the global stage to do the right thing. I have been criticizing the Russian government while I am here what more can I do to satisfy you or any of these critics who hold these positions the reality is there is nothing that will satisfy them because it is their suspicion it is their skepticism it is their distrust of the Russian government as an institution which is motivating this I mean do it do I have to detail for you the the ways in which the Putin government has earned some suspicion no no absolutely not again I agree this is look this is why I have been criticizing the Russian government there's no distance between us on that I'm not saying Vladimir Putin is an angel I'm not even saying let me Putin is a decent guy what I'm saying is you have to understand there doesn't need to be a quid pro quo here for it to make sense Edward Snowden elsewhere in the program he talks about his work at the N.S.A. Before he leaked classified information and tells us what's keeping him from returning to the U.S. To face trial. New York's attorney general a teacher James says the Sackler family used wire transfers with spec counts and real estate deals to hide a $1000000000.00 in profits from the sale of their opioid medication oxycontin the Sackler zone Purdue farmer that company faces thousands of lawsuits stemming from its role in this nation's opioid crisis but this latest information comes from a lawsuit aimed directly at the soccer family North Country Public Radio Public Radio's Brian Mann and joins us now Brian thanks so much for being with us. Last week produce farm and the soccer has reached a tentative deal with thousands of plaintiffs over those lawsuits and which would have paid up I guess $3000000000.00 out of their personal fortune why did most state attorneys general right reject that deal well what do you say basically Scott is it produced on them in the suckers aren't paying enough under this deal they think the family is worth around $13000000000.00 That's the Forbes family magazine estimate and the vast majority of that came from pushing really aggressively to turn Oxycontin into a best selling drug so even a G.'s want members of the family to cough up more of what they describe as ill gotten gains and look at the family sent an e-mail to N.P.R. This weekend that said the deal on the table will drain a lot of their personal wealth and me never giving up produce farm of this company that they own outright What is it that New York's attorney general and her team say they found. Well this is really interesting they say they found evidence that the cyclers were trying to conceal their wealth in order to avoid paying an appropriate settlement and this is something we've heard even from sources who support the deal on the table the idea that the factors have worked strategically over the years to drain money out of produce pharma and position those assets all over the world to make them harder to seize in a statement issued James accuse the cyclers of low balling victims to skirt a responsible settlement while trying to shield their financial misconduct the cyclers say James and other attorneys general are on a fishing expedition with the suits they countersued to squash the investigation and they also say they're making a good faith effort now to settle all these lawsuits. Brian you cover. Opioid litigation for N.P.R. More than 218000 Americans have died from prescription opioids overdoses What do you see is the likelihood of communities and families actually getting money or some kind of compensation. I think it's unlikely that it will happen anytime soon Scott the legal fight is happening on a lot of fronts right now so that's going to slow things down Ohio just let me give you one example they've already received cans of millions of dollars in compensation from other drug companies sold medications and settlements that because of a legal fight there none of that money can be spent helping people it's just sitting in a bank account and the money amounts grow here into the billions now the legal fight over who gets all of this cash will likely grow to and one other thing that happened this week that kind of got covered up by all the other news is that a federal judge expanded the scope of a big opioid trial set to get underway next month in Ohio that case is now going to eventually shape compensation for tens of thousands of communities around the U.S. So this just keeps getting bigger and more complicated at a time when a lot of people do need help Brian Mann is with North Country Public Radio he covers over at litigation for N.P.R. Brian thanks so much for being with us here things got. People across the east in Southeast Asia celebrated the middle autumn festival yesterday it marks the fall harvest moon and people mark the holiday with moon cakes they're not like your Westerns funds cake at all they're quite dense nice Chamish in your culture writer for the South China Morning Post them co-host of their podcast eat drink Asia Well the one that people are most familiar with is with no deceit paste and A has salted duck egg yolks in them mischances Mon cakes are a snack with a revolutionary history Chinese rebel Jews them to communicate during their rebellion against Mongol rule there was a rebel leader his name was Jew young jamming and he and his military advisor came up with the idea you know Middleton Festival is coming up everybody's going to even cakes that day so why don't we put a secret message in there and everybody's going to know what to do according folklore that is what happened and not soon afterwards the main Dynasty was established and Jew young Jang that rebel leader he became the 1st emperor of the main Dynasty moon cakes are political once more some bakers in Hong Kong of taken inspiration from those 14th century rebels they saw that the anti-government protests were happening in early June and they jumped on the idea of doing moon cakes and stamped on them were protests slogans that people have been saying in protest marches a controversial extradition Bill set off the month long protests and although that Bill has been withdrawn protests continue among the messages stamped on cakes hung people and or oil