Radio. Good morning and a very happy Christmas to you I hope you enjoy the day so far I hope you feel to have a visit from Father Christmas as the Turkey says it will sit in the oven and you roll up the pigs in blankets and prepare the vegetables and clear up all that wrapping paper I will be with you for the next 2 hours with festive cheer and Christmas crackers chosen by my b.b.c. Radio walks with colleagues one by one they ll drop into my studio grotto and also reflects on the Christmas tights past so if you ve always wanted to know what drum sell sticks almost Christmas morning and I don t mean what he s wearing so pajamas I have no doubt what David pre-vote tucks into his festive feast or indeed which of my colleagues is on the Judy ending of carrots under strict orders from her mother for how about which b.b.c. Radio Oxford presenter is about to wrap his new baby up in swaddling clothes as it lies in a manger It s my Christmas crackers and as much as I would love to hear from yo
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With the ongoing trade war some of stop shipping crops altogether to China while others are facing reduced sales because of steep tariffs north west news networks and a King reports China is one of the largest export markets for u.s. Wheat from states throughout the Northwest and others 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 how the price of facts 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 a slow start to the holiday shopping season the Commerce Department says retail sales rose 2 tenths of a percent last month on Wal
So there are no debates when the president s position and our position as to how to handle this to the extent that we can. Promise is that trial Bernie Bennett Capitol Hill North Korea says it successfully performed done there a crucial test of its long range rocket launch like the one for their strength and its reliable strategic nuclear deterrent as it calls it the announcement today comes as North Korea continues to pressure the administration over an end of year deadline set by Kim Jong un to salvage faltering nuclear talks Christmas trees plus tight again this year many people recently had to leave the business according to a Christmas tree grower Larry Smith about 8 years ago when the. Bombers sale an al of their trains that they want to. Say that they normally were there is Mr Gross histories and let our alone or in North Carolina says it s not an easy way of life but he doesn t ever plan to give it up more from townhome dot com incredibly good deals are going viral at the Dave
Conversation starts after a short break. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi saying this week s mass shooting at a kosher grocery New Jersey is now being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and the f.b.i. Is taking over state attorney general group beer gray walls says the shooters a man and woman subscribe to views consistent with the black Hebrew Israelite movement though they acted alone and that they were apparently motivated by hatred for Jewish people and police officers when they targeted the kosher grocery in Jersey City in a series of events ending in a police shootout 6 people police officer 3 civilians and the shooters were killed . The House Judiciary Committee is about to resume debate on proposed changes to articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump N.P.R. s Miles Park says Democrats and Republicans have been sparring for hours the articles accuse President Trump of abuse of power for pressuring Ukraine to commit to investigations that wo