Your organization can support Public Radio in your area by becoming a community sponsor and receiving frequent on air recognition for your support look under the support tab at h.p. P.r. Or for details. Very well a good story now news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I'm Jack Speer the International Olympic Committee today banned Russia from the upcoming Winter Games because of what the limbic officials say is that country's involvement in widespread doping N.P.R.'s Tom Goldman reports from our snap leagues will be allowed to compete though the i.o.c. Is basing its ban on a report 17 months in the making that confirms the systematic manipulation of anti-doping rules in Russia individual Russian athletes still can compete at February's South Korean Olympics if they pass rigorous drug screening they'll wear uniforms that say Olympic athlete of Russia but the Russian flag and anthem will be replaced by the Olympic flag and anthem in announcing the ban i.o.c. President Thomas Bach talked about the impact of Russian doping on competitors who didn't take drugs I'm a feeling care very sorry for all the clean athletes who are suffering from the same money college Russian athletes reportedly will appeal the ban Tom Goldman n.p.r. News u.s. Diplomats are being told to stay away from Jerusalem's old city and the West Bank the reason is on edge amid reports that President Trump could decide plans to move u.s. Somebody said to Jerusalem reversing decades of u.s. Policies N.P.R.'s Michele Kelemen reports in a security message the u.s. Embassy is telling its employees and their family members that they are not permitted to travel in the old city in the West Bank including Bethlehem and Jericho until further notice and it says u.s. Citizens should avoid areas where crowds are gathered Palestinian factions are calling for protests this week amid reports that President Trump might take steps to move the u.s. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or declare Jerusalem as Israel's capital Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as their future capital the u.s. As long viewed this as a so-called final status issue for Israelis and Palestinians to resolve in Peacock Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News this. Department the 3rd California wildfire has reportedly broken out north of Los Angeles according to officials there the latest blaze erupted around 9 30 am local time last Angeles Mayor Eric r. Said he says the weather outlook is not good in terms of efforts to contain the fire we expect this weather for the next 5 days that today may be the most intense of days so embers could kick into residential areas pushed by Santa Ana winds the explosive fires mostly burning to the northwest of Los Angeles moving through the city's foothills forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people European movie theater owner sign world group has announced it plans to acquire u.s.t.r. Operator Regal Entertainment in a $3610000000.00 deal u.k. Based on world saying it's agreed to pay $23.00 a share for Knoxville Tennessee based legal that's roughly 11 percent premium over the company's Monday closing stock price on Wall Street the Dow closed down today you're listening to n.p.r. . With the announcement by the longest serving u.s. Congressman he is stepping down amid sexual harassment allegations there are calls for Michigan's governor to hold a special election to fill John Conyers seat the 88 year old Democrat today submitted his decision to resign indorsing his son John Conyers the 3rd for the congressional seat which he held for nearly 53 years Conyers is the highest ranking member of Congress to be brought down by recent sexual misconduct allegations he founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus Conyers with Herman Cain amid comes amid a drumbeat of allegations that he groped her sexually harassed women to work for him French writer and intellectual gendarme officer Sean has died at the age of 92 N.P.R.'s Eleanor Beardsley reports there's an outpouring of affection for him in France people pay homage to his life and works Joel and almost all wrote more than 40 novels and was a member of the esteemed French Academy of Arts and Letters but far from being an aloof intellectual domus always remembered for his charm good humor and love of life he wrote his 1st novel at the age of 30 Love is a pleasure became an instant success later domiciles said he wrote it only to impress a girl and that it didn't work domicile was not only a man of letters but of the press he became director of national newspaper Le Figaro in the 1970 s. President Emmanuel McCall said Alma saw embodied the best of the French spirit a mix of unique intelligence elegance and mischief said Michael who knew never to take him self seriously Eleanor Beardsley n.p.r. News Paris girl futures prices move modestly lower the price of oil was up $50.00 or down $0.15 a barrel today selling at $5762.00 in New York I'm Jack Speer n.p.r. News in Washington support for n.p.r. Comes from n.p.r. Stations other contributors include Log Me and makers of Go To Meeting a collaborative meeting platform committed to helping get work done in today's modern workforce learn more head Go To Meeting dot com and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 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News I'm Kelly McEvers in Culver City California and I'm Mary Louise Kelly in Washington the Republican National Committee is once again supporting Roy Moore's campaign for Senate in Alabama last than a month after withdrawing support the reversal happened after President Trump indorsed the embattled Republican more has been accused of pursuing relationships with teenaged girls when he was in his thirty's and in 2 cases the accusation is that he