As a lawyer Rudy Giuliani is making a t.v. Series about Ukraine and what even some Republicans are calling an utterly brazen visit to the country at the center of the impeachment if we will find out who he's been meeting with there and architects designers and engineers building a gingerbread city all day every day were to be so precise with their work that the best thing about Tinder town is there's no consequences except we might get hungry and eat all the hard work at Sunday December 8th Stay tuned the news is next. By from n.p.r. News in Washington on trial Snyder House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Ned lawyer says his panel could vote this week on articles of impeachment against President Trump we have a very large solid case I think the case we have presented to a jury would be a guilty verdict in about 3 minutes flat and spoke on c.n.n. State of the union Democrats on his committee have been meeting behind closed doors this weekend yesterday they issued a $55.00 page report laying out the legal arguments on which impeachment articles could be built President Trump says he's spoken to the Saudi king about Friday's shooting at the naval base in Pensacola Florida I spoke with the king of Saudi Arabia. They are devastated says Saudi Arabia we're finding out what took place whether it's one person or a number of people President Trump speaking to reporters here on the South Lawn of the White House's weekend he also echoed comments by Defense Secretary Marc esper that he will review policies that the government for the government policies on foreign military training North Korea says it carried out a test of a long range rocket launch site u.s. a Girlie are said to have been partially dismantled Michael Sullivan reports North Korean state run media say the test was carried out on Saturday at a site in the west of the country the statement provided no further details but analysts say it was probably a test of a rocket engine the site is the same one the North has used to carry out launches of satellite delivery vehicles in the past the United Nations has banned North Korea from conducting tests that could be used to build a ballistic missiles Saturday's test appears to be another message to the u.s. By the North which is seeking further concessions from Washington ahead of a December 31st deadline set by North Korea's leader Kim Jong un denuclearization talks essentially stalled after the failed summit between President Trump and Kim in Vietnam in February for n.p.r. News I'm Michael Sullivan and. To Hong Kong hundreds of thousands of protesters of joined an authorized March after a Democratic landslide in local elections resulted in no concessions from the government and a Marie Evans who is in Hong Kong organize a stanch of the demonstration March only after protesters filled up the lawns at Victoria Park in the retail area of Causeway Bay The March is making its way from there to change to garden in Hong Kong central business district the people behind the March the civil human rights front also organized the 2 massive marches in June at the start of the protests which each involved more than a 1000000 people police have threatened to use tear gas if the protests turned violent they also reported that 11 people had been arrested this morning after a weapons cache was discovered with a March organizers questioned the timing of the find Hong Kong's unrest is into it 6 months for n.p.r. News I'm Ana Marie Evans in Hong Kong and you're listening to n.p.r. News. Support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include the n.p.r. Wine club where every bottle tells a story and n.p.r. Shows become whines like Wait Wait Don't Tell me pain Illinois are available to adults 21 Years or Older learn more at n.p.r. Wine Club dot org It's 8 o 4 with k.u.n.c. News I'm Carl the holes almost 300 people have contracted hepatitis a and Colorado since an increase in the contagious liver disease began in 2018 state health officials say at least 2 people have died the u.s. Centers for Disease Control says the rise in hepatitis a is a part of a nationwide increase that has sickened more than 28000 people and killed over 280 health officials in Denver are working to curb the disease through a vaccination campaign over 18000 people in Colorado have received hepatitis a vaccinations contaminated food beverages and objects are responsible for the spread of the virus. A Boulder County District Court judge has decided not to reopen a case regarding the city of Longmont defunct fracking van k u n C's Matt Bloom has more the voter approved ban was struck down by the Colorado Supreme Court back in 2016 earlier this year activists filed a request to reopen the case the judge granted that motion but in a ruling published this week the judge changed her mind saying activists arguments for reviving the ban actually didn't satisfy requirements to reopen a court case and we foster is a spokeswoman for Colorado rising one of the groups involved with the effort she says they're still optimistic that judge even said in her decision that argument particularly in regard to how the law has changed since 181 passed were meritorious the new state law Senate Bill 181 allows local governments to set their own rules to protect residents health and safety from oil and gas development. Activists argue it should let Colorado communities Dand fracking if they want but some public officials an oil and gas industry leaders say that's not the case Maplin k.u.n.c. Time magazine has named the Great Sand Dunes National Park and preserve one of the world's coolest places the list from time for kids divides locations into categories that include the category play learn and explore which is where the dunes made their mark the magazine says the Great Sand Dunes are the perfect place for sand sledding and sand boarding and mention night sky viewing as one of the do excuse me and mention its night sky viewing saying the dunes provided a quote unique sense of uninhibited freedom