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I'm Ari Shapiro and I'm Kelly McEvers this hour we'll have the latest from Florida where more than half the states electricity customers have lost power also president marks the anniversary of $911.00 with a memorial service at the Pentagon our differences never look so slow our common bonds never felt so strong and a presidential commission on voter fraud raises more controversy it's a commission that is about promoting this false and dangerous narrative that vote fraud is widespread across our country will remember the legendary comic book writer who created Wolverine stories after this news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Norah Rahm more than 6 and a half 1000000 homes and businesses in Florida are still without power after Hurricane Erma amounting to close to 2 thirds of the state N.P.R.'s Kirk Siegler reports this is a growing concern in South Florida home to large senior citizen and immigrant communities in an apartment complex with many Creole and Spanish speakers southwest of Miami Ada Lopez sheltered in place during Hurricane Irma she pushed an air mattress and a sofa in front of her screen door the lights are out but she got only a little water damage and everything positive everything but is it the only way it could be days if not weeks of waiting for the power to come back she says she and her neighbors have enough food to barbecue and or pooling their resources if it's a prolonging the outage yet to get everybody worked through that crews are working to restore power as quickly as possible but there are an untold number of downed trees and power lines in their way Kirk Siegler n.p.r. News Miami Irma is now a tropical storm as it works its way up the Atlantic coast N.P.R.'s Sarah McCammon reports the National Weather Service in Charleston has issued flash flood warnings for parts of Georgia and South Carolina Charleston has experienced widespread flooding and tide gauges in the area are recording near record water levels South Carolina Emergency managers are warning of high surf and rip currents in coastal waters they're asking drivers to stay off flooded roads and not to ignore barricades set up by authorities several South Carolina counties have also seen tornado watches or warnings as Erma continues to bring strong winds along with heavy rain Sarah McCammon n.p.r. News responding to an emergency play from the trumpet ministration the Supreme Court today granted a routine order temporarily blocking a lower court ruling on refugees the order is to allow time for a fuller consideration of the matter in June the justices ruled the administration . And must admit visitors from 6 mainly Muslim countries who have close family relations in the us or a bonafide tied to a u.s. Entity N.P.R.'s Nina Totenberg reports last week a federal appeals court in California ruled that a u.s. And the includes those refugees with an agreement from a resettlement agency to take them in it also ruled that when the Supreme Court ordered close family relations to be admitted that included grandparents cousins aunts and uncles the administration asked the High Court to partially block the lower court order the administration is focusing its objections for now on refugees with resettlement assurances and leaving until later this fall the close family relations question when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a broad test of the Trump travel ban Nina Totenberg n.p.r. News Washington stocks closed higher today the Dow was up 259 points the Nasdaq gained 72 and the s. And p. Rose 26 this is n.p.r. News from Washington and this is Delaware public media I'm your host Nick surely no Wilmington city council members discussed changes to its discretionary spending process Friday Delaware Public Media's Meghan Pauli reports council members agreed that grants $5000.00 and over should require vetting by the Finance Committee and a full council vote Wilmington city councilman Bob Williams says he plans to introduce an ordinance next Thursday that would do just that anything under $5000.00 would be submitted to the spreadsheet to the finance committee will review not necessarily needing a it's just for documentation purposes. Each council member receives $4000.00 in discretionary grant funding and another $6000.00 and scholarship funds those funds wouldn't be subject to a council vote for proof will when items already included in the city's budget would also be excluded from betting well maintained city councilwoman Michelle Harley says the measure would at least increase transparency and accountability there are going to be a website where people can go the public can go to little and where every dollar is going and whose request and he could say could agree and so I think that is a huge agree Williams says he expects Council to take a vote on the issue sometime next month I get Polly Delaware public media the state's cannabis task force met for the 1st time last week Brendan O'Neil is Delaware's chief public defender he says cannabis should be treated like alcohol legal but regulated about 100000 people in the state are already using this on a regular basis and as a community or as a state it's not a good idea to have laws that are disregarded on a wholesale basis I mean if we don't want to have laws that people ignore a breach disrespect for all our other laws scheduled to send then or a report to the governor and lawmakers by the end of January for Delaware public media I'm not sure Leno. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm Kelly McEvers And I'm Ari Shapiro Irma is now a tropical storm its forceful winds and intense rain are passing through Georgia on the way to Alabama in Florida hurricane Armas enormous size had threatens nearly the entire state there's a lot of relief today that things did not turn out to be as bad as feared still thousands of people are in shelters and millions are without power the u.s. Navy is helping with recovery in the hard hit Florida Keys and in Jacksonville there is record flooding that's expected to get worse we're joined now by Ryan bank of member station. He is in that city's emergency operation center Hey there Ryan Hey how are you good as we just heard Ari say we've been hearing the other parts of Florida haven't been too hard hit that people are relieved Why is the situation still so bad in Jacksonville. Well it was really a confluence of issues so just hours before the hurricane was expected to make landfall here we were battered by another storm moving south from the northeast so that's what they call the nor'easter it dumped heavy rain and with the wind in ocean water into the northern mouth of the floor of Florida St John's River which cuts through Jacksonville center. And that pushed water into the river southern end which is where it sat until Irma long all of that extra water northward and that in the direction of the city's urban core a meteorologist said it was similar to a syringe effect with the wind acting as a plunger the St John's is one of the state's largest and rivers and the way the city is constructed around it you need to cross a lot of bridges to get almost anywhere so those access points close once sustained winds reach 40 miles per hour but the National Weather Service says though the nor'easter alone wouldn't close the bridges it's gusts reach right up around that closure threshold so between both storms and all the bridges were closed pretty rapidly throughout Sunday night that left a lot of people who didn't evacuate from coastal and other low lying areas stuck so how are people dealing with the flooding then well a lot of it was surprise some people woke up stranded they went to bed dry only to wake up in the early morning hours with water breaching their homes Here's what Mayor Lenny Curry's message was to stranded residents earlier today please put represents a white flag somewhere on your house to can be viewed visibly from outside we have search and rescue teams ready to deploy. So Curry says the city's emergency hotline received around $600.00 calls from people needing rescue in just the 1st 8 hours of the post storm recovery including our own news director who is home in charge of digital updates while I was at the e.e.o.c. And other colleagues were manning the wall to wall coverage at the station. The national survey Weather Service says this is the worst flooding downtown and the other parts of the urban core of experience in the last century and a half storm surge from the St John's River is expected to reach up to 5 feet more than normal high tide and the weather services meteorologist say that because of the title major of title nature of the river. This could have been flow for the better part of a week now and there was so much confusion around where exactly are was going to hit Florida and you talk about people being in Jacksonville being caught by surprise had people evacuated some people evacuated. Well sure there is there was many people that evacuated north down and west down expressways in northeast Florida were packed with people fleeing south Florida and of course Jacksonville residents were encouraged to leave as soon as possible to kind of try to beat that traffic days before the storm was set to hit some of these folks ended up going to the western edge of Central Florida to places like campa only to turn back around to Jacksonville when on the shift that west and of course it continued to shift again and again after that. Eventually moving closer northeast Florida residents just moved outside the city's mandatory evacuation zones to right out the storm and there are reports that other cities nearby were ahead what do you know about that. Just 45 minutes or so to to our south is the historic city of St Augustine and they were hit pretty hard as well this surrounding Rivers there in that city. Breached the sea walls there was water in the historic downtown which is kind of the crown jewel of St Augustine that's where you find all the tourist attractions the hotels are 2nd to colonial style bars and restaurants and a lot of that was what Ryan bank of member station Debbie j.c.t. In Jacksonville Florida thank you very much thank you. At the White House this morning the president and 1st lady observed a moment of silence in memory of those who died 16 years ago in the September 11th terrorist attacks President Trump recalled the spirit of national unity that followed the attacks and he suggested that similar solidarity is needed today N.P.R.'s Scott Horsley reports. Dozens of White House staffers gathered on a blue skies on the South Lawn this morning to mark the precise moment 846 a m. . That the 1st of 2 hijacked airliners struck the World Trade Center later the president joined a Morial service at the Pentagon where a 3rd hijacked plane crashed 16 years ago Trump says the entire country grieves with those who lost loved ones on that day so we can never a ship pain or bring back those you lost we can honor their sacrifice by pledging our resolve to do whatever we must to keep our people safe vice president Pence was in Shanksville Pennsylvania where a 4th plane went down on 911 well short of its target thought to be the u.s. Capitol Pense who was a congressman at the time was working in the Capitol that morning I will always believe that I and many others in our nation's capital were able to go home that day. To hug our families. Because of the courage and selflessness. Of the heroes of Flight $93.00. For me parents said it's personal and as a New Yorker $911.00 carries personal weight for Trump as well soon after the attack he spoke to German television about visiting ground 0 it is a terrible scene it's a terrible sight but New York is a very strong and resilient and they'll rebuild quickly during the presidential campaign Trump deftly use that resilience to counter an attack from Ted Cruz when a Texas senator criticized what he called New York values trump also falsely claimed during the campaign that he witnessed a large Muslim celebration after the attack today the president struck a conciliatory tone he spoke of people from all faiths races and backgrounds who join the military since 911 and how American seem to set aside their differences after the attacks 16 years later those differences are back in spades but the polarizing president aim for his own moment of national