sexually assaulted them N.P.R.'s Tamara Keith reports that the arc of the more campaign has a lot in common with what happened after the Access Hollywood Video shocked last year's presidential campaign Yeah Access Hollywood video was recorded in 2005 when Donald Trump was a reality t.v. Star but it came out just a month before Election Day 2016 automatically Jack of the people I just want to salute them for the mag It was just along the way when you're inside that let's do it you can do anything but by the end of the next day 30 prominent Republicans had called for Trump to step aside including now former Congressman Jason Chaffetz you know my wife and I we have a we have a 15 year old daughter and if I can't look her in the eye. And hell are the things I can adore says 1st house speaker Paul Ryan disinvited Trump from a rally he was holding for Republican candidates in Wisconsin let me join up by saying there is a bit of an elephant in the room. There is a troubling situation in Syria in the coming days more than a dozen women would come forward to accuse Trump of inappropriate behavior he denied it all much like Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore who similarly faced calls to get out of the race they should step aside That was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in mid November shortly after the accusations against Moore 1st emerged I believe a woman yes around that time President Trump through press secretary Sarah Sanders even says Moore should get out of the race though with a qualification he said if the allegations are true he should step aside that was nearly a month ago more didn't begin to pressure to drop out Republicans didn't mount a write in campaign and this was President Trump today indorsing more I think you're going to do very well we don't want to have a liberal Democrat in Alabama believe me we want to show voters we want stopping crime we want to have the things that we represent if that sort of reasoning sounds familiar that's because it is here was then Congressman Chaffetz on c.n.n. Less than a month after withdrawing his endorsement of trump the reality is there's only 2 people that might become the president Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump That's the vote that facing us and and that's why I'm voting for Donald Trump shortly before Election Day 2016 Paul Ryan who had distanced himself from Trump announced that he had voted early for him and encouraged his fellow Republicans to quote come home Laura Brown at George Washington University has studied political scandals voters care about character but they really can only afford to care about character in a primary election. Because in general elections they're focused on issues which is why in the Alabama race President Trump and Roy Moore are putting so much emphasis on things like abortion and the 2nd Amendment and telling voters in the Republican majority state that they face the binary choice even Mitch McConnell who had called on more to drop out is now saying simply that the voters will decide Tamara Keith n.p.r. News Washington we just heard this but it's worth repeating more than a dozen women have come forward with allegations against Donald Trump allegations ranging from harassment to assault many of them told their stories during the campaign and watched him become president anyway and I also heard him say that these stories are lies and non-sense. We wondered what it's like to be one of these women so we reached out to Jessica Leeds she was sitting next to Donald Trump on the plane in the early eighty's and she says he groped her and tried to put his hand up her skirt I started telling my story to everybody who would stand to listen for it when I realized Trump was serious about running for president and so that was about a year before the election and I told everybody I told friends I told neighbors I told my book club I told anybody who would listen for it and for the most part everybody believe me there were times when I would get a look or something like that that I knew that they really didn't believe me and I understood that because it had happened so long ago but what transpired was during the debates when Anderson Cooper asked Trump point blank Have you ever Girl to Woman and he tried to talk about Syria hated but it's locker room talk and it's one of those things I will knock the hell out of ISIS were good but Anderson didn't let him off the hook he reacts the question things just for the record though are you saying that what you said on the bus 11 years ago that you did not actually women without consent or grow up women without and I have great respect for women and Trump said no I don't live in a have respect for me and I will tell you No I have not well I found myself on my feet yelling at the t.v. Set which was very useful and I didn't sleep that night at all and I got up the next morning and my e-mail was just lit up like a Christmas tree from all my friends and acquaintances saying you gotta say something you've got to say something and I sat down and I fired off a letter I came home after about 2 hours and the New York Times where it's at my letter was on the phone and. And then started a day that was somewhat bizarre for a person who's not in the world of fame and then they printed the story with my picture on the front page of The Times now for a kid from Missouri this was holy cow this was really something else so it's all been quite fascinating and and illuminating and sad all of the same time and we're still it didn't change anything you know why sad I mean did you think at the time that something was going to come of it no no no I really didn't so when the other women came forward and I'd like to point out the stories that the other women of told are carbon copies of each other and we've