Ships on this day in 1954 and 55 the seas may just want a wind and the news is next live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m sure Rahm the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan are appealing to Taliban militants to join peace talks being organized by China to mend strained relations between the 2 governments the 3 countries just held their 1st trilateral meeting in Beijing the B.B.C. s unbar is than at hard in reports China is offering to extend a multi-billion dollar economic harder with Pakistan to promote peace in the region Beijing believes its economic diplomacy could bring peace between Afghanistan and Pakistan who accuse each other of using Islamist militants to destabilize that specter of countries that talks that also is seen as part of a Chinese bid to more regional influence China also wants to see stability in the region as it fears the spread of Islam is to militancy from its 2 neighbors to the western Chinese the vision of Xinjiang it is investing $57000000000.00
next. Line from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Corba Coleman polls are open in Alabama for the state s special election for a u.s. Senator Democrat Doug Jones is competing against Republican Roy Moore Moore continues to deny accusations of sexual misconduct including assault against young women some of whom were teenagers at the time Jones has won backing from former President Obama and from Alabama native an n.b.a. Hall of Famer Charles Barkley he appeared at a Jones rally to denounce more as embarrassing I love Alabama but at some point we got to draw a line in a sense that we just we re not a bunch of down idiots. And people are looking I was like yeah split thinking about over this guy Barkley spoke to. T.v. President Trump has endorsed Roy Moore the mayor of San Francisco Ed Lee has died when he was 65 a cause of death has not been disclosed Lee was the city s 1st Asian American mayor a former city official he was a compromise choice for the San Francisco mayor s job in 2011 by d
I m Steve Inskeep with Rachel Martin The blast came in a subway tunnel the need for the Port Authority bus terminal which many thousands use every morning our correspondent is watching southern California hillsides burn near beach communities Now also this hour an evangelical leader ponders the dilemma of Alabama s Roy Moore and we mark a grim milestone the family of a victim recalls the day 5 years ago that a gunman walked into a school and. It s Monday December 11th former Secretary of State John Kerry is 74 years old today. And the news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m core of a Coleman there s been an explosion in the New York City subway this morning N.P.R. s Joel Rose reports on the latest from the New York City Police Department the n.y.p.d. Has just tweeted an update regarding this explosion at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue it s in the subway 1st of all which is new information they have confirmed so we think the explosion happened in the subway tunnels below 42nd
We ll bring you developments as they happen in other news the all Thora he is in the Turkish capital Ankara have banned all day events the international operation continues to find an Argentine submarine missing since Wednesday the British are helping as the Brazilians are helping and I think Chile is sending some vessels and a new Egyptian museum with previously unseen artifacts relating to King to become his footwear if God has a weapon. His shield everything that was waving those to the king those stories here on the news room from the b.b.c. B.b.c. News Hello I m Doris Pilar this in Bahrain President Robert Mugabe is expected to make an announcement shortly after coming under intense pressure to step down following a 37 years in power the ruling party Zanu p.f. Has given him until midday on Monday to resign as the country s president or face impeachment early in the party voted to remove Mr Mugabe as the head of the movement he founded the new party leader is Emerson man and gag w
The Fall and use present in this hour do not reflect the views of kid of yes to the sponsors of the University of California it is it o clock your to do this in Davis money point 3 f.m. Summit notes as we do parallel. This is radio parallax a slightly different perspective from a slightly different view with topics that include matters in science technology history politics current events and whatever we damn well please and now the host of Radio parallax Douglas ever. I think we need to start out today s program with a quote. The quote in this case comes from the late and conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger who once said the gun lobby s interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is one of the greatest frauds on the American people by a special interest group ever the real purpose of the 2nd Amendment was to ensure that state armies the militia would be maintained for the defense of the state the very language of the 2nd Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended