Or put in his report on the other hand one of the political weaknesses for Democrats is that they have been talking about impeaching the president for a long time over many things and that's one of the arguments that the Republicans are making that you would have impeached him no matter what you've been talking about impeachment ever since some of you got to Congress you know they've been playing the Rashida to leave cut over and over again impeach the blank but all the things can be true yes both there can be true guys who want him out from the beginning yes and he could have this is yes and but that's what makes it hard because you impeachment as we say over and over again here at n.p.r. Is a political process you want to make a political argument that can can convince the largest number of people and Democrats have to figure out what's right you know what's what's how do you make sure he's not above the law but also how do you convince the largest number of people that what you're doing is the right thing and I should so we're talking about potentially an article of impeachment about abuse of power and also obstruction of Congress the White House I mean this this originates in the fact that the White House has refused to hand over documents and key witnesses correct I mean they have taken this position especially you know since the basically since the Democrats took over the house that they don't have to cooperate and they continue that with this impeachment inquiry they told they told officials not to testify some of them some of the career people did go against them and went ahead and did did that but they have kept documents and they have just the White House has taken this position that they don't have to comply with what Congress is asking and so and there was this question in all of some of the arguments that the Republicans were making was that that that the Congress should have done more to try to force people to testify that they should have done more. To kind of force the issue I think Democrats were looking at it and saying that it would just drag out and that's what they didn't want to happen because that's what hap. With the Muller inquiry it's kind of like the White House created a situation that allowed Republicans to say hey you're not getting testimony from people with firsthand knowledge all this is hearsay how can we impeach someone and here say well the White House has refused to allow people who had direct contact with the president testify although one of the strongest arguments I think that Republicans are making is that the Democrats could have pursued 2 tracks at once they didn't have to wait until the courts resolve this but why didn't they have the courage of their own convictions to actually issue a subpoena to John Bolton which they did not do why did they pull back the subpoena from John Bolton's former deputy which they did so they haven't you know they they haven't tried to get that that testimony with every possible tool that they had at the same time they don't want to wait they don't want to delay the process they could do both of the law in this the same to this is the argument that that constitutional law expert Jonathan Turley had been making when he testified before the House Judiciary Committee right he was a witness that Republicans had called and he said listen Democrats you will strengthen your argument if you let the court splay out on these contested subpoenas that somehow he was arguing that unless Congress let that play or at least go to court you don't have to wait for them to decide but at least go to court that Congress was going to be the one of the ones abusing their power not the president which was something that Republicans seized on I want to play a clip from an interview we did earlier this morning with a Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee Congresswoman Jane appall of Washington state because this isn't as Democrats see it the obstruction charge in particular is not about tit for tat your house and you're not you're not releasing the documents you should she sees the stakes as far higher Let's listen to this clip that obstruction of Congress essentially means that we no longer have a democracy we no longer have those checks and balances that the framers were so intent on providing so that no one individual or. One body in this case since we have 3 would ever be unchecked in its power Kelsey what do you make of that is that something that you're hearing from other members Yeah that's absolutely one of the part of the big discussion here I should say that we are seeing the chairs approaching right now we have Gerry now there is approaching the day aside with the other chairs of the committees who have participated the investigation and Speaker Pelosi is with them as well as Speaker Pelosi approaching as well as Kelsey says with the committee chairs You're listening to Special Coverage the committee chairs congressional leadership in the Democratic Caucus will soon announce the articles of impeachment we have known that this step is coming and now Nancy Pelosi presumably will will announce what is in those articles. You're listening to n.p.r. Special coverage we're just awaiting. Here we go from members of Congress. Is the solemn asked to take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Great respect and gratitude that I thank the chairs of the committees the 6 committees been working to help us honor our oath of office also want to thank the staff of those committees and the committee members for all of their work over this period of time to help us protect and defend. I want to thank the chairman of the committee Mr Nasser chair of the Intelligence Committee. Mr Sheriff chair of the Ways and Means Committee. Chairman all of these chairman