had no contact with each other so you know it's his m.o. And I think that speaks volumes to the authenticity of their experience you since talked to some of the other women have come forward with allegations against President Trump like you said you weren't in contact at the time but not since get to tell us about that well following a news story there were 2 e-mails that were forwarded to me by the times and then it was just about 2 weeks ago or a week ago one of the other ladies called me and we talked for a while but that's been one of the conversations like it is expressing their disappointment that by exposing themselves they've run into a lot of criticism from their community and their families and that been your experience I live in a New York bubble when it 1st happened people came up to meet women for the most part but a few men and they all said. The sexing thing it was really kind of spooky they said thank you and your so brave Well I never felt any fear so feeling brave just doesn't cover but it was as I said I felt sad and disappointed that it didn't affect the election. After the election of course where the reports about Harvey Weinstein and all of the reports that followed I mean some people are calling it a moment but it feels a lot bigger than a moment what do you think about it as as the stories come out you know it seems like almost every day there's was a news story of allegations against powerful man and a powerful man resigning or being fired. I have sort of come to conclusion that any man who holds a job of importance or authority a lot of them are waking up at 4 o'clock in the morning wondering when she was going to drop on them but some of these men have a very strong capacity to. Not ignore but compartmentalize what they've done and why they've done it if I can make an observation here during this year right at the beginning there were people would come up to me with their stories and then after the wind seeing a story broke it started again with people coming up to me recognizing me and talking to me and another conclusion I've come to is that women or the victim here remember in great detail even if they were 8 years old. They remember when it happened who happened with how they got out of it and they all went home or got out and never told anybody and a lot of them talked about taking their clothes and strong in the way. And I just don't think that men have any comprehension of the psychological damage that they're doing when they're just scratching an itch. And just you know you talked about early on yelling at the t.v. Yes And you know I just makes me wonder has there been any time throughout this process where you felt like that again you know when the Harvey Weinstein story broke or even recently when the president said maybe it wasn't me on the Access Hollywood tape I get mad every time I listen to somebody story and as I said I've heard a lot of stories I've done a lot of talking I've been interviewed by a lot of people and thought halfway through the media scrum I realized that it was all about me so I started taking the time to ask the reporter well you know what's your story and everybody's got a story and that just gives me cold chills so I'm not an angry person but this is makes me angry just the leads a recently retired stockbroker in New York City thanks again you're welcome. You're listening to All Things Considered from n.p.r. News. 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And from Zoom Zoom offers cloud video conferencing online meetings and a video conference room solution and one platform featuring digital video and audio with screen sharing account registration and more at Zoom dot us. From n.p.r. News this is All Things Considered I'm telling the governors and I married a raise Kelly beautiful shore natural medicine at its pinnacle that is how Dr Juliano Testa described the recent birth of a baby boy to a mother who underwent a uterus transplant last year to says leading a clinical trial at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas it involves 10 women who also suffer from what is known as absolute uterine infertility this was the 1st such birth here in the u.s. In Sweden 8 babies have been born to mothers who have had uterine transplants today we reached oxytocin and his colleague Dr Lisa Johannes on who was part of the Swedish team and is now at Baylor I began by asking Dr Tessa how they connected with the women in their study while they applied to it was an application process for it we went through their medical history went through their psychological story and then we all sat on the table and we thought of those we are the best candidates for the initiation of the trial and the idea just so that people understand the surgery the idea is that once the mother had the baby the uterus would then be removed is that correct Well that's correct and disability of it because that means that the medication needed can be withdrawn the immune suppression drugs that a mother would have to take to keep her body from rejecting Yes those are good drugs because they do the job they have to do but sometimes the common side effects and so the sooner you'll get them out the better it is just you hand it you've been through this and Sweden we mentioned 8 babies have been born there to mothers with transplant how complicated the procedures and I think we can compare to a hysterectomy when it comes to the donor surgery probably a little bit more complicated than simply struck me takes about 5 hours for the recipient the transportation cells takes by. 5 hours so it's fairly complicated and then after you have the transplant you don't have immediate success 1st you have to know that the uterus is staying with their sick and then you have to have the period coming show needs viable and you have to i