Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst 13 former intelligence officials are speaking out after the White House revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan has repeatedly clashed with the president calling Trump s failure to denounce Russian interference in u.s. Elections at a recent summit with Lattimer Putin quote nothing short of treasonous N.P.R. s Sarah McCammon reports in a new statement the intelligence officials say the move is unprecedented and an attempt to stifle free speech there is the big names here about a dozen officials many of them former CIA directors who ve served under both Republicans and Democrats they write that they feel compelled to respond to the White House decision to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan is clearance they say they don t all agree with everything he said but they call this move by the White House an effort to stifle free speech n.p.r. Sarah McCammon a new report finds 8300000 pounds of air pollution w
Please to collect fees from the workers that they represent to pay for the costs of that representation I will have a full panel to discuss both the legal implications and the practical organizing ramifications when we come back after the news I m Eileen elfin dairy with news headlines the u.s. Supreme Court has ruled $5.00 to $4.00 that government workers cannot be required to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining the ruling deals a serious financial blow to organized labor it scraps a 41 year old decision that had allowed states to require public employees pay some fees to union that represent them even if the workers chose not to join just as Samuel Alito wrote for the majority quote states and public sector unions made no longer extract agency fees from non consenting employees right wing groups had backed Illinois worker Mark Janice who brought the challenge this morning he welcomed the ruling it is very historic day we now have $5000000.00 publi
Gens to the grain vulnerable our cities to the weather extremes brought on by climate change to what extent are rising sea levels from what s called the heat island effect threaten urban areas and what does adaptation to global warming on the urban level look like and need to look like I m c Yes song well represented a conversation with Ashley Dawson about his book Extreme city the peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change after these news headlines with I mean. President Donald Trump today that the u.s. Would not become a migrant camp as he addressed the mounting outrage over his administration s policy of separating immigrant children and parents the United States will not be a migrant camp. And it will not be a refugee holding facility big you look at what s happening in Europe you look at what s happening in other places we can t allow that to happen to the United States not on my watch referred to say only separation as he called u.s. Immigration laws horrible
America contest it honors our service and I sacrifice but also reminds everyone that we are winning for Sunday May 27th this is All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. I m Michel Martin we ll also talk with the Reverend Rob Schenck he was a key player in militant anti-abortion groups he s now turned his attention to gun violence we don t have to become pessimists and say that our children are doomed to being slaughtered in their schools that s not what Christ calls us to and we ll talk new music and politics with rapper Pusha t. Delivery. Truck in the big question but 1st this news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jenny and Herbst like u.s. Team is in North Korea today N.P.R. s Scott Horsley reports they re holding talks with North Korean counterparts in preparation for a possible summit between President Trump and Kim Jong un the ongoing talks in Bonn one job along the border between North and South Korea are the latest sign the Trump Kim summit could soon be back on the pres
To restore power on the sobriety Fox News hurricane Erma now blamed for more than $7000000.00 outages in several states pounding parts of Georgia and South Carolina now as a tropical storm after carving a path across Florida and Jacksonville is in the midst of record flooding action bill was never really mentioned is one of the places that may take the full force of those wrath and that s probably why we see a lot of businesses that are now getting flooded that don t have sandbags or other protective measures as Peter Doocy in Jacksonville where low lying areas are evacuating the mayor is telling anyone who can t get out to hang a white sheet so rescuers know where to look later also said if you re in your house in the water continues to rise don t go out go up state officials are urging Floridians to listen to local officials about when he is safe to return home in Miami Beach they re saying that s noon tomorrow Charleston South Carolina just announcing a flash flood emergency and te