this is k.u.n.c. . Many questions surrounding the attack that killed 3 people and wounded 8 at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola Florida on Friday the f.b.i. So far has released few details about the Saudi national who opened fire in a classroom building on the naval base they've only confirmed his name and that he was a Saudi military student at the base for flight training but authorities say they still haven't determined the gunman's motive and p.r.s. Greg Allen is in Pensacola and he joins us now Greg what do we know about the shooter at this point well as you say the f.b.i. Did finally give us his name it's Mohammad Saeed Ronnie he was a 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Saudi Air Force but that's about all the f.b.i. Is saying at this point about him they say members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force are here in Pensacola and part of the investigation but the f.b.i. Says they're not ready yet to say if this was a terrorist attack in the meantime some disturbing details have begun to emerge including a post on what's believed to have been the gunman's Twitter feed this was posted just before the attack on Friday and in that post he talks broadly about America's crimes against Muslims put it later took down that account and the post and authorities haven't confirmed yet that that account is actually linked to the gunman so it's all up in the air still and I think we finally have some more information about some of the victims. Right right it's been frustrating I think for many people that's taken so long they released the names of 3 sailors who were killed in the shooting and this one is Joshua Caleb Watson who's 23 years old from coffee Alabama a recent graduate of the Naval Academy his family released information about him yesterday his brother posted information on Facebook in that post he said Joshua read from a here's a quote he saved countless lives with his own after being shot multiple times he made it outside and told the 1st response team where the shooter was and those details were invaluable and Watson's father told the Pensacola News Journal that his son was taken to the hospital but didn't survive a 2nd person killed was naval airman Mohammad Hi Tom who was from St Petersburg Florida 1000 years old he was a track star in high school his family told the Tampa Bay Times he was in Pensacola for flight crew training 3rd person killed was airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters from Richmond Hill Ga when they released these names the Navy said in a statement the commanding officer at the Naval Air Station Timken Sela said the 3 sailors quote showed exceptional heroism and bravery in the face of evil when confronted they didn't run from danger they ran towards it and saved lives and of the 8 people wounded we know that 2 sheriff's deputies a naval police officer doing well one deputy was released from the hospital as you mentioned the f.b.i. Says it's still investigating the gunman's motive some other officials though are waiting and they say that this was an act of terrorism right among them Florida Senator Byrd Scott and Congressman Matt Gates who represents this district here against was interviewed yesterday on t.v. In Pensacola and was asked why he was convinced this was a terrorist attack Here's what he had to say if the reporting is accurate that we've seen about a dinner party hosted by the shooter before to watch active shooter videos and if someone from that dinner party was then somehow involved in the videotaping of these events that shows premeditated political violence it is the definition of terrorism. You know Gates is referring to reporting by The New York Times that they got from law enforcement sources the time reports some Saudis who were on base were question about using their phones to video the shootings that took place but officials told The Times there's no indication at this point this was anything more than being caught at the moment when the record was happening of course no comment from the f.b.i. On any of this that's N.P.R.'s Greg Allen in Pensacola thank you so much you're welcome now that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made it official that the House will impeach President Trump Democrats have some tough decisions to make the party is debating the focus of the upcoming articles of impeachment and it is divided on whether to include possible obstruction detailed in Special Counsel Robert Miller's Russia report here is n.p.r. Congressional correspondent Susan Davis for freshman Democrats like Michigan's Alyssa Slotkin this is a no brainer I personally don't think that this should be a kitchen sink approach where we take every single grievance we have with the president and put it into one big bucket I don't support that Slotkin was one of the freshman Democrats who helped tip the caucus to launch the impeachment investigation into Ukraine back in September but she's clear that her support for impeachment is limited to President Trump's actions with Ukraine alone yeah I mean I would probably be in that camp I'm not looking to overreach by any means that's fellow freshman Joe Cunningham of South Carolina he represents a district that Donald Trump won in 2016 and he said his support for impeachment will depend on how exactly the articles are written filled in some you have here to teach and present to Winston if you didn't protect him either another freshman Pennsylvania's Chrissy Houlihan chairs her colleagues caution I think it's important that we keep scope as narrow as possible to something that since comprehensive and understandable as possible but the freshman reluctance to expand the scope of impeachment to include details in the Mulla report isn't shared with more liberal Democrats who mostly represent safe seats Texas Democrat Al Green was one of the earliest supporters of impeaching Trump long before the Ukraine story broke and he thinks Democrats. Are making a mistake by not including it in