And since antigovernment protests spread from the south of Iraq to Baghdad in early October more than 320 people have been killed and more than 15000 wounded the vast majority of them by security forces the u.n. Envoy to Iraq on Wednesday met Iraqi political leaders to tell them the violence had to stop protesters are demanding the fall of what they say is a corrupt government that has stolen Iraq's oil wealth instead of creating opportunities for the young Dana Rafa n.p.r. News in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick says he is running for the Democratic presidential nomination but a spirit of profound gratitude for all the country has given to me. With a determination to build a better more sustainable more inclusive American dream for the next generation I am today announcing my candidacy for president of the United States Patrick will be the 18th Democrat currently in the race he wanted to file paperwork ahead of tomorrow's deadline for the New Hampshire primary election. You're listening to n.p.r. News support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations and other contributors include I drive maker of remote p.c. Providing real time remote access to computers anywhere and featuring remote p.c. Vision and argumentative reality supports or to learn more at remote p.c. Dot com Good morning from our in Little Rock I'm Nathan Vand of are mostly sunny skies today with a high near 52 picket lines of formed at Little Rock schools this morning the Arkansas Democrat is that reports that teachers were waving signs outside Central High School just after 7 am this morning teachers are striking for the 1st time in more than 3 decades over the state's control of the local school system and a panel decision to strip their unions collective bargaining rights members of the Little Rock Education Association plan to picket across the district this morning in protest of Arkansas' takeover of the local school system Court records show that a former lobbyist who pleaded guilty to bribing 3 former Arkansas lawmakers will be sentenced this month rusty Cranford could face up to 10 years in federal prison for bribing Senator John Wood's Representative Hank Wilkins and Senator Jeremy Hutchinson the nephew of governor a such incident and son of former u.s. Senator Tim Hutchinson the northwest Arkansas Democrat is that reports that court records posted this week show he will be sentenced November 25th. The Eureka Springs City Council has approved a resolution to contract with integrity the Little Rock based solar company which plans to build an industrial solar farm in Carroll County Kyle Killen is with Fayetteville station reports mayor Butch Berry says the 1st step is pain integrity to conduct an energy audit on the city's public facilities presently served by swept go and Carol electric we're looking for the energy are good to see which is how much energy they are you want to have that information then integrity figure out how much so or a range we will need to offset that energy Berryville Green Forest and the Green Forest School District are also developing solar lease contracts with integrity to purchase solar power credits to offset natural gas and coal generated energy purchases the solar array to be located near Green Forest will deliver clean power to Arkansas' energy grid the next step is for us to see how much of a savings we will be able to get results will be presented to Eureka Springs city council for final approval to sign a 25 year contract early this year the Arkansas legislature amended the 2001 Arkansas Renewable Energy Act to provide tax breaks to companies like integrity which under the revised law can partner with cities and schools that was. Reporting a former t.v. News reporter in Little Rock will now serve as the department wide on button and for the State Department of Human Services a news release from d h s says former Kate t.v. Channel 7 Consumer Affairs Reporter Jason Peterson will begin the new job Monday Peterson began his career in Eldorado and has worked for the Little Rock based a.b.c. Affiliate for roughly 20 years the job involves educating clients and identifying and resolving issues within the department and mostly sunny skies are expected today with a high near 52 mostly clear skies tonight with a low around 28 sunny skies tomorrow with a high near 51 right now in central Arkansas 37 degrees and overcast. It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Noel King in Washington d.c. And I'm David Greene in Culver City California good morning live on the radio live on television the cameras clicking away the public phase of the impeachment inquiry began yesterday and 2 veteran diplomats were at the center of it all the theatrics we expected as for learning anything new well we did learn about a presidential phone call I'm talking about another one this call was between President Trump and his ambassador to the e.u. Gordon Sunderland it was described by one of the witnesses acting u.s. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor in the presence of my staff at a restaurant besar Stalin called President Trump and told him of his meetings and gave the member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone asking Ambassador Solomon about the investigations. Yes or Stalin told President Trump the Ukrainians were ready to move forward. Following the call with President Trump the member of my staff asked investors on what President Trump thought about Ukraine as a song responded that President from cares more about the investigations of Biden which Giuliani was pressing for All right so some sound from yesterday there are many more hearings to come yesterday's hearing was chaired by Democrat Adam Schiff of California he's the chair of the House Intelligence Committee and let's talk to someone now who sat in that very seat Mike Rogers is a former Republican member of Congress from Michigan who was the Intelligence Committee Chairman thanks for being here Congressman good morning sir so chairman Schiff said the inquiry that he is overseeing was a chance for the American people to make their own judgments was that what it was yesterday. You know honestly I'm a bit skeptical about the process I mean I have a couple of issues one I don't think an impeachment should be run through the intelligence community that means all of that other work that really needs to be done behind closed doors in close proximity with the intelligence agents probably isn't getting done number one but number 2 I mean these are political events remember there are as is not a court of law there are no rules of evidence this is about one team trying to convince the American people that the other party's president needs to be out of office and the other team is trying to defend that purpose for keeping their president in office and really that's what you saw the start of yesterday and that's what this impeachment hearing I think is all about well I want to ask you I mean I have a lot of other questions but you brought up something very serious suggesting this committee is not actually fulfilling its mandate which is to provide oversight of the nation's intelligence agencies do you really feel that that these lawmakers are distracted right now. How could you not be distracted this thing is sucking all the oxygen out of Congress let alone the committee and so I don't believe that the regular and important oversight work is happening and have been pretty good authority that it's just not happening and so even the disconnect you saw with the raid when we went and got Baghdad the United States went in and took care of Baghdadi in Syria raided the terrorist leader of ISIS that wasn't briefed back to the committee and that tells me that those really important functions of oversight aren't happening number one and they're not happening on even the most serious of matters and so that that does concern me again it's just not the purpose of that committee I would've preferred that they had moved that out of that committee to a more appropriate place maybe the judiciary maybe government oversight but the Intelligence Committee is designed to meet behind closed doors and not be out in the public as much as it has been. And it's clearly not designed to try to set aside a legal framework and create the articles of impeachment which is as you can imagine an intense process all of that's happening I'm just not sure the other is not a fact I'm fairly confident it's not and that worries me a little bit but I suppose that the argument from from some who are leading this impeachment inquiry which would be that while obviously that oversight is important so is exploring these accusations which suggests that the president United States might have dangled something as important as military aid to a u.s. Ally for the benefit of trying to get a you know investigation done that could politically benefit him they are going to be those things are as important or more important than some of the normal oversight. I mean I think you can do both honestly as I said I'm not a big fan of doing it on the Intel Committee and what was interesting yesterday to me David is both an f.b.i. Former f.b.i. Agent chairman of that committee I don't know if any new facts were out other than I think what the clip that you played when we started which was that phone call. That an ambassador would make for a restaurant to the president United States from a foreign country I certainly hope it was encrypted but when you think of that that was a little bit shocking to me and I think that his testimony is going to be really important to master Sandland who was testifying next week because he seems to be the linchpin in the middle of all of that at least from the government's side what would you do differently if you're Adam Schiff in this political climate I mean is there is there any way to make this process less partisan Is there any way for this committee to I don't know I mean do 2 things at once like you say they can. You know again I here's what I worry about that candidly this is going to tear America apart and it's already you know causing you know hardship and canceling of holiday plans for Thanksgiving because families are torn up over it and you can hardly have a conversation in politics anymore that doesn't. And in somebody getting their feelings hurt and I worry a lot about that I just look at this process in the way it's happened and I think boy is this the right thing to do for the country at the right time I mean no other business is getting done is that the right decision do I think that I mean obviously I think it was highly inappropriate for the president to have a conversation. The way he did even though I think he obviously doesn't think it was a problem because he laid it out there and yesterday none of those facts were in dispute I think this is going to come down to the point of if you're a Democrat you probably think impeach him and get him out if you're a Republican you're probably thinking Hey this you know we've got to defend the president through the end of it and the rest of America which is the greats you know center left center right there's left you know scratching their heads wondering if this town isn't broken beyond recognition Mike Rogers is a former Republican congressman from Michigan also former chair of the House Intelligence Committee thanks so much for your time thank