this is a general saying telling people you know keep going keep fighting so the protesters have taken this to heart and how they've been doing these clashes with the police every weekend Mon cakes are. Big business this time of year you don't just buy a box moon cakes for yourself or your family you buy it for your grandparents you buy it for your friends this is buy for their clients but they have been Robert caution to the moon cake protests this year Bernice Chan says mainland Chinese have boycotted Hong Kong bakery Taipan bread and cakes the son of the founder was found to have written some comments on his Facebook page that were supportive of the Hong Kong protesters so customers on the mainland refuse to buy these moon cakes so you can imagine the importers have lost a lot of money trying to sell these moon cakes in China this year but others have seen business in Greece maybe the mooncake you buy depends on where you stand. On the beach. In. Be sure you're listening to WEEKEND EDITION from N.P.R. News. Starting September 14th. The sun is going through a big change one cycle of activity is ending while another is just beginning neither cycle is very active though in fact the sun probably is entering an unusually quiet year there may be times when we won't see anything going on at all the sun follows a magnetic cycle that reaches its peak every 11 years or so at the peak the sun produces lots of the dark magnetic storms known as sunspots it also produces more outburst of energy and particles. Right now the sun is at the end of one cycle and the start of another that ending one has been well below normal in fact there were many days where astronomers saw no sunspots at all and the next cycle is expected to be even calmer hense of the news cycle were seen as early as 2016 but the 1st strong indication came this July a sunspot that lasted for a few days had the opposite magnetic polarity of the previous ones a sure sign that it belongs to a new cycle for the next year though we're expected to remain at solar minimum a time when the sun is especially quiet solar minimum is a good thing for our technology solar storms can harm satellites force airlines to reroute flights and knock out power grids on earth that's less likely to happen during solar minimum although individual storms can still be nasty the new cycle should begin to ramp up by late next year and reach its peak a few years later one more change for our always changing star. Our web address is starting dot org for the University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory I'm Billy Henry. Your subprogram from our cars along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States and in the tropical Atlantic we've come to associate September with the peak of hurricane season but why is it that hurricanes happen mostly this time of year I'm Jim Metzner and this is the pulse of the planet Chris Landsea he is a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Hurricane Research Division annual cycling for working. Environment which. First off you need to have warm water and that is common throughout the tropics almost the entire year but it is warmer during August September and October 2nd team. Gradient and the minimum. Vertical wind shear you can begin to. Think circulation during the winter time you have a lot of vertical shear and it prevents storms from forming or even if you do you know storm the front doesn't allow it to get very strong when a tropical storm has sustained winds of 74 miles or more becomes of full fledged hurricane on average we get about 5 or 6 hurricanes a year less than half of which hit land although everyone except surfers usually regard these storms as catastrophic hurricanes are not without benefits. Storms and hurricanes they do bring water and rain to a lot of locations. Another is probably. 30 years to periodic when having heard similar environmental periodic leave. Before going back again it's probably something that's needed in the tropics. More on Hurricane Research into programs we've been listening to a program from our archives if you want to hear more check out our podcasts. 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Public Radio I'm Louise Schiavone with these headlines the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia is calling a drone attack on Saudi oil facilities and an acceptable assault on critical infrastructure Yemen's Hoofy rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack former British Prime Minister David Cameron who called the Braggs that referendum vote in 2016 tells The Times newspaper he worries desperately every day about the consequences of the leave decision the sentence is 14 days in prison for actress Felicity Huffman the 1st parent sentenced in a college admissions scandal she was convicted of paying $15000.00 to falsify her daughter's college entrance exams I'm Louise Schiavone N.P.R. News Washington. Support for N.P.R. Comes from Weston hotels and resorts offering a range of wellness options for guests including their menu on demand fitness cure lending program and signature Heavenly Bed learn more at Weston dot com a member of Mary out Bon boy and P.B.S. With the new Ken Burns film country music from early roots to classic hits it explores the history song stories and stars of country music premiers Sunday at $87.00 Central on P.B.S. And the listeners of Q.E.D. You're waking up to our 3rd spare the air day. This is WEEKEND EDITION from N.P.R. News I'm Scott Simon the air ambulance industry's sky high prices have been a focus of federal ports and congressional hearings in Washington D.C. Over a 1000 miles away in rural Kansas reporter Sarah Jane Tribble examines the controversial way the industry markets at Cerberus. At the annual Good Old Days Festival in Fort Scott Kansas 7 year old cadence Anderson and her family are sitting in the shade a crowd has gathered at discounts historic National Park to watch a helicopter land it's going to show us just how it's going to help other people because we don't have the hospital anymore Mercy Hospital for it's got closed at the end of 2018 and emergency department has reopened but the town's 70100 residents still worry