articles of impeachment I don't want the perceptions of the that the Mullah report did not produce and teachable acts when it did so I think that Mullah report has to be given some consideration Democrats like green point to evidence in the Miller report in which many believe Trump did obstruct justice when he took certain actions like directing his White House counsel to fire Mueller and then asking him to lie about it his counsel did neither of those things while Trump and his allies have claimed exoneration in the Miller investigation the special counsel did not conclusively determine whether Trump committed a crime or not I think that those who read the report understand that there are impeachable acts within it possibly as many as 10 other Democrats like Florida's to doit's see the allegations in the Miller report are directly tied to the president's actions in Ukraine he says the report shows Trump's actions with Ukraine were in a one off I believe that if we're going to talk about obstruction of justice the way that the President obstructed justice in dealing in his interactions with Mahler and the cases of obstruction justice laid out in the mall or report helped to show the pattern from this president that makes the urgency of this moment so apparent Maryland Democrat Jimmy Rascon says the challenge for Democrats is deciding where the line should be drawn when it comes to what's in teachable and what's not that difficult analytical challenge to his just how do you broke off different patterns of misconduct that's precisely our chopper Speaker Pelosi repeatedly declines answer questions about including the mullah report but she often waits the needs of her party's most vulnerable lawmakers in this case those reluctant freshman one of Palosi longtime allies California Democrat and as she said she thinks the caucus is fairly evenly divided on this but then a more narrow scope without the Miller report will ultimately prevail I think it's a $5149.00 I think on the 50. One side I would say what the House Intelligence Committee and then judiciary what they bring forward this break Syreeta to that to the American people Democrats will have to decide soon if they plan to wrap impeachment by Christmas articles could be ready as soon as next week to Cindy vis n.p.r. News the Capitol. In $28000.00 protesters tore down a Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the statue is known as silent sound now the university is paying the state chapter of the sons of the Confederate veterans $2500000.00 to preserve it and will Michaels of member station k.u.n.c. Reports some students and faculty are outraged at the University giving millions of dollars to a neo confederate group Silent Sam stood here on the campus of u.n.c. For more than 100 years but today there's not much evidence that it was ever here the last of this season's fall leaves have covered up the new patch of grass where it once stood and the settlement means it will not be put back up here but it might have an equally prominent place somewhere else. Julia Clark of u.n.c. Chapel Hill is black student movement was among the 200 or so people at this demonstration in opposition of the settlement Thursday ultimately this is dehumanizing to students of color especially black students the situation is disrespectful the way the university one about the situation is disrespectful as well the $2500000.00 will come from what the settlement calls non state funds that is not technically taxpayer money but it is university funding that could otherwise be used to support students Silent Sam had been in storage for more than a year and for nearly as long the u.n.c. System's board of governors had been as silent as the statue about what they plan to do with it the settlement was the 1st indication that the board was in talks with the Sons of Confederate Veterans the board has not explained the details of the negotiations a spokesman did not respond to multiple requests for comment nor did the leader of the neo confederate group the university system insisted. It was settling a lawsuit but Court records show the board of governors chairman agreed to the deal before a lawsuit existed and a judge approved the settlement 7 minutes after the lawsuit was filed Fitz Brundage is a history professor at u.n.c. Chapel Hill clearly the significance attached to this monument and historical events that are so should are just not that important to whoever made this settlement Brundage has advocated for a resolution that would put the monument in the context of slavery the Civil War and the student activism that brought it down he says it's very unlikely the neo confederate group will see it that way the Sons of Confederate Veterans promote a version of the 1900 centuries Southern history that glorifies the ante bellum south that glorifies the Confederacy and glorifies to coup Klux Klan days after the u.n.c. System announced the settlement a member of the neo confederate group leaks in internal memo in and its leader Kevin Stone calls the deal a strategic victory he says he intends to rewrite the statue at another location and he says quote What we have accomplished is something I never dreamed we could accomplish in a 1000 years and all at the expense of the university hours after the settlement u.n.c. Chapel Hill interim chancellor Kevin guess who it sent a campus wide email thanking the Board of Governors for resolving the matter of silence him he later said he empathized with the outrage and acknowledged issues of racism and injustice persist on campus 1st year student Julia Clarke agrees those issues are still not resolved and it will not be resolved until this university protect students of color adequately and stops the pattern of disrespect that they have constantly shown protestors called on us the alumni to stop donating to the university and describes the payment as a subsidy of white supremacy for n.p.r. News I'm Will Michael's in Chapel Hill North Carolina. And you're listening to n.p.r. News. Colorado gets Day is your chance to help k.u.n.c. 