you very much they stand but Libya is in turmoil after President Evo Morales left Morales was president of Bolivia for almost 14 years he's a socialist he's gone to Mexico where he's been granted asylum he left behind a country that is angry and Vala tile and is currently being run by one of his opponents N.P.R.'s Philip Reeves has this from the capital a pos but I doubt it would you can make it out of your body that I have it if indeed it's the 1st day of work for Bolivia's new leader he any and yes is in the 16th century Spanish colonial palace in the heart of the past centuries with red tunics and silver swords guard the gates outside and uses some of the media here to deliver a message to people here don't they have a global you know I think that the way I'm going to be I want to make it clear this is an yes this is not a coup d'état this is about restoring constitutional order. Being a bank that you were able more out. The only coup maker in this country was eager malice she says. Is polarized an unstable right now evidence of that is just outside her palace door walked out of the palace and literally one block down. This is going on. Tear gas is very intense for lots of soldiers in riot gear around barricades supporters of medallists are on the streets . Thousands are gathered in a big square close by many are indigenous people the economic benefitted from around his years there upset their hero believe his 1st indigenous president is gone. But not by us or anyone else this is a city that is sold a teacher will only get a 1st name from a regular prizes we don't recognize and yes he says medallist back he'll always be our president. Military jets does the crowd perhaps trying to intimidate them it doesn't. Work that was the man this was forced out of the evidence emerged of a rigged election his downfall is another episode in the left right conflict playing out in that narrative many of these protesters are convinced Aeneas has taken power illegally they say Congress was supposed to approve her appointment it met Tuesday to discuss this but Alice's socialist party has the majority in Congress they didn't show up and yes went ahead anyway and gave herself the job with backing from a constitutional court here Nick gathered a room should have been horrible says David Miranda an accountant or she thought it was you and he believes an Us has broken the rules it's written not your people are demanding democracy get a transplant system and this is the fractious atmosphere into which And your steps as she is used Bolivia's highest office Nancy back a floor from Bolivia say an f t use agency believes. Aeneas was right to move quickly it must be need almost it was the us we had more than 2 days of a country without a government that wasn't sustainable of losses and has now faces a huge task not of us if that Fassel meant to last days or the genny man years people won't easily accept her presidency and it will be a very complicated transition due to the time factor under the Constitution Anas is supposed to hold elections within 3 months she says she intends to do that yet this 1st requires reforming the electoral authority and calming down the violence all of that in 10 minutes because I am posts I asked Lee don't know if she'll have enough time and his her supporters are more optimistic think loot a bank teller who looked at the oh he won't give his full name for fear of reprisals or time spent his nights Manning street barricades defending the city center from possible attack how cold is it at night it is really cold raining last neighboring all my lawn and your family one of those and yes they have fun all of their warre about it they want me to stay here but I have to stay here the make they're going to for our kids he's delighted that Alice has fallen from power things will be better now because of to heal we have a God that great obvious here. We're gonna make a solution. Until this week then yes was a senator and a staunch right wing opponent of Mehlis suddenly she finds herself in charge of the country particularly the. Back of the palace the message to the people is over and his has moved to a lavish Lee decorated hall where she leads a ceremony swearing in a new army chief as so often the case in Latin America a key hour if she's to succeed Philip Reeves n.p.r. News this is Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. Support for k. U.a.r. Comes from the regional recycling district in full ascii County reminding all that recycling continues to change and that's because recycling is driven by worldwide commodity markets it all comes down to what can be sold and remanufactured into new products that will profitably sell at retail doing recycling right helps make the whole process work learn how proper recycling habits get improved public health and protect our shared environment at my do right. 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News I'm Noel King and I'm David Greene the new movie The report tells the true story of a u.s. Senate staffer who doggedly investigated the CIA's torture program after the September 11th terror attacks this is a look back at a controversial part of our country's past but the CIA's use of torture continues to have huge implications at the u.s. Military court and prison in Guantanamo Bay Cuba where 40 accused terrorists are still being held such a fifer of N.P.R.'s investigations team reports and just a warning here the story may be disturbing to some listeners because it does include descriptions of torture techniques when the United States captured the people it believed were responsible for 911 it put them in an overseas network of secret CIA prisons called black sites and for years subjected them to what it called enhanced interrogation techniques that was a euphemism for torture beatings waterboarding mock burials a decade later a Senate report concluded that torturing those prisoners was not only immoral and illegal but also ineffective but the fact that they were tortured is a major reason there has still been no trial and may never be a trial for alleged 911 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other Guantanamo prisoners that's partly because evidence obtained through torture can rarely be used at trial and it's because information that is still secret like the identities of the torturers could come out at trial as CIA absolutely does not want that to happen Kammen is the former lead defense attorney for the man charged with orchestrating the u.s.s. Cole naval warship bombing. The Shiri who's been held at Guantanamo for 13 years what the public as seen through the haze and torture report probably represents 30 percent of the reality you feel like there's still details that could be conscious shocking yes. As a criminal defense lawyer I thought my ability to be shocked was pretty high and yet some of the things I've seen and read are genuinely breathtaking and horrifying Is there anything you can share that isn't classified now the physical legacy of torture is on display in Guantanamo's courtroom Mustafa Al how Saif is a prisoner accused of financing the $911.00 hijackers the CIA subjected him to what it called rectal rehydration Zz CIA documents say his captors used the largest tube they had for those procedures conducted them with quote excessive force and describe them as a means of behavior control CIA records show he was later diagnosed with a condition called rectal prolapse and other related problems. We now sits on a pillow when he appears in court Guantanamo medical officials have tried to reduce his discomfort with surgery but acknowledged only that he has hemorrhoids defense attorney Walter Ruiz represents and says he suffers permanent injuries from the black sites and for them to say that it was a simple case of hemorrhoids this absolute disgrace Al has always physical condition has consumed hours of debate in Guantanamo as military courtroom it's an example of why the $911.00 case has proved so difficult to get to trial the fact of torture is at the heart of what delaying these trials that's Terry Rockefeller whose only sibling her younger sister Laura died at age 41 in the World Trade Center attacks Rockefeller has made 6 trips to gone ton a motel watch its military court proceedings for the people who think the torture is in the past they don't realize that it's coming up over and over and over again they don't realize how alive the issue remains the torture inflicted on the CIA prisoners was at the core of almost every discussion in Guantanamo as military court during the 2 weeks I spent there this summer it's led to years of ongoing legal fight. It's over what evidence is admissible over what details about prisoner treatment should be classified over whether prisoners are getting proper medical care over whether they're entitled to more lenient sentences because they were tortured if there is one feature of Guantanamo that probably can't be repeated enough because I think it is the original sin that creates all these problems is the use of torture and Michelle parody is a defense attorney for all machinery the u.s.s. Cole bombing suspect all this dysfunction why this 911 case for example was taken all this time the vast majority of issues that come up are in one way or another tied to the fact that they were tortured in secret for 4 years it just contaminates everything the legacy of torture from slamming prisoners into walls to locking them in coffin like boxes has also added to the massive cost of Guantanamo's court and prison $6000000000.00 since 2002 despite only one finalized convictions so far that amount includes tens of billions of dollars in annual legal expenses including defense experts who specialize in torture we have experts on the impact of torture for example the way it changes your brain neurologically how it influences false confessions how it affects memory out of production is a Guantanamo defense attorney for m r Alba Luci who's accused of funding the $911.00 hijackers we have experts on sleep deprivation because Mr Obuchi was the deprived continuously for 2 and a half years the CIA claims that by torturing prisoners it extracted information from them that helped capture other terrorists stop future attacks and ultimately save lives the Senate torture report concluded that was not true and that torturing prisoners yielded no helpful new information we're tired Air Force Colonel Gary Brown is a former top attorney for going Tom was military court who filed a federal whistleblower complaint alleging quote gross financial waste and gross mismanagement there brown doubts military court trials could ever happen since so much evidence is tainted by torture. And he says Guantanamo has been a failure at all but one thing they've been successful at doing something that I would have thought never could have been done and that is generating more sympathy for the detainees are than they really turned the detainees into martyrs and victims earlier this year a military court judge set a trial date of January 2021 for the 911 case he says he's determined to finally resolve it but defense attorneys for the prisoners say that date is wishful at best since nearly 20 years after the attacks the aftermath of the torture program and its impact on Guantanamo as legal process continues to play out. This is n.p.r. News. Matt Damon plays a car racing legend in the new movie forward versus Ferrari