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It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep and I'm Noel King good morning 4 Democratic congress women were targeted by racist comments those comments were directed at them by President Trump so they responded Representatives Ayana Pressley Omar Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Rasheed at Labor held a joint press conference on Monday afternoon their message we are here to stay they were responding to the president tweeting that they should go back to the places they came from all 4 of the freshman Democrats or women of color all 4 are u.s. Citizens and 3 of them were born in the United States N.P.R.'s White House correspondent Franco Ordonez is covering the story of Franco I So what else do the 4 congresswoman say in this press conference well as you pointed out they're talking about saying here to stay or cast your Cortez she talked about saying hey we're proposing solutions that we want to see solved Omar she talked about advocate she but they are also very strong against President Trump Omar talked about how he was advocating for a white nationalist agenda to leave repeated calls that she had given earlier in the day to that that President Trump should be impeached this is what I am a Presley had to say this is simply a disruption and a distraction from the chalice chaotic and corrupt culture of this administration all the way down not mincing words there how about the White House is the president standing by the language he used the president is standing behind the language that he use he came out yesterday and he was very defensive about the words that he used he said when asked that that he said the tweets were not racist he didn't feel they were he said that if the if the if the members of Congress were not happy they could leave when asked about support that he had been receiving in the tweets had been receiving from White Nationalists he said those things didn't concern him either because a lot of people agree with him Franco thanks so much also joining joining us on the line now is Adam Kennedy he's the White House deputy director of communications Good morning Mr Kennedy thank you for a mill in the morning did the president know the history of this specific racist language when he decided to use it. I don't think any of the president's language was racist but you know what he was talking about was that we have some people in this country who likened it to garbage who attacked historically persecuted minority and who hang out with people who actually killed civilians of allies of this country and the president to stand out of action the American people that he's proud of this country is going to stand up for people who are like that I think we could refute everything that you just said there but this is a short interview you're saying the problem with the president's language is not racist so the White House is not is standing by this remark that these women should go back to where they came from the president said that they can stay they can leave but that people should be proud of this country there's a lot to be proud of just like it does a president know that 3 of these women are from the United States of America born here again to the point the president is making is that when you like in this country garbage when you say that there is a that the reason we support other countries because of money which historically historical trope against a persecuted minority in this country when you hang out with people who attack military and civilian personnel of allies that's something that should be shocking and that people in this country should be should know that you're talking in part about comments that Representative Omar has made about American to use that American to sound very insensitive which he apologized for before President Trump was president he was a very vocal critic of President Obama he was elected after being very critical of the u.s. Government but now he's telling this Congress women these congress women that they should leave if they're not happy with their government I mean isn't that a core value of this country of this democracy that you get to criticize people in power that you get to be critical of the government absolutely and as president has said from the beginning they can be critical of this government doesn't have to be that doesn't mean you don't have to be proud of this country this president's proud of this country under under President Obama as part of this country now some people in this country some people who say they serve this country haven't said one word about how they like this country. They refer to his garbage they say were of a concentration camps they refused to condemn attacks on law enforcement personnel So I think there are very troubling all of these congresswomen have said that they love this country I imagine they would not have run for office if they didn't think the country could improve that makes sense did you think that President Trump was being anti-American back when he criticized President Obama's policies get out that the president has said that criticism of this country is anti-American I know he said it's not because I didn't trust you should you should go back to where you came from no what he said was that if all you do is vilify this country that are racist question I think we're saying the same thing the president was asked yesterday with him and also concerned that white nationalist groups are finding common cause with him he said quote It doesn't concern me because many people agree with me and quote Does it trouble you that his language is resonating with white nationalists