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Thanks for tuning in it's 819 on trial Snyder with these headlines protesters are crowding the streets of Hong Kong today in another show support for the anti-government demonstrations that have been golf the city for months both Ortiz approved today's March organized by a human rights group the 1st time the group has been granted permission for a protest since the middle of August authorities in India are investigating a deadly fire in New Delhi The fires swept through a factory while workers were asleep at least 43 people were killed in North Korea says it has carried out what it describes as a very important test at a satellite launch site that Pyongyang had partially dismantled state media did not give details but the reported test comes as North Korea's warning of a new path amid stalled talks with the United States on trial Snyder for n.p.r. News from Washington. Support for n.p.r. 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News I'm Luke Garcia Navarro we've made this point before the impeachment battle will play out as much over the airwaves and the internet as in the halls of Congress with that in mind perhaps the president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani has made a trip to Ukraine this past week even as the House of Representatives was drafting articles of impeachment of a president trying to allege attempt to extort political favors from Ukraine's president the oft stencil purpose of Giuliani's trip is to prepare a series for one American news network one of the people who's been following Giuliani's many travels in Ukraine is Matthew Kupfer of the kept Post and he joins me now welcome thank you for having me this is an extraordinary trip for Giuliani to be making right now tell us briefly who these people are the Giuliani is meeting has been meeting with that want to generalize we could say that almost all these people are politicians and former officials of questionable repute 1st in Budapest he met with the former prosecutor general you're looked Sankoh who previously made accusations against the u.s. About former u.s. Ambassador. Then later recanted his accusations he met with someone in victim another former prosecutor general this is the gentleman who Vice President Joe Biden called to have removed what is often missing in the narrative pushed by people in the Trump circle is that it wasn't just former Vice President Biden calling for show can be removed it was large segments of civil society many Ukrainian politicians and many of Ukraine's international partners other people he met with was a lawmaker named Oleksandr to be in ski all of these people are you know individuals who you wouldn't necessarily take what they say at face value and finally on a former Ukrainian diplomat who alleges that the Ukrainian embassy in the United States where he briefly worked was in forcing Hillary Clinton for president and was trying to help. Democratic National Committee operatives dig up dirt What have you been able to figure out is the purpose of this documentary one youth take this group of people that he's been meeting with you know it's not hard to understand what's going on here Rudy Giuliani is coming to Ukraine to dig up more dirt that will he hopes undermine the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump and Ukrainian politicians have gotten pretty good at figuring out how to get your information to the trumpet ministration And so they're ready especially politicians who are of questionable honesty are ready to serve up the information that Giuliani wants so what might be the motives of these people in feeding the information to Giuliani one key thing is between Chile money it's impossible some of these people could be getting paid by somebody to do this stuff but I also think attention is another these people may believe that this is a way of improving one's standing in the u.s. In advancing u.s. Ukrainian relations and I think also waiting creases their profile I mean who in America had heard of Alex on the Dubin ski or underneath it a cotch but they may after this documentary become so yours who are important what's been the reaction to Giuliani's sort of swatting on the t.v. Cameras in Ukraine at a time when the president's being impeached over things that he may have said to the president of Ukraine and what he was trying to get from the president in Ukraine the reaction has not been huge in my opinion I certainly didn't hear of any Giuliani sightings in Kiev except when people who were with him posted photos I don't think journalists here even Western journalist managed to find him I know people were checking out the different luxury hotels and cigar stores and things like that places where he might be exactly I mean they didn't find him and so I think he was really having private meetings he wasn't going out much so he showed up most of the controversy around it was really happening in the u.s. Not really controversial for so much for Ukraine and then he was gone. That is news that it or Matthew Kupfer of the care of post thank you very much thank you. There are new upsetting details in the death of God is going to go in on this vast case a 16 year old Guatemalan who was found dead last May in a cell at a border patrol station in south Texas he was the 5th of 6 children to die in the custody of the u.s. Border Protection Agency in less than a year and then this Vasquez had developed the flu after he'd been in custody for several days the evening before his death he was seen by a nurse who recommended he be reevaluated and taken to a hospital if his symptoms worsened the next morning according to the Border Patrol his body was discovered in a cell joining a welfare check but video obtained by Pro Publica contradicts that account my own Jamil is one of the reporters who worked on the story and she joins me now welcome Hi Thank you for having me how did publically get this recording Well initially