so's he drives like that real life no. No I drive like I'm driving these days I don't know I think those years are those those years are behind me I'm Mary Louise Kelly my interview with Matt Damon Plus the latest on the impeachment inquiry this afternoon on All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. If you listen to All Things Considered from 3 to 630 this afternoon right here on k u a r 89 point one It's 830. Support for k u a r comes from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service the Clinton School of Public Service is now accepting applications for its online degree cohort Clinton school online is built for public service professionals looking to advance their careers without relocating or disrupting their personal lives the deadline to apply is December 1st More information can be found at Clinton School dot USA s.y.s. 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Sarah McCammon the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will examine the impact of health regulations for clinics and doctors who perform abortions it will focus on a Planned Parenthood clinic in St Louis at the center of a regulatory dispute with Republican governor Mike Parsons administration Dr Colleen Nicholas is chief medical officer there and is scheduled to testify I think there is a perfect example of how the regulatory process between the lightning practice has been weaponized. And to a political end really to end abortion at all cry anti-abortion rights groups say they believe heavy laws and regulations on abortion providers are necessary to protect patients a state commissioner in Missouri is expected to make a decision about the clinics future in the coming months Sarah McCammon n.p.r. News public school teachers in Chicago are voting on a new contract the tentative deal ended a strike that resulted in 11 days of classes being canceled this is n.p.r. 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The judge has ordered the literal Little Rock school district to release its plans to keep the schools open during today's strike the Arkansas Times reports Attorney and l arrestee parent Ross Nolan sued the district after being refused documents about staffing he which he'd sought under the state's federal Freedom of Information Act The l r s d had argued the documents were exempt from the act because of a 27000 state law exempting emergency and security records Polaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffin said the work stoppage did not qualify as an emergency event and directed the district attorneys to release a redacted copy of the plans by 530 yesterday evening Walmart is raising its profit expectations with online sales surging 41 percent the 3rd quarter of this year the world's biggest retailer reported particularly strong growth in the grocery aisle where competition is growing increasingly fierce mostly cloudy skies today then gradually skies should become sunny with a high near 52 mostly clear skies tonight a low around 28 tomorrow should be sunny with a high of 51 right now in the central Arkansas area 37 degrees and overcast this is . 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Good morning several congressional Democrats are demanding that Steven Miller resign Miller of course is one of the president's top advisers on immigration here's what's going on the Southern Poverty Law Center says it got ahold of hundreds of Miller's leaked emails Millard sent them to a former journalist at Breitbart and in them he talks about white nationalist ideas the White House is calling this a smear campaign and Miller for the moment isn't saying anything Jeanne Guerrero is a reporter at k p b s she's been writing a book about Steven Miller and she has seen the e-mails Good morning good morning so what are the specifics or what's in these e-mails. Yes So these are emails that were sent by part editors in 201520162 me the most revealing part is that Miller recommended a book called Camp of the saints it's a racist book that depicts the quote end of the white world after being overrun by refugees it's filled with descriptions that are perfectly degrading just as an example it describes migrants as quote kinky haired swarthy skinned long despised phantasms and as teeming ants toiling for the white man's comfort. Yet in a similar basically told by part to do a story showing parallels between the book and real life Julia Hahn who later became a special assistant to President Trump did a story saying that immigration could do much society just like in the book Steve ban in who is Breitbart News executive at the time also started talking about the book after that he later service trumps chief strategist but left in 2017 it's also important to note that the e-mails show a miller encouraging Breitbart to pull news from a white supremacist website that promotes a great replacement theory that's a conspiracy theory that says people of color are systematically wiping out the white race a Fosse had that's motivated white terrorists shootings are just even Miller is giving Breitbart advice on what to print and it appears they are printing it how did these e-mails end up coming out in the 1st place so a journalist named Katie McHugh worked at Breitbart at the time Breitbart editors had introduced her to Miller as someone who would influence the direction of her reporting Mickey was fired in 2017 for anti muslim tweets and she's since renounced the far right movement she shared her Breitbart e-mails with the s.p.l. See I spoke with McCue and she says Miller expressed a real familiarity with white supremacist literature there's more than 900 e-mails and the Southern Poverty Law Center plans to roll them out