unity when Americans are in need Americans pull together and we are one country whether it's terrorism on $911.00 or tropical storms today the president says hardship makes Americans closer and more determined than ever Scott Horsley n.p.r. News the White House. The u.n. Security Council is set to vote this evening on a new resolution to increase pressure on North Korea earlier this month North Korea conducted a nuclear test and it is reportedly getting ready for more missile tests that's all in violation of past u.n. Resolutions the trumpet ministration apparently sees this as a test of the international community's will N.P.R.'s Michele Kelemen is with us now to talk about this hi there hi Kelly So how is the trump administration approaching this differently from past administrations well past administrations would have taken time to really negotiate sanctions resolution ahead of time but this administration seemed really intent on moving quickly so soon after that nuclear test ambassador Nikki Haley circulated a very tough resolution that called for an oil embargo on North Korea called on countries to ban the travel and freeze the assets of Kim Jong un another top North Korean officials and then China's ambassador at the time was on a Security Council trip to Africa so he had to rush back to negotiate this over the weekend there were negotiations and last night we saw a new draft resolution that was circulated and let's just say it has far fewer teeth Oh Ok so what's left in this draft then well instead of an oil embargo there's a cap on the exports of crude oil to North Korea it no longer targets Kim Jong un with sanctions one thing that remained in both of these drafts is a ban on North Korean textile exports that's one area where the North Koreans have managed to earn some hard currency and there's also a ban on new work permits for North Korean workers this is an area that the Trump administration has been trying to target because North Korea makes a lot of money by sending what's effectively slave labor abroad do you think the resolution will pass I think it's likely to go through you know the British ambassador Matthew Reich Rauf said that he thinks it's robust still. Well and the fact that it was watered down he kind of brushed that off saying there is a significant prize in keeping the Security Council united on this those are his words China's foreign ministry has said that it would support new u.n. Measures as long as it promotes a political resolution and we've heard sort of similar things coming from the Russians that you know this needs to be resolved diplomatically but they are concerned about the nuclear and missile tests does that mean the u.s. Is the outlier here well you know President Trump has said this is not the time for negotiations on Twitter he's been pretty adamant about that but this administration has been sending a lot of confusing signals Tromp has been threatening fire and fury but the military hasn't done anything to suggest that it's preparing for a military option here and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is certainly keeping the door open to diplomacy he's been focused for now on this pressure track on these sanctions resolutions and everything but he's you know keeping the door open and the State Department has said that it's going to take time for any of these sanctions to have the effect that the u.s. Wants which is to pressure North Korea back to negotiations n.p.r. Diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen thank you thank you. Stay with us for more All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. 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Attack happened around hundreds of thousands of people in the streets demonstrators who want their region of Spain Catalonia to be independent they want a referendum to go forward on October 1st catalog leaders insist it will happen even though the Spanish government condemns the vote as a legal reporter Lauren Frayer is in Barcelona and joins us now hi lauren Iare describe that scene for us hundreds of thousands of people we heard them chatting independence right you can probably still hear the helicopters overhead behind me it's a sea of Catalan separatist flags you heard that chanting people have been breaking out into song as well the cattle on national anthem separatists actually hung a sign across the main Bank of Spain building here renaming it the bank of Catalonia that's probably going to be taken down by the end of the day today is a day off work for Catalonia as national day but it's turned into this absolutely massive separatist rally the last time Barcelona was in the news was when it was hit by a terrorist attack a few weeks ago are concerns about that affecting the demonstrations at all today that's right the demonstrators are actually on the exact same street where ISIS killed people last month separatist flags are surrounding a memorial still on the ground with flowers a huge police presence but the mood has been festive and there's been no disruption no security incidents why do kata lawn's want independence from Spain and why does this seem to be coming to a head now so Catalans have their own language their own culture which were repressed under a dictator here through the 1970 s. But more recently Catalonia has become the richest part of Spain it's got the most tourists the most tourist revenue Spain has just come out of this punishing economic recession and many Kaplan's think you know they'd be better off without having their taxes so. Dies poor parts of Spain hears Joe said cut it us he's an independent activist that I met in the crowd I think that we could do read that if we would be our county and we could mean these 3 our own resources so I am again there once trading for our rights to the site because of this funny going in there on my watch to do that and he says you know the more Spain blocks moves toward independence the more he actually wants it is this vote likely to happen is it possible that this region could break away from Spain will Spain says absolutely not it's unconstitutional the Spanish constitution guarantees the unity of the country so it's illegal for