reporters on the story were trying to get their recordings from Customs and Border Protection but they said that they couldn't release it because it was under investigation this case but it was filed to the Weslaco police station who which had investigated the case briefly and so they had it in their possession and were able to to give it to us and what does it show it shows really really difficult and sad scene of a goatee all being neglected you see him in what is clearly a very uncomfortable room there to benches their 2 boys and there's a toilet you seacoast I go to go basically he's in pain and he is on the floor at times which is. I'm told is common because kids who are sick try to it's colder on the floors they tie to lower their temperature. He is clearly in need of medical attention it shows his last moments the last time he moves. And it also shows that no. Body tracked on him in at least going inside the cell border patrol had said that they found Carlos unresponsive and that's how they discovered that he was dead but we see that his very distraught cell mate actually had to come to the door and wave for attendant for somebody to come in and that's when they found Carlos So this essentially refutes the official version of events it does indeed and we also know from other records we got that there were a few welfare checks allegedly done 3 of them throughout the time that Carlos was likely still alive and in need of help we don't have footage for that part of the night around here why and so if there were welfare checks it appears that nothing was done as a result of those tracks you also quoted doctor who reviewed the video and the medical records and defended how the Border Patrol handled the situation she said quote I was a little surprised that this kid as sick as he was in the cell never just knocked on the door as his roommate did because as soon as the roommate did they opened but if they were monitoring him if they were looking at him as frequently as they say they did why wouldn't they have done a physical check a soon as they saw him on the floor that is something that I hope becomes known and is explained as this case is further investigated but Border Patrol would not answer any of our questions about the specifics of what did and didn't happen and why. On this mosque is was buried in what the mud. Houses family doing. I have not spoken with his family since the video came out so I can't really say what the Texas Civil Rights Project did issue a statement Friday basically saying that this video is released and it going viral and not having a chance to see this video before hand has. And very very difficult for them and it has been additional source of harm in their grieving process so I don't think they're doing very well. But was kind of going to go deal doing when he was coming to America. He wanted to basically help support his family only wanted to come for a short amount of time and he was thinking of working in construction. He has a brother who has special needs and has pretty expensive medical needs and that part of what they might add that he is from is very under-resourced it's very hard for people to get jobs that can provide a living wage what do you think this story says about what is happening right now with Customs and Border Patrol. I think there is a state of great neglect this is not a freak accident this was the result of many systemic problems which have been and documented which have been called out his death was not the 1st there is little accountability that is being taken by the government for this thus far and I think this is a reflection of a broken in the black file system. My am Jamil as a reporter for Pro Publica thank you very much thank you. And tomorrow on Morning Edition Joe Biden is riding through Iowa on his no campaigning to convince voters that he's the Democratic candidate to beat President this is absolutely a guy. Around the world. But can he turn out the Democratic vote by asking your smarts to play n.p.r. Member station by name. Imagine Venice the city of canals at Christmas time twinkling and dressed in Garland Now translate that into gingerbread and gum drops that's exactly what hundreds of architects designers and engineers have done as N.P.R.'s Sylvia Alvarez Boyd explains if the tables are loaded with building supplies rows of snickers and Mars Bars jelly beans cereal and of course sheets and sheets of gingerbread. And you can you just can design is one of the 52 teams checking into Ginger town d.c. It's a design and build competition created in 2006 by David and Schwartz architects here in Washington and its sense expanded to other cities there's a different theme every year and Daniel overeating and Hunter young a cannon design have competed several times and this year's theme feels well topical to our dealing with global warming yes the fact is going to be underwater. Troubling but still leaves room for thinking outside the box we don't really preemptively prepare for this but being builders and architects we just rise to the occasion when we get here and just wait to see what we come up with. Certainly as many of the farms are recreating landmarks or trying to make a gingerbread version of Michelangelo studio. Out of all edible things you could look at that if that's Lorne of the b.s. Architecture and interiors other teams are doing same marks Basilica the Doge's palace and of course there are the canals here architect Daniel overdoing and designer Hunter young From can design again so what they decided we're going to do is we're going to build a u. Shaped building so that we can have an inner courtyard and we have not yet decided how we're going to do the trees in the shrubbery to drain the 33rd of the or the ridge reasons a.b.c. Finds green too as this is why we didn't think it was a boy at all or. So that we could have some water from the now space I think is key to construction royal and buttercream the royal one is basically good so did you get in your figures the kids to give us the night hunter got the bargains more executive style the teams have 3 hours and there are 5 awards based on the expression of steam innovation and craftsmanship but for overeating perception is not a priority tonight the thing is all day every day we're to be so precise with their work that the best thing about gender town is there's no consequences with about an hour left they can be supply is getting low and the pressure is kicking in and cover all your mistakes as I say it's more the it's called by the teams have to pick up their gingerbread creations carry them into an elevator down to a crowded lobby and then find is their plot on a map of the NIST and assume his can and design attempts there in the lift. On the. Way down we're down to the roof collapses the team quickly shores it up with Graham crap. More icing and they remove and reposition the back wall finally they make it to the lobby. No prize for Cannon design this year says that doesn't matter this is the 1st time that we've ever had a collapse of any sort I'm Ok with it because we improvised and used a lot of icing good holiday advice and not just for architects there's another ginger town tomorrow in Nashville Sophia Alvarez Boyd n.p.r. News Washington. Listening to Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News. Core values in our society sometimes come into conflict most Americans for example believe people should not be punished for their religious beliefs but neither for who they are that means balancing the right to oppose same sex marriage of you held by some religious people against the right of people to be free from discrimination Here's N.P.R.'s Tom Gjelten on the latest effort to find a compromise a new bill was introduced in Congress with a title that should get it universal support fairness for all fairness for people who identify as. But also for those people who believe God made everyone to be either male or female and intends marriage to be the union of one man and one woman there's enough space for both of those can be accommodated in that's what we've tried to do here today Congressman Chris Stewart a Republican from Utah is the bill's principal sponsor neither side has to lose in order for the other side to win Stuart was speaking outside the u.s. Capitol where when when proposals haven't gotten very far a coalition of religious organizations and moderate civil rights groups has worked on this legislation for years what they've come up with is really complicated under the bill sexual orientation and gender identity are considered protected classes people could not face discrimination in employment for example on the basis of those characteristics just as they can't because of their race sex religion early age on the other hand some religious groups are exempted churches and religious schools and charities get the right to employ only those people who adhered to their religious beliefs that sound contradictory Tyler Deaton of the American unity Fund who identifies as a gay conservative tries to explain we have to have laws on the books that can make it explicit when we're protected and when we're not and this is the hard thing for me to say as a gay guy like there are going to be times the. There are religious organizations that are going to have the freedom to refuse to serve me or employ me here's an example a bakery with fewer than 14 employees could refuse on the basis of religious police to design a custom wedding cake for a gay couple but a bakery with 15 or more employees could not turn a gay couple a way the problem of course is that compromises don't please everyone on the right the Heritage Foundation has come out strongly against the legislation they've been trying to get it right I still think the other day they haven't gotten it right Ryan Anderson who follows social issues for Heritage says it's not clear to him under the bill what would or would not be allowed the bill doesn't do enough to my mind though without explicitly it needs a lot of the discretion of judges the legislation gets a harsher review from the Human Rights Campaign which advocates for l g b t Q writes in a statement the group's chairman Alfonso David says the bill is a double whammy of dangerous rollbacks and discriminatory carve outs Congressman Stewart says he does not yet have any Democratic co-sponsors for the bill but he thinks some will come and we knew there would be objections to this from both the left and the right we're fully aware of that that in the end we think this is a great bridge that compromises and brings some very compelling interest together and we're honored to be doing it among the groups that do support the fairness for all Bill or the coalition of Christian colleges and universities the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints the 7th Day Adventist Church and the American unity fund which supports the e.q. Cause from a conservative perspective Tom Gjelten n.p.r. News Washington. This is n.p.r. News. Thanks for joining us for Weekend Edition on k.u.n.c. This Sunday morning I'm Carly huddles here with you support this morning coming from Jack's farm and ranch with products to keep animals healthy and home and acreage running smoothly offering power equipment animal care products and clothing and footwear from area hot Wrangler Carhart and more now open in Cheyanne info at j. X. Goods dot com Jack's we have your gear support also comes from Colorado Gives Day Weld County a collaboration of Weld County non-profits encouraging residents to support local organizations on Colorado get state this Tuesday information available at weld c o gives dot org. Make sure you stay with k u n c for more Weekend Edition the puzzle is just after these headlines. It's $840.00 I'm Joel Snyder with these headlines federal investigators have not disclosed any motive behind Friday's attack at a naval base in Florida but authorities have named the 21 year old gunman and confirmed that he was a member of the Saudi air force some media outlets say he played videos of mass shootings at a dinner party earlier in the week House Democrats are preparing for what could be the final week of their impeachment investigation their meeting this weekend a draft articles of impeachment yesterday they released a 55 page report laying out the legal argument against President Trump and 2 police officers were fatally shot last night wanted Houston Texas in the other in Fayetteville Arkansas I'm Joyal Snyder n.p.r. News from Washington. Support for n.p.r. 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Joining us is Will Shortz he's puzzle editor of The New York Times and Weekend Edition's puzzle master hi will stay there live so what was last week's challenge Yes It came from listener joke Rosell Crieff curve Missouri I said name something you find in a grocery 2 words 3 letters in the 1st 6 letters in the 2nd switch the 3rd and 7th voters and read the result backward the result will name the same grocery items are given what is it and the answer is red pepper we received more than 1100 correct responses and the winner this week is Dustin Dickerson of Belgrade Montana congratulations thank you so how long have you been playing the puzzle my wife and I have been playing for about 5 years that sounds like fun and what do you do out there for fun I like to hike camp but I would directivity I guess that's good for Montana have you been living there a long time I have. Kind of undergrads year and I never left out 10 years ago. Are you ready to play the puzzle if I take it away well all right Dustin Every answer today is a word name or phrase in which the only consonants are b. And Al repeated as often as necessary all the other letters are Vols For example if I gave you the clue tell a secret you would say blab all right number one is a Holy Book 50 that's it reason why you couldn't have committed the crime alibi that's it a record company and it's a word for any record company. Label label is right the Hobbit hero blank Baggins. That's it fill in the blank tower of blank. Howard and that's tower with a t. And it's a biblical reference Yeah. Babylon. I'll give you that it's Babel Tower of Babel that's it to talk rapidly and foolishly that will you know it's also babble but different spelling move up and down as a doll's head. Ob ad needs another syllable and you haven't used an l. Yet so bottle is it all right try this one an air filled sphere sometimes made by soap. As it legally obligated. And if you're convicted in court say you might be blank for certain amount of money or might be blank for the crime. Liable Yes it liable a Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific in 1513. That's it what Cutter who for oil did 40 thieves. In an old tale. Ali Baba that said Alibaba a victim of written defamation to him. Well 1st of all what is written defamation someone writes something about you that's not true that libel that's libel and and then the victim would be add to Val's at the end libel me yeah that's a lie boy how about singer Patti with a 975 number one hit Lady Marma Lod. Dell That's it what you get in the mail for heating your home to 2 word phrase a bill you know what kind of bill certain kind of fuel. Let's say you have a tank in your basement and somebody might deliver this for the tank on thinking gas that that's got a g Yeah and what's an alternative to gas. Well this is how I hate my home it's. It's an oil bill and your last one like the hours that a lawyer charges for. Building was right good job great job how do you feel now how relieved. I think you did a really great job for playing our puzzle today you'll get a rican Edition lapel pin as well as puzzle books and games you can read all about it at npr dot org slash puzzle I want to station you listen to TB and see those That's Dustin Dickerson of Belgrade Montana thanks so much for playing the puzzle thank you are will what's next week's challenge Yes It comes from listener Dominic Talbot CIO of Chicago name a food in 2 words a total of 11 letters some of these letters appear more than once the food has 7 different letters in its name and you can rearrange these 7 letters to identify the form in which this food is typically served what food is it so again 11 letter food in 2 words it has 7 different letters in its name and you can rearrange these 7 letters to identify the form in which this food is typically served what food is it when you have the answer go to our website N.P.R.'s org slash puzzle and click on the Submit Your Answer link remember just one entry per person please our deadline for entries is Thursday December 12th at 3 pm Eastern include a phone number where we can reach it about that time and if you're the winner we will give you a call and you will get to play on the air with the puzzle editor of The New York Times and Weekend Edition's very own puzzle master Will Shortz thanks so much well thanks love. Looking back at the movies that helped define this year it's hard not to notice one big thing I think he's going to start thinking like a Wall Street because he seems to get to this country which sounds well and try Rich sentiment in a city it's almost as if are less fortunate residents are taking the side of the game. So. Lately class warfare has driven the big box office numbers and awards show buzz n.p.r. Film critic Bob Mondello walks us through this phenomenon hello to a good beer All right why now well there's a lot happening at the moment it takes about anywhere from 18 months to 3 years to get a movie off the ground 3 years ago we had this election and a billionaire a guy who says he's a billionaire won the presidency and since then there have been a lot of people who think that income redistribution might be a good thing we have income inequality is almost at an all time high it's a time when we're thinking about these things and discussing them but what's interesting is the American myth is about a sort of level playing field and everyone having a shot at the top but these films seem to sort of shoot at the very