There he is expected to visit a different American cemetery tomorrow states of emergency have been declared in 3 California counties where wildfires are raging in Southern California where the 150 homes have been destroyed more than 200000 people under evacuation orders in the northern part of the state N.P.R.'s Ina Jaffe reports that a major wildfires killed 9 people and destroyed almost 7000 structures the camp fire has destroyed hundreds of buildings in the town of Paradise the exact number is unknown so much smoke from the campfire has drifted to San Francisco more than 150 miles south that flights at the airport there have been delayed in Southern California the Woolsey fire is growing and straddles portions of Los Angeles and Ventura County nearly 3 quarters of the city of 1000 Oaks has been evacuated mayor Andy Fox says that some of those who have been forced to leave their homes were also affected by the mass shooting there on Wednesday night I know Jaffe n.p.r. 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Turkish president Erda one has made the 1st a public confirmation of the existence of audio recordings purportedly of the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul everyone says the recordings have been shared with Saudi Arabia also with us Germany France and Britain reports from Somalia say more than 20 people have been killed in twin suicide bombings followed by a 3rd blast in the capital Mogadishu N.P.R.'s Ofeibea quick starter reports the extremist group al Shabaab is claiming responsibility for the attacks Eyewitnesses say a suicide car bomb and set off explosions outside the popular so happy hotel in Mogadishu as well as the police headquarters near a busy junction in the city a spokesman for the armed group al Shabaab told Reuters it had singled out the hotel because of its association with the security forces and the government of Somalia the extremists are trying to overthrow 20 minutes later a 3rd blast went off the police say 4 attackers who tried to enter the hotel was shot dead and 2 other assailants blown up by their car bombs one ambulance work a described how they transported dead bodies and move an adult and wounded people to hospitals in Mogadishu often stopped in n.p.r. 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News I'm Scott Simon Florida Florida Florida the 218 midterm election season rolls on in Florida recounts looming the race for governor between the Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Rhonda Santas a Senate seat between the incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson and the Republican and current governor Rick Scott Mark Putu writes the Florida playbook for political thanks so much for being with us thanks for having me it's good to be good are there still hanging chads you know we banned those in 2001 after the disastrous 2000 presidential recount and fortunately for the state is part of the reform and it takes point 5 percent that is half a percent to go to recount so the governor's race in Florida is probably going to recount and what about the Senate race now the center 8th a lot tighter and a little more controversial actually because of some potential ballot design problems the Senate race in Florida is point $18.00 percentage points margin $14848.00 ballots and it takes point 25 percent to go to a manual recount now that's not entire manual recount of all 8000000 ballots 8200000 ballots what happened are they run the ballots to the machines and they tally them up and then all the ballots that don't record a vote because there's a quote over vote that is more than one candidate is selected or an undervote that is no candidate is selected are then manually reviewed and that gets me to the 2nd thing that I was kind of mentioning it's a little more controversial in the Senate race because it looks like bad ballot design might have cost Bill Nelson mightily because Broward County is a very Democratic county and they had a tremendous number of under votes as no one voting in the Senate race because it appears that a good number of people perhaps as. Many as 20000 might have missed the Senate race because it was in the lower left hand corner right under the instructions and if you look at the Senate race compared all the other races it got fewer votes in Broward County even compared to say the state agriculture commissioner forgive my forgive mine I have a t. But don't don't all parties weigh in on ballot design or those days I might live in an age of Pollyanna aspiration bull they have they do have the ability to at least protest they have the ability to see it at the time the ballot is sent out ahead of time to say hey here's what the ballot looks like and the Senate campaign of Bill Nelson did not complain President Trump has said there's evidence of election fraud is there evidence. So far no and in fact a governor Rick Scott who's running for Senate against Bill Nelson had given a rather extraordinary press conference believe a lost track of days might have been on a Wednesday or Thursday perhaps Thursday night and he had also mentioned that there were Democrats recall trying to steal the election and had sort of mentioned fraud and referred the matter on of the state's version of the f.b.i. Call before the part of law enforcement was the f.d.a. Lead well f.d.a. Lead the next day said hey there's no allegations of fraud that it didn't even have a complaint so so far all of these folks are saying on the Republican side hey there's fraud needs to be investigated will the state investigative agencies like we're here to investigate show us and so far there's nothing. 