about not having all the services of a traditional hospital there it is her here or are. They were as patients and I talked to medivac helicopters circles the sky for her once it lands cadence and her 4 year old brother Connor are coolly impressed. Me they are good to God for her and they really want to keep you counter to the delight that her hair really was. It's big to the Republican Party let me hear which Connor has severe asthma and is frequently hospitalized mom Don Fisher Anderson says the family is here to see that there is help if they really need it it's obviously scary with a young one when he's having breathing complications I don't like to have to commute that far a recent federal report found that the median price charged for a Medivac helicopter ride was 36400 dollars and often not covered by insurance but here in Fort Scott the families and others are learning about another option. Company Representative Angela Warner is on hand Midwestern care is a network membership program so it's for spot losing their hospital if somebody needed emergent care more then ground ambulance for example having a helicopter be able to fly in community difference and moving along with us some people Susan Glasser is listening closely and eager to know if the helicopter response to the area concept ask about a membership when annual membership in air Medicare network is 85 dollars or less if you're 60 and older at the helicopter the network response to your call for help the company promises you pay nothing millions of mostly real Americans have memberships according to the network but there's a catch says Texas Representative Drew Springer I've had constituents who had bought subscriptions thinking that was that service that would cover them in their area only to find out when they need to get in and emergency that they're not the ones that were making that choice that it is the 911 dispatch and they were left with substantial bills upwards to $60000.00 in an emergency you're not in control of who's called Springer proposed a bill last year that would have forced Texas air ambulances to honor the memberships of other companies governor Greg Abbott vetoed it other states though have taken action North Dakota banned the memberships John Godfried is that state's insurance commissioner it's another loophole that these adults companies are trying to essentially exploit our consumers Godfried says people who already have health insurance should not also feel the need to buy a membership to avoid a surprise Bill it gives their ambulance industry of the option to save listen we're doing everything we can we're offering these membership services are we doing a great thing in the back end there's 9 different providers that have to have 9 different memberships with 9 different people instead customers have to buy multiple memberships if they hope to be protected Godfried says Congress should take action. You know where though for your 2nd point Scott Susan Glasser is taking pictures of her granddaughters in front of a helicopter and Midwest are OK as Angela Warner encourages the fun right girls. Of the ballots like a good helicopter crew right there piling a couple of nurses everybody smile and say I only got a good morning to you. There Warner smiles warmly and it's permission to post a picture to the company's Facebook page I'm Sarah Jane trouble in Fort Scott Kansas and Sarah is with her partner Kaiser Health News. One of the most popular authors of novels for young readers has a new novel for older readers Jacqueline Woodson's new novel is right at the bone tells the stories of 2 families in Brooklyn brought together by a fleeting love that produces an enduring child. Family chronicles that we have inside the stories of history and race in America Jacqueline Woodson who wrote another Brooklyn a previous novel for adults and novels for young readers that include brown girl dreaming joins us from New York thank you so much for being with us thanks for having me Tell us about the very opening of the story in a Brooklyn brownstone 16 year old named Melody it's her debut a cotillion I guess and she chooses a Prince song and which should descend the stairs not exactly a song from a Disney princess film is it now in Melanie is definitely not a character that Disney princess story and I think that the juxtaposition between that song and the ceremony that she was a part of was really interesting to me in talking about the way cultures and generations clash and what the outcome of those clashes are so here is a girl who's 16 and having her coming of age ceremony and she's being introduced to society via Prince on office job because of course her parents don't allow her to have the words to the song. What does Millet he want to tell her family her mother with this entrance I think she wants to say I'm here and I am my own narrative and I think when I was writing read at the phone one of the things I was thinking about is the way we can sometimes try to put our own back stories on our children and in that scene melody is announcing herself capital age you know. And saying this is who I am and I come through you but I'm not necessarily of you let's tell a little of that backstory She's the daughter of Iris her mother and Aubrey her father they both lover but how do I put the she became a part of their lives in a way they hadn't planned for yes Iris guy. Pregnant as a teenager ivory is Melody's dad and and the narrative. Revolves around the family and what does it mean to be a family you know what does it mean to be a family that comes together suddenly through the birth of a child by 2 children. Iris says recollecting when she found out she was pregnant she says 15 and I wasn't even anybody yet and she makes a choice to step away from bringing a melody she goes off to Oberlin. At a time when it might have been difficult to understand a choice like this yeah and I think for me as a writer and someone who's trying to not only push against the boundaries of what a novel is quote unquote supposed to be but also put the characters are supposed to be and in this case here we have Iris who comes from this wealthy family and. It's not a stereotype right someone