I don't know why I was but I am troubled that some that some members of the far left president with terrorists that their language resonates with people who want to see an ally of this country destroyed who want to see the century the character of this nation destroyed sorry the president said it doesn't concern him that White Nationalists are finding common cause with his language I wasn't clear on your answer does this concern you. Get I think what's concerning is that you have people that are trying to cozy up with with friends of terrorist organizations of people who have supported terrorist organizations you know Republican congressmen will heard responded to the president's comments I want to play you what he said to c.n.n. I think those tweets are racists and xenophobes they're also inaccurate it's right for women he's referring to actually citizens of the United States 3 of the 4 were were born here how does the president feel about members of his own party calling this language racist. I got I think the president stands behind his language the president that people should be proud of this country just like you just like he was under President Obama but what would he say to Republicans who say Mr President you said something racist I mean it was this is his own party right the president will have an election coming up in 2020 and I guess what I'm what I'm trying to get at is does the president think that using racist language is going to help him is he calling out to some part of his base when you're facing criticism within your own party Republican lawmaker saying those comments are racist I'm just wondering if the president is thinking this all the way through the president is racist language and the fact of matter is that members of his own party have stood against him and they're on the past I wonder you know the president got involved in all of this because there was a dispute among Democrats between Nancy Pelosi and these 4 young young freshman members of Congress the president got involved sort of you know in a dispute that they were having Why does the president need to involve himself in this way. Again the president is pointing out the fact that there are some people on the far left who have decided that the best way forward is demonizing this country of the people in it that's what he's standing up against That's what it's pointing out Adam Kenney is the White House deputy director of communications thanks so much for taking the time Mr Kennedy thank you for having me on I want to bring back in N.P.R.'s White House correspondent Franco or don't you as Franco Adam Kennedy referred there to people trying to quote cozy up to terrorist organizations and he mentioned at least once people who hang out with people who attack u.s. Military and civilian allies in the context of these 4 congresswomen what might he be talking about yeah I mean Kennedy appears to be referring to comments that a lot Omar has said in the past about Qaida President Trump has also talked about her comments saying things like that Omar is saying she loves enemies like al Qaeda much of all this comes from comments she has made in the past with in interviews and in discussions with different Islamic groups but those conversations were largely about stereotypes that many of Arab Americans face in times like today the administration appears to be taking some of those things out of context because Omar has repeatedly denounced actions by al Qaeda and said that they have taken part in terror N.P.R.'s White House correspondent Frank or don't use Thanks Franco thank you. Were Let's go next to Puerto Rico where a protest last night descended into chaos police fired tear gas into a crowd of thousands people were demanding the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rajjo it was the 3rd day of demonstrations against the governor he is in trouble after the publication of private text messages between him and top members of his administration Adrian Florida of N.P.R.'s Code Switch podcast is in San Juan the protests began peacefully with thousands of demonstrators flooding the cobblestone streets outside the governor's mansion. Resign Ricky resign they shouted late in the evening though things took a turn when police in riot gear who'd formed a line blocking access to the executive mansion shut pepper spray and tear gas into the crowd. As. The faceoff between police and protesters lasted for several hours during a contentious press conference inside the governor's mansion the island's police commissioner Henry Escalera held up improvised gas canisters and rocks he said protesters had hurled at police. Cars. This is the evidence is going to decide the crashes or just the latest development in a fast moving scandal that's driven governor really gotta go to say yes administration to the brink of collapse it exploded over the weekend after local media published 900 pages of leaked private text messages between the governor and members of his inner circle they use misogynistic and homophobic language to insult political opponents the scheme ways to manipulate public opinion even make jokes about the dead bodies from Hurricane Maria and I don't know what I also saw someone cheek I don't want well look at you because that is so he asked his eyes were still red from the tear gas and she said the chats had shown Puerto Ricans that the governor doesn't care about the struggles they face after years of economic recession and a slow hurricane recovery they want it on with only when I look back now at their fight all of it was awful they made fun of our hurricane dead of us they said something that was so hard for us many of the protestors said well they want the governor gone eat them straight and are about much more people say they're fed up with more treatment from politicians and the federal government despite the calls for his resignation the governor has vowed to stay in office protests are expected to continue this week a dream for n.p.r. 