any region to break away or even vote on the issue the country's highest court has suspended plans for this October 1st vote prosecutors are preparing charges against every single Catalan government minister and over the weekend Spanish Civil Guards raided printing offices to try to seize ballots so they're trying to physically hold to the voting and many kept on say that's kind of a horrible image in a democracy it makes them all the more determined to vote and have a say in their future if they do hold this referendum which they say they will do and the yes votes when leaders vowed to declare independence from Spain possibly the very next day on October 2nd that's not likely to be recognized certainly not by Spain nor by any other European Union country and so the standoff is really likely to keep going to continue exploring for speaking with us from Barcelona thanks Lauren you're welcome that's the story about what the what Breck's it could mean for French fisherman from the u.k. Leaves the European Union the effect on businesses will go far beyond Britain N.P.R.'s Joanna kisses brings us the story from the French coast. The city loans here Mary just across the English Channel from Britain is France's number one fishing port the fishing. Most of their catch in British waters. And they bring their haul back to a very busy seaside market one of the most popular fish at the catch is sold which is all over the fish market here today it's in practically every stall and everybody's buying the loft on Tom is supervising one of the 20 fishmonger stalls here she's almost out of Seoul and cause me to go to a soul and code and terrible will get his soul from British waters and this is. A wary because Britain has voted to leave the European Union and when the divorce is final the u.k. Will also leave what's called the Common Fisheries policy of the fish. That would make the u.k. An independent coastal state and restrict the catch of French fishermen like gal who nets 70 percent of that 70 percent of his catch in English waters he frowned as he lowers metal plate fish onto his new boat. I fished for 10 years and recently bought a bigger boat specifically to work in the English waters I more than 300000 euros in debt and I'm so stressed. So is Stefan Pinto he's been fishing since 1987 and is vice president of the regional fishing Committee. 80 percent of fish come from the British side so that makes 80 percent of our revenue as well take that away and the regional economy takes a big hit. I meet Pinto is he and his crew unload their latest catch most of its soul and reset a type of dog fish. They sort the fish into containers packed with ice that catches. Sold at dawn the next morning to customers like restaurant owner. Mike. And for me. So if he only serves fish caught by below in fisherman at his high end restaurant Laplacian without this fish he says he'll go out of business in the u.k. Barry is from the National Federation of fisherman's organizations says he understands but he you feel scratch about 4 times as much. As u.k. Vessels catch in the waters I think it's right for the French to expect quite a change. But Britain may not welcome all that change says French fishing company manager Chris. Cox. Predicts fish which will make it harder for the English to sell their fish to Europe. Colin is based in the port of leg Ivanek in the busy fishing region of Brittany on the West Coast he fears that after brags that French fishermen will battle each other crowded into a narrow band of seek. N.p.r. News reporting from the French coast. This is Guy Ross here's a letter I got from a listener. Mr Ross. I listen to your show from Syria. Listen to your program I think I really want to be. Your show makes the world a better place to. All of you is why I do. What I do thanks for listening to this n.p.r. Station. This is n.p.r. News. And this is Delaware public media broadcasting live from Delaware State University on 91 point one w d d e Dover and 91.7 mph Wilmington for your 1st day weather forecast It's currently 73 degrees and only partly cloudy right now should be more clouds here in Dover later this evening with a low of 57 tomorrow will be partly sunny with a high near 76 It's currently 74 degrees up in Wilmington and 75 degrees down in Rio both coming up on All Things Considered president Trump's controversial commission looking into voter fraud holds its 1st meeting outside Washington d.c. On Tuesday in New Hampshire the federal panel has been unusually secretive and is being sued by voter advocacy groups who wanted to be more transparent about its agenda questions have also been raised by a Breitbart News article written by co-chair Kris Kobach alleging widespread voter fraud in New Hampshire last November also on w d d e and w m p h in Wilmington Delaware public media Delaware public media Sarah Mueller reports on a new Delaware task force studying legalizing recreational cannabis Those stories and more coming up on all things considered that story after this news. Live from n.p.r. News in Culver City California I'm to Wayne Brown storm surge or massive flooding remains a threat to coastal areas in the southeast as Erma works its way north N.P.R.'s Christopher Joyce reports so far surge hasn't been as bad as some expected Irma's winds have pushed water up on to land in coastal areas in what meteorologists call surge so far the east coast of Florida has seen the biggest surge Jacksonville experienced a flood crest of over 5 feet a record for the city high gauges on both east and west coasts of Florida have recorded numerous sites with 2 to 4 feet of surge actual flood levels maybe higher depending on whether the surge occurs during high or low tide while storm surge so far has not been as bad as some projections authorities say water is still rising in some locations as the storm moves north it still poses a surge threat along coastlines Christopher Joyce n.p.r. News at the Pentagon President Trump spoke about the victims swept up in the wake of Hurricane Arma saying the government is doing all it can to assist those trying to recover these are storms of catastrophic severity and we're marshalling the full resources of the federal