slowly including some new ones that should be coming out today. So Steven Miller. Did this a couple years ago right where was he working he was he was working with the Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions and then he joined the Trump campaign in January 26th seen Ok I get it and so the reason that some Democrats are calling for him to resign after after seeing these e-mails and hearing hearing news of them is because at the moment Steven Miller is a key policy adviser in the Trump White House exactly so he's the big guy on immigration and we can see some of what was captured in the e-mails in terms of immigration policy to trump often says he's focused on stopping people coming into the u.s. Illegally criminals drug traffickers but they've also put sharp limits on legal immigration for example the number of refugee admissions has been slashed there are restricting access to u.s. Asylum for Central Americans there is starting access to green cards for lower income immigrants together these actions have dramatically limited legal flows of people to the u.s. From Africa and Latin America these e-mails highlight some of the white nationalist ideas that my reporting shows are braced by Miller and his for mation of these policies again I reached out to Miller for comment but he did not respond Ok k p.b.s. Reporter Jeanne Guerrero Jeanne thanks so much thanks. The African Union has ended the term of its charismatic and outspoken ambassador to the United States tens of thousands of come to her defense claiming she's been unfairly targeted for her anti-colonial speech but an internal investigation report obtained by n.p.r. Paints a different picture of the ambassador one of a rogue corrupt and self dealing diplomat Here's N.P.R.'s ater Peralta on her final day on the job in Washington d.c. Dr Eddie kind of. Qual is defiant she speaks about how colonial powers like France continue to pillage Africa. We'd like to do yes. France do not like to be under something that Dr Kraus served more than 3 years as a bason her and she had become quite popular among the African Diaspora when her term was ended by the African Union last month almost $90000.00 people signed an online petition asking the a you to reinstate her the petition claims that she was fired because of that kind of speech and called her dismissal unjust but an internal investigation by the African Union alleges that Dr Chua how misappropriated funds that she created a toxic environment for her staff and that she fundraised for personal projects using the African Union name the investigation for example found that Dr Chua spent one $181000.00 on an 8 you beauty pageant the money the investigation found was earmarked for other projects but Dr Chua did not seek approval to spend that money on the pageant Not only that but investigators found the she sold tickets online for up to $150.00 a person but Dr Chua did not turn over sales to the African Union reached by phone Dr Chua calls the investigation a sham and a witch hunt she says she used to get proceeds to pay. Members of the Diaspora who had experience putting together events like these I don't think even one of them got it out at about 4 months of the investigation also found that a $10000.00 grant from Chevron was never accounted for Dr Chua says that money never came to the African Union she says when she became a basket or she found an office in disarray the problem was that dealing with it with no clue that it was really being brought in with this mission she says she tried to make the mission more dynamic but the staff she says always resisted her she says when an auditor came in he believed the staff and not her in her view this investigation was the staff's attempt to railroad her they don't come to work when I am out of turn they don't show up at all and are dealing by the way. We want to blame for education she was going. It be that one of the this stuff is illegal many no question about. The spokesperson for the chief of the African Union Commission says she will not comment on an internal investigation but she confirmed that the report obtained by n.p.r. Was authentic calander says Dr Chua is a political appointee serving at the pleasure of the a huge chair and he has simply decided her time was up this is diplomatic practice around the world since diplomatic records began when confronted with Dr Qualls allegations about the mission in Washington condo says a u. Is a diplomatic service not quote group therapy. C.p.r. News Nairobi. This is n.p.r. News. Comes from Live Nation then rector is bringing the old friend's acoustic tour featuring special guest Cody bride to Robinson performance hall on Friday March 20th tickets go on sale Friday Nov 15th at 10 am add Live Nation dot com. 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A few years ago Dr Matthew Lewin was packing his medical kit to go on an expedition to the Philippines a place with no fewer than 33 different species of venomous snakes Naturally I was thinking what would I do if I were in a situation and somebody was bitten and I didn't have antivenom antivenom is complicated it's hard to manufacture it needs to be refrigerated and it's Nick specific after 70 different venomous snakes in one place I can't carry a refrigerator with 70 different antivenom that's not practical so he does the next best thing he packs a drug that isn't a cure instead it counters the process that sometimes comes from snake bites it buys the victim more time then lo and starts to wonder What if next time there isn't a doctor on the expedition who would mix the drug prepare the needles it was actually on the return trip that I had the idea What if you could just get rid of the needles