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News I'm Steve Inskeep and I'm Noel King good morning the 1st civil lawsuit to go to trial attempting to hold a company responsible for the opioid crisis wrapped up in Oklahoma yesterday Jacki 48 of State Impact Oklahoma has the story the Oklahoma lawsuit originally targeted 3 drug makers but teven and Purdue Pharma settled before the trial began on May 28th the case continued with Johnson and Johnson as the sole defendant the state's legal team argued that the company used aggressive marketing tactics that led to thousands of overdose deaths the trial took place over 7 weeks in the town of Norman instead of a jury a state judge heard the case attorney Brad Beckworth in his closing arguments Monday said opioids had flooded Norman itself and the surrounding county what we do have in Cleveland is $83050.00 people for every $135.00 those didn't get here from truck farms out they got here from one part of the farmers in the hot shot and they can't get out on. Johnson The judge in legal terms Oklahoma argued the company created a public nuisance of opioid overprescribing But Johnson and Johnson's attorney Larry auto way disputed the idea in his closing argument he said doctors can read labels and warnings and they decide who should get an opioid prescription get a letter clear set for the rest of their shift Pearson's use that could lead to overdose and don't tell me that doctors are more aware of the risks earlier in the trial the state's expert witness Dr Andrew Kalani testified that Johnson and Johnson did more than push its own pills until 2016 it also profited by manufacturing narcotic raw ingredients and then selling them to other companies including for do which makes Oxycontin pretty pharma sappers have been stealing the spotlight Johnson and Johnson in some ways it's even worse Kalani says that's why the company downplayed the risks to doctors of opioids in general knowing that almost any opioid prescription would benefit its bottom line some of the trials most dramatic moments came when a Johnson and Johnson regional business director Kimberly Diem Eshelman took the stand Here's Brad Beckworth questioning her one pill can kill right potentially You don't doubt it since the beginning there is an abuse potential and there's a definite attention to there is a fused in appropriately the trial also focused on the role of drug sales representatives diesel forest was one of the busiest that Johnson and Johnson employed in Oklahoma records showed that she kept visiting doctors who had been disciplined by the state for over prescribing and doctors who had patients die of overdoses but diesel horse testified that she didn't know about the deaths and was never instructed to stop targeting those hyper scribing positions my job was to be I felt that my job was not fair on the red flags the legal framework you. Used in this case that a public nuisance is not new it was used in previous lawsuits involving tobacco guns and lead paint though with varying results but it's the 1st time public nuisance is being tried with opioids the judge in Oklahoma is expected to announce a verdict in a few weeks the state is asking for more than $17000000000.00 for n.p.r. News I'm Jackie 40 in Norman Oklahoma and that story comes from a reporting partnership between n.p.r. State Impact Oklahoma and Kaiser Health News the industrial chemicals known as p Faz that's p f a s it's an acronym those chemicals have been found in drinking water across the country and some research suggests they are toxic but it could be years before they're subject to federal regulations so some states are trying new year's New Hampshire Public Radio's Annie Ropeik in 2015 Andrea Mico found out her kids and husband had been drinking highly contaminated water for years at a former Air Force Base turned business park in Portsmouth the water came from a well beneath her husband's office and her toddler's day care it was full of peat house chemicals from firefighting foam that the military used for decades my radar kind of went up like Oh jeez what are these chemicals never heard of them are in a lot of places they're a key ingredient in things like Teflon and cortex they don't break down in nature and build up in the body where some types have been linked to health problems kidney and liver disease high cholesterol developmental and reproductive issues there's even evidence they can create risk for cancer Andrea Mico says knowing her kids were exposed as babies has changed her as a mom every time my kids get sick with something little or weird my head always goes to the 1st place you know oh my God something's really wrong with that like maybe this is it a Mico is among a growing number of people nationwide who've been pressing state governments to do something about p.t.s. Contamination and now New Hampshire has soon Lawmakers are expected to pass some of the lowest limits on. P. Fountain drinking water in the country the levels are way below how much of the Environmental Protection Agency says it's safe to drink Clark tries he is New Hampshire's number 2 environmental regulator He says the state originally planned more lenient standards but tightened them after a big new peer reviewed study showed how mothers exposed to pee fast can pass it to their babies through breast milk while a child might be ingesting this it's not going to come out of