This is Weekend Edition from n.p.r. News I m Scott Simon the president is working to open States with governor s races on the ballot this year last night Mississippi Mr Trump rallied in Tupelo with Republican Tate Reeves the lieutenant governor who s in a tighter than expected race against the Democrat Jim Hood the state s longtime attorney general N.P.R. s Debbie Elliott was at the rally joins us from Tupelo How are you Debbie I m good how are you Scott fine thank you and what was the president s message there in Tupelo you know that a victory for Tate Reeves on Tuesday would be sending a direct message to the quote radical left crazy Democrats who are out to impeach him he talked a lot about the House impeachment inquiry calling it an attack on democracy itself but he also zeroed in on Reeve s opponent Jim Hood if you don t 2 want a far left Democrat running Mississippi wait a minute how is this guy you know I can t believe this is a competitive race and it s like embarrassing I m t
Congressman beto dropped out of the race just before the event started for n.p.r. News I m claim asters and to morning as the anti-government protests escalate in Iraq the u.s. State Department is closely monitoring calling on all sides to reject violence Michele Kelemen has more Secretary of State Mike Pompei o says the government of Iraq should listen to the legitimate demands made by the Iraqi people who have taken to the streets in a statement he calls on the Iraqi authorities to relax the restrictions it placed on the media and he says the government investigation into violence in early October was not credible enough adding quote The Iraqi people deserve genuine accountability u.s. Officials say they ve seen evidence of what they call Iranian overreach in Iraq the anti-government protesters include Iraqis from across sectarian and ethnic divides angry about corruption and foreign influence in the country Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News Washington from Washington you are listening to
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Go out and I don t know have a have a have a milkshake with. You Madge and get yelled at over dinner by either one of them have you could have Bertie centers on one side of you Elizabeth Warren on the other the both yelling that you should be shrieking he d be yelling they d be complaining about the room temperature you know there s not enough tofu on the menu comrade Bernie to be upset because we re spending too much money he certainly won t leave a tip think about dinner with Bernie and Pocahontas so don t worry don t get too wrapped up in and they ll be a lot made I m sure of this n.b.c. Wall Street Journal poll who ll people don t like him personally you don t have to like the commander in chief personally you don t have to I mean I d love to believe that we re grown up enough that we don t have to have this touchy feely you ve got you ve got to really like the commander in chief the president of the United States. Who s going to get a whole lot of stuff and his getting a whole lo