Chairman Richard Neil of Massachusetts the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel of New York the chair of the Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters of California the chair of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. I also want to acknowledge the important work that was done by our dear departed may rest in peace a life of Cummings as chair of the of the Oversight Committee now please to yield to distinguished year of the Judiciary Committee Mr Knapp. Thank you Madam Speaker. Over the last several months the investigative committees of the House have been engaged in an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's efforts to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections efforts that compromise our national security and threatened the integrity of our elections throughout this inquiry he has attempted to conceal the evidence from Congress and from the American people our president holds the ultimate public trust when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country he endangers the Constitution he endangers our democracy and the endangers our national security the framers of the Constitution prescribed a clear remedy for presidents who so violate their oath of office that is the power of impeachment today in service to our duty to the Constitution and to our country the House Committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the United States Donald j. Trump with committing high crimes and misdemeanors the 1st article is for abuse of power it is an impeachable offense for the president to exercise the powers of his public office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring or in injuring the national interest that is exactly what President Trump did when he solicited and pressured Ukraine to interfere in our 2020 presidential election thus damaging our national security undermining the integrity of the next election and violating his oath to the American people. These actions moreover are consistent with president trumps previous invitations of foreign interference in our 2016 presidential election and when he was caught when the house investigated and opened an impeachment inquiry president trumping gauged in unprecedented categorical and indiscriminate defiance of the impeachment inquiry this gives rise to the 2nd article of impeachment for obstruction of Congress here too we see a familiar pattern in president trumps misconduct a president who declares himself above accountability above the American people and above Congress's power of impeachment which is meant to protect against threats to our democratic institutions is a president who sees himself as above the law we must be clear no one not even the president is above the law. I want to recognize the great contributions of the investigative chairs particularly intelligence committee chairman Adam Schiff Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel committee on oversight reforms former chairmen the late Alija Cummings and his new chairwoman Carolyn Maloney financial services chairwoman Maxine Waters and Ways and Means chairman Richard Neal who helped lay the foundation for the articles we are introducing today I also want to thank my judiciary committee colleagues who are critical in our work to hold the president accountable and in the drafting of these articles later this week the Judiciary Committee will meet to consider these articles of impeachment and to make a recommendation to the full House of Representatives we do not take this action lightly but we have taken an oath to defend the Constitution and unlike President Trump we understand that our duty 1st and foremost is to protect the Constitution and to protect the interests of the American people that is why we must take this solemn step today elections are the cornerstone of democracy in a foundational to the rule of law but the integrity of our next election is that risk from a president who is already sought foreign interference in the 20162020 elections and who consistently puts himself above country that is why we must act now I want to turn now to chairmanship who explain the evidence that supports these articles and the need for us to act with such urgency today. Thank you Mr Chairman thank you Madam Speaker and to my colleagues Good morning. The framers of the Constitution recognized that someday a president might come to office who would abuse that office betray the public trust and undermine national security to secure foreign help in his reelection and who would seek to abrogate the power of Congress to hold him accountable they recognize this danger and they prescribe a remedy and that remedy is impeachment. It is an extraordinary remedy and one that I've been rather reluctant to recommend until the actions of President Trump gave Congress no alternative we stand here today because the president's continuing abuse of his power has left us no choice to do nothing would make ourselves complicit in the president's abuse of his I office the public trust and our national security. The president's misconduct is as simple and as terrible as this President Trump solicited a foreign nation Ukraine to publicly announce investigations into his opponent and a baseless conspiracy theory promoted by Russia to help his reelection campaign President Trump abuse the power of his office by conditioning to official acts to get Ukraine to help Israel action the release of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid that nation desperately needed and a White House meeting with an ally trying to fend off Russian aggression. In so doing he undermined our national security and jeopardized the integrity of our next election. And he does so still. The evidence of the president's misconduct is