heart of that idea because we kind of know it's not true now don't you think yes we do if you look at a superhero movie it's about someone with power defending those of us who don't have power these movies are more about how this works out in the real world where the people with a lot of power with a lot of money with a lot of clout don't necessarily do much except protect themselves right what's unique as well about this time is how different genres of movies and from different places are all talking about class there are some movies you expect to do this let's take a social satire parasite that's a cur. Rian movie is about 2 families the parks live up on a hill and are very successful and rich and the Kims live deep in a basement apartment downtown and are very impoverished and really the upstairs downstairs thing right and you know there's another when Jordan peels us which is literally about people who have privilege and who don't know that they've got privilege there's simply living on the planet but they are tethered to these souls that live underground The don't have that privilege and let's talk about another big blockbuster that has elements of this which is Joker right Oh right they would really call this a superhero adjacent movie right in it the joker who is Arthur flecked played by whacking Phoenix is resentful of the way he's being treated and he sort of starts a class war and what he's upset about is Bruce Wayne's dad billionaire who goes on t.v. To talk about poor folks and how they're reacting those of us who made something of our lives will always look at those who have. Nothing to clowns now that is the worst thing you can say to this man who making his living as a clown and he is one of my favorite films of the past season hustlers which is really a story about this very issue absolutely these are strippers who decide to get some of their own back this is right around the time 20092010 it's right financial crisis out of the finances crisis and they have been dealing with a whole bunch of really rich guys who come into the club this is Jennifer Lopez and Constance woo they've got a con I think about when they come into the stolen money that was paying for. The fire fight is entirely blunt the Bob it's not just about poor versus rich right it's also about what our society values right now we see the rich and famous on social media we see their lifestyles we know what we don't have and there is envy and criticism but there's also this aspiration right the poor want what the rich have. You know Hollywood always gave you the poor the the Little Tramp Charlie Chaplin back in the old days who looked at the rich people and wanted to be like them and then of course couldn't be and so that was what fueled the audience's love for him that he was one of them and that he he aspired to all of that Hollywood is aspirational right it's a dream factory it makes us see the world the way we'd sort of like it to be most of the time what's interesting about these movies is it's sort of showing us what's wrong with that dream and that's making money actually for Hollywood and the biggest irony of all is. Yeah the Joker just hit a $1000000000.00 worldwide not too long ago hustlers made $150000000.00 parasite has made $117000000.00 that's overseas largely I think they've tapped into something that is on everybody's mind That was N.P.R.'s film critic Bob Mondello thank you so much my pleasure. Business in the way you know is a good business. Christmas music is all around in coffee shops stores on t.v. Commercials maybe your favorite is winter wonderland or All I Want For Christmas Is You may moan was. You you. All Mariah. Now for many Americans there's more to this holiday soundtrack their playlist includes songs from all over the world. Here from the beginning it starts off with guitars in me going oh you're going to start dancing kind of help with. His meal today I'm from l.a. The name a song is more like a little donkey or best lamb. People also call it leeches like you to keep the sound of the donkey trotting towards Bethlehem . We would go to Mexico to central Mexico where my dad's from down there we have things called as like a Christmas party but it's the whole community you sort of March down the streets this song is part of the combination of the whole process as we're going to have like you know your party and your games and your piano visits and. There's not a lot of Christmas songs out there for people speak Cantonese My name's Olivia saying I I'm originally from Hong Kong but I live in Los Angeles this song and makes me feel like pretty connected to where I'm from. In Hong Kong like you see all of these like Christmas lights and everything and like Christmas decoration and. Shopping centers and whatnot you serious. Christmas Eve and Chan It's about this guy trying to like confess his heart on Christmas but it's not going through me. To leave me. I think I simply we can all resonate when we're going in Christmas shopping only. Me. From Chicago the song. That means. My loyal and it's a term of endearment Mary is saying that. Looking for a place to stay. Looking for a place to stay is really stressful but in the song she's like you know I've got this new life in me that's come from heaven and. That's why a song I think sounds so happy and joyous because Mary is. Going to. Be. A. Martini in the Caribbean one year to teach English there and I was invited to. It's essentially a Christmas party where a ton of caroling everybody up on their feet singing dancing drinking with the warm weather and. The Caribbean beats going you just can't help but have a party. That's a deal we also heard from Olivia sang and the above it asked Do you have a special holiday song you'd like to share with us at n.p.r. Weekend and we may share your story and your song. B.j. Lederman writes our theme this is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News and I'm Luke are so you know. Good. Support for n.p.r. 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