1st news live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi saying federal investigators are on the alert for more suspicious packages after apparent letter bombs addressed to prominent Democratic Party figures in a news organization were intercepted in New York Washington d.c. And Florida N.P.R. s Quil Lawrence reports none of the bombs detonated a suspicious package was intercepted by the Secret Service en route to Hillary Clinton s home in Westchester New York hours later a similar package was discovered addressed to the residence of former President Barack Obama then cnn s Manhattan headquarters was evacuated after a package was found there addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan the devices could be described as pipe bombs similar to the one deactivated at the home of liberal billionaire George Soros earlier this week the package sent to c.n.n. Also contained an unidentified white powder similar parcels were discovered in the offices of Democrats Debbie Wasserman Schultz and M
Near the home of billionaire philanthropist George Soros a major supporter of progressive causes Soros was not home at the time there s still no confirmation on whether that s tied to today s developments which also include suspicious packages sent to Time Warner Center and c.n.n. In New York c.n.n. Is reporting that the package was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan a c.n.n. Contributor but N.P.R. s Joel Rose has seen him was evacuated in everything seems to be calm so far I don t sense a lot of panic it seems very orderly people are laughing people are seem a little concerned about the work that s not getting done but again sort of like a fire drill like they re chatting with their their colleagues and their friends and I you know I don t I don t sense a lot of real panic out here that s N.P.R. s Joel Rose reporting and other news Turkish broadcaster n.t.v. Reports that Saudi Arabia is no longer blocking Turkish police from searching a well on the grounds of the Saudi Con
Of Northern says he wants to get back round the table or I want them to do is sit down have a constructive discussion about our we can resolve it I don t see how I can resolve it without them sitting down and talking about how we might get to a resolution so again other options you invite them back into constructive talks disrupting services every Saturday for the passengers across the north of England it s just not the right thing to do to companies which sponsor Cristiana right now to have expressed concern over an allegation of rape when he was a Manchester United player Knight described it as disturbing the video game maker Electronic Arts said it was closely monitoring the situation the footballers denied any wrongdoing. An exhibition to commemorate 100 years since the end of the 1st World War will open later at the Fusilier museum in Bury it tells the stories of the 18 Lancashire fuser layers who were awarded the Victoria Cross during the Great War 17 of the medals will be on di
R. And Fender Rhodes what else is on your agenda in the coming. Out of painting. You ve done your album covers Yeah yeah I did actually so the painting on the last tribute is an example of and that s a really big painting actually Well I mean like 20 by 20 or 18 by 24 that one was and that was sold to somebody through a gallery recently and in Italy. Yeah I have to get back and do more of that. You know I was actually inspired to do the kind of painting I ve always done since I was a child but. I love to watercolor the child as well but reading the liner notes for kind of blue. Whose is a Bill Evans talking about. The art of brushstroke very likely. Japanese painting where you don t break the Improv. That that inspired me to go out and get I found a beautiful Japanese brush that I ve been working with for since 1999 so. A lot of paintings now I m working with a good gallery. Which also has. The same gallery has a place in Hamburg so. So you can look for but current Spain. Has been a r
Said he wanted to meet with her and was shocked to hear she d be there in a few hours in his hospital room I freaked out I had somebody come and shave me and cut my hair and the best I could before she got there also we talked with Jim Gavin creator of Lodge $49.00 a comedy about a surfer who after a truly terrible year stumbles on a fraternal organization and he believes that the universe has given him a sign and the law is the place where he can almost regain time get back all that he s lost and marine Corrigan reviews Kevin Wilson s new book that s on Fresh Air. First. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jack Speer President Trump has signed off on a national defense bill that will give troops their biggest pay increase in nearly a decade as North County Public Radio s Lauren Rosenthal reports the president signed the new National Defense Authorization Act into law earlier today during a visit to the Fort Drum Army base in upstate New York standing in front of an Apache helicop