overwhelming and uncontested and how could it not be when the president's own words on July 25th I would like you to do with a favor though lays so bare his intentions his willingness to sacrifice the national security for his own personal interests and when the president got caught he committed his 2nd impeachable act obstruction of Congress of the very ability to make sure that no one is above the law not even the president of the United States . The evidence is every bit as strong that President term has obstructed Congress fully without precedent and without basis in law if allowed to stand it would decimate Congress's ability to conduct oversight of this president or any other in the future. Leaving this president. And those who followed to be free to be as corrupt malfeasance or incompetent as they would like with no prospect of discovery or accountability Now some would argue why don't you just wait why don't you just wait until you get these witnesses the White House refuses to produce Why don't you just wait until you get the documents the White House refuses to turn over. And people should understand what that argument really means it has taken us 8 months to get a lower court ruling that Donegan has no absolute right to defy Congress 8 months for one court decision. If it takes us another 8 months to get a 2nd court or maybe a Supreme Court decision people need to understand that is not the end of the process it comes back to us and we ask questions because he no longer has absolute immunity and then he claims something else that his answers are privileged and we have to go to back to court for another 8 or 16 months the argument why don't you just wait amounts to this. Why don't you just let him cheat in one more election. Why not let him cheat just one more time. Why not let him have 4 and help just one more time that is what that argument amounts to. The presence of misconduct goes to the heart of whether we can conduct a free and fair election in 2020 it is bad enough for a candidate to invite for interference in our political process but it is far more corrosive for a president to do so and to abuse his power to make it so. Despite everything we have uncovered the president's misconduct continues to this day unapologetically and right now as we saw when he stood on the White House lawn and he was asked what did you want in that July 25th call and he said the answer was a simple one and not just a simple one on July 25th but a simple one today and that is he still wants Ukraine to interfere in our election to help his campaign. Even this week the president's lawyer was back in Ukraine seeking to revive the same debunked conspiracy theory promoted at the president's behest. Which gets to the final and most pernicious of the arguments that we have heard in the president's defense. That the president can do whatever he wants under Article 2 including get foreigners involved in our elections and we should just to quote the president's chief of staff get over it. Ben Franklin said we have a republic if we can keep it the president and his men say you can't keep it and Americans should just get over it. Americans don't get to decide American elections anymore not by themselves not without foreign help. For the members of Congress this is not a question of fact because the facts are not seriously contested. It is rather a question of duty. The president's oath of office appears to mean very little to him but the articles put forward today will give us a chance to show that we will defend the Constitution and that our oath means something to us. I thank you Mr Chairman. For what you're listening to Special Coverage from n.p.r. Of the latest the latest step in the impeachment inquiry we just heard Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi introducing her committee chairs the chair of the House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler also the chair of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff those 2 men have been leading the investigation into President Trump and whether or not he committed impeachable offenses and we heard there those committee chair the chairman outline the content of the articles of impeachment there will be 2 articles one on abuse of power and a 2nd article of impeachment will relate to obstruction of justice so let's talk about what that means the consequences of that I'm joined in studio by n.p.r. White House correspondent I go also n.p.r. Political correspondent Mara Liasson we also have n.p.r. Congressional correspondent is on Capitol Hill Mara I want to turn to you 1st what did you make of what you heard there well we now know that the House has decided to keep this pretty narrow to just 2 particles abuse of power he solicited a foreign nation Ukraine to publicly announce an investigation into his opponents something that would help him that was not Congress' out with the foreign policy of the United States but also I think the the 2nd article which is one that's probably less salient with the public. But is more serious which is this separation of powers clash that he obstructed congress that. If the Democrats said if this is allowed to stand then Congress and the Congress is ability to conduct oversight of the executive branch is decimated in other words the check and balance of 2 co-equal branches of government will be obliterated and other presidents have clashed with Congress have refused to turn over witnesses and documents but the argument that the Democrats are making is that they never did this in such a categorical way usually other presidents kind of negotiate something in the end but this is across the board no documents no witnesses and if you think Donald Trump or the Trump presidency is a stress test on democratic institutions certainly