20 seconds left why does this happen a lot in Florida because that's just how we are I think Tim Russert said Florida Florida Florida or some people call it Florida and this is just part of the nature of living here and being a reporter in the Sunshine State Well it sounds like a lot of fun if you're a reporter Mark computer of Politico thanks so much for being with us thank you for having appreciate it. In Southern California the city of 1000 Oaks was hit with back to back crises as they mourn the loss of 13 people including the gunman in a mass shooting the city's also dealing with a fire that's now for 75 percent of the residents to evacuate N.P.R.'s Leila Fadel is in 1000 Oaks Layla thanks so much for being with us thank you how these back to back tragedies. How do people hold up. You know it's been really difficult the same center where families had been waiting to hear about whether their loved ones lived or died at the borderline Bar and Grill where the gunman with walked in and started shooting is now an evacuation center for people fleeing the fires and in a city where pretty much everyone knew someone or knew someone who knew someone that was in that bar it's really a lot to take yesterday the mayor of 1000 Oaks and her Fox talked about that while asking people to please heed warnings and leave if they're asked to leave Take a listen just up 48 hours ago our city experienced a tragedy that had national implications with the bass shooting in the loss of life of 13 individuals and here we are just a few last hours later not talking about another crisis right here in 1000 Oaks and now students at Pepperdine University which had students at the bar on Wednesday night are sheltering on campus as this massive fire burns closer to them. When shootings occur and alas they have occurred statistically almost every day this year people search for answers why somebody anybody would do this any more information about the gun. Well right now there's there's just a lot of speculation about the why the shooter was 28 and a Marine veteran and lives in a neighborhood right nearby and my colleague Martin Kostic spoke to people who knew him in high school who described him as an intimidating person who harass people one woman saying she was shocked by the news but not really surprised that he do something like this the sheriff here in Ventura County speculated about his mental health deputies had responded to his home in the spring and found him irate a little irrational but ultimately he was evaluated and deemed Ok not a danger to himself not a danger to others law enforcement also confirm that there is a social media post referencing the shooting that they believe is from the gunman as a matter of policy the Facebook removes quote mass murderer Facebook pages and Instagram accounts so we haven't seen the original post so really the long answer Scott is no we we still don't know why please tell us about the victims the people who were kewl. You know we've learned a lot about them from their families and their friends as they grieve them these days that have passed Cody Kaufman is a 22 year old who people say tried to protect many in the bar from the shooters only to be killed by him killed himself telemarketer follows a survivor of the Las Vegas shooting he was 27 people called him tell him he loved to line dancing which is why he was at the bar that night was country night so they had a line dancing for people 18 and over there was a college freshman up coffee shop owner a Marine veteran employees of the border line Bar and Grill and Sergeant Ron he lists from the sheriff's department he was the 1st to respond walked into the bar to stop the shooter and was killed himself he's being remembered as a hero who surely saved lives by moving in so quickly and I know that sheriff's offers us to deal with foreigners to don't think Yeah so the Ventura County Sheriff's Department is dealing with a lot mourning the loss of one of their own investigating this terrible crime and now they've spent the last day and today evacuating people from their homes in the county and trying to make sure people are safe and for a little fogl in Southern California thanks so much for being with us thank you. Americans hear about what the u.n. Calls the continuing genocide of Rohingya Muslims and me and Maher and may think it's tragic and outrageous but wonder what is it got to do with us Myanmar called the 1000000 or more a hanger who live there illegal immigrants in the Rakhine state that has a Buddhist majority Rohingya have lived in Myanmar for centuries but they are not considered citizens men most military began forced removals of the rocking the last year and more than 700000 are now in crowded camps vulnerable to starvation murder rape and disease this week Facebook released a report from Business for Social Responsibility that showed how the company's social media platform as been used to incite violence against the Rohingya at least 25000 people have been killed manner isn't wired for the Internet the regime is dominated by generals who try to suppress news and have jailed reporters people in Myanmar have cell phones Facebook says about $20000000.00 people in the country use Facebook on their phones to connect with each other but many of them of also read malicious messages aimed at the Rohingya and truly fake news including a false an