Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to get Ukraine to look for dirt on his political rival Joe Biden ahead of the $22000.00 and election the president maintains there was no quid pro quo however an army officer at the National Security Council reportedly tells a different story Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vinland one of several people called to testify before members of Congress says he listen to Trump's July phone call and twice raise concerns about it elsewhere on Capitol Hill Boeing's top executives face tough questions about 2 deadly 737 Max plane crashes the 1st of which happened one year ago N.P.R.'s David Schaper reports the c.e.o. Admits the company made mistakes and got some things wrong in developing the aircraft oing c.e.o. Dennis Wallenberg appeared emotional as he offered sympathies to the families of the 346 people who died in the 2 crashes on behalf of myself. In the Boeing company we are sorry deeply and truly sorry all in Bergen says the company is learning and improving as it fixes a design flaw in a flight control system of 737 Max But under questioning several senators became outraged by some of the C.E.O.'s responses and as I sit here today my anger has only grown good advocate Democrat Richard Blumenthal accuses Wallenberg of providing half truths in a pattern of deliberate concealment David Schaper n.p.r. News the n.c. Double a is opening the door for college athletes to benefit financially from their fame N.P.R.'s Mara Kennedy reports on the board of governors unanimous vote the decision would allow college athletes to benefit from the use of their name image and likeness but there's a ways to go to figure out exactly what the rules are the board is telling the n.c.a.a. Has 3 divisions to work out the specifics for years athletes have been pushing for changes to the Tate and Ca rules that prevent them from making money even as they bring huge profits to their schools like n.b.a. Superstar Le Bron James he said that the rules influenced his decision not to go to college and head straight to the pros instead a California state law passed this year would effectively allow college athletes to profit but the n.c.a.a. Has said that college sports need to be regulated at the national level Merrit Kennedy n.p.r. News in a tweet today President Trump says u.s. Forces have terminated the person who would have replace Dati the ISIS leader who killed himself after being cornered in a u.s. Raid in northwest Syria but trying didn't name that successor well u.s. Officials tells n.p.r. The tramp was referring to I suspect the person. Or whoever remains unclear if he in fact was about Daddy's number one replacement as Trump tweets this is n.p.r. . Some 2 weeks after President Trump ended America's protection of Kurdish allies in northern Syria a cease fire between Kurdish fighters and Turkey is expiring Russia brokered the temporary truce N.P.R.'s Peter Kenyon says joint Russian Turkish patrols are being discussed to confirm the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the border shortly before the deadline passed Russia's defense minister was quoted as saying the withdrawal of y p g Kurdish fighters had been completed ahead of schedule Turkish officials said talks are underway and coordinating joint patrols with the Russians to confirm the withdrawal Turkey considers the white b.g. Terrorists despite their success in reclaiming land from ISIS That's N.P.R.'s Peter Kenyon Amazon is making any change at the company hopes would lead to take a bigger bite from the lucrative grocery market the online retailer is promising fast grocery delivery for free to people who subscribe to its prime membership Here's N.P.R.'s Alina sell you the big pitch from Amazon is they will deliver your groceries from their warehouses or whole food stores within 2 hours for free but it's only available to members of Prime Amazon subscription service that usually costs $119.00 a year practically what Amazon is doing is a limit needing an extra fee that Prime members used to pay for some grocery deliveries The idea is to entice more shoppers to switch to Amazon for their quick grocery needs it's a huge market that's always in demand apps like insta card and ship have been going after this market for a while and Amazon's biggest retailer rival Wal-Mart recently launched an annual grocery delivery membership for $98.00 a year Alina so you can n.p.r. 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News on Kaye is he has provided by brainstorm Internet offering high speed internet for businesses and residents and specializing in cloud and phone services during the 4 corners since 1909 details are it go brainstorm dot net and by phone in Durango 970-247-1442 in Farmington 505-326-1010 taking a look at the weather cloudy and very cold today temperatures ranging in the forty's with windy conditions and a lower elevations of Southwest Colorado Silverton has a good chance of some snow showers this afternoon possibly accumulating a couple of inches of snow also gusty winds up to 35 miles per hour as a winter storm passes to the north of the listening area and Farmington. Should see partly to mostly sunny skies afternoon highs in the low fifty's tonight we will be dropping down into the single digits for Southwest Colorado Silverton just above 0 and the chance of snow showers continues overnight for the mountain storms west in Mexico in the upper teens tomorrow mostly sunny and much colder highs only reaching the low thirty's for the bulk of the area Silverton topping out in the upper teens clear skies continuing tomorrow night and then at temperatures dropping several degrees below 0 for the mountains and Silverton into Gosa the rest of South will Southwest Colorado should see low single digits overnight on Wednesday northwest New Mexico in the low double digits and the extended forecast looks like sunny days and clear nights continue from mid week through the weekend with a gradual warming trend. Under pressure from the trumpet ministration Mexico has stepped up deportations of migrants along its southern border a number of the us through the me he can see the recall the southern border of Mexico has become the most effective ball Donald Trump wanted I'm Mary Louise Kelly more on the immigration crackdown this afternoon on All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. All things considered follows the afternoon blend today and every weekday from 4 until 6 here on a c.t. Support for the afternoon blend as provided by ghost walk to Rango a collection of haunting tales folklore and legends bringing to life the spirits of the past the guided tour covers several blocks of historic homes and businesses in all ages are welcome details and bookings are at Ghost Walk Durango dot com still 9 I am stage a linear thanks for joining me this afternoon for music Paul Barry longtime guitarist and singer for Little Feat passed away over the weekend on Saturday he was 71 years old Pereira wrote or co-wrote some of little He's best known songs including time love the hero old folks Boogie and this next one all that you dreamer in here a version that he does with Drew Emmit this is remembering Paul Burrell there on the afternoon blend. Play. Luke. Luke. Ziegler gives. Long a. Really good. Players . And Luke. Luke. 11 back up. Looks. A little. Lolo the bank. Loans cruised through college go slow and low. Hello hello hold player lower and. Lower leg. Her. Lower lip. 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News Britain's lower house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly to hold a snap general election on the 12th of December to try to break the deadlock over breaks it is being seen as a victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnson whose minority government has failed on 3 previous occasions to force an early election The measure still needs the approval of the upper house but is expected to become law by the end of the week is a political correspondent Rob Watson this will be the 1st December election in Britain in nearly 100 years the stakes could not be higher the result could well determine what happens next with breakfast and potentially the very unity of the United Kingdom if as the opinion polls suggest the Conservatives win Boris Johnson will likely get any new Parliament's a pass as Bracks that deal with Britain they're leaving the e.u. Before the end of this year if they lose or cannot form a majority government the odds would surely rise on there being a there are a 2nd referendum on a possible vote to remain or a very different kind of praxis or possibly more delay a senior White House official has told the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump that he heard the president ask Ukraine to investigate the leading Democrat Joe Biden Mr Trump insists he did nothing wrong during his conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart his crisper Lieutenant Colonel Alexander then when the came the latest person to give evidence to the hearings easy Korean specialist on the National Security Council he said he became so concerned about Mr Trump's calls for Ukraine to investigate his potential presidential rival Joe Biden the alerted the N.S.A.'s most senior lawyer the u.s. Army veteran stated that he did not think it was proper to make a demand for a foreign government to investigate an American citizen anti-government protesters in Lebanon have been celebrating after the Prime Minister Saad Hariri submitted his resignation and that of his camp.