And Carol Natalie made a brief statement after the vote today is a solemn and sad day for the 3rd time in a little over a century and a half. The House Judiciary Committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the House will act. Expeditiously the full House is likely to vote next week if approved the Senate will then hold a trial on whether President Trump should be removed from office the nation's growers say they are consciously optimistic over the new phase one trade deal between China and the Trump administration announced Friday because of the trade wars some have stopped shipping crops altogether to China well others are facing reduced sales because of steep tariffs and again with Northwest news networks reports China is one of the largest export markets for u.s. Wheat from states throughout the Northwest and other such as Colorado and Nebraska that can afford to get their grain to the coast but that trade has been shut down since the 1st tariffs against China started rolling out more than a year ago the c.e.o. Of the Washington grain commission Glenn Squires notes that China is the Northwest's 6 largest trading partner for wheat then not being in the market is essentially reduced demand so that's had a price effect you know it's been lost sales Washington apple growers are also hopeful they're facing 60 percent tariffs in China for n.p.r. News I'm in a king in Richland Washington this is n.p.r. News. Colorado is in the midst of a major snowstorm It started Thursday and is expected to be over until Sunday evening some areas have already seen as much as 2 feet of snow multiple traffic accidents forced the closures of major highways an avalanche warning is in effect in many mountain areas the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of a high dose prescription fish oil drug to reduce the risk of heart disease N.P.R.'s Allison Aubrey reports the drug will be made available to patients who have diabetes and other risk factors the drug to see if it was 1st recommended for people with very elevated triglyceride levels which can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes now the drug will be made available to people who are already taking Staton medications to reduce their cholesterol but can still benefit from the triglyceride lowering effects of the drug the f.d.a. Says the drug safety and efficacy were established in a study of about 8000 people the amount of fish oil and the daily recommended dose of the pill is equivalent of eating about 8 to 10 servings of salmon a day Allison Aubrey n.p.r. News the city government in New Orleans shut down its computers Friday because of a cyber attack officials say they can't say whether any important files were compromised or when the computers will be back on line the f.b.i. And the Secret Service are assisting in the investigation officials in Pensacola Florida confirmed Friday hackers crippled the city's computer systems earlier this week and they want a $1000000.00 ransom they say they haven't decided yet if they'll pay it I'm nor Rahm n.p.r. News in Washington support for n.p.r. Comes from Americans for the Arts committed to transforming America's communities through the arts and arts education supporting the nonprofit arts industry which employs 4600000 people nationwide learn more at Americans for the Arts dot org. I am. This is the mark Radio Hour I'm Jay Allison producer of this radio show when Today we'll hear about lessons our parents teachers whether they mean to or not our 1st story teller is Brigette Davis she told a story of a Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Detroit Michigan where the mouth was presented by Michigan Radio Here's Brigette Davis by the. I was in my 1st grade class one day and I had just shown my teacher Miss Miller and a sign that we had to color paper petals cut them out and paste them onto a picture of a flower and then as I'm returning to my seat Miss Miller stops me and she says You sure do have a lot of issues. The week before she asked me what my father did for a living and I said he doesn't work and she said well what does your mother do and I froze I knew I could not tell her that. My mom was in the numbers which was a lot like today's lottery except that it was underground and it really existed for decades before the state basically took it over. My mom was a numbers runner that means that every day except Sunday she would take people's bets on 3 digit numbers collect their money when they didn't win payout their winnings when they did in profit from the difference and the thing is the numbers was wildly popular it generated millions of dollars in every major city in the country and so you can imagine that a lot of the have money circulated through the black community and those dollars turned over many many times me numbers money help to provide services the black box desperately needed it really helped with launching small businesses and providing college scholarships and it helped folks get home loans and it even helped a fledgling in double a c.p. Stay afloat for years. My mom was high ranking she wasn't just a numbers runner she was a banker and that means that she didn't just have her own customers but other bookies turned their business into her and she was the only wommen in Detroit operating at that level for a long time. That's how she was able to give us a solid middle class life solid middle class life and so you can imagine that I was really really really proud of my mom I just thought this is really incredible that she's able to give us this kind of middle class life but what I loved most of all was I mean I can do it now I can conjure the sound of her voice on the phone taking her customers bets she would say Ok Miss Queenie I'm ready to take your numbers $69.00 to stray for $0.50 a box $4.00. And folks had these really creative ways of coming out with numbers to play they had all kinds of ways they would think about what 3 digits they wanted to play they could play their birthdates or their anniversaries or their addresses or their license plates some people even like to play their favorite bible verse. And for me to just hear my mom residing in those numbers every morning it was like a daytime lullaby because it meant that everything was right in the world you know because my mom was handling her business. On the other hand it is true that it was a livelihood based on a daily win or lose gamble so yes I also