inflammatory chain letter that said Rohingya Muslims plan to attack Buddhists many of those lies and distortions came from Sham accounts run by me on Mars military they reeled in eyeballs with posts about pop music gossip and graphic photos and delivered phony and explosive stories Facebook's Alex for off acknowledges quote We weren't doing enough to help prevent our platform from being used to foment division and incite offline violence we agree that we can and should do more the company pledged to hire 100 moderators and me and Maher who speak local languages to detect racist posts and fallacious reports. A 100 people to monitor messages from 20000000 people maybe that's why Amnesty International sounded unimpressed and tweeted this report shows that Facebook did too little too late to stop murderous incitement and misinformation Facebook fairly points out they didn't create racism or human rights crimes and me on Maher and is taking steps to avoid being inflammatory platform but this American high tech social media company as much as any industrial or agribusiness in the age of imperialism began to do business in a country run by repressive generals with out much apparent regard for the consequences for the people who live there they cared about algo where the means and revenues overall. And you're listening to n.p.r. News. 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Senate race in Arizona President Trump is blaming what he calls gross mismanagement for the destructive wildfires that are burning in California and he's threatening to withhold federal funds the president tweeted from Paris where he is preparing to help mark the end of World War one tomorrow and the president's trip today to an American cemetery in France has been cancelled due to bad weather He's scheduled to visit a different American cemetery tomorrow I'm trial Snyder n.p.r. News from Washington. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Babel a European made language learning program Babel teaches practical conversation in Spanish French German and other languages available in the app store or online n b a b b e dot com and from the law firm Cooley l.l.p. With offices in the u.s. Europe and China Cooley advises entrepreneurs' investors financial institutions and established companies around the world where innovation meets the law this is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon President Trump is in Paris to mark the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day the end of World War One He also spent some time today with French president to manual macro while on his way to Paris the president set the stage for the meeting with this tweet quote President macron of France I just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the u.s. China and Russia very insulting but perhaps Europe should 1st pay its fair share of NATO which the u.s. Subsidizes greatly We're joined now from Paris by N.P.R.'s Are you sure Roscoe or you should Thanks so much for being with us thanks for having me well after that tweet the 2 presidents got together how did it seem to go. Well they both seem to try to focus on the positive chant the McCrone talked about their friendship in areas where they worked together I cooperation against terrorism in responding to the chemical attacks in Syria but there was this elephant in the room about the tweet from Trump and Trump was asked about that when he was sitting with McCraw and this is what he said we were getting along the same flight serious I want to be there we want to help Europe as it has. Been largely in the present tense. Sure what does this tell us anything about. That McGraw seem to really make an effort at the president from came into office to be an essential bridge between Europe and the us what's their relationship like now well what you heard from Trump that wasn't really a ringing endorsement of the relationship at least in front of the cameras the 2 did not seem as warm to each other as they have in the past you know they're known for having this sort of like bromance you know their endless handshake Yes Yeah handshakes the last smiles there wasn't a lot of that but that said McCall did tried to explain his desire for European army he said it's actually in line with what Trump wants which is for Europe to spend more on its own defense and rely on the u.s. Less and the French government is saying basically that this was a misunderstanding between Trump and McCraw and that the 2 leaders are actually on the same page and much ahead for the president today well even trump agreed to this trip after he had to cancel plans for a massive military parade in the u.s. But unlike Bastille Day was trumpeting it Lashon players there are no big parades this is kind of treated more somber So he's going to attend a number of of the NZ tonight he's supposed to attend a dinner hosted by McChrystal and his wife there was supposed to be a visit to an American cemetery today in France but it was called off due to bad weather tomorrow there will be more events commemorating the armistice in a luncheon and dozens of world leaders are supposed to be in attendance and then Trump is supposed to deliver remarks tomorrow kind of in honor of Veterans Day one of in that Trump will not be attending is this peace summit that McChrystal is holding that is supposed to be focused on multilateralism which is something that hasn't really been a big fan of and you you mentioned all the world leaders at lunch does that include any