government to help our fellow Americans in Florida Alabama Georgia Texas Louisiana Tennessee and all of those wonderful places and states in harm's way Trump was also marking the 16th anniversary of the 911 terrorist attacks on the u.s. When nearly 3000 people were killed after hijackers flew commercial airlines into New York's World Trade Center the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville Pennsylvania all major airports in Florida remain shut down today as flight cancellations spread north along the track of Irma now a tropical storm tracking service Flight Aware says Delta and American counseled several 100 flights today in Atlanta and Charlotte North Carolina stocks finished higher on Wall Street today this is n.p.r. . And this is Delaware public media I'm your host Nick should Leno the task force set up to study legalizing recreational cannabis met for the 1st time last week it's made up of experts law makers agency heads and interest groups who will hash out the issues and deliver report to Governor Carney and state legislature by the end of January Delaware Public Media's Sarah Mueller reports. Delaware sees the considerable amount of tax revenue States with legalized pot are pulling in but some task force members point to unintended consequences like Tilden eating can have a set of goals or a rise in impaired driving Bill Bryson with the Delaware police chief counsel says the group has several public safety concerns about allowing recreational pot he says Colorado and Washington have seen increased crime and homelessness after legalizing marijuana were concerned about the black market which still exists in Colorado and Washington and the gray market which exists in Colorado and Washington where marijuana is growing legally and solve illegal Wal-Mart wouldn't be in business of people didn't look for the best price so when you tax it you're going to raise the price and people are going to go well where state lawmakers abandon an effort to allow sales of recreational marijuana to adults earlier this year but a study by the University of Delaware taken last year shows a majority of residents support legalization Sara Mueller Delaware public media Wilmington City Council on Friday discussed potential changes to its discretionary spending processes the debate focused on requiring grant funding of $5000.00 or more to receive Finance Committee vetting as well as the vote from council councilwoman Michelle Harley thinks it's a good 1st step towards more accountability and transparency Well that will definitely move in the right form I would want to know. About. Councilman Bob Williams is working on a resolution to put that into action other council funds would be entered into a spreadsheet and be made available to the public each council member receives $10000.00 in discretionary funds 4 $1000.00 in grants and $6000.00 for scholarships weans resolution wouldn't change how that money is spent for Delaware public media I'm Nick Surely you know the time is $435.00. Support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Optum committed to tackling the biggest challenges in health care with data driven solutions designed to improve outcomes and make the system better for everyone learn more at Optum dot com Optum how well gets done from c.f.p. Certified financial planner professionals committed to providing financial planning in the client's best interest from taxes and investments to saving for college and planning for retirement more at let's make a plan dot org And from listeners like you who donate to this n.p.r. Station. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm Kelly McEvers in Culver City California and I'm Ari Shapiro in Washington the Dutch king is in St Maarten today surveying the damage that Hurricane Erma unleashed on the Caribbean Island last week his visit comes as thousands of ex-pats are getting off the island to Puerto Rico and beyond communications are spotty but we were able to reach Melissa gums on Skype she's a St Martin native and works for the telecom providers u.t.s. Which has suffered outages since the storm multiple sites were indeed damaged with him a passing expression I mean tower the other telecoms company as well tell them face serious damages to their infrastructure a cell right now both companies are actually quite aberrated with one another to piggyback on existing and remaining infrastructure and see what we can do to get the networks back up and running so that people can talk to one another and also to the outside world I know the storm passed over St Maarten late last week what does that look like when you walk out your front door it does look pretty catastrophic there has been significant damage is many roofs in my neighborhood are completely gone I'm one of the very few lucky ones who did not lose their roof and you have whole of homes actually that have been destroyed so it's mostly been cleaned up trying to get things organized you have a lot of military boots on the ground from both the Netherlands for the duct tape and from France on the friend said and they're now coordinating it distribution efforts on both sides of the island to make sure that everyone gets what they need We've heard reports of people just desperate for relief you say the military is there are conditions very dire for some they definitely are you have to understand that some people have lost everything sometimes you drive through certain neighborhoods and there may be just one wall standing from a home and nothing else so you do have people that are definitely feeling some sense of despair so it's really been up to the rest of the village so to speak to come together and make sure that everyone is taking care of. You have certain neighborhoods where one for household cooks and then to distribute the food and they share water resources and so that kind of community mindset is what we've really had come out in the last couple days the stories that we're hearing about St Martin from the outside sound incredibly harrowing the stories that you're telling us. Sound like we're rebuilding we're resilient people are getting through it are both through are the reports we're hearing from the