Also we remember Soprano Jessie Norman who died Monday at the age of 74 she 1st heard opera as a child listening to live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera though she didn t understand it but I was intrigued by it all and I loved it and I listened every Saturday even though a lot of my friends thought it was just something we had in August that I. First News life from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Louise Schiavone President Trump continued to argue he s done nothing wrong in asking a foreign government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter and P.R. s Franco all done yes reports that Trump says his concerns are about corruption not politics President Trump continued to insist his calls for foreign governments to investigate the Bidens had nothing to do with punishing a political rival but rooting out corruption I never thought Biden is going to win I don t care about. What I do care about. At all this is about Iraq but when asked whether he had asked a fore
Meanwhile there are wins of for Celtic Rangers Hearts and Hibs and in cricket there was no play possible on the 3rd day of the County Championship decided between Somerset in Essex at Taunton Essex will resume on the final day at 25 for no loss in their 1st innings trailing Somerset by 178 runs a draw though is good enough for Essex to win their 2nd title in 3 years this is b.b.c. Radio 5 Live on digital b.b.c. Sound small speak I am aware that outbreaks of rain will move into the West and push across the country during the night heavy at times especially for western Scotland 1st overall an unsettled windy day with Ali outbreaks of rain clearing to the east leaving sunny spells and blustery showers these will be most frequent in the West and some will be having the. Clouds come home last night if you haven t heard the headline is pod cast on b.b.c. Sound quite frankly where we go deep with the biggest names in entertainment culture and the arts of some of our recent guests Chrissie hi
Would 7 K.P.S. Get to the people rather. It. With the. With the. With the. With. With. With the. With the. With. With the. With the Justice Brett Kavanaugh the face of new uninvestigated allegations of sexual impropriety when he was in college the G.O.P. Controlled Senate confirmed Kavanagh last October after emotional hearings over a sexual assault allegation from his high school years the New York Times now reports that Kavanagh faced a separate allegation from his time at Yale and that the F.B.I. Did not investigate the claim Cavanaugh has denied all allegations of impropriety California senator and presidential candidate Camelot Harris told N.P.R. The allegations against Cavanagh. We re never given a thorough investigation you know our. Guys I mean I think it activation and I don t know what the level of attention that normally would have around crime is out of. Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former HUD secretary who Leon Castro were amon
N.P.R. s Tom Goldman reports in her 1st Grand Slam final Bianca Andress who became the 1st Canadian to win a major title the hard hitting and rescue matched Serena Williams a legendary power and she showed no signs of intimidation playing against the woman who had won 23 major titles in his nearly twice and rescues a down 51 and a match point in the 2nd set Williams rally to tie the score at 5 games all the pro Williams crowd roared its approval 1st thing and rescue at one point to plug her ears but at 5 all she steadied and closed out the match Williams now has lost 4 Grand Slam final since 2017 denying her the chance to tie Margaret courts all time record of 24 career major victories Tom Goldman N.P.R. News the men s final at the U.S. Open will be held today 2nd seed Rafael Nidal meets number 5 Daniel made that if I m to a ROM N.P.R. News in Washington Support for N.P.R. Comes from N.P.R. Stations and other contributors include the and he Casey Foundation developing solutions to ens
Reporting from Moscow World News from the B.B.C. The storm Dorian has hit Canada days after it devastated the Bahamas as a hurricane and killed at least 43 people probably many more when Dorian made landfall in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia is it weakens to what the Canadian hurrican center classified as a very intense post tropical cyclone but it is still bringing ferocious winds of 155 kilometers per hour toppling trees and cutting power supplies people in coastal areas have been urged to leave their homes no casualties have been reported so far Congress in Guatemala has voted overwhelmingly to approve a presidential decree that introduces curfews in 6 provinces troubled by drug related violence the decree was issued by President Jimmy Morales after the deaths of 3 soldiers in a clash with drug trafficking gangs near the borders with Honduras and Mexico Human rights groups protested outside the Congress building against the measures Bosnia s 1st ever pride March will take pla