kind of meeting with Vladimir Putin I know now there was talk that they would try to meet in Paris but there was concern that it might overshadow all of the other events so the White House hasn't ruled out an informal meeting kind of on the sidelines of the luncheon but that Putin and Trump will meet and at the g 20 next month in Paris thanks so much for being with us travel well thank you. The American Civil Liberties Union Southern Poverty Law Center and other immigrant rights groups have filed lawsuits against the trumpet ministrations new proclamation that would deny asylum to people enter the country illegally the president signed that order yesterday before flying to France we're joined now by Lindsey Harris highest chair of the National Asylum refugee committee at the American Immigration Lawyers Association thanks very much for being with us. Thank you so much for having me. I don't know what a different footing executive order proclamation is. Well proclamations seem to be more rare they do you kind of echo of something Morial but it has basically the same effect as an executive order and how would this change would somebody who wants to apply for asylum must do. Well it's trying to bar asylum for people who enter the u.s. In between courts with entry when they when there was a will forgive me when you say in between ports of entry would some people phrase that as a legally. Yes the administration calls that illegal entry you don't call it illegal entry if it's not the report of entry. I don't I don't call it legal entry when somebody is seeking asylum because our asylum look have recognized since 1980 the right for any person who is present in the us regardless of how they got here to seek asylum and that's and it provides for them to be able to apply for asylum within their 1st year as I recall reading them all right gets That's another bar that was put in place in 1906 but you're supposed to file within one year arrival so what the administration has done this week is try to create a new bar but that actually does conflict directly with the statute with the Refugee Act from 980. Miss Harris what use are those Americans who might say look I have a world of sympathy for people who want to silence it's important for America to be that beacon in the world but come through port of entry and apply don't don't slip in over the border. Well there's a number of reasons why it's very difficult and sometimes impossible for people to come through ports of entry often they don't know they're supposed to do that people are fleeing for their lives and don't actually know what the part of the feature is or even what asylum as they just know they're trying to get to a safe place others also what we've been seeing especially in the last couple of years is people being on The Also you tend away from ports of entry even yesterday there were reports of a bridge you know between now passed on to the wires being closed down and there's also people are waiting for Dave sometimes even months at the border they're being families tend to weigh 9 times when they do walk up to a port of entry and say that they're seeking asylum and many people don't have the resources to sit and wait in Mexico and furthermore there is targeting of migrants an asylum seekers in Mexico that makes unsafe for them to stay there so there's lots of reasons why people would instead cross the river come over the border and then 10 themselves and immediately to Customs and Border Protection what would what does the law say as to what the government would authorities need to do and so much as I'm here to apply for asylum. So the law says that basically you're then supposed to be asked for questions in the questions are along the lines of Do you have a fair return if your home country are you hate seek asylum which would be tortured if you attend if somebody says yes in response to any of the questions it's supposed to be and always a mag referral to a credible fear interview which is kind of by threshold test to determine whether someone could be eligible for asylum what the Trump and the administration have kind of the last couple days is trying to take away that credible experience gave people who cross in between ports of entry and if there's no interview there's no way of gauging there there are appeal for asylum. Well yeah well actually the government does provide an other type of entry that they've made clear they're not taking away which is a reasonable stance but then people I may be eligible for a much lesser form of protection called what's called his removal rather than asylum so they're still going to be a very likely go through the process and have the whole education immigration court say nothing about this is actually going to save the government any time energy of resources Lindsey Harris professor of law co-director of the immigration clinic at the District of Columbia School of Law Thanks so much for being with us thank you very much. When President Trump dismissed as attorney general this week collective memories of 1973 came flooding back that's when President Nixon abandoned the Justice Department firing his attorney general the deputy attorney general and Archibald Cox the special prosecutor who was investigating the Watergate scandal it became known of course as the Saturday Night Massacre Jim Doyle was a special assistant and spokesman for the Watergate prosecutors 45 years ago he joins us now to maybe disabuse us of some public as comparisons Thanks Mr Doyle Oh