In Los Angeles I m Carl Ryssdal It is Thursday today the 12th of December good as always to have you along everybody there is talk and I know you ve heard this before but there is talk of a China trade deal this afternoon so we will keep an eye out if it happens but we begin today for reals with a topic never far from top of mind for economic journalists inflation or rather as we have said I honestly don t know how many times on this program the lack of inflation in an economy that really should be seeing prices go up and they re just not at a macro level so what gives one insight came from Fed Chair Jay Powell in his press conference yesterday in response to a question by the way from our very own Nancy Marshall Genzer chair Paul why are we seeing stronger wage gains wages are growing more slowly now than they were toward the beginning of the year why is that Paul did that thing that fed chair s do talk for a while and then he said this the idea that you can make manufacture or even
Campaigning to turn Britain into a social democracy with free university tuition but voters like Steven Brown who works in the pharmaceutical industry are skeptical I think I m probably going to vote Conservative because the. Fire is presenting its a manifesto Richie s on financially supports both. To move the party for another 30 years. Since Conservative Party heading for a small parliamentary majority in tomorrow s vote but the British electorate is unpredictable and has defied the polls in several recent elections Frank Langfitt n.p.r. News London and you re listening to n.p.r. Live from k.q.e.d. News I m Brian Watt 6 of California s 12 Catholic Diocese expect to be subpoenaed soon by the state attorney general cuties Polly striker reports the subpoenas will be issued as part of an ongoing investigation by the State Department of Justice into whether the Catholic Church has properly handled allegations of sexual abuse by priests according to a church spokesman the San Francisco an
In service to our duty to the Constitution and to our country the House Committee on the judiciary is introducing 2 articles of impeachment charging the president of the United States Donald j. Trump with committing high crimes and misdemeanors now a lawyer said the Judiciary Committee will take up the articles later this week in a tweet President Trump said he has done nothing wrong Brian Naylor n.p.r. News Washington if the full House votes who impeached Trump would not face trial in the u.s. Senate until January Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says a g.o.p. Controlled chamber will take up impeachment and a new trade deal in the New Year Well about an hour after the announcement House Democrats pivoted to side with Trump on an upgrade to the NAFTA pact among the u.s. Mexico and Canada the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee said enforcement was central the president had called NAFTA a job killer for American fought to replace it he anticipates a new trade deal will qu
You know in the playground where we were we ve make each other better now these headlines. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jack Speer lawyers for Democrats and Republicans clashed at today s House Judiciary Committee hearing in the impeachment inquiry N.P.R. s Claudio reports Republicans say there was nothing wrong with President Trump s July 25th call with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelinsky Republican counsel Steve Castor says there was no primary on the call at the center of the inquiry simply put the call is not the sinister mob shakedown that some Democrats have described House Democratic counsel Daniel Goldman said Defendants don t usually admit their crime outloud as they are committing it in this case President Selenski I m going to bribe you now where I m going to ask for a bribe or I am now going to extort you that s not the way these things work the hearing is the last before Democrats are expected to drop articles of impeachment this week Cloete Selous n.p.r. News t
Is it cry it s not going to hurt that much here s It s the time traveler. And the views and opinions expressed on the Time Traveler those of the speaker here is truly Robert Plant an heir and a not necessarily represent those of Kip Ok up if Georgetown its management and staff or its underwriters and we ve been talking about Charles Manson died yesterday he received 5 years parole in September 1958 the same year in which Rosalie received a decree of divorce by November he was pimping a 16 year old girl and was receiving additional support from a girl with wealthy parents in September of 1959 he pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to cash a forged u.s. Treasury check which he claimed he stole from a mailbox the latter charge was later dropped received a 10 year suspended sentence and probation after a young woman with an arrest record for prostitution made a tearful plea before the court that she and Manson were deeply in love and would marry a Charlie were freed before the year