Juncos frequent semi-open habitat such as woodland edges they kids and yards with trees and shrubs the yellow bellied step suckers red crowned head is easier to spot than its faintly yellow belly a member of the woodpecker family the sap sucker drills tiny neatly spaced rectangular holes in trees to feed on Sat and then sex you may see a sapsucker at your 6 feet or do you feed birds in your yard find out more about them and Project Feeder Watch which begins each November at all about birds dot org I'm in Holcombe when they tour in the natural state. Thanks for listening to anything I'm. A listener supported. You can become a sustaining member. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm nor rom Hong Kong is seeing some of the worst violence since the pro-democracy protests began nearly 6 months ago demonstrators have been holed up in a university now police are reportedly moving in with rubber bullets tear gas and but tons the protesters are attempting to escape but are being rounded up by security forces N.P.R.'s Julie McCarthy has been following the story the culmination of this clash has focused a global spotlight on the increasingly violent and desperate protests stretching 6 months it has focused to on the growing aggressiveness of the Hong Kong police who overnight warned they would deploy live bullets if the protesters did not cease police arrested dozens as they tried to flee the building unrest has raised doubts about whether elections scheduled for next week will take place Julie McCarthy n.p.r. News Hong Kong Meanwhile Hong Kong's high court Monday struck down an emergency law that had banned protesters from wearing face mask to hide their identity President Trump is attacking an impeachment inquiry witness ahead of her public testimony this week in a treat in a tweet from calls White House staffer Jennifer Williams I never Trumper N.P.R.'s Bobbie Allen reports Williams is an aide to Vice President Mike Pence for Europe and Russia she listened to the July 25th call between Trump and the president of Ukraine as it was happening Williams says she was taking notes House lawmakers on Saturday released a transcript of her closed door testimony and it will him says the July call was quote unusual and inappropriate things she was taken aback by what she called Trump's personal political agenda trumps tweet about her questioning her loyalty comes before she and 7 other witnesses are scheduled to give public depositions later this week Bobbie Allen n.p.r. News Washington New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is ordering the state police hate crimes task force to investigate racial problems that have surfaced at Syracuse University in recent weeks Tommy. Nelly from member station w.r.v.o. Reports members of a Syracuse University for eternity allegedly harassed a black woman and yelled a racial slur as she walked by them Saturday night in response the university suspended one fraternity and the social activities of all its fraternities about 2 weeks ago racist graffiti aimed at black and Asian students was found at a residence hall students became upset that only those who lived on the floors involved were informed about the incident by administrators since then a swastika more racial slurs than a hateful e-mail have been reported a student said in is ongoing students want school officials to address issues of racism on campus for n.p.r. News I'm Tom Magner rally in Syracuse place in Fresno California are investigating a mass shooting at a football watching party Sunday they say at least 9 people were shot some fatally this is n.p.r. News from Washington. Checks are marking 30 years since their velvet revolution which saw communism fall across what was then Czechoslovakia Teri Schultz reports on the latest calls for change in that country 3 decades ago Czech police brutally attacked students protesting communist rule strengthening the opposition movement that pushed the communist party from power many checks want their current leader to quit his job to Prime Minister Andre Babbitt a populist billionaire was required to transfer ownership of his businesses to trust funds when his party 1st won a parliamentary majority in 2017 but he's accused of maintaining control Baba is also under investigation by the e.u. Commemorations Sunday we're celebrate Torrie but the night before an estimated quarter 1000000 people marched through Prague many of them waving flags to demand bobbish either get rid of the businesses and media he still owns or resigned by December 31st published rejects the allegations for n.p.r. News I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels much of Venice is flooded again the city saw another exceptionally high tide Sunday for the 3rd time in 5 days the city has seen the worst week of flooding since officials they can keeping statistics in 8 $172.00 they closed historic St Mark's Square and St Marks Basilica was locked to the public most stores and museums were also closed elsewhere in Italy floods hit Florence and pays them the problem in Zimbabwe is not enough water the African country is experiencing the worst drought in decades officials say more than 200 elephants across the country have died from a lack of food and water I'm nor rom n.p.r. News in Washington support for n.p.r. Comes from of the Alfred p. Sloan Foundation committed to bridging science and the arts to develop a common language so that they can better understand and speak to one another more information is that Sloan dot org and the listeners who support this in p.r. Station. beautiful music from Alice Coltrane from the recording Pathak the l. Doubt I have such fond memories of listening to fellow colleague and friend Lofton Emon Arie on his radio show in Chicago w h p k that was his theme song to Rio and Rama Krishna. And to Rio was defined by Alice Coltrane as a state of consciousness the high state of nirvana the goal of human life and Ramakrishna was an Indian mystic and religious leader of the late 19th century this is a work of great delicacy and one bed bursts with soul and melodic lines built around 3 notes and before that we heard from Frank Foster's song book by the Kenyatta Beasley sceptic trumpeter Kenyatta Beazley leads his fiery sceptic through these compositions of Frank Foster with a special guest Carla cook thing in the composition so man. He has shown me Royston from her recording beautiful life here but listen to precious long . Joe hinder sent on tenor from his recording so near so far musings for miles and we heard Miles ahead with John Scofield on guitar Dave Holland bass Al Foster on drums and before that shot me rice and from her recording beautiful liar with precious lullaby Josh Evans on trumpet Julio Shaw on alto Yes sushi knuckle more a bass Rudy Royston on drums and shiny Royston on piano and you heard this great music right here with me Alexander and this is just us. When ever sky. Looks great Because. With Being Human up until the late 20th century downtown little rocks West 9th Street was considered the epicenter of African-American economic and social activity pharmacies grocery stores jewelers theaters and restaurants line the West Street corridor or recent archaeological discoveries near the mosaic Templars cultural center reveal hundreds of artifacts dating to an extended period of racial and economic segregation last fall a team of archaeology students and are documented in curated these objects for the cultural center as a part of my ongoing master's project notable finds include remnants of meals articles of clothing objects typically found in beauty shops as well as a decorator. Porcelain fragment connected to the hotel revel logo and now demolished middle 20th century Little Rock Hotel this collection not only illustrates every day activities almost one street it highlights the complex intersections of race class and identity in historical downtown Little Rock for the USA Little Rock anthropology program anthropology alumnus Devon sorrows with being human. This is 89 point one little round the listener supported service at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock k u a r is news in culture for Arkansas show your support by becoming a sustaining member. Or. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm nor rom the 2nd round of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump's dealings with Ukraine gets underway this week 8 witnesses who have already testified behind closed doors are scheduled among them as ambassador Gordon Sandlin who is also a major Trump supporter he had amended his testimony after appearing in a closed session N.P.R.'s Mara Liasson has more there's a question about whether Gordon Sunland has gotten himself into some trouble How is he going to square his testimony from what we've heard from others and also we don't know if he's going to be a good witness for the president a good witness for the Democrats or just unreliable remember Donald Trump said in October that Gordon Sunland was highly respected he said he was a really good man and great American and then in November the president said let me just tell you I hardly know the gentleman So the question for Wednesday is who throws who under the bus N.P.R.'s Mara Liasson high school in rural western Colorado was in the midst of a deep claim after an unknown illness close the campus last week Colorado Public Radio station is seeing reports classes have been canceled at Palisade high school since Thursday morning when students were sent home many staff members and about a 3rd of its 1000 students called out sick senior Lily on a Flanagan watch several classmates get nauseous and throw up at a Wednesday play rehearsal you know hit everybody who had well seemingly perfectly healthy I mean 10 minutes later they were you know on the floor the Mesa County Health Department does not know what is making people sick health officials say the main symptom is vomiting lasting between 12 and 24 hours hoping sometime subside over the weekend school officials are aiming to resume classes Monday for n.p.r. News I'm seeing a c. In Grand Junction Colorado police in Hong Kong fired tear gas and rubber bullets today at hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators who had taken over you know. Versity campus it was some of the worst violence since the protests began early nearly 6 months ago the u.s. Issued a statement that it condemns the unjustified use of force yellow vests protesters marched peacefully through Paris yesterday after violence wrecked Saturday's demonstrations N.P.R.'s Eleanor Beardsley reports the movement is celebrating its 1st anniversary many yellow vests demonstrators were frustrated after young men wearing black hoods and masks infiltrate.