who gets pregnant young is from an underserved community or quote unquote and putting these in huge quotes broken home because I don't believe in that phrase but I'm talking about a home where maybe there's a single parent and here is this child who comes from this home she's very privileged and she gets pregnant and so she realizes after the baby is born that no this is not the end for me I want something more and and ends up going to Oberlin but I wanted to push against that idea that there is only one way to be a mother. What have you learned writing for young readers that might transfer when you write for adults this because this book is filled lyrical and Joel Barkan I think I've learned the importance of an economy of language and you know get someone a whole lot of adjectives until I mean some kids I guess they do but I know I don't and I know my readers don't I learned how to get into a story quickly that there's not a lot of time to waste the most dangerous thing you can do as a writer writing books that young people read is try to teach them something and it's interesting because I'll hear adults say oh I want to write this book for young people because I want to teach them about A.B. And C. I'm like they write a textbook you can't write that in a novel and have someone read it you know I write because I have all these questions and because I have answers and so writing toward those questions is. Something that's important to me and also something I feel like I've worked through a lot in writing books that young people read we have to note and this week of course the events of September 11th 2001 figure into this family story I won't give anything away but it kind of reminds us that. Figures into the lives of all of us who were around then too doesn't it. I don't think any one who was in this country and and you know me especially being in New York can not wake up inside that day and not be a little frightened I mean as I was sending my kids off to school I'm like be careful be safe I love you much more intensity than any other day is like have a great day I love you be kind of so many reminders in this novel that life is moments single instance sometimes of desire loss and they can steer our lives can't they even if we don't know it at the time yeah it all ripples out some way and yeah and I think especially when we're young and we're living in the moment and thinking that is the only moment like the way that EVs out into the world and the kind of I would say eternity of it because it goes through our lifetime and the next person's lifetime in the next person's lifetime you know on and on yeah you know I'm sitting here right now and this is part of such a larger moment well for all of us. Jacqueline Woodson her novel right at the Bone thank you so much for being with us thanks for chatting with me this is fun. Over the last several years more than $200000.00 Venezuelans have settled in South Florida they've come to the U.S. To escape political and economic upheaval and brought their children with them from Miami N.P.R.'s Greg Allen has the story of arch programs that help young Venezuelans adjust to life in a new country. In a strip mall in North Miami Beach Art's Ballet Theater holds classes for dancers from beginners to advanced the. Feeling that many of the students here are going as a whale and continuing studies that began in their home country like 16 year old Maria Fernanda papa she arrived with the family in Miami when she was 4 in Venezuela she'd already begun dancing and when I got here I kept telling my parents I can please about these about me until they finally get put me into this amazing school it's run by Ruby will Meryl Asya along with her husband ballet master blood America side of the came to Miami from Venezuela in 1997 a few years before Hugo Chavez came to power over the next 2 decades under Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro the country became more authoritarian and basic goods and services became harder to get so many Venezuelans followed including Romero says families with children although they they knew they were going to struggle they didn't want that children's life to change if they were doing supper they had to disappear they were doing ballet they needed to do ballet with help from Miami's children's trust a quasi governmental agency arts Ballet Theatre and its associated ballet school are able to provide scholarships to students from low income families including many newly arrived from Venezuela Hernandez is 25 now so Bush who dances with arts Ballet Theater is professional company she came to Miami when she was 16 determined to continue her studies and launch a career in Venezuela now she says there are a few opportunities for dancers many school had to close because of the situation is very expensive you know people doesn't have the money to pay the tuition if you vacation you can't pay rent and also it's very late in secure so they have to leave the country and the school starts close there used to be 3 professional ballet companies in Caracas now there's just one she says and it's small Hernandez his parents still live in Venezuela they tell. Her buying point shoes a must for any ballet dancer is now all but impossible because when I was there it was already hard to finding it very expensive so I'm very lucky that here also with the support of them we collect shoes like from the company and the answer is the Altera stuff like us then Hernandez an arts ballet Cindy use pointe shoes and leotards to a dance school in her hometown Oh. About a dozen beginners are starting out on violins and cellos in a church in the Miami neighborhood of Coconut Grove they're part of another arts program offering scholarships called music off about a quarter of the program's 300 students are from Venezuela we are a very musical a country Carlos Silva is a professional opera singer and a teacher for musical he began his vocal studies at a school in Venezuela that was part of El Sistema the renowned music education program founded in the country more than 40 years ago its graduates include Gustavo Dudamel now leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic Silver says that