their body for quite a while and that's where there are really unique concerns around these compounds almost every other Tamina we look at exits the human body fairly quickly the new rules will require all the state's public water systems to begin testing regularly for Pete fast and to put in treatment where they find it above new limits this will not come cheap so New Hampshire is also taking another action filing lawsuits against companies that made and used the p. Fast chemicals suits like this have led to big settlements in other places and dozens more communities have filed suit in recent months but these efforts will take years New York and Michigan are also proposing stringent p.f.s. Limits and they're putting public funding behind it to help water systems comply New Hampshire largely is not it means towns may have to raise residents water bills or property taxes Margaret Burns heads up New Hampshire's Municipal Association she says the state needs to put up more money to fund the new rules before it starts and forcing them we want clean water systems we want clean environments but we need to know how they're going to be paid for and as of this point we're looking at these huge costs being borne entirely by the taxpayers advocates like parent Andrea Mico think it's shortsighted to delay more regulation of p fast chemicals because in the end I think it costs us a lot more to not do anything she's really happy with New Hampshire is proposed standards but she thinks it'll take stronger federal rules to get the nation's p. Fast problem under control for n.p.r. News I'm Annie Ropeik in Concord this is n.p.r. News. Dog whistle politics are nothing new including to Donald Trump he's used racist and incendiary language for decades including as president this weekend he told 4 Democratic lawmakers of color to go back where they came from 3 born in the u.s. One a naturalized citizen what do we do about racism from the White House if anything next time on one. You can catch one a this morning at 9 o'clock that's right after Morning Edition It's 730 how are you on this Tuesday July 16th I'm Abigail Beckman Coming up we'll have headline news from n.p.r. And then the couple feature stories from the news room in the downtown Colorado Springs area right now it is 60 degrees support for the $91.00 k. Or c. C. Newsroom is provided in part by Del providing solutions and services to help achieve business schools improve competitiveness and serve customers more info about business computers online at Dell dot com slash small business. I'm Dave Mattingly legal challenges are expected to a new Trump administration rule limiting the number of people allowed to seek asylum in the u.s. N.P.R.'s Winsor Johnston says the rule affects mostly migrants from Central America according to a document filed by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security immigrants seeking asylum would have to do so in the 1st country they enter rather than at the u.s. Border the regulation is the latest attempt by the trumpet ministration to make the asylum process more difficult for migrants traveling to the u.s. By way of Mexico the new rule is expected to take effect today House Democrats say they're planning to vote on a resolution condemning as racist president Trump's comments about 4 minority freshman Democratic representatives president Trump's choice to lead the Pentagon goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee today for his confirmation hearing as N.P.R.'s Tom Bowman reports Mark Asper was named acting defense secretary last month when Patrick Shanahan resigned as Peru was Army secretary before being named by President Trump to be acting defense secretary he's a West Point graduate who served in the 1st Gulf War worked on Capitol Hill and lobby for defense giant Raytheon Democrats will likely ask esper about increased tensions with Iran and Republicans are expected to press for more defense spending to counter a resurgent China this is n.p.r. News from Washington. Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was in Pennsylvania yesterday protesting a planned hospital closure Meena Feldman with member station w.h.y. Why says Hamam Hospital in Philadelphia is going through bankruptcy Hanuman's closure would mean nearly 3000 jobs lost 2 thirds of its patients are on public insurance Bernie Sanders says if the owner shut it down it will send a message to hospitals across the country that a company's bottom line matters more than the patients it serves and why do you anytime a hospital is not awkward saying only in America our go whoa community or the state must hire the right to buy your 1st Senator Sanders says he's drafting legislation that would set up a $20000000000.00 fund for local governments to buy hospitals in financial distress for n.p.r. News I mean a Feldman in Philadelphia the National Weather Service says areas of Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky Missouri and southern Illinois remain under the threat of flooding as the remnants of Hurricane Barry continue moving northward away from the Gulf Coast flood watches and warnings are posted authorities in southern California say it was a natural gas explosion that destroyed a house and killed a gas company employee yesterday about 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles more than a dozen other people were injured on Wall Street in early trading the Dow was down 22 points I'm Dave Mattingly in Washington and I'm Abigail Backman with 91.5 k. R.c.c. It's going to be very hot today meant to upper ninety's for the plains 80 degrees for the higher elevations 80 degree range rather for the higher elevations a chance for some afternoon thunderstorms throughout our listening area hopefully that will cool things down a bit this afternoon. Every few years the city of Colorado Springs completes a study on fair housing practices to. Help ensure the city gets federal funds aimed at upholding those fair housing regulations finding a place to live without fear discrimination is a civil right so not having stable housing that that affects everything Stay with us for a conversation about the barriers that may exist for people when it comes to choosing where they live that's coming up at 745 and that story is the 1st in a series will have all this week looking at Fair Housing in affordability in Colorado Springs word for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from m.d. 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News I'm Noel King and I'm Steve Inskeep how much power does the United States want to few tech companies to have that is the overriding question multiple congressional hearings today in one of those hearings Ted Cruz will pursue conservative allegations that Google searches are biased another hearing questions whether the biggest tech companies are monopolies and then there's a hearing about Facebook which is acting a little like a country by starting its own currency N.P.R.'s our 3 Shahani will be listening throughout the day either I think high what is Facebook's reason stated reason for starting a currency. While you may have heard Facebook does plan to create its own money called the Libra and the stated goal is to bank the unbanked an estimated 1700000000 people on earth do not have a bank account many of them are Facebook users so there's a naturist explained here Facebook is going to create its own currency to help them but there by taking on a key power of nation states the power to mints money Ok that sounds really great being innovative and giving people the power of currency although of course it also gives a certain amount of power to Facebook which gets to monitor those transactions monetize those transactions what happens to some of the different ways that you can make money off of money of Facebook is doing this right well it definitely raises a lot of concerns for example about you know what he did about money laundering how will the company and its partners protect privacy what happens to the interests deposits the stuff is not clear yet it's in the works and regulators are speaking up Ok they are striking very different towns here as well Francis finance minister came out saying this can't and it must not happen Facebook and its partners shouldn't have a sovereign currency the u.k. Minister says his country is willing to engage with Facebook and u.s. Treasury secretary Steve Michonne made it clear at a briefing yesterday that he is not comfortable with Facebook launching a currency at least not yet I think I think they're being very. Candid with the administration and where they are I'm not going to publicly speculate how long I think it will take them to get to the point where we're comfortable with it but they are a long way away so you heard him say they've been very candid with the administration what is Facebook saying to answer concerns. Well today the company is going to send David Marcus to testify he's having the creation of the leaper while it he used to head Pay Pal and his testimony which he submitted it's really diplomatic he's going to say Facebook won't launch Libra until his team has fully addressed regulatory concerns ad received appropriate approvals that's a real departure from how the most powerful tech companies have been approaching government these last few years you know your call it or for example went into cities and opened up shop and hid from regulators who wanted to stop them Facebook and Google have been criticized for avoiding responsibility in Europe for the hate speech that's gone viral on their platforms but 5 minutes it's a very regulation heavy industry and Facebook is at least talking the talk here and maybe Facebook is also aware that they along with other big tech companies are being suspected of becoming monopolies a subject of yet another hearing that's right that's right today over in the House Judiciary Committee they're going to explore antitrust issues members are going to want to drill into how Facebook Google Amazon and Apple each works how they each deal with their competitors and collaborators and here's the thing these companies have Dish differences for example Amazon and Google both sell advertising but Amazon's ad money is basically a fee to vendors from to show up an Amazon search pages Google is not bad but it isn't the company's interests to close ranks and not the each other under the bus and to make the conversation go away N.P.R.'s Arthur shaadi thanks so much thank you Officials at the state level in Texas have decided not to spend any money on the 2020 census even though in the past 10 years of the population of Texas has grown massively so business leaders large. Cities and even nonprofits in Texas say they're being forced to step in instead Ashley Lopez from member station in Austin has the story the only state with more people than Texas is California and just to compare California plans to spend more than $150000000.00 on the census and that's why a and b. Send the c.e.o. Of the Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin says it's a big problem that Texas isn't spending a dime California is eating our lunch on the census and what that's going to mean is more representation and more dollars for California than Texas and Texas is population isn't just big it's booming many of the country's fastest growing cities are here in fact by some estimates Texas is set