and so they'd give you as I was falling asleep on the plane was a while I wonder if you could just shoot this up your nose put it in a nasal spray Luhan gets home to the Bay Area and he can't stop thinking about what a surprisingly practical solution this is no needles doesn't need to be refrigerated but for every hour he spends in the lab he spends 30 hours worrying about how to actually make this a business finally a friend says to him Come on come to a party try to get me out of the House is going to this party at his friend's house it's at a house owned by some guy named Jerry Harrison Lewin's like fine I'll go he gets to the party and there are a few dozen people milling about drinking Spitzer's music's playing and luhan he's the guy being antisocial in the kitchen and there was a little snippet of paper on the side of the refrigerator that said Jerry Harrison makes other people's visions happen and he's like ha that's intriguing some minutes later. Harry says Does anybody have any crazy ideas that are lying fallow and I just blurted out nasal spray 1st make bite map started explaining how enormous the problem of state by it is now Jerry Harrison at this moment you introduce yourself although I do less of it I'm a musician to music producer I was in the band the Modern Lovers of the talking heads. On. One of these things seem to have anything to do with snakes no what they did do is that when met told me this the 1st thing I said is I'm going to get you an IP since the talking heads stop putting out albums Harrison bought involved in tech startups he launched a venture capital fund which explains why at this party he asked Does anybody have any crazy ideas lying fallow Jerry said in a very casual banner but it was the only thing I heard Harrison and Lou and started a company together called off Rex they've refined Lewin's idea they've found a better drug that can be taken as a pill instead of a nasal spray and they expect to start clinical trials next year Amanda n.p.r. News. Support for Planet Money comes from Capital One offering the spark cash card for businesses committed to helping business owners turn purchases into meaningful investments that can help drive business forward Capital One what's in your wallet more at Capital One dot com. This is n.p.r. News. Thanks for listening to n.p.r. News and Morning Edition right here on the 89 point one way our little rock a listener supported service to you a little rock in partnership with m.s. Right now Morning Edition but in about 10 minutes but start with the one with Joshua Johnson That's right here on. Fighting poachers with d.n.a. I'm Bob Hersh on and this is science update. International trafficking in rhinoceros horns has put the animals under increasing threat from poachers in recent years but armed with a massive d.n.a. Database of black and white rhinos in Africa scientists are helping track down these criminals Dr Cindy Harper heads the veterinary genetics laboratory at the University of Pretoria in South Africa her team reports and current biology on their efforts to match rhino horns confiscated around the world to Rhino d.n.a. Left at the scene of the poaching crimes that has I think seen a 684 in terms of the number 002 trafficking that creep been able to sift through a day a conviction. Of experts to think but I'm not sure it's a major goal is to deter future poaching by showing lucrative crime syndicates that the offense carries significant risks I'm Bob Hirsch on her trip last the science society support for programming is provided by u.m.s. Jackson t. Stevens Neurosciences Institute is helping Arkansans overcome bolter Bill issues related to the back next and spine for more information visit Europe as health dot com. Expect mostly cloudy skies today then gradually those guys guys will become sunnier this afternoon with a high of 52 mostly clear tonight a low of 28 right now 37 degrees It's 851 It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm Noel King and I'm David Greene. Oh yeah now we're cooking for more than 30 years Harry Connick Jr has been swinging like a modern day France and it was just. One of those things. Just crazy funny. Since he burst onto the scene he's put out dozens of albums he's also written and performed musicals he's made movies and now he's back with a new album and Broadway show this work celebrates the songs of that prolific writer of 20th century musicals for her trip to the. To hear more about his project I met up with Connick at Hollywood's iconic Capitol Studios where some of his album was recorded he was seated in front of a piano and he was telling me about how he's loved Cole Porter since he was a little kid if you think of music like Lego like his music was like the greatest set of Lego ever where you could build anything because it was so the songs were so structurally sound it was so much fun to improvise on it even though I didn't understand it the way I understand it now I had incredible fulfilment playing his music like listen to this is just so weird Paris right. And then all of a sudden he goes to a major key. Those 2 halves of that song is a minor half and a major half and like my mother was Jewish so when you heard a melody like. It's just pure American brilliance the lyrics he goes. Spring. In the fall. Of Paris in the winter when it drizzles I love Paris in the summer when it says I mean it's so simple but complicated rabies that song like you think he loves the city it's actually you realize at the end it's all about Woman It's not about Paris right. To. Do this because. Most of these songs were written to fit in to the plot of a musical but it seems like so many of them can just live stand alone as well raggie right