Severe financial instability just 2 years ago so far and hundreds of millions of dollars a year to pay its bills now this news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jack Speer are u.s. Envoy to Ukraine told congressional lawmakers today President Trump wanted release of u.s. Aid Ukraine contingent on Ukraine s president agreeing his government would investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son N.P.R. s Brian Naylor details ambassador Bill Taylor s testimony in the House impeachment inquiry Bill Taylor testified that the u.s. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sunland tried to explain to him that President Trump is a businessman Taylor says Sandland told him when a businessman is about to sign a check to someone who owes him something the businessman asks that person to pay up before signing the check the veteran diplomats testimony given behind closed doors was 1st reported by The Washington Post and confirmed by n.p.r. It could prove damaging to the president that
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For tourism in South Florida because it is so hot Tamara Keith n.p.r. News the Titians from both sides of the aisle today are praising the life and work of Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings were broke early today the longtime Democrat had died Cummings chair the committee on oversight and reform one of the committees involved in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said he was were veered in the house my brother in Baltimore he was in Congress a life of was considered a north star he was a leader of towering character and integrity he lived the American dream and his own families parents were shit happens even President Trump was lashed out at companies in the past called him a highly respected political leader of North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows says he was heartbroken by Cummings death logic Cummings was 68 years old stocks closed higher today on Wall Street the Dow up 23 points 227025 the Nasdaq was up 32 points today you re listeni
Trade war and global slowing and it is yet another thing to keep an eye on item number 2 General Motors clearly the 5 week long United Auto Workers strike that took g.m. Factories out of production contributed a bit to the manufacturing slowdown how much not quite clear hence the chicken and egg but on that story General Motors workers got some details today about what could be their next union contract the u.a.w. Released a summary this morning Marketplace s Jack Stewart looks at what g.m. Workers are considering now Anthony Smith is a 3rd generation g.m. Worker he s been on strike with thousands of others over issues like the company s use of temp workers and these people work putting in all the same work we are in they re not going to hire Smith was on the production line at Lordstown for nearly a decade he transferred to Spring Hill Tennessee before Lordstown closed now the times he works with will become permanent after 2 years on the job according to the union but Smith is conce
Military assistance to Ukraine but said that wasn t part of their concerns about corruption there well then he denied there was any quid pro quo involved the president ultimately did release nearly $400000000000.00 in military aid to Ukraine the U.K. s governments Brax it with drawled deal faces heavy opposition in the British parliament as N.P.R. s Frank Langfitt explains from London British lawmakers will vote on the deal this weekend u.k. Prime Minister Barak s Johnson s Conservative Party does not have a working majority in parliament and relies on 10 votes from Northern Ireland s Democratic Unionist Party to pass major legislation but the d. As it s called is voting against Johnson s deal because it places Northern Ireland under different customs arrangements and even some e.u. Rules as opposed to the rest of the u.k. If Johnson hopes to win the day he ll have to reach out to lawmakers in the opposition Labor Party and even some legislators who he kicked out of his own party for