the Democrats feel that he is in this case and that he'd be undermining a pretty important one and I think that that argument is very real regardless of what happens with impeachment I do wonder and I think it's something that this country is going to have to deal with why would a President or future presidents comply with investigations from Congress like if you can't if you don't have to if you can get away with it I don't think any president or administration likes to be investigated why would you turn over evidence why would you turn over documents. I think that's a real question going forward for this country and what will happen with future presidents it's a real affirmation of executive power in this case Kelsey I want to ask you this this whole idea that if President Trump is not held accountable as Democrats say he needs to be for what they point to as impeachable offenses in particular obstruction of Congress in this investigation I mean does that is that something Republicans talk about are do they raise the concern that by not holding President Trump accountable that this will somehow undermine. Institution that they represent it's really interesting because this is something that we have been exploring with the Republicans for more than a year we've talked to many of them about their feelings about the separation of powers eroding with each new president they do feel that in some ways that President Trump has gone around Congress they talk about things that he did like appointing acting people into positions of power instead of having them confirmed like secretaries of different agencies they feel very uncomfortable with Trump's actions but they never go as far as Democrats in what they want to do to kind of keep Trump reined in they never want to take actual steps to keep Trump from using the powers the way he wants to use them do you think it's really interesting too that they didn't really reference Robert Muller or his reports but they did talk about these Foundation a pattern of conduct that members have been discussing they want to vote on articles that make clear the president's actions with regard to Ukraine didn't happen in isolation Jerry Nadler the Judiciary Committee chairman called it a pattern of misconduct of inviting foreign interference in our elections and that is something they want to make clear when they vote that this is about a pattern of the president not just what he did in Ukraine Kelsey we actually have a clip of chairman now let's listen to this. We're still waiting on that clip of chairman Jerry Nadler but reaffirming some of what you just said about his arguments in about how the president has abused his power has obstructed Congress and the long term damage that could do to the democracy I want to turn instead to the Republicans arguments here because we heard these laid out yesterday in front of the Judiciary Committee Stephen Castor was the attorney who was representing the Republicans point of view let's let's hear him articulate the Republican defense the record in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry does not show that President drug abuse the power of his office or obstructed Congress to impeach a president who's 63000000 people voted for over 8 lines in a call transcript is Boni I mean Mara we hear Stephen Castor there pointing to 8 lines in that in the transcript the White House released the summary of that July 25th phone call with President Trump Adam Schiff pointed out 10 words rather I would like you to do us a favor that's right for the Democrats the mere ask was enough that as Shift said President Trump solicited a foreign nation to publicly announce an investigation into his opponent thereby helping him in the next election that's enough for the Democrats for the Republicans they've put the bar much higher they're saying he has to have explicitly said if you don't do this I will not give you military aid and also the Republicans say it's just 8 lines Democrats would say we've had hours and hours of testimony that witness after witness corroborated the initial whistleblower account and went beyond that no one has contradicted what the president said in that transcript and what's really interesting is the president decided to release the transcript even though the Democrats are accusing him of unprecedented categorical indiscriminate defiance he released that transcript because he thought it was expelled but Tory In other words he didn't do it because he. Spectate Congress's oversight article one he had hours it up he thought it would clear him and out because it showed him being polite I'd like to ask you favor not I'm going to break your legs but it turned out not to have that effect I want to play some more tape of what we just heard we've got that clip now this is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Gerald Now throughout this inquiry he has attempted to conceal the evidence from Congress and from the American people. Our president holds the ultimate public trust when he betrays that trust and puts himself before country he endangers the Constitution he endangers our democracy and he endangers our national security and now this from the House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff the evidence is every bit as strong that President term has obstructed Congress fully without precedent and without basis in law if allowed to stand it would decimate Congress's ability to conduct oversight of this president or any other in the future. Leaving this president. And those who follow to be free to be as corrupt malfeasant or incompetent as they would like with no prospect of discovery or accountability so will this move Republicans in a Senate trial Kelsie it is hard for me to see how it will move many Republicans if any