to gain a 3 to 4 congressional seats after the census but that's only if there's an accurate count and reason says a lot of the state's population is actually likely not to be counted Texas is already at a high risk of an undercount and that is because we have a higher percentage of what are considered hard to count populations and those include low income people they include immigrant families they include young children we have a particularly high risk of an undercount of young children because we have so many bees and says there's research that shows a one percent under count could cost Texas 3 $100000000.00 federal dollars a year that's money that would pay for education transportation and health care programs which is why local officials across the state say it's their job now to make sure people are getting counted so much and the state of Texas relies on local government stepping up that's Bruce he's the tax assessor and voter registrar for Travis County here in Austin he's also a member of the city's Complete Count Committee which is a group focused just on the census this is a time where local government is going to have to step up again and I'm really proud of what we have here in Travis County elephant says school districts and other municipal government as well as local businesses will have to pitch in and nonprofits say they will too says Stephanie. Swanson with the Nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Texas we realize and basically it was going to be up to us and so now we will have to rely on our our cities and I will also fall on the shoulders of non-profits and the community to get out the count basically now so once and says she and others are trying to get nonprofits across the state especially trusted community groups to make this a priority she says it's not going to be easy I think we have a lot of work that we have to do and so we're still in the initial phases and I'm not quite sure if that really has sunk and with a lot of the population here in Texas the biggest hurdle will be funding large scale education program Swanson says Texas has one of the largest immigrant populations in the country and so talk of a possible citizenship question on the census has those communities particularly nervous about answering the census that's something that we're still struggling with to find a good way to talk to people about it we don't want to scare them so far the state's biggest cities including Houston Dallas San Antonio and Austin all have citywide efforts and be saying with the Center for Public Policy Priority says it's a good thing there are people starting to take this seriously but she says ideally the whole state of Texas would have a plan to make sure that everyone here is counted as a projects and that kind of makes me mad I mean I feel like we need that kind of step up to the plate and really get on the ball and just make sure that we are getting counted just like those Californians are getting counted Beason says one of the biggest reasons Texas officials should step up is that many rural counties in Texas probably won't have the resources big cities do to make sure their residents are counted next year for n.p.r. 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I'm Abigail Beckman every few years the city of Colorado Springs completes a study on fair housing practices in order to access federal funds geared toward up holding those fair housing regulations this year as part of the study the city hosted a storytelling event called close to home which uses 1st person interviews about the problems residents have faced I spoke with Catherine to our Tate the city's senior analyst for community development about the barriers that may exist for people when it comes to choosing where they live finding a place to live without fear of discrimination is a civil right so not having stable housing that that affects everything the fear of losing your place or being evicted or being denied mortgage I mean that that not only closes off your housing traces but it closes off your financial ability as well to find a place to live so how does affordability play into this I know there was one woman who came and shared her story and and she talked about losing her apartment that she was renting but not being able to afford anything else and having experienced homelessness as a result of that so fair housing and affordable housing intersect in lots of ways you know these classes that the Fair Housing Act protects often experience disproportionate income circumstances they have fewer resources historically and statistically and how does Colorado Springs I guess rank maybe not the right word but as far as affordability for our region or within the state I know that in the past few years we've been up there in the top 10 list for highest growth rate of rental costs so that's a concern we still remain relatively affordable when compared to other front range communities but you know when you compare that to the incomes of some of the most vulnerable people in our community it's still completely out of reach so. That's where making sure people know their rights can can make all the difference in whether they're stable housed what's really interesting in the Fair Housing world right now is an issue about advertisement is suing Facebook for violation of the Fair Housing Act because their advertising mechanisms make it so that it's impossible not to exclude certain protected classes even if you put out an ad for a property even with the best of intentions Facebook's algorithm will run it through some filters and make you an unwilling. You know collaborator in this discrimination so right now it's really interesting