A hoarder reports from beirut some emerged from underground shelters to buy food and water others returned home to collect whatever is left of their belongings the relative calm gave the people of selfrespect a five hour pause in the assault by the pro Syrian Government alliance on the besieged enclave ordered by the russian government the temporary truce from nine am until two pm is due to be repeated daily its not enough for the syrians trapped in the war zone. What ceasefire we have been under bombardment all night planes flying above our heads death is everywhere theres no ceasefire. The Bombing Campaign resumed soon after the limited ceasefire expired the last rebel stronghold near the capital damascus has been under attack for more than ten days civilian deaths are already close to six hundred the stated aim of the truce is to allow civilians to leave but the opposition says the true goal is to displace the population. So how do they expect the people of ghouta to leave their hom
Senate mcconnell has promised as a doc a bill and amendments will come up in a fair way when it comes to those issues on immigration and very soon paul ryan has promised no such thing paul ryan says he will bring up issues to the floor if donald trump would sign them and thats a hard line and im glad hes sticking to that and steve are there any details on the infrastructure number i know that theyre talking about including that in there but if you heard any numbers. No i remember you and i after the state of the union discussed that it will probably come down to two hundred. Two hundred Million Dollars from the federal government and a lot of subsidies now theres been no specifics that ive heard about thats not true theres so i think six sixty three billion for opioid abuse and eighty some odd billion for a military spending so there are some numbers i have not seen a number for what you just alluded to as far as infrastructure and do you i mean with the debt ceiling thats a big deal i
And says that its based on flawed methodology that exaggerates the number of life that the units are rented to visitors for reporting in new york trinity charges are to. Well congressional leaders may surprise many of us do a larger deal for two years on funding including infrastructure funding and the debt ceiling that would surely calm jittery markets lets get the latest from conservative t. V. And radio host Steve Malzberg steve thank you for being with us this is actually surprise me as you might have imagined is it real and whats the latest. I think its real we had a press conference earlier today with Mitch Mcconnell on the the republican side and then Chuck Schumer took over not a press conference but speeches on the floor of the senate and they both said they have reached this consensus theyve reached this deal now they have to sell it but i think thats a fait accompli three hundred billion dollars in spending over the next two years the caps off military spending the caps off
The infrastructure number i know that theyre talking about including that in there but if you heard any numbers you. Know i remember you and i after the state of the union discussed that it would probably come down to two hundred. Two hundred Million Dollars from the federal government that a lot of subsidies no theres been no specifics that ive heard about thats not true theres i think six sixty three billion for opioid abuse and eighty some odd billion for a military spending so there are some numbers i have not seen a number for what you just alluded to as far as infrastructure and do you i mean with the debt ceiling thats a big deal i mean weve debated whether or not you know the Government Shutdown impacts markets much of it depends about how long but i do think that with the debt ceiling doing the debt ceiling and the budget plus if you get infrastructure that will help markets do you agree. It might help markets i think its going to disappoint a lot of fiscal conservatives thoug
World and the potential effects of corruption in the u. S. Hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, its 90 minutes. Good afternoon. My name is armando trool, the npr station in washington and the toprated npr station in the country. I would like to we come you to what is sure to be a very interesting and exciting conversation about corruption in Central America, the United States and elsewhere. I will be moderating this conversation and you will have the opportunity to ask questions once the panelists are finished. First, sarah chase, senior fellow here at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace. She is the author of this report when corruption is an operating system and shes using honduras as the case study. To add perspective to this conversation, zephyr is a law professor at the university will school of law. Shes thea author of corruption in america and also an attorney on the emoluments lawsuit filed by donald trump. So corruption as an operating system. Wh