this is something of that like as I said they they do have some discomfort with the president's unwillingness to participate in the norms and even the regulations of the way that the White House is supposed to behave with relation to Congress they have never been able to identify what they want to do about it and for many of them impeachment is a bridge far too far for them to get on board they have a lot of voters who still support this President you've been listening to Special Coverage from n.p.r. News we heard the Democratic committee chairs outline 2 articles of impeachment against President Donald j. Trump. This is Special Coverage from n.p.r. News. Many Democrats views on Medicare for all are drawn from their personal experiences with the health care system some insurances won't cover them some insurances will cover half the sensor that I have from. Is not covered by Medicare I don't have any health care at all the divide on Medicare for all this afternoon on All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly moments ago House Democrats announce they're moving forward with their impeachment of President term the House Committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the United States Donald j. Trump with. Demeanors That's House Judiciary Committee chairman Gerald Maduro of New York speaking at a news conference alongside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers the articles of impeachment or abuse of power and obstruction of Congress stemming from Trump's July phone call with the president of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening to expel German diplomats after Germany expelled 2 employees at Russia's embassy in Berlin Here's N.P.R.'s Rob Schmitz in Germany expelled Russian embassy employees last week over Moscow's failure to cooperate in the investigation of the murder of a former Chechen commander in a Berlin Park in August Germany's highest prosecutor says there is sufficient evidence the murder was carried out by the Russian government Putin denies any involvement describing the murdered man as a bandit in Killer He said Russia's request to extradite him had not been heeded He added though that Moscow is ready to assist in the investigation German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she'd raise the issue with Putin during their bilateral talks in Paris urging for Moscow to cooperate option it's n.p.r. News Berlin this is n.p.r. News from Washington. Search teams in New Zealand say conditions on White Island remain too dangerous for crews to set out on foot with more than a half dozen people still missing following yesterday's volcanic eruption at least 6 people were killed many more were injured some remain hospitalized with burns from the steam and ash the European Court of Human Rights is demanding the release of Turkish businessman an activist. As during bus Karen reports of allah has been held for 2 years on charges of trying to overthrow Turkey's government and a verdict still livered by a chamber of 7 judges the court says Qabala was detained in order to silence him and other human rights defenders Turkish Prosecutors accused him of participating in an elaborate scheme to overthrow the government connected to the 2013 protests in Istanbul park today's decision from the European Court of Human Rights is not a done deal Turkey has previously ignored the court's decisions but it does put international pressure on Turkish authorities to order release of Allah helped found the Turkish arm of the u.s. Based Open Society Foundation which funds efforts to sustain democracy worldwide the group ceased operations in Turkey last year for n.p.r. News I'm Gary to scare in Istanbul and repeating our top story moments ago House Democrats announced 2 articles of impeachment against President Trump Hi I'm Dave Mattingly n.p.r. 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Military aid to Ukraine while seeking political favors now the war in Ukraine could pause the presidents of Russia and Ukraine met yesterday and agreed to a cease fire the meeting was in Paris which is where we find N.P.R.'s Eleanor Beardsley either Eleanor Good morning Faye what was this meeting like. Well you know it went on for hours and hours and didn't break up until after midnight so here's this press conference you know after midnight you had this young neophyte politician followed Amir's Alinsky meeting with the strong man who's run Russia for 20 years without a mere Putin and continues to create havoc in Ukraine so everyone is watching body language and faces and Zelinsky and Putin were at the far end of the table separated by their mediators German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French president. Solecki spoke 1st right after the host my call and he appeared nervous but it's what he said seemed heartfelt Harry as you can hear him and I believe she was Greenstein. So he said he had all of Ukrainians with him in Paris and he felt their support he said he also had truth with him and the desire for justice and peace in his own country he said the meetings were long but they were concrete and important and that the dialogue had been unblocked Selenski also asserted that Ukraine is an independent and free country and its future will be decided by Ukrainians and he asserted that Donbass that eastern Ukraine and Crimea are part of Ukraine Remember Russia took Crimea 5 years ago and still destabilizing eastern Ukraine Well what exactly did they agree on then given that Russian forces still control a lot of Ukraine right well they agreed on a ceasefire before the end of the year but I might add that there have been 20 cease fires in this war so will it hold but what was really important and is very concrete and measurable is they agreed to exchange all prisoners