I'm delighted to be here Scott any similarities or not that you see between 2018 and what you witnessed in 1973 Well the president fires the attorney general the new guy fires the special counsel history repeats itself. You know the president President Nixon understood the Constitution he understood how to govern. He knew he was walking a tight rope so when a lot of different people in Congress the public the courts stood up and showed their courage and they were outraged and started to push back he backed down. He let the investigation continue and 10 months later he resigned this time and that looks like a circus where the clowns are walking a tightrope in slow motion and some people are cheering as if it's a joke but it's not a joke Mr Doyle I must say you you sound almost almost wistful speaking about Richard Nixon Well yeah you know I've never compared Richard Nixon to Thomas Jefferson before would never thought I should but I told someone yesterday that compared to Donald Trump Richard Nixon is Thomas Jefferson. Are in a league that is your opinion do you do you believe there's a constitutional crisis of right now I do. I do I believe that. President Trump doesn't know much about governing the United States or about the u.s. Constitution he's a good argument for having the president pass a citizenship test. I guess they don't have to take it now do they come to know no . Archibald Cox for whom you work made a decision to speak directly to the American people back in 1973 before. You know he was shown the door. Do you hope special counsel Muller who has been I think famously reluctant to reveal anything about his nest a Geisha and shows his face and makes a statement now. No I don't because. The thing about Archie Cox is that he had a very clear mandate from the Senate to take the investigation all the way wherever it led and to report the results to the public and Bob Molloy has the character and the courage and the skill but he doesn't have that mandate so. He has to he has to do what he likes to do which is be quiet and bring in a heavy mallet with the facts I understand Mr Doyle but you and other members of the Watergate investigation team still with us. You have your you have reunions now and then and I gather for the 1st time you had a reunion on the actual anniversary of the Saturday Night Massacre. One of the one of the our my 15 year old now says you know what's the t. What went on there 3 weeks ago Saturday night over 20 The word against special prosecution force held a reunion it was the 45th anniversary of the Saturday Night Massacre. None of the senior leaders are any longer with us but the young idealists who had been in their twenty's back when we began they all showed up in their sixties and seventies as earnest as ever as idealistic ever as ever and still full of hope. We watched the videotape of Archie Cox and it was a wonderful thing to see did of did a fabulous job. And thinking about now compared to then. I hope call Marx was wrong about this as he was about so many things when he wrote that the history history repeats itself 1st as tragedy and then as farce that would not be funny Jim thanks so much You're welcome my pleasure. I began to get congratulatory tweets writing Wednesday on being elected Minnesota Secretary of State I'm not from Minnesota don't even have a driver's license but I found myself humbled and proud to receive the honor and pledge to make Minnesota great again though of course it already is so I was disappointed to discover that my elevation to high office was merely a typo in the headline of the Minneapolis Star Tribune saying Scott Simon had been elected secretary of state a typo I don't ready had a moral the official state mushroom tattooed on my chest the man really elected Minnesota Secretary of State is Steve Simon he turns out to be gracious and funny he asked if he gets a show on n.p.r. Now and I said the public radio show from Minnesota where people sing until stories it will never work secretary of state Simon did invite me to be his guest at the Minnesota State Fair guarantee you is now going to have the biggest best and plenary isn't scoping contest in the country my name is Scott Simon and I approve this message. You're listening to Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News. It's common use opioids during childbirth are administered in epidurals and during c sections women are often sent home with a bottle of pills for most women it doesn't become a problem but for mothers recovering from addiction to pain free childbirth isn't so simple a poll done Bosky from member station k.q.e.d. Explains Nicole v.m. Says when she was in her early twenty's she made a lot of mistakes I was really sad and I didn't want to feel my feelings and I turned to the most natural. Way I could find to cover that all up and started using drugs she got into opioids prescription pills heroin all that for a little little bit of time her family got her into treatment Nicole had been sober for 9 years when she and her husband decided to have a baby this was something she wanted to feel she told her doctor if she needed an epidural she didn't want any fentanyl in it she didn't want to feel high because I'd remembered seeing like other friends and stuff they'd used and they were feeling good and stuff and I didn't I didn't want that to be a part of my story at the girls are usually a mix of 2 types of medications and the agent and a painkiller usually fentanyl but addiction expert Dr Kelly Peiffer