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The response followed the announcement by the Clinton Campaigns general counsel yesterday that although the campaign has no evidence of foul play with electronic Voting Machines it will have attorneys present at Legal Proceedings surrounding the recounts initiated by green Party President ial candidate jill stein. Dr. Stein says she has raised more than 6 million to pay for recounts in wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania. From his home in west palm beach, florida, mister trump took to twitter to call the recount effort a scam designed to fill green Party Coffers and to label the Democratic Party badly defeated and demoralized. He criticized democrats for not accepting the election results; a point emphasized in interviews today by his advisor and campaign manager, kellyanne conway. Their president , barack obama, is going to be in office eight more weeks, and they have to decide if theyre going to interfere with the transition, transfer of power to president elect trump and Vice President elect mike pence, or if theyre going to be a bunch of crybabies and sore losers about an election they cant turn around. Stewart Incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus is from the first state scheduled to conduct a recount, wisconsin. It is a total and complete hypocritical joke that the people that were nervous about president elect trump not conceding are the people conducting recounts in states where weve won by over 68,000 votes. Stewart noting Hillary Clintons november 9 concession speech and phone call to him, mister trump predicted nothing will change. Joining me now for more analysis of the recount efforts brewing in three states is npr political reporter tamara keith. It says the recount is needed in quote three states where there is a significant need to verify machine counted vote totals end quote. So there are two notable things about that sentence. Significant is underlined and the man counted votes. What is the sub text here . She is definitely out to prove whether or not there was any tampering with the vote process. The Clinton Campaign has looked into these things as well and they concluded that there wasnt any sort of wide spread evidence of tampering or hacking or rigging or any of those words that were thrown around leading into the election. The Clinton Campaigns conclusion was that they would not ask for a recount. Jill stein though felt that a recount was in order to verify the integrity of the voting process and the voting system. As you mentioned the Clinton Campaigns general counsel wrote in a lengthy post that they have done their own foreignence forencic a sal a fall sis and stand by the results but are sending a lawyer to be present. I think any Reasonable Campaign would do that it is possible Donald Trumps campaign will send lawyers as well. Because if there is a recount happening and your candidate is on the ballot then it makes sense for the campaign if they have the funds to do it to send lawyers to be in court for hearings that may relate to how votes are recounted or processed. Can you walk us through the nuts and bolts process of this, what will happen in wisconsin, possibly michigan and pennsylvania . Yns yeah, so what is happening right now is the Elections Commission in wisconsin has reached out to there are hundreds of local municipal and county elections officials, registrars who are being asked to kal clart the cost for this process calculate the cost for this because it is going to be an expensive process. Then when the cost is figured out, both jill stein and rocky did la feunte who is another independent candidate without also filed for a recount, they will be asked to split the cost if they have the funds which they say they do, to move forward with paying for the recount, then the recount would begin. Its likely to take several weeks and the Elections Commission in wisconsin has already told local officials that they should be prepared to work nights and weekend weekends to get this done. There could be legal hearings, disputes about exactly how the counting takes place and that will all play out in the coming days. And then there are deadlines coming up in michigan and pennsylvania. Stein said she will file in those states as well. She even tweeted that she would look to file for recount physician the funds are available in any state that has a deadline left to come. So this could be a big thing but heres the important part. It is highly unlikely to change the results of the election. So what does jill stein get out of all of this . Well, jill stein is drawing attention to the election process, to the green party. The green party and jill stein now has a much bigger list of gy to this effort. What they would do with is unclear but lists are very valuable in politics. Pla Keith Stewart the streets of havana were nearly empty today, as cubans came to grips with the death of fidel castro, the man who ruled for almost half a century, until his brother, raul, took over in 2008. This was the second of nine days of National Mourning following castros death friday at the age of 90. Thousands are expected to pay their respects tomorrow in revolution plaza where a mass public ceremony is planned for tuesday. A man who made headlines as a young boy when he was returned to cuba after a long and political fight, now 22 elian gonzalez, appeared on cuban state television today to say castro was a friend to his family. He taught us to fly. He taught us to dream. And now it is up to us alone, now without him by our side, it is up to us to open a path forward. It is up to us to execute that concept of revolution. Stewart in 1999, the then fiveyear old elian was at the center of a custody battle when he and his mother fled to florida from cuba by boat. His mother died in the attempt, and after a lengthy legal battle in 2000 a u. S. Federal Court Ordered him to be sent back to his father in cuba. Israel engaged in a rare military clash with isis affiliated militants today, inside syria. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says israeli warplanes killed four militants after the militants fired on an Israeli Soldiers patrolling the Golan Heights area near israels northern border with syria. In syrias six year civil war Government Troops said today theyve gained control of a second neighborhood in as many days in the rebelheld eastern half of besieged aleppo. Hundreds of residents fled the neighborhood, with rebels saying they fear the government forces, backed by russian air power, are trying to cut their sector in half. The United Nations says half a million children are trapped either in aleppo or other besieged cities, and they are almost completely cut off from humanitarian aid. In france today, two former prime ministers competed in a runoff to become the conservative nominee for president in next years election. With almost all the vote counted, Francois Fillon has easily beaten rival alain juppe, who conceded defeat tonight. Fillon wants to reduce immigration to a minimum, slash Public Sector spending, raise the retirement age from 62 to 65, and extend the standard 35 hour work week. Marine le pen, of the far righ National Front party, is also running. But incumbent president Francois Hollande has not said yet if hell seek a second fiveyear term on the socialist ticket. New york state could soon expand medicaid coverage for treatments specific to transgender youth under 18. Read more at pbs. Org newshour. Stewart just back from europe, this week singer songwriter norah jones begins the east coast leg of a tour in support of her latest album. The new songs find her once again at the piano, reminiscent of the work that first propelled her to stardom in 2002. But this time around, jones adds some jazz to the mix. In tonights signature segment, the newshours Jeffrey Brown has this profile. Its a tragedy. Its a tragedy. Reporter norah jones has said when she decided to be a jazz singer, she knew shed never be famous. Well, she got that wrong. Whatever you call her, shes been one of the bestselling american recording artists of the past 15 years. He was only 25, had an open heart and tender mind reporter her blockbuster 2002 debut album, come away with me, has sold 26 million copies worldwide, and her total album sales are nearing 50 million. Jones new album, day breaks, reprises the style and atmosphere of her first record, but more than anything her voice remains her signature sound. The babies and a patient wife, they just werent enough to keep him high. So he gave them up just to fill his cup reporter everything i see about this new album, including in the publicity, it says, norah jones is finding her way, returning to her jazz roots. Do you buy that, or what do you think is going on here . I mean i definitely think its accurate. Thats not how id describe what im doing, because i feel like im moving forward, as i do with every album. Ive definitely been playing more piano again, and i dont know. Music, man, its just music, just listen to it. Reporter the pulse of day breaks is set by her piano, the instrument she studied growing up in dallas, texas. Her father, indian musician ravi shankar, was largely absent during her childhood. Jones credits her mother, sue jones, a concert promoter, for exposing her to the music that set her on her way. What are your musical roots when you look back . Definitely jazz. Bill evans and Billie Holiday and miles davis. Stuff i still love to listen to today. You know, i was playing piano in a church choir, and i kind of didnt want to practice scales. My mom took me to this big band concert, and then she found me this jazz piano teacher, and then we got all these old recordings, and i fell in love with this music. I tried to get high, but you wanted me low. Good things are happening, but happening slow. Its some kind of mystery from long ago. Reporter this song, flipside, is one of eight originals jones wrote or co wrote for her new album. And how do you know when youve sort of nailed the song . I dont know. Sometimes you want to tweak it after youve recorded it and put it on an album sometimes. Songs are kind of alive, i think; once you finish writing them, that doesnt mean that thats it for the song. It can have its own little life, i think. Reporter thats, of course, also part of performing, right . Do you like performing . Yeah, i think playing music is one of my great joys in life. I had success early on where im able to try to keep it fun, and i dont have to do things just for the sake of making a living, which a lot of my musician friends dont have that luxury of course. But i remember early on, for instance, having to play wedding gigs, that i hated playing the music. Now i dont have to play music that i dont like. I only