before New Year's Eve So that will be measurable and also they agreed by next March to withdrawal of forces from 3 major conflict zones and this Crisis Group is going to meet again in 4 months when you say crisis group that includes a manual McCrone the president of France the host of this meeting in Paris where you are what is his perspective on all this well France has taken a lead role in trying to to solve the situation has actually spoken recently of a getting a new die. Namak between the rest the West and Russia you know retiring Russia to Europe he wants a reset and it's actually one of the things that macro and President Trump agree upon also you know what Steve McCraw needs a win and he needs a win on the international stage he's not in good shape at home I don't know if you have her but there's huge strikes and protests and Paris and huge protests today against his pension overhaul So I spoke with analyst Chris John McAfee He's editor of L'Express magazine and here's what he said about the talks micro it's something very concrete about Ukraine and. There is someone who can help him it's Selenski because he's also in a corner because of the tramp affair. So you know he said they need each other and you know what you could see that the while the Lenski spoke he would look down the table over at my call and Michael would look at him and smile is almost like a smile of encouragement his his gaiety was buttressing Zelinsky you know encouraging him to keep going it was very interesting appreciate your observant eye on our thanks so much thank you that's N.P.R.'s Eleanor Beardsley in Paris President Trump has long complained that the United States is a loser on the playing field of global trade now his administration is going after the rough the United States is taking action to sideline the World Trade Organization which has been the chief in force or of global trading rules allies say the president simply wants to reform the organization critics say he is tearing it apart here's N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley even I think the World Trade Organization would have much to say about solar rooftops in Connecticut but it does for years Connecticut like other states has offered rebates to homeowners who invest in solar panels the goal was really to encourage adoption of residential solar projects sell you prices with Connecticut's Green Bank which runs the program for a while the state offered an extra incentive to homeowners who bought solar Quitman . That was made in Connecticut not many did nevertheless India challenge that provision along with similar by local measures in other states and the World Trade Organization ruled in India's favor saying it's illegal for the u.s. To champion domestic products over foreign imports President Trump complains that as an international trade referee the deputy yo is taking advantage of the u.s. We never used to read it before me because before me the United States was a sucker in fact since the founding the u.s. Has enjoyed a good track record of winning cases there but as of today the appellate body that decides those cases and rules on trade disputes between countries is losing its power term limits have left 6 out of 7 seats on the appellate body vacant and the trumpet ministration is blocking the appointment of replacements u.s. Trade representative Robert lite hisor says the administration is fed up with an appellate body that drags its feet makes its own rules and fails to deal with trade challenges posed by countries like China we clearly need to reform every other country or almost every other country has made the same point previous administrations have raised similar complaints but none has gone so far as to cripple the deputy shows in Foresman body Carly Hill's who had lighthouses job in the 1st Bush administration acknowledges the w t o needs modernizing to deal with 21st century challenges like digital trade and powerful state subsidies in China it's kind of like having an old house that didn't have a washing machine it needed be upgraded that doesn't mean you're knocked down the house Hills warns that without a functioning appellate body to decide cases countries may be tempted to ratchet up tariffs and make other hostile trade moves I think it's a law of the jungle from its inception in the 1990 s. The deputy o. Is designed to prevent big powerful countries from throwing their weight around Trump However like the freedom to squeeze other countries and drive a hard bargain just as he did in his business career veteran trade lawyer Scotland succumbs says whatever the shortcomings of the deputy o. . Trump is wrong to hamstring its enforcement arm the United States has long been a champion of the deputy CIO not only because it wins cases but because it sees tremendous value in having a functioning multilateral trading system and a dispute settled by other observers are more saying what about the president's tactics Thomas Tuesday who's a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute says with the trade referee sidelined countries will simply have to negotiate their own agreements and perhaps work together to build a new trading framework I think in the long run in the interests not only of the United States and Europe but also like minded countries like Japan Australia Korea will lead us to a point where will find a way in the meantime the president will have more leeway to pursue trade policies he calls America 1st Scott Horsley n.p.r. News Washington. You're listening to n.p.r. News. 