says it's easy to formulate one without the fentanyl there is no medical reason why someone should be forced to be exposed opioids if they don't want to pay for says there's another issue for women who are in active treatment for opiate addiction and taking methadone or suboxone some other narcotics commonly used for pain during labor can immediately reverse the effects of those treatments and suddenly in the middle labor which is already painful and now you're in the middle of the worst withdrawal of your life. For Nicole v.m. It was the worst wildfire in California history that interrupted her birth plan there was a time in the hospital ick you could visibly see it outside and smell it. Was an active labor when nurses said everybody had to evacuate the m. Was transferred to another hospital 5 miles away and the special instructions for her at the Dural got lost in the chaos and then one night when they went to change the drug I saw the tubes and all on it and it was and by that point I was starting to feel it she's one of her familiar signs of starting to get high then v.m. Needed a c. Section and doctor sent her home afterward with a bottle of Percocet another opioid expert says in a situation like this ibuprofen would have been fine any parent will tell you there's nothing more stressful than 1st week of being a parent and having a baby and being in sleep deprivation and here you have a little bottle of a given that you used to turn to to make you feel better when you're stressed 1st the fires then the fat Nolen or epidural and then the percocet it was the 1st test to seeing how her sobriety and motherhood would line up I was Ok I was Ok with it it was just it just was something that happened she called a friend who's also in recovery and talked it all through she said the percocet could have sent her down a rabbit hole but it didn't she was fine leaving that behind. In a lot of people metaphorically felt it as the baby coming out of the ashy you know the life coming from the ashes and stuff and I feel that I feel like it was a big time for our community and me personally to be reborn in some way now. She says taking care of Adrian this past year has taught her how to take care of herself for n.p.r. News I'm. In Santa Rosa. And this story is part of a reporting partnership between n.p.r. K.q.e.d. And Kaiser Health News. This is n.p.r. News. And Election Day has come and gone but across the country some races are still too close to call and those results could change the story of the 2018 elections I'm Michel Martin and we'll take a closer look at all of those races still in play and with the latest from Florida where 2 counties are once again at the center of a ballot counting controversy that's next time on All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. On the Today at 5 o'clock programing on k. 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Germany France and Britain and in Jordan rescuers are searching for several people who remain missing following flash flooding that struck several areas including the ancient city of Petra officials say at least 12 people were killed on trial Snyder n.p.r. News from Washington. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from visit St Pete Clearwater offering white sand Florida beaches and McG. Region Dollie a celebration of surrealists at the Dali Museum December 15th through May $21000.00 more it visit St Pete Clearwater dot com and from Elijah Craig family owned makers of small batch Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey Eliza Krag Bardstown Kentucky 47 percent alcohol by volume Eliza Craig promotes responsible drinking This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon u.s. Marine Corps veteran Scott Cooper is trying to give new meaning to the phrase Thank you for your service He's founder of Vets for American ideals and he's launched a new campaign called hash tag service doesn't stop he hopes that once again he can give service to his country Scott Cooper joins us now studios thanks for being with us good morning thank you for having me what are you trying to do with this campaign. Well I think we came out of a pretty divisive election and that's followed by Veterans Day which is the day that we constantly thank our veterans and yet I would submit that this year it's pretty important that we find a way to overcome the polarization and one of the ways we can do that is when the country seems to think us and revere us is veterans that we can use that platform to be a bit of a civilizing force so rather than marching in parades this year we're gathering in communities around the country to do some community service where will you be or you'll be doing on Veterans Day I'll be in Charlotte North Carolina and I'll be joined by some recently resettle refugees among them a couple interpreters that served with us in Afghanistan and will be placing flags at a local cemetery and you're an aviator by training I gather I was indeed and served to have this right completing 5 tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan I did before you were tired why is the goal of the civil society so bored and you know I was just recently watching these election results and one of the people that I was with was actually a refugee that was resettled when she was 10 years old from Bosnia and she marveled at the fact that we have an election that is free and fair that we accept the results of and I look around my country and I see how polarized we are we need to