outside exaggerated how would you describe the situation I have heard from relatives in the Netherlands that there are numerous multiple reports of severe new thing someone spoke to me today that they heard gangs are trying to take over and I do want to dispel that particular story I think with every passing storm as as people are faced with the fact that maybe they did take care to prepare for the hurricane but you know the hurricane took everything that they purchased then went out and salvage and stocked up on desperation kind of sets in especially for families and children so that's the general kind of looting that we've been seeing there will always be a few bad apples in every bunch and it's just up to everyone else to kind of squash it and just push forward in that he said remain resilient and try to build up on what's been left. This comes you posted something on your Facebook page about a flag Yes that was outside of your house during the storm well you tell me the story. Well before the storm I was actually in my backyard securing what I thought could fly around what could do damage to the house or to houses around us and I noticed that the flag was in a container on the porch it had been used in a carnival parade so there was a lot of peeing on it and such and I tried to amend myself to bring it inside and it's only after him a past and I was trying to figure out where to start that my neighbor and I found it on the ground underneath some sink in wood in such a nothing it happened to it there no rips of tears or anything and it's spent an entire night outside in a category 5 didn't stray from my backyard which is good and so I said that for me is basically just a motivation of what we have to keep pushing to to rebuild in the post you're aware of almost succumbs We appreciate your talking with us and good luck rebuilding thank you for thank you thank you President Trump's commission on voter fraud is about to hold its next meeting the commission has been controversial from the start it was set up after the president claimed without evidence that 3 to 5000000 people voted illegally in November the commission then alarmed state officials by requesting detailed information about every voter in the United States now ahead of a 2nd meeting in New Hampshire tomorrow there's more controversy Here's N.P.R.'s Pam Fessler when the president's commission 1st met in July vice president Mike Pence the chairman had some reassuring words let me be clear. This commission has no preconceived notions or preordained results were fact finders but just last week the commission's vice chair another Republican Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach seemed to contradict him Kobach claimed in Breitbart News that there's now proof of widespread voter fraud probably enough to change the outcome of the key Senate race he cited the fact that thousands of New Hampshire voters used out of state licenses as id last year and have yet to update those licenses it's wrong. It should be pretty easy to clear up Matthew Dunlap his main secretary of state one of 5 Democrats on the 12 member panel Dunlap says just because someone doesn't have an in-state driver's license doesn't mean they've committed voter fraud many of those voters were likely out of state college students who are still eligible to vote but oversimplifies the model the say that there's a direct path to fraud through the driver's license there never has been still the issue will likely take center stage tomorrow New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner also on the commission told New Hampshire Public Radio last week he has no reason to doubt his state's election results but he supports further investigation Kris Kobach didn't respond to requests for comment but another commissioner Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation says Kobach has raised legitimate questions why do so many people not watch the Commission asking questions it seems to be that there are folks out there who don't want an answer to this Kristen Clark of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law says that's because people think the commission will distort the facts that it's real goal is to push laws such as strict id requirements that make it harder to vote it's a commission that is about promoting this false and dangerous narrative that vote fraud is something that's widespread across our country and we know that that's just not the case her. A group is one of several suing the Commission for not complying with federal transparency laws even though the panel stated goal is to boost public confidence in elections funds because he dismisses those complaints all the lawsuits have been filed are frivolous lawsuits they're making ridiculous claims still a federal judge has admonished the panel for not being more open members of the public weren't allowed into the commission's 1st meeting at the White House although it was streamed online room at tomorrow's meeting is also limited and there's no time on the agenda for public comment that's all very disturbing to people like Tammy Patrick a former Arizona election official who served on another election commission one appointed by President Obama it was co-chaired by 2 widely respected election attorneys one a Democrat the other a Republican we really felt that the voters perspective in the voters' experience was the main tenet of our of our effort and so we needed to hear from the voters in addition to election missed Raiders and other experts so that's what the commission did its recommendations for things like more early voting have since been widely adopted although you might have a hard time finding its final report one of the 1st things the new Trump administration did was to take down that Commission's website including all of its findings and public records Pam Fessler n.p.r. News. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. As hurricane battered Florida's coast before moving into Georgia it also spawned tornadoes and caused widespread flooding that has left more than 6 and a half 1000000 homes and businesses across the state without electricity one of the biggest power outages in the country's history N.P.R.'s Bracton Booker reports that utility companies are at work to restore power but predict that some will go without it for weeks to come. Utility crews around Florida are starting to clear tree limbs that fell on power lines during Irma Tallahassee resident William Pitman has been through Florida hurricanes before so he wasn't surprised to wake up Monday morning with no power in his house lights vent that went out about 430 this morning and yesterday he also knows the power could be out for some time that's why he hasn't opened his refrigerator yet he's not taking any chances and I want to keep my food you know frozen and what's in it for Israel to keep it cold so that before we go running millions of residents in Florida are eagerly awaiting electricity to come back on for many that will be the 1st step to moving past Erma Florida Power and Light or f.t.l. Is the state's largest utility president and c.e.o. Erickson logic says Irma knocked out power to $5000000.00 of f.p.s. Customers some customers lost power more than once he called the scope unprecedented we've never had many outages I don't think any ability in the country ever has it has by part of why 'd the largest in the history of our company f p l has spent more than $2000000000.00 to harden and strengthen its electric grid since the 2005 storm season that included Katrina Rita and Wilma still before Irma hit utility officials had predicted that much of the grid may have to be rebuilt on Monday as Irma moved inland utility officials said they were still surveying the extent of the damage f.p.s. President asked for pay. 4 weeks thick of our structural damage it absolutely could be weeks if we have to rebuild parts of the system utility crews from around the country are headed to Florida to help in the restoration efforts so if you compare f.p.s. $19000.00 crew members to an army that's ready to deploy the crews will focus on critical infrastructure like hospitals and police stations and they'll start by tackling generators and transmitters in the most populous areas again f.p.s president will be focused on areas where we know it's important for people to be able to get their lives back up as quickly as possible and get food gasoline banks so they can get cash and will work to get some of those areas up as quickly as possible as well other utilities across the state are working to restore power to Duke Energy had nearly 1.3 customers without power in Tallahassee with the effects of now a tropical storm are still being felt some 32000 customers remain in the dark the city has its own power grid Kevin Peters is the emergency management director for Leon County which includes the state's capital he tells member station w f s u they're still worried about dangerous conditions and plan to ramp up restoration efforts tomorrow that's one of our resources can really get out there were from sun up to after sundown Tuesday in. And can have full days work at cleaning up the mess left behind Ira like many areas in Florida an overnight curfew has been put in place in Tallahassee officials warn that conditions remain treacherous with traffic signals offline and downed power lines right in Booker n.p.r. News Tallahassee. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. Good evening You're listening to Delaware Public Media this is All Things Considered I'm your host Nick Shaleen. In your area weather forecast it is currently 73 degrees here. It will remain mostly cloudy throughout the evening with a low around 57 tomorrow it'll be partly sunny with a high around 76. Winds to becoming east around 5 in the afternoon chance of rain for to peek into tomorrow night and then chance of brain after. The 74. In Wilmington and 75 down and. You're listening to Delaware Public Media. Coming up on All Things Considered. Many of Houston's public schools open Monday after delays from hurricane Harvey student share their experience of dealing with the storm and returning to school. And your local news a retired New York City Fire Department Assistant Commissioner spoke this morning at a Remembrance for the 911 attacks at the United States Air Force Base here in Dover that more coming up on All Things Considered. Founded in 1909 Corp service company is proud to support. Working to reduce risk enhanced and protect businesses in the global marketplace is the mission of c.s.c. Online at c.s.c. Global dot com We make business possible supports Delaware Public Media. Listening to Delaware public media all things considered continues the time is 550 . This is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News I'm Ari Shapiro and I'm Kelly McEvers in Texas more than 200 Houston public schools started the year today after delays from hurricane Harvey Houston Public Media as lar eyes and see spent the day visiting some of those schools and she has this postcard hey you know I mean our unit is one of the peg of my. Welcome back I'm Demeter came in the secretary for Johnny to see them coming in have smiles on their faces and their peers have smiles on their faces. That no one what they've been through so we just want to be positive to keep them part of the his will my name is Mackenzie on Julie Jhala vet 10 years old and I am in a 5th grade on one clique and feeling good today because this is my 1st day of school and I can't wait to meet my friends I was feeling great when no rain started to stop and then or sign came out with my name and Dynasty and then I got to Lamar high school I'm 16 and I'm a junior the last 2 weeks my house like usually so feel water in my house you know I like mere muscles have clothes everywhere. Before. The poor car pick up the house stunk it was terrible and even working to get my house back normal a mess half a school. Hi my name somebody on the floors I'm 16 years old all I gotta say like thank. Every thing when well thank God that the school didn't get flooded. Mine and Rianna sounds and in their glory 8 years ago I'll lose the can avoid it all and I can my going to sleep waiting to go to school I was late what a hard lot of committee. To go to school my name is Rick tells us against all this and I'm the principal here Bruce elementary It was almost