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The dancer gets up and is eventually joined by 5 other dancers in flowing circular motions they dance together is an ensemble but then one dancer folds and crumples to the floor he's picked up by another dancer but then 2 of them fall the inspiration for the piece was a couple years ago when there was this long stint of what appeared to be racially bias suitings by the police Jim or Robert is the 1st resident choreographer for the elite company and created this stance and really disturbs me and I start to think about what does it mean you know what does it mean to me what does it say about our world was that say about our community is set to a solo jazz piano score by the late Dunn Pullen called Sweet sweet Malcolm Part One memories and gunshots you know piano embodies the beautiful the celestial sublime but it also has like the purpose of ness about it that I really like. The piece has 3 distinct sections one being a life from the middle section being 3rd despair and the end section being an afterlife or some type of resolution when I would Premier's tonight 6 men will perform it but in a couple of weeks the same dance will be performed by an all female cast gray divorce Stokes is the solo. I had questions for the choreographer about the casting when he told us what it was about about victims and families and survivors of that violence in America we kind of understood that 2 dynamics of course where mothers were sisters were on sport daughters and also sometimes victims but it is a predominantly male centric issue dancer Jiro a bomb Bozeman does the same steps with the all male cast he says some of the movement particularly during the per customer middle section is angular and intense and some is in slow motion but it's all very personal these things and pack me as a black male and a dancer living in America so having small imagery of bodies laying down slowly I think of it as playing bodies to rest and kind of giving them that closer for them to ascend. As he's worked on Jim or Robert says not only coached the dancers on the steps but the meaning behind them paying homage to the lives lost and the survivors who carry on I think art has power has been power to bring things to lie you know and have people see the world in ways that they may not have seen and then says it without words and I think that that is one of the most beautiful things about this art form and. We don't use or words but everybody knows exactly what that feeling is and audiences across America will be able to feel the power of this winter as the Alvin Ailey Company takes it on tour for n.p.r. News I'm Jeff Lunden in New York. This is n.p.r. News. 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Did you ever wonder where we come from and where we're going I think we already are different species we've supersized our diets we have eradicated certain diseases we're putting more data into our brains and wonder than we used to put in a life time and Guy rise the source of everything our origins and our future next time on the Ted Radio Hour from n.p.r. Wednesday at 7 pm on f.m. 91 point one. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Steve Inskeep And I'm Rachel Martin the hit film from South Korea parasite has added 3 Golden Globe nominations to its growing list of accolades the movie's director bond Junho is a rising star and N.P.R.'s Neda Ulaby recently had a chance to sit down and talk with him about what this year marking 100 years of Korean filmmaking means I caught director at the end of a hectic publicity push this must have been his 100th interview in a week he said and he and his interpreter Sharon Troy were a little slap happy. With this interview he wants to charge not using any of the words he's been using so far words director bong is officially tired of includes. The 1st idea next project. Director may also be getting tired of the word Oscar it's widely speculated that parasite could be the 1st ever foreign language film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. This story about a rich family and a poor one sharing a house is already the year's highest grossing foreign language film it's enraptured audiences partly for the actors shining performances I set them free director says his style has everything to do with his predecessor's. Picture. We've reached the 100th year of Korean sentiment and I hope people will discover that Korean cinema has also had a lot of masters like who so many 200 city 100 overlays top film but top concern you. Could open the scene and go but I will introduce 2 films that are very accessible and easy to watch the house may. Put 165 so must the house need came out in 1960 it remains a hugely influential director Buntin Hoess the story is something similar to. The parasite peeps in parasite may recognize the story of an upwardly mobile family with an interloper in the form of the family name. Grady Hendrix has seen lots of Korean movies he co-founded the New York Asian Film Festival and she says disruptive influence was poisoning people with rat poison having an affair with the husband and killing the kids and it's his real gothic nightmare and that spawned several remakes it was a big hit at the time as an enormously influential Korean 3 and helped establish a genre to which parasite belongs this sort of drama of domestic Dothan. Meaning maids people locked in basements or bloody birthday parties may reflect the anxieties of a country where families remain divided across borders and class mobility is relatively new still says Grady Hendrix those fears are hardly limited to South Korea it's this real sense that the ice is very very thin and the raft of money you've built could go under at any moment which brings us to director 2nd film recommendation sunshine the tongue. And the secrets when China in 2007 stars 2 of the main actors in parasite it's about his grief and like parasite there's a shocking twist all these movies taste the privilege if what we call here the American dream has