[ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby. And today, im in kennebunkport, maine. Its renowned as the bush familys summer haven and also for its succulent lobster. But this story has a cast of characters that are up and down the atlantic seaboard. The heirs, they live here, a reclusive aunt from massachusetts and their gilded age ancestor once dubbed the father of greater new york. Im john green. And im lisa green buchanan. I think its fair to say that our aunt julie was a hoarder. And when she died in 2009, she left us a mountain of stuff to sort through. Oh, what a great house thank you welcome to kennebunkport i got a story. John and his sister lisa belong to a new england family whose history goes back to mayflower days but whose legacy had been largely forgotten. In 2005, that reclusive aunt i mentioned, julie green, is diagnosed with cancer, and john moves her from the boston area into a condo up here in maine, where the siblings can help care for her. Its a
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On the part of all parties private sector Public Sector International Organizations and the parties on the ground and their neighbors the i. M. F. Expects the Palestinian Economy to think by 1. 6 percent this year and says unemployment stands at 30 percent in the occupied west bank and 50 percent in gaza but the palestinian leadership has rejected the plan and was absent in manama it hasnt had any contact with the u. S. Administration since President Donald Trump recognized jerusalem as israels capital a Senior Palestinian official says the whole basis of economic plan is built on the wrong assumptions the most basic ones is that the arabs can deliver palestine the palestinians or that the arabs can sign on behalf of the palestinians or. The arabs will even foot the bill. But of this. Or that the palestinians will substitute freedom and dignity and selfdetermination for a fistful of dollars. People in gaza and the west bank have been protesting against it many wondered if there will be
Host nathan bomey is with us. Nathan boehm he is with us. Is this reporter and coauthor and here with us this morning to talk with us about the United Auto Workers strike entering day five. Welcome to washington journal. As the strike continues in detroit, what is the latest on negotiations . They are still prfar apart. The uaw just last night threatened to expand the strike on friday if they dont make serious progress with ford, general motors, insta lantus. And the strike started on friday. They are asking for a wage increase of 36 percent. They have only offered about 20 . The uaw wants traditional pensions, healthcare, and a whole host of other things and the automakers are not willing to budge on those asks so at this point it feels like we could be headed toward an expansion of this strike later this week. This is what has been termed a standup strike. Tell us how this approach is different from previous auto strikes and other strikes in general. The best way to think about it is