like a victory March to know that our families were displaced in different areas and just to make sure that we knew where they were to welcome them back we did it we made it we are here the students are here we're ready to learn and it was just getting them into the building and now we're getting back to the business of educating our students. Those are the voices from Houston public schools on the 1st day back after hurricane Harvey the role of school changes after a storm as big as Harvey researcher joy of soft ski has watched that shift after Hurricane Katrina she embedded in New Orleans schools and saw them become much more than just places to learn I spoke with her earlier today about the lessons she learned from Katrina that might apply to schools in southeast Texas now to start with She says teachers should be aware of how students deal with their trauma some of the things that we may see in more difficulty concentrating not being able to sit still some acting out not being able to be cooperative in class you also will get some children who may withdraw and not be able to again concentrate and participate in the school but that's more likely to how to see acting out behavior do you recommend that teachers and faculty address it outright from the very beginning or should they wait until something comes up and then talk about what might be causing that I would recommend that they a drastic issues from the beginning talk to the students about you know we've all been through a difficult experience I know that some of you may have lost your home some of you have been in a shelter and been in very unusual circumstances sound we're here to be supportive of you and understand the kinds of things that you've gone through and we're going to work to establish the routines in school that you're used to which we know is very important and adapting to the new situation but we also want you to know that were available to listen to you. If that would be helpful so it sounds like on the one hand you're saying students want to be able to get back to a familiar routine and at the same time teachers need to acknowledge that the situation is anything but routine absolutely the other thing that we found helpful in the schools has to set up some opportunity to get together with teachers and counselors and school personnel staff and others principals to talk about trauma and how that impacts on children and what they might expect and how they can be supportive of them because the more you know about it the more helpful you can be given your research into the trauma that students experienced after Katrina how long did it take them to get back to what you would consider normal or was the impact of Katrina in some cases permanent Well one of the things that we came up with I've talked with lots of people in the community about this is something that we call a new normal so even if you're able to go back to your neighborhood and able to rebuild some people still have a lot of difficulty with adjustment because even though they were back in the neighborhood the neighborhood wasn't the same and the community wasn't the same and they weren't the same schools the grocery stores weren't there and their neighbors weren't there because a number of people moved to wise so that's when we started talking about a new normal that things may not be the way they were before we have to recognise that they will get better over a period of time but things may be different a lot of the things you've mentioned seem pretty intuitive for what you would do after a trauma give children an opportunity to talk about what they've been through reestablish routines Was there anything that surprised you yes we saw so much resilience and the children announced that's something that's extremely important to emphasize that most children will be resilient and there were factors that contributed a supportive person is very very import. It can be a parent it can be a teacher the other thing that we saw without a last sentence was their participation in the recovery many of them helped rebuild they planted trees in the wetland sun the remarkable resilience that we saw in the children was very noteworthy and we'll see that in Texas as well Joy a soft ski is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at Louisiana State University thank you for talking with us thank you very much. Comic book writer and editor Len Wein has died he helped create a lot of famous characters during his nearly 50 year career like storm the white haired x. Man who controls the weather human plant hybrid Swamp Thing and most notably a ferocious Canadian mutant with long metal claws like you know monsters like the Wolverine 1st appeared in 1904 in an issue of The Incredible Hulk and he was kind of a bruiser Evan Narcisse writes about comics for the website I o 9 he says Len Wein's Wolverine was a change from the straight laced heroes of the time he was coerced he was rowdy he was impolite there was a really big breath of fresh air in 1905 when an artist Dave Cockrum revamped Marvel's X.-Men they added Wolverine to the team and the rest is pop culture history and that's not all we did he edited Watchmen which is one of the most important superhero comics of the 20th century the series was published by d.c. Comics and late eighty's and it was different darker were philosophical watchman set a serious tone for comic books and we played a big part in that he was always looking for the humanity new over the top absurdist paradigms of superhero work like you try to find new characters be relatable to readers Narcisse says that's part of wins like Acy his characters may have had superpowers but they also grappled with self-doubt and failure comic book writer and editor Len Wein died yesterday he was 69. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News support for n.p.r. Comes from this station and from Eli Lilly and company striving to unite caring with discovery to make life better by discovering life changing medicines stories about how Lilly employees work to strengthen communities through volunteering are available at Lilly for better dot com. 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