figure out how to come together I look around my communities though and I'm hopeful I see community come together that don't ask what tribe you belong to but need to get busy knowing your neighbor helping your neighbor covered covered wars including u.s. Troops in wars I think I understand how you can work alongside someone with whom you have great differences on other issues because nothing is more important than the job that you have in front of you and looking out for each other how do you do that in civilian life. I think in civilian life one of the things that we're finding is that people are not required to talk to people that they disagree with among the ways that you do that is you gather we're gathering to conduct service and so if you're working at a homeless shelter if you're working to help former incarcerated youth or for helping in a low income neighborhood no one's asking you what your political philosophy is you might well find that that person supported a different candidate than you did and then from that opportunity to work together I think perhaps we can find some common ground. Scott Cooper he's founder of Vets for American ideals thanks for being with us and and this time when I say thank you for your service I mean in the past and in the future well what a pleasure to be here Scott thank you and tomorrow on Weekend Edition Sunday we marked the end of the 1st World War will hear the words of a combat pilot recorded by her niece and Lulu's conversation you can listen by asking your smart speaker to play n.p.r. Or your local station by name. You Tube It's not just cute cat videos. Oh a new Pew Research Center survey found that roughly half of u.s. Adults who use You Tube say it's help them learn how to do new things we asked on Facebook and Twitter what new things people might have learned on You Tube. 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Our journey begins in a Celtic mountain village from the 9th century 1300 meters above sea level in the eastern region of Galicia tonight at the chapel of Santa Maria Reale to separate 04 people from different parts of the world read a fair will in French Italian English and Spanish to a group of 20 hikers walking the Camino the Santiago and. We are this church host opens as far back as a 12 century from here it's a 7 day walk to Santiago de Compostela father bacco Castro says if you ask a typical 21st century Pilgrim why they do they come in oh they'll tell you a series of evasive answers father Castro says there's always something deeper instead of to me and me and us humans are sitting there for years and you need to give thanks to ones life and finding ways in with the encounter with others I mean which is to me one of the treasures of the community I think is a story of the community there are no borders to study there's only one family called humanity and you see it all on the community isn't just a few us it's day 2 of our walk on the Camino as we descend into the valley of Samuel's we're on a stretch of the trail surrounded by walls made of shale rock birds are chirping all around and suddenly. As a sort of welcoming we hear the sound of church bells at the medieval monastery Assam us later that afternoon I meet grocery where Sia a 48 year old woman from growth in southwestern Spain's was hiking with her husband she loves the atmosphere the camaraderie and meeting new people but she tells me today is a rough days. When they are concerned that they will have. Days I just want to cry I don't know maybe it's the quiet at the Camino it makes it more and I'm thinking too much. I'm also thinking about all the things I'd like to do that you can't fix everything. It's day 4 I meet Hilary hay and. A young couple from Malaysia walking the Camino as their honeymoon. The Camino gives you an opportunity to discover a resilience that you never knew you had what we wanted to change for us we wanted to make sure that we walked every step of the way and we carry our thanks and we've done that so far but you know challenging. There were lots of people encouraging us to. Send them ahead and it was really listening to all of bodies and understanding ourselves and knowing you know if that was something you wanted to do or if we wanted to push ourselves it's day 5 I catch up with Kathleen Riley I seen her a few times in the coming and notice her American accent she's from New York recently retired and has been on the Camino for a month I think you can't finish this without finding a little bit more about yourself whether it's things you want to improve. Understanding your own strengths and weaknesses better my wife and I had been wanting to walk the Camino for a while last year when our son left for college we decided we could finally do it the coming no has been the perfect place to reconnect we. Were Here our final destination. As we descend into the large blasts. In front of the cathedral all of the pilgrims gathered to celebrate their journey I hear a guy dado a backpack player who seems to be welcoming everyone who came here. Our muscles are sore aching but beyond the pain is a deeper feeling of accomplishment we did I know we will return and meet new friends on the Camino. For n.p.r. News. I would have advice about a new book of advice that I'll chance to utter in front of the author Len Moore's how to be alone if you want to and even if you don't as be hard to read if you are low it's one woman's Ra a wise sometimes funny and often melancholy reminder that friends can be demanding