Broadcasting on k.j. X. Aspen and k c j x. Carbondale. From n.p.r. And Chicago this is Wait Wait Don t Tell me. News quiz. I m Bill Kurtis and I m Peter Sagal this week after years of waiting and demanding Donald Trump finally agreed to show us his tax reform plan we ll ask about the latest idea and governing the Trump way plus Parks and Rec star Adam Scott finds out if he s geeky enough for our room and Bill Kurtis finally decides that if we work together he should probably get to know me is it true that you became gay because of Will and Grace we ll ask who s really asking the questions nobody else thought to ask on our quiz it s coming up right after this hour s news. From n.p.r. News in Washington. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the u.s. Is in direct contact with North Korea and is probing Pyongyang s leaders to find out if they re interested in dialogue as N.P.R. s Rob Schmitz reports Tillerson is in Beijing ahead of President Trump s visit there November Tillerson spent S
Live from n.p.r. News in Washington Stevens 7 u.s. Crew members are missing after a guided missile destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan s East Coast from Tokyo the B.B.C. s Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports that the commanding officer of the u.s.s. Pitts Gerald was seriously injured the collision occurred off the southeast coast of Japan at 2 30 in the morning the area is extremely busy with shipping heading in and out of Tokyo Bay However the u.s.s. Fitzgerald has one of the most advanced will ships in the world with extremely sophisticated radar systems there will now be lots of questions about why its crew fails to avoid collision with a slow moving 200 meter long container ship the B.B.C. s Rupert Wingfield Hayes in Tokyo president Trump s new hardline policy on Cuba has largely been well received by the island s exile community in Miami Peter Haydon reports from member station in an office you know I don t feel eons of trial like Cuban coffee on some of the corners of
One of the top 10 community colleges in the United States learn more at Pennsylvania dot edu. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m sure Stevens North Korea has again alarmed the international community by launching a ballistic missile early Saturday it was the 6th such test since President Trump took office in the 3rd this month as N.P.R. s Lauren Frayer reports from Seoul u.s. And South Korean officials say the test failed North Korea launched this ballistic missile from a location northeast of its capital just as u.s. Troops are installing a missile defense system in South Korea a u.s. Aircraft carrier and warships are sailing to Korean waters the u.s. Pacific Command says it detected the launch and determined it did not pose a threat to North America the missile flew for a few minutes to an altitude of about 44 miles before exploding and never left North Korean territory in a tweet President Trump called The Test bad and said North Korea is disrespecting its ally China Trump wa
Generally Alpine and so it s not an area where you have like a very intense population of wildlife it s the fact that nobody hunts there because it s a national park and because you ve got this remarkable road that is animals are had between the 2 and so you can see them and so what we re we re sort of basing our economy to some extent on that on those factors right yeah and and I think it s you know what you described is certainly true there are. A lot of visitors do see other big game yeah someone there are now a trip so there I don t know that I ve had that park road when I haven t seen a lot of wildlife so people are seeing caribou they re seeing sheep I m just saying that they are because it s like the richest habitat it s because the way it s manage you know interior Alaska actually most of Alaska is is pretty lean habitat for wildlife and so it s. It s not surprising that you don t have you know large herds wandering down the park road people do see wildlife but it s. Still it
From n.p.r. News in Washington d.c. This is Weekend Edition. I m Scott Simon Arkansas may soon execute a convicted murderers enlisting. Allen all was aggressions commissioner in Georgia Colorado and Mississippi believes it s a bad idea nobody in Arkansas was from to speed in an execution well over the next year so here we re going to have $2.00 to $8.00 executions today and listen to this later this hour the chance of mistakes in the effect on those who carry out so many lethal punishments and later Michael Flynn s bid for immunity to testify about Russia and the trumpet ministry 1st our newscast it s Saturday April 1 2017. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington and Joel Snyder the White House has started providing a picture of the wealth of President Trump s appointees N.P.R. s Alina Syl York reports that some of the financial disclosures on dozens of high ranking officials and the federal ethics law hiring appointees in the executive branch have to disclose their financial holdings and