get to do what i enjoy, so thats pretty lucky. Reporter lucky that when she was 24, she essentially swept the 2003 grammy awards, Winning Best New artist, record of the year for dont know why, and beating the likes of Bruce Springsteen for album of the year. Suddenly you were an overnight star, right . Does that, in retrospect, was that, was it too much to happen too soon for you . I think i handled it pretty well. There was a lot of points during those couple years where i was pretty overwhelmed by it for sure. Its funny how you realize whats important, and its not fame and money, even though it can be really nice. Its happiness and whatever it takes to make you feel happy. Reporter jones was at ease as we talked recently at the brooklyn conservatory of music, not far from where she lives now with a family of her own. In recent years, marriage and motherhood, right, no doubt changes your life. Does it change your music . I dont necessarily think that my music has i dont go about playing music differently. It changes my sleeping schedule and my drinking habits, thats what i like to say. No, i wont go for any of those things. Reporter two years ago, jones played with the jazz musicians who ended up backing her on day breaks at a washington concert celebrating the 75th anniversary of her label, Blue Note Records. The performance, recorded by npr, included saxophonist wayne shorter. Hes a legend. He doesnt play notes, he just plays what hes feeling. If somethings not moving him, he doesnt come in yet. I think playing with people like that is incredible, people who just kind of breathe music. Reporter this recent performance of new songs was taped in santa monica, california, by the kcrw progra morning becomes eclectic. Day breaks in your head. And youre finally alone. Ill find a way to make it through. But it keeps raining in your heart reporter jones says after her smash hit breakthrough, blue note never pressured her to put out the same kind of album over and over. And she didnt. She wrote more songs with guitars, she made two albums with her country band, the little willies, and sang an album of Everly Brothers duets with green day frontman billie joe armstrong. Maybe you should go away. If the love we have is meant to stay. Reporter she says her approach has not changed since that day in 2000 when she first met Blue Note Records president Bruce Lundvall with a demo tape of three songs two jazz standards and one original pop song. And bruce listens to the demo right in front of me; and he says, so, this song is different from the first two. So what do you want to do, be a jazz singer or pop singer . And i was like, uh, im at Blue Note Records, he might give me a record deal, jazz singer. Raining in my heart. Reporter after completing her day breaks shows in early december, jones has concert dates booked next spring throughout the u. S. And japan. Im superfortunate to have any fans still. Its been almost 15 years since my first album. Im happy. I feel good about music. Music is fun. It should be fun. And thats the key, i think. Keep it as the thing you love. Its not like once you achieve success, youre done, you know . Its like, still enjoy doing what youre doing, thats the key for me. Stewart this week a new, nationwide rule on overtime pay was supposed to take effect, but last week, in response to a legal challenge, a federal judge in texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking the change. The Obama Administration sought to raise the salary cap for workers eligible for overtime pay to 47,500 a year; about double the current cap. The rule would affect 4million workers, requiring employers to pay them timeandahalf for every hour exceeding 40 hours in a given week. And Company Payroll departments are already prepared for the change. Joining me now to discuss the ramifications of the rule and its status is npr Business Correspondent yuki noguchi. Your background. Why did the Labor Department issue this rule and why that number . Their argument was that they were trying to modernize the rules and increase the salary to a level that would be relevant, that is, what most people might consider white collar jobs. How did this move or the attempt for this move play into the overall discussion about living wage and raising the federal mirm wage which has also not been changed in many years . I think argument the Obama Administration was trying to make was trying to address this issue of forcing employers to either pay overtime or to raise the salaries of workers who are making just over 23,000 a year to a much higher level in order to exempt them from the overtime rules. This would affect retail workers store managers, Restaurant Managers and a lot of nonprofits too, where salary levels might be lower but they might be required to work odd hours or extra hours. So this judge in texas i believe his name is amos mazant iii, nevadas attorney generals, one of the attorney general suing to stop this, said they sent it to texas because they had a fast docket. What is the issue here . Rules would take effect december 1 and reversing that would be difficult. The fact is allison that a lot of businesses were already preparing for this to take place. December 1 happens to fall mid week and most payroll systems as you know close at the end of the week. So as a practical matter there are probably many, Many Employers that have already instituted cha