that's been a stupid point because many songs that come from shows are so plot specific it takes a really special lyricist to be able to write songs like that that function in a show but also can function as you said stand alone outside of the show. So that the 1st time member your voice is entering my head and staying there I mean just in a beautiful way it was when Harry Met Sally which is now 30 years and we're just crazy i really is heart of it is the present and you kind of burst on to the stage in a big way you're 22 I mean just a young guy singing jazz standards. Had to be used. To be. I wonder around and finally found. How do you reflect back 30 years and after that moment what you did in that film that was an incredible opportunity for me I had a couple of out. Albums out and long story short Rob Reiner who directed When Harry Met Sally was looking for incidental music to go underneath some of the scenes so while Billy Crystal's talking to Meg Ryan it might have been. That I just won the studio and played while the film was going on and I said That's easy to do just watching the film you like Medicare and the huge green and there would be a red line that would go across the screen and when it got to the end you started playing what you thought this scene should have to do with me sometimes. We becoming friends now. And then like Ray Charles had a song on the album and so notcher an l. And all these different people but as the contract process went on they dropped out for whatever reason and I kept getting more songs so the album isn't that exactly a soundtrack album is just me singing all the songs from the movie and I mean my whole life changed I just remember going from selling you know 10 or 20000 albums which was huge for a young jazz musicians are selling millions of albums in a couple of weeks or months and so that my whole life changed as a result of that in a good way oh yeah no it was amazing all I've ever wanted to do was entertain and sing and play for people and that film gave me the chance to do it I mean I went from playing with just me or me in my bass player to have been a big band on stage I had to learn how to write for a big band I had to learn a lot of things so it was all good it was all the start of the greatest career I could ever ask in holding a glimpse of. Something shocking that. Anything. To still play. The old song take a different word skill determination to stay engaged when you're fascinated by things that are from a another era it's almost like architecture you could buy a house that was built in 1900 and it's probably better built than a lot of the houses now in other words if I can sing a song to you and make you feel something is nothing that's not about that unless you grew up with it for the 1st time so it's not that I'm attracted to old music I'm attracted to quality music I think people who don't know me sometimes think I walk around like a zoot suit like you know the cigarette and I don't really have any affinity for that time because I'm I was born in 67 so I grew up with disco and queen and less plan and stuff like that so that's nice Daljit is for me but it's not about the styles not about the fact that these songs are written then it's the fact that these homes were written better that's what that's what I like a real pleasure thanks great talking to you Thank you know me. Well the world has done. It's bad black white That was Harry Connick Jr talking about his new album True love a celebration of Cole Porter It's Morning Edition from n.p.r. News I'm David Greene and I'm no well King. Support trick a u.a.r. Comes from the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock presenting the Pacific a quartet on Thursday Nov 14th at 7 30 pm at you a little rock Stella Boyle Smith concert hall the Grammy winning quartet is recognized for its musicians maturity and breadth of expression and in the sheer humanity and emotional force of its playing the Pacifica Cortez Nov 14th at Stella Boyle Smith concert hall tickets and free passes for students and Easter Seals are at chamber music l.r. Dot com. Thanks for listening to Morning Edition regular on $89.00 k. U.a.r. Little Rock the listener supported service a little in partnership with you and that's. We've got mostly cloudy skies today and those will gradually clear becoming sunnier by the afternoon with a high of 52 degrees tonight should be mostly clear with a low around 28 tomorrow sunny with a high of 51 right now at 9 o'clock it's 38 degrees and overcast days that whistleblower some prominent conservatives and President Trump say she or he needs to testify in the impeachment hearings others have floated a date what happens next from w.a.m. You and n.p.r. This is one. Day there I'm Joshua Johnson visiting w b h m n Birmingham today on one day we begin with the whistleblower outing a whistleblower is illegal but some have tweeted already tweeted a name they claim is that person what will this mean for the inquiry a former federal whistleblower joins us with his perspective then we focus on Alabama and its deeply troubled prison system this year the Justice Department told the state its prisons were so violent they need reform immediately we'll meet a mother whose son died in an Alabama prison we'd love to hear from you comments on our Facebook page or tweet us at one end. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Corba Coleman lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are viewing the testimony from Wednesday's impeachment inquiry very differently as N.P.R.'s miles Parks' reports the testimony set for tomorrow is expected to be highly partisan as well Republicans came out of the 1st public hearing impeachment inquiry feel.