N.p.r. . Is Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jack Speer one than 70 former u.s. Attorneys are calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the Trump administration s policy of separating migrant families at the border N.P.R. s Ryan Lucas has more in an open letter a bipartisan group of $75.00 former u.s. Attorneys calls the administration s 0 tolerance policy that separates migrant children from their parents at the southern border a quote radical departure from previous Justice Department policy they say the policy is dangerous expensive and inconsistent with the department s values previous administrations have struck a balance they say between the need for effective enforcement with humanity and compassion the troubled ministrations approach has abandoned that balance in the name of deterring illegal immigration they say the former u.s. Attorneys also say the quote unfolding tragedy at the southern border falls squarely on sessions shoulders and they call on him to end
2nd program from Russia she and other members of Moscow s talented musical community a keen to be heard above the hostile political noise that seems to be the soundtrack of relations between our country and large parts of the world at the moment. I really would like to think that culture and politics more separate and together I would like for people to kind of not look at what Putin is saying because he isn t speaking for the whole nation and the people are different from the leader join me James Kim Our saw me in just a few minutes. Hello Marion Marshall with the b.b.c. News 629 migrants at the center of a rowdy European immigration policy of spending their 1st night on dry land for more than a week 3 vessels took them to the Spanish port of Ellen from where Damon Dramatica reports Spain is giving the 630 people free medical care and permits to stay for 45 days it s promised to consider every asylum claim as it seeks to demonstrate what it says can be a more humane migration policy
Cohn warns fallout from the terrorists could erase the gains from last year s g.o.p. Tax cut Scott Horsley n.p.r. News Washington Democrats are criticizing President Trump for his administration s immigration policy un-American as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi describes the administration policy separating children from their parents when families cross the border illegally which she says is simply the administration playing to its base is see this president use this as a political tool. That s that this is about and he s using these young children u.s. Attorney General Jeff Sessions as defended the administration s 0 tolerance policy on the separation of families which also applies to those seeking asylum The administration says nearly 2000 children have been separated from their families at the border over a recent 6 week period Citigroup is agreeing to pay $100000000.00 to dozens of states over accusations its bankers manipulated a key interest rate that affects how consumers
Are actually to the right they are to the right they re more militaristic and more worldly and Donald Trump which shows a lot about how far the politics of moved to the right within the summits of the American political establishment Yeah how about you what s your take on this on the reaction of the u.s. Press to the summit I agree with Brian and you know for so long the narrative in this country about Korea has been that South Korea is our ally and we saved them from the evil communist North Korea as a talent turn on government a threat to global peace and so the new u.s. Needs to be in South Korea to protect us from the north this narrative I think has been profitable for a certain very powerful interests in Washington South Korea as a top purchaser of u.s. Weapons the u.s. Has been building a trilateral missile defense belt with South Korea and Japan in the region and using the North Korea threat has always been the primary justification for that you know there are powerful interes
About Russia s involvement in Syria and Ukraine and its alleged role in the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain but the Austrian foreign minister carrying Meisel said it was appropriate to maintain dialogue pill we are one of many countries that acts within the context of perceptions as to where conclude it in July 24th but like the Germans have to Petersburg dialogue which enables them to discuss the one of the other topics so we also or pursue our bilateral context be the cultural economic or other Iran has submitted a letter to the u.n. Nuclear agency the i.a.e.a. Officially informing it that it s beginning the process of increasing its uranium enrichment capacity the plans will enable Iran to make more uranium hexafluoride a key ingredient in the in Richmond process the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization said that Iran would begin using its advanced centrifuges assembly center in their towns nuclear facility last month President Trump pulled out of the international deal