From n.p.r. News in Washington d.c. This is Weekend Edition. Garcia Navarro good morning President Trump has called Canada s prime minister Justin Trudeau dishonest and week in a series of tweets in advance of his meeting with North Korea s dictator talked to our Mara Liasson about the tensions with our traditional allies and if we re making new friends in Asia and forget about this possible trade war stuff for a few minutes and take a journey with Phil Reeves in Brazil aboard an Amazon river boat and our weekend long Listen series plus frozen Mean Girls and Sponge Bob Not the movies no the Tonys are tonight and these Broadway adaptations are up for awards It s Sunday June 10th 2018 news is next. N.p.r. News in Washington. President Trump calls Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau weak and dishonest and is withdrawing from yesterday s final communique by the g 7 tweets he s angry after called new u.s. Tariffs insulting Meanwhile Britain is splitting with the u.s. Over sanctions on R
Garcia Navarro good morning in Pakistan a family is grieving over a daughter who was killed in the Texas school shooting we will remember the victims and here in America the Houston police chief says he s had enough of politicians doing nothing about gun control will join us plus revelations on the Russian investigators and took some unexpected turns with new details on a secret meeting and it s the holy month of Ramadan when Muslims seek spiritual renewal and fast during the day but how do the observant deal with the demands of the American workplace at the same time it s Sunday May 20th 2018 the news is coming up next. From n.p.r. News in Washington. A Muslim prayer service will be held this afternoon for the Pakistani exchange student who was shot and killed at Santa Fe high school in Texas Friday the school remains off limits as an investigation continues into the rampage that killed 10 people authorities are still trying to determine the motive of the suspected gunman 17 year old
Children s book. Live from N.P.R. News in Washington I m Jenny Herbst White House says North Korean leader Kim Jong un will have to take concrete steps to show his commitment to denuclearization before a face to face meeting with President Trump N.P.R. s Scott Horsley reports the administration hasn t said what those concrete steps might look like President drop and South Korean officials both say Kim Jong un has expressed a willingness to denuclearize though it s not entirely clear what the North Korean leader might mean by that trouble agreed to meet with Kim to discuss the situation within a couple of months in the meantime White House spokeswoman Sara Sanders says tough economic sanctions against North Korea will remain in place for the 1st time in a long time the United States is actually having conversations from a position of strength not a position of weakness like the one that North Korea finds itself in due to the maximum pressure campaign Kim s invitation for the meeting wa
Yeah. How you doing. Well I guess. Your time it s probably. Very well listen to our 989 interview with Frank who learned to mind the pain in his own life for a show so that it was easier to experience whatever suffering came my way also the new film The post is about the Washington Post decision to publish the Pentagon Papers Daniel Ellsberg tells us about leaking those documents and David Edelstein reviews the film the final year. First news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst the Senate is holding a key vote on a stopgap funding measure at this hour this less than 2 hours before the government runs out of money lawmakers spent most of the day blaming the other side for the impasse today President Trump and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer met at the White House she was says some progress was made we had a long and detailed meeting we discussed all of the major outstanding issues we made some progress but we still have a good number of disagree Democrats Well l
Philadelphia this is Fresh Air I m David Bianculli in for Terry Gross today. Creator and star of the h.b.o. Comedy series crashing about a comic trying to get started in the New York comedy scene but he doesn t quite fit in because he comes from a devout Christian background. I was the dorky church that was my identity I played moderately funky in the worship. Alternatives to parties. Doing open mike night. Comics he tried to stay true to the person he thought he was I was trying to be the good boy so I was trying to do the comedy that I. Wanted me to do. And. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst Democratic Senator Dick Durbin says President Trump did indeed use a vulgar slur when referring to Haiti and African nations and a White House meeting on immigration and warning about upcoming language to no surprise the president started tweeting this morning denying that. It is not true he said he said for the innocent there were people who are now in a tweet today Trump de