created Hendrix and perhaps that's propelled parasite success worldwide and if the movie has a thesis statement that stated over and over throughout with all the subtlety of a concrete block being dropped on your head it isn't life laughs at your plans poor people shouldn't dream of being rich because you won't get there rich people shouldn't dream of safe because you aren't safe Still director bond Junho says parasite was intended to be bittersweet. So I don't think that as a person or as a creator I've become pessimistic about the world about what parasite I really wanted to be honest I didn't want to it's bred. Random hope to the audience I really wanted to reflect the truth of our current times and I think the end day of this film really reflects us well and reflect them with a domestic gothic drama for the world. Libby n.p.r. News while the Oscars and the Golden Globes will honor the best films of the year we're thinking bigger than a single year we are considering one of the best films of the past decade we asked the enigmatic Jeff Goldblum Well favorite movies from this decade Well listen this is going to sound self-serving and awful but there are a couple that I'm in believe it or not I think that Wes Anderson is a genius and I've been lucky enough to be in a couple this decade the Grand Budapest Hotel I think is a beautiful beautiful work why do you want to be a naughty boy who wouldn't at the current Budapest and also I love dogs as a quite quite beautiful canine so to raise them is reached epidemic proportions Oh they're so personal his movie is and of course stylishly unconventional and unique trash island becomes an example because. I love dogs but sides that there's another movie that we came out that I think is very artful and I I like a lot just from the inside out it's called the mountain and Rick Elverson directed it do you believe your dreams are. That there are. Sides that the ones that I'm not in let me see you know what came to mind as I was thinking of as I like Paul Thomas Anderson another Anderson and I like some master would you do. Me right and Dr a new comer. Since the room was. Above all I'm a man just like you. I do love his kind of political awareness and the the how they touch on the American story that part of the American story that is complicated and sometimes darkish good science by definition allows for more than one opinion which is why our gathering of data so far each other was really have the will of one man is the basis of cult I would love to work with him I liked inherent price I like to all of his movies but unites of course great gee I just think he's a very special he admired somebody that I worked with I think worked with him a little bit with Robert Altman I did 4 movies with Robert Altman I was so lucky to encounter him early in my career. You should never name drop you know who told me This is Special Coverage from n.p.r. News I'm Rachel Martin in Washington d.c. We are waiting now for an announcement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about an agreement between the White House and Congress on the u.s. Mexico Canada agreement this is the deal that will replace NAFTA and we just heard moments ago from Nancy Pelosi and the chairs of the 5 committees that have been investigating President Donald Trump they held a news conference where they unveiled 2 articles of impeachment against the president here's House Judiciary Chairman Gerald not like making the announcement the 1st article is for abuse of power it is an impeachable offense for the president to exercise the powers of his public office to obtain improper personal benefits while ignoring or in ensuring the national interest. That is exactly what President Trump did when he solicited and pressured Ukraine to interfere in our 2020 presidential election so that's the 1st article of impeachment abuse of power the 2nd is on obstruction of Congress Here's House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff the evidence is every bit as strong that President term has obstructed Congress fully without precedent and without basis in law if allowed to stand it would decimate Congress's ability to conduct oversight of this president or any other in the future. Leaving this president. And those who follow to be free to be as corrupt malfeasance or incompetent as they would like with no prospect of discovery or accountability n.p.r. Congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell has been following all this from the Capitol and joins us now good morning good morning so are these the articles we expected I mean after months of this impeachment inquiry now this is basically what we expected though there was some debate early on about expanding the scope of the impeachment articles to potentially specifically name things that were reported by by Robert Mueller special counsel Robert Mueller they didn't do that here and I think in part that's because there was a lot of frustration and concern among more moderate members that they needed to keep it focused on just the Ukraine investigation to avoid being criticized presidential looking for any reason to impeach President Trump now these more these are actually fairly broad to do 2 articles and it gives them a lot of ability to kind of discuss the many ways that they see malfeasance in the White House through the 2 ideas that they laid out abuse of power and obstruction of Congress those other notions that you alluded to there obstruction of justice would have been which would have been a much higher bar to reach also bribery was a word we heard Democrats talking about in recent weeks neither of those 2 brought up here right and I think that's in part because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi really does want to protect her more ma.