to see how that's being defined you know how advertising is back into the conversation about fair housing so much more than just walking in and being denied an application is something I mean there's all kinds of facets to this right and I think that's the important part because the Fair Housing Act was established in 1968 where we have separate water fountain separate countered that's not what it looks like it's much more subtle and much more ambiguous so it's harder to pinpoint but when people have experienced it they know it may be a gut feeling that the gut feeling we look at patterns so we look at how this looks spatially we look at homeowners by race and income and it can be really stunning to see these old historic patterns just repeat themselves do you have any specifics on some patterns that you see here you know when you look if you go to any kind of web based mapping program like we you know policy map dot com You look at homeownership by race in Colorado Springs and the heat map looks I mean it's just this stark divide it's basically south and southeast as are most racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood for sure and when I say neighborhood it's it's enormous it's basically the size of a. A city within a city and homeownership by race for white people I mean it's all over the map is this what choice looks like is this really where people are choosing to live or is or is there something else going on and that's that's the larger inquiry I don't know what the answer to that is yet but that's what we're looking at in addition to just you know collecting stories which is is nice but there's a pretty robust data analysis behind this as well that was Catherine do senior analyst for community development for the city of Colorado Springs in the next few days tune in to 91.5 Care c.c. As we explore the experiences of people who faced even action discrimination and domestic violence all of which kept them from finding housing you can find out more about the close to home project and hear stories from those who participated on our website k r c c o r g. 21.5 has been southern Colorado's n.p.r. 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Citizen for half her life Trump wrote they should go back to the crime infested places they came from most news organizations didn't follow cnn's tough line at least not at 1st Lydia Polgreen is editor in chief of Huff Post a populist left of center news site and used to work at the New York Times is a great deal of discomfort with the idea of simply stating as a fact that someone is racist or saying that someone is a liar without really fully knowing the intent of the person saying it many news outlets initially limited themselves to calling the tweets controversial or racially charged later citing Trump's critics who denounce them as racist not have post this is so calculated this is so frequent and so bolstered by repeated behavior that. It's really hard to deny by Monday morning the Associated Press and n.p.r. News called the tweets racist on their own authority rather than simply quoting critics David latter is Washington bureau chief for The Los Angeles Times even by Trompe and standards this was something new he had gone across a line that he had flirted with up until now but hadn't actually crossed in quite this way Trump's troubling record on race dates back decades yesterday he double down why it quiet Are you Ok with why in here we are. Quiet these are people that if they don't. I like it here thank you believe by Monday the tide had shifted to places like The Washington Post and c.b.s. News where new news anchor Norah O'Donnell opened yesterday's show this way for democratic congresswoman of color have just spoken publicly as a group for the 1st time about the racist tweets aimed at them by the president of the United States that said the New York Times still hasn't used the word directly and one place the Trumps tweets are not deemed offensive Twitter itself which said the Trump hadn't violated its new rules David Folkenflik n.p.r. News. You know how in Star Wars jet I knights can pick things up and make things move just by using their minds using the phone. There are some scientists and computer programmers out there who are developing digital technology so that you can do that this is the subject of the latest episode of our video series Future you and Elise you has been trying it out Hi there Elise good morning how would it be possible in the real world to make things move just by thinking about the moving by reading the nerve impulses from your arm so I went to the offices of a company called Control labs where they've developed an armband it's the size of a wristwatch and that can read the nerve impulses in your arm and when you put it on just by moving your hand or flicking a finger you can make things happen on a screen or even in real life with physical objects in real life like what Ok 1st let's take this screen example picture a video game on the screen where there's images of objects the whole world on there and with this arm and on I could make a motion with my hand like this kind of like I want to come towards me like I was grabbing something and picking it up or even pushing it away and on the screen the object would respond the engineer there just taught me how to do this try pushing something far ways. Oh you got it. All right try o.-o. O.