and complicating love is imperfect and obligating and you can count on the hard charging cavalry of people who were just right for you to come riding over the hill and sweep you away maybe they should just keep on writing lane more a former intern and writer for The Onion former section relationships editor cosmopolitan creator of the comedy show tender live and member of the band it was romance joins us from New York thanks so much for being with us Oh I'm thrilled thank you tell us what goes through you when you have to fill out that line we all confront with one point or another who to contact in case of emergency it's just always been one of the most painful things for me every single time I am at the doctor's office and I have to put that down there because I have never felt like I had a really strong support system or anything like that so when you don't have the usual suspects or when your parents or our family aren't safe or present or or consistent or anything like that I think that can be something that's really challenging Well we should explain you you have a family but they have not been you know they were not a source of support for sure yeah I was you know I was very careful with how I talked about it because the truth for so many people is that they have family but their families are not totally safe or their family is abusive or their family abandoned them or you know they chose to leave their family because their family wasn't safe and you know a lot of it for me falls into that category but there were a lot of things I was not ready to talk about because it is so severe and so painful but I just at the very. He's wanted to give people an idea of you know Ok it's not that there was just no one I think in some ways it's a lot less painful when there's just you know I think I have a tiny bit of envy when someone says like I never met my dad on never no I don't like a hospital he's still never know well at least you know and you you you know I almost feel like because then you can romanticize and you can imagine what they'd maybe be like but you know to have them there and so close and to be so just lacking in all the things that especially as children you desperately need you desperately need that care and that love and that protection and feeling seen you write about one night when you thought you'd reached the end yeah as a teenager yeah I was living in my car and. After a few months of living in my car and being terrified every night I was like Oh I think I'm ready to die think I want to die now this is you know I know a bunch of other things that kind of happened around that time to you and some of them I've kind of blocked out and some of them I remember more than I want to and. I didn't want to die I just didn't want to be in pain anymore it's a cliche but it's a very painful accurate cliche and I was driving and I passed a church with their lights on and it was a weeknight so that seemed strange and I for whatever reason turned in and they very very sweetly were like you know took me and were like Ok come here like this girl is bringing a lot into this room and we're so sweet and kind and talk with me and prayed with me and I was like yeah whatever whatever and then you know I ended up living with these women for a while and they you know took me in immediately just like we want you to be part of our family which like you know still now like makes me cry because. I just was so aware that I did not deserve that and I still struggle with when people are like I'd love to be your family or birds because I don't like what are you talking about because the wounds are so deep. I mean of course you deserve. You're a human being and you make a lot of us laugh and of course but but all that being said why do you why do you have a hard time accepting kindness from people I didn't get it for a really long time I got really really hard core opposite I just all I knew was pain and trauma and abuse and survival and not being good enough and. I spent most of my time feeling just exceptionally worthless and it was reminded I was reminded of that just really constantly for most of my life and you know it's easy to say like oh my childhood was tough oh well but what do you do when I think we all sleep under the rug and you know I've spent the last couple years just really realizing how much pain I was in as a child and I think that's true for a lot of us claim what are you doing for the holidays. You know I hate that because didn't well I get from to buy the book I did you know try to be familiar Yeah I you know I know. You know what I want to be optimistic about because this is the 1st holiday season I'll be spending with my rescue dog so. That's beautiful like that that's how I I was thinking about it like how do I get you through the holidays Lane How do I do this and I was like your rescue dog I ended up rescuing a dog and she is kind of the best thing that's ever happen to me if you can find a connection with an animal and you rescue each other like that's incredibly beautiful like that should not be a lazy punchline that we throw out how it's well I'm happy for you thank you thank you me to you and your You've written a great book Lean more her book How to be alone if you want to even if you don't thanks so much for being with us thank you so much this was really really wonderful thank you. This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Scott Simon support for n.p.r. 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