under the Chavez a majority Jeems music education program suffered many teachers left the country those who didn't travel outside the country they are stuck there and they are facing a lot of problems to continue with the musical education so now all the people starving there so it's difficult to found a place for the music their priorities and the priority there is to find something to eat Silva wants to go back to teach but doesn't know when that might become possible. Back at Miami's arts Ballet Theater Ruby Romero says she's also ready to help rebuild Venezuela but in the meantime she has work to do here because they opportunities given to laws that we were looking at a certain point to be here to have a V. Set to be able to work to be able to stop it is our lives here we think it's a response to that. Who tried to help all their mentors and families that are bringing their kids knowing what their families and friends are going through in Venezuela is hard for students remember of says you see their sadness but once they get into the studio and the music starts to play their lives change you know their minds their hearts open and they feel they're in a world Greg Allen N.P.R. News Miami. This is WEEKEND EDITION from N.P.R. News I'm Scott Simon Support for N.P.R. 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North Highlands Sacramento at 6 o'clock. From N.P.R. News in Washington D.C. This is WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Scott Simon Edward Snowden lives in Moscow because he's wanted an espionage charges in the United States because he does you consider himself a traitor or a Russian tool no one becomes a whistleblower because they want to no one becomes a whistleblower because it gets your happy ending I am exiled I can no longer return home to my country why did he steal government documents and leave the country huge born to serve Edward Snowden in both hours of today show later this hour an Afghan woman who says Afghans have been left out of peace talks in her country and Ken Burns tells the story of music that tells the story of America 1st we have our newscast it Saturday September 14th 2900. Live from N.P.R. News in Washington I'm Louise Schiavone the National Hurricane Center says the tropical storm Umberto has taken shape and is passing east of Great Abaco Island parts of the northwestern Bahamas that were recently lashed by hurricane Dorian are now experiencing tropical storm force winds and heavy rain state officials in New York are accusing the Sackler family of using Swiss bank accounts and other tactics to hide $1000000000.00 in profits from the sale of their opioid medication Oxycontin North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports the Sackler zone produced pharma accused of fueling the deadly addiction epidemic pretty former reached a tentative agreement with thousands of plaintiffs this week as part of that the SAC lawyers agreed to pay roughly $3000000000.00 out of their personal wealth on from the sale of Oxycontin that many state attorneys general including New York's Leticia James rejected the deal saying it doesn't penalize family members enough they're now suing members of the Sachar family directly in Legal Briefs James team said they've already found a $1000000000.00 in wire transfers to overseas bank accounts she claims the family also concealed money and assets in real estate projects in New York the SAC lawyers and pretty farmer have filed countersuits disciplines probe accusing James of being on a fishing expedition in a statement produce said the company is making a good faith effort to settle lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis Brian Mann N.P.R. News this week brought news of a pick up in inflation but Steve Beckner says the Federal Reserve is still likely to cut interest rates next Wednesday one reason the Fed cut rates in July for the 1st time in 11 years was that inflation has fallen persistently below its 2 percent target German Jerome Powell and his colleagues fear that could limit their ability to fight recession if needed the Fed got good news on the inflation front this week when the Labor Department said core consumer prices excluding volatile food and energy rose 3 tenths of a percent last month. leaving them up 2.4 percent from a year ago but while that may comfort the fed it's preferred inflation gauge is up just 1.4 percent so the fed it expected to make another modest rate cut for n.p.r. News i'm steve bucknor african leaders and diplomatic envoys are attending the memorial for robert mugabe a zimbabwe's former president to ruled for 37 years he's being hailed as a pan africanus jenna great icon of liberation who dedicated his life to is people mugabe family representative walter chee doc why lead those tributes villian way joe few indeed t. End to good un is rise ease numbed wigs he detests did chide values even he wanted and mission that was united many zimbabwe and shum the ceremony to protests the ripper oppression an economic collapse of his regime this is n.p.r. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration are recommending that the agency approved a treatment for peanut allergy and children ages $4.00 to $17.00 N.P.R.'s Maria good reports the treatment is called for Zia kids are given a small amount of peanut protein in increasing doses to gradually desensitize them to peanuts patients still have to avoid peanuts but the therapy makes allergic reactions less severe if they accidentally eat foods with traces of the nut The committee found that studies submitted by the treatments maker show it reduces the frequency and severity of allergic reactions which can be life threatening the treatment itself can cause allergic reactions so the panel says parents would still need to carry an injectable epi pen at all times the F.D.A. Is expected to make a final decision early next year. N.P.R. News Washington the sentence is 14 days in prison for actress Felicity Huffman the 1st parent sentenced in a college admissions scandal she was convicted of paying $15000.00 to falsify her daughter's college entrance exams the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia is calling a drone attack on Saudi oil.