-o. . There is guidance that. People will be a little familiar with the concept because they've seen video games like x. Box where the device somehow reads your motion but here it's reading your thoughts that's correct so this is a lot more sophisticated and the other thing Steve is they've taken this beyond the digital world they've devised ways that this arm band will let you actually move physical objects for instance a robot so this guy this we'll call the hexapod This is our little hexapod they have this little robot that looks like a mechanical spider about the size of a football and each of its legs represented one of my fingers so I could open my hand to make it walk or if I held that robot behind my back and line its legs kind of near my back there I could scratch my own back and give yourself back scratches Ok Hold on. So assuming this works on a larger margin scale what does it mean for human beings the founder of this company says he wants this nerve impulse reading to fundamentally change the way we actually interface with our devices and machines His name is Thomas Reardon So yes an extension of you where interacting with a computer in a machine no longer feels like something you're doing mechanically but instead is just a fluid extension of your thoughts and subtle movements so what do you thing there Steve is no more typing no more swiping on your phone or even voice control all the things that we think of as the Internet of things that all have their perverse little interfaces like the Nest thermostat on the wall there's no reason for me to go up and touch it and move it to be able to just look at it and change the temperature sounds powerful and amazing but in this series Future you release you always ask what the downsides of things are right and privacy is a huge concern here because your normal identity is so specific to you so the signals that we generate neurologically are the most unique identifiers of ourselves Rearden puts it this way 30 seconds of recordings from a person and we can identify that person for the rest of their lives and we have to make sure that people who might have the opportunity to exploit it to track you and otherwise pervert your superpowers don't have an easy way to go do that it's like a fingerprint only it's another neural print exactly and as with a lot of technology we're making our lives a lot more fluid this way and it would inhance what we can do but it's opening up a lot of questions as we go forward to what can I do with this technology right now control labs is going to release a developer's kit other tech designers can make their device work with the arm band so maybe an audio engineer would be able to make a car that responds to your arm movements and you'll be able to some. In that car or you could change your thermostat like Richard said Thanks Elise you bet and you can check out all the stronger force or more accurately this control kit armband in our latest episode of future you with Elise here it's at npr dot org. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep and I'm Noel King. If you're new to the area or just a little forgetful and you'd like to know when your favorite program airs on only 105 carriers see visit our website where you'll find our daily and weekly program guides and much much more that scarcely seen. This is southern Colorado's n.p.r. Station care c c k or c c h d Colorado Springs k e c c Lo Hunter k. C.C.'s Starkville and k w c c f.m. Woodland Park streaming and k r c c o r g. 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News in Washington I'm Corba Coleman the White House continues to defend President Trump against accusations of racism when he targeted several Democratic lawmakers on Twitter N.P.R.'s Frank or don't yes reports on what top trump aides are saying some of President Trump's aides argue the president was standing up for American ideals when he tweeted that several progressive Democrats in Congress should go back to where they quote originally came from Adam Kennedy the White House deputy director of communications told N.P.R.'s Noel King that the president is defending the United States against leftist lawmakers who want to demise the country the president said that they can stay they can leave but the people should be proud of this country there's a lot to be proud of just like yet Kennedy did not answer whether the administration was concerned about support the tweets were receiving from white nationalist groups Franco or down yes n.p.r. News Washington the u.s. Is implementing a new policy on asylum seekers at the u.s. Border they must 1st seek asylum in the 1st country they reach if they're rejected then they can apply for asylum in the u.s. This is likely to be challenged in court from member station. Jorge Valencia reports Mexico's foreign minister says his country is taking a wait and see approach the trouble ministrations new rule will immediately impact migrants already waiting at the border to petition for asylum Mexico's Foreign Relations Minister Marcello O'Dowd says Mexico disagrees with the 9 migrants the right to apply for asylum but he stops short of directly criticizing the u.s. He's not a bilateral issue wasn't. Trumping restriction so we don't see these like a violation of some sort of by literally went Mexico has been a reluctant allied to us immigration enforcement government figures from both countries show Mexico deported about as many people to Central America last month as the u.s. Has all year for n.p.r. News I'm Jorge in Mexico City testimony continues today. In a legal battle over North Carolina's legislative maps from member station w.u.n. C.h.f. To be reports a lawsuit accuses state Republicans of discriminating against voters to preserve g.o.p. Majorities on the 2nd day of the trial we're expecting to hear testimony from expert plaintiff's witnesses on political map making again this is a state challenge and it has the potential to serve as a blueprint for partisan legal challenges in states.