remember how we would all gather around and wait for that phone call every evening that would announce the days when the numbers they were based on race track results . It was like this tense silence moved through our home like a. Like a nervous prayer and when we actually heard the winning numbers we took our cues from mama either she looked relieved or she looked worried either she'd been lucky that day or one of our customers had been and it wasn't that she ever resented her customers winning she would always say folks play numbers to hit so you can not be mad when they do. I was so proud of my mom I knew she was not like any of my friends' mothers I knew she was running things and one day I decided I was going to organize all of her numbers running materials yet and so I went through the house. Gathering everything into this shallow cardboard box her spiral notebooks and her white scratch pads in her black binders and her red ink pens and then I very carefully painted on the side of the box mom was numbers and I used bright pink nail polish. I was so impressed with myself because I remember the possessive s. . So I probably show this to my mom and she takes one look and says you can not put my business in the street like that and that's when it hit me that I had to keep my admiration for my mom. Private and it's not that she was ever apologetic or embarrassed about what she did there was no shame attached to it my mom made it very clear that the numbers was a legitimate business that just happened to be illegal. And she had all of these ways to help to mitigate you know risk of exposure. My mom basically lived a low key lifestyle she never flaunted her wealth Yes she always drove a new car but it was a Buick Riviera and not a Cadillac and we lived in a lovely home on a tree lined street but we did not live in one of the big houses in an exclusive enclave in Detroit and we were well dressed my mom was the best dressed of all but her style was understated you know she was classic and classy no one would have ever described my mother as flashy my mom's edict was keep your head up and your mouth shut. Be proud but be private and that's why when my 1st grade teacher asked me what my mom did for a living I knew I could tell her the truth I knew I could not reveal the family business we all knew to keep that secret The only problem was I hadn't been taught what I should say so I said to Miss Miller I'm not sure what my mom does. And after Ms Miller said to me you sure do have a lot of issues. She said to me before you sit down I want you to name every parish use you have to go ahead I was so nervous because it felt like a test and so I didn't want to get it wrong I went through this mental inventory of all the shoes that lined my closet shelf and I just started naming them the black and white polka dotted ones with the bow tie the buckled ruby red ones the salmon pink lace ups and I I managed to get through 10 pairs of shoes and Miss Miller said to me tin pears is an awful lot and I could hear something something bad in her voice as she ordered me to take my seat and then the next day in class Mrs Miller called me back to her desk and she said you did not tell me you had white shoes I looked out of my feet and I felt like I had been caught in a lie I I knew I had disappointed my teacher and the rest of the day I was so worried that I was in trouble and so that evening. After my mother was finished taking her customers beds and before the days when the numbers came out during that brief expectant pause in the day when she was least distracted and still in a good mood I told her what happened at school. I confessed that I forgot to tell Miss Miller about the 11th pair of shoes. I have never seen my mother get so angry she was furious and I thought I am about to get a spanking. But in fact my mom said to me that is none of her business who does she think she is and then my mom stood up and said Get your coat and I thought oh my God we are going back to school and and she's going to confront Ms Miller but in fact my mom took me to Saks 5th Avenue. Where we made our way to the children shoe department. She pointed to the most beautiful pair of yellow patent leather shoes and she said those are pretty. I'm I'm telling you I still can remember when my mother pulled out a $100.00 bill and paid for those shoes the cells a woman looked at her the way Miss Miller had looked at me. On the way home my mom said you're going to wear these to school tomorrow. And you better tell that damn teacher of yours that you actually have a dozen pairs shoes you hear me. The next day I wore my new shoes with a matching yellow nitrous and in class I was so nervous but I did as I was told I walked up to my teacher's desk and I said Miss Miller I have 12 pairs of shoes. She looked out of my feet. And then she leveled her blue eyes in my face and she said sit down. Miss Miller never said another word to me. Sending me to school that day in those decided early on subtle bright yellow shoes my mom really did risk raising Miss Miller suspicions but she did it to make a point and it was one that I understood her loud and clear no one can tell me ever what I'm entitle to. My mommy used material things as armor against a world designed to convince us black working class children of migrants they we didn't deserve a good life and her mission was to make sure we knew otherwise So yes 12 pairs of shoes for a 6 year old girl was going to outgrow them in a few months might seem excessive but for my mom it was an investment in how I walked into the future with my head up but I did continue to keep my mouth shut. For decades I never told anyone what my mother did for a living not even after Michigan's daily lottery became legal. And not even after my mother died which means I never got to tell anyone how proud I was of her. Until now. That was dead they are. Every day project plays the New York Lottery game which is actually called numbers at a bodega near home she plays 675 her home address which according to her favorite dream book also plays for her mom's name Fanny since publishing her memoir on this subject project has received dozens of emails from people of all backgrounds Greek Jewish Irish Italian Polish Lebanese Panamanian Ukrainian and more revealing how their family members once played or operated the numbers nearly all were sharing their stories for the 1st time. To see photos of Brigette and her mom along with a picture of her mother taking a customer's number over the phone visit the mosque dot org. Coming up the surprising lessons of a 9 alarm fire when the Moth Radio Hour continues. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Atlantic Public Media in we're told Massachusetts and presented by the Public Radio Exchange p.r. X. Dot org. You know you look at the bad guy. 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This is the Martha Radio Hour from here x m j Allison our next story in this hour about parental lessons comes from Ellie a couple of minutes into her story Ellie talks about a coat her father designed for her when she was a kid and she holds it up for the audience to see we don't want you to feel left out so if you want to see a picture of the code it's on our website the March dot org Here's Elly Lee live at the max. So there's a kind of wisdom that fathers have and then there's the kind of was that my father has. For example when he does things he think he's totally brilliant and I just think he's crazy you know for example we 1st immigrated from Hong Kong he thought would be a good idea for all of us to have American names which would you know make sense because it would make the transition a lot easier and so my dad chose the American name Ming even though it's like not even his Chinese name it's just like another Chinese name it's like a dynasty you know so. So when we came over to this country we really had nothing we would wear penniless so in order to save money by death I was a really smart idea to make and design my 1st winter coat I was 3 years old. And to this day he thinks it's like the best design. Made seriously he thinks it's like oh this is a great we should market this. Is that's the wisdom of my father has one more example of his wisdom one day he came home and there was a sale and belts and use like bought a man monogram belt he was so excited he's like look at this it had the this big shiny letter a on it even though our family name is Lee and I was like Dad why did you get a letter and a bill that doesn't make any sense he's like oh I can't because he is for Ace which is he like you have to understand something about Chinese people like Chinese people are obsessed about being number one like you know you know what I have a belt now that says so I'm number one ace you know and and that's something that like if you've ever noticed entire towns across the country like Chinese business people like they always have to find you know the best number one name for their business in order to bring in all the money in the good fortune which is why everything's like an imperial dynasty lucky dragon number one kitchen like that's the home and that is my dad liked. That's his mentality so so in the 1st few years of being in this country just you know he had no time off and worked like crazy and managed to save up a little money to start his own business was a very modest grocery store in Boston's Chinatown and of course he called it means market but in Chinese the name of it was. Which literally means cheap price market . And and it was that even as a little kid like I didn't understand like literally told me one day that he would like Mark up something my $0.05 you know like mark of another thing by 10 cents on us like how do you ever can pay money like this business model isn't saying it was the wisdom of that you know but but you know strangely enough like you know almost immediately he developed a really loyal following in Boston's Chinatown. Because for the 1st time I think working families and working poor families actually had a place where they could buy affordable healthy good groceries and eat well which is you know no small thing when you're poor so my dad after about 10 years of having this grocery store he built it up to be a very successful business and by 989 he had moved into a an enormous space it became New England's largest Asian market and at the same time that year I mean you know I was a snotty teenager I still thought well you're crazy you're successful businessman but you're nuts you know crazy ideas and you know at the same time there is this he's been running a 1st floor in this vacant building that been vacant for like 2030 years and the landlord was trying to renovate the other floors to try to. Rent it out as a retail space but he was doing everything on the cheap so instead of hiring a contractor he was like welding and renovating on his own without pulling permits so one day as you can probably expect something out of hand in this big fire broke out as he was welding. But it was Ok you know they got all the they evacuated the building about 150 people and the fire trucks arrived immediately and everything was fine until the fire department hooked up their hoses to the hydrants and there was no water to fight the fire. They're like whoa that's weird you know so they went down a couple of blocks and tried the next hydrant and it was totally dry what had happened was that the city of Boston a few months prior they were doing road construction and generally when you drill if they drill deep they turn off the water pressure in case they had a water main and when they sealed up the road they forgot to turn the pressure back up so the firefighters had no tools to fight the fire and it was just disaster I mean was just like an hour later the building still on fire and there's no water there trying to jerry rig something from a nearby hydrant likes you know like 10 blocks away. And if things couldn't get worse the fire jumped an alley and the building next door caught on fire on the top floor was 10000 square feet of illegally stashed fireworks. So you know it's a firefighters can scale the ladders and there's like I mean it was a surreal moment because things are exploding from you know like in celebration you know in horror where you have fireworks as my dad stood there completely helpless watching his life's work just be destroyed in a moment through no fault of his own so I got a call I was a sophomore at the time in college and I went out to the store the next day when it was you know kind of just like smoldering wasn't on fire anymore and as I made my approach to the store I remember seeing like 3 elderly women across the street and they were crying and so I went up to them and I said you know is everything Ok why are you crying and lady looked at me and then she looked at my dad's s