we interviewed you on npr a few weeks ago. one of the questions we asked was whether you felt that your time at the state department, broadly speaking, america had been a force for good in the world. you said yes. but it occurs to me, we framed that as during your time, you -- during your time at the state department, you left in 2014. five years later, do you and your heart feel america is a force for good in the world? mr. burns: there is a lot more room for doubt. in the course of the last three years, we are doing a lot more things around the world that are damaging to our own interest. squandering assets that alliances and coalitions provide. we are walking away from some enormously crucial issues. climate probably being the best example of that, at a time when the challenge is only getting bigger and we are missing opportunities there. we are missing opportunities to help begin to shape workable rules of the road. a lot of the challenges posed by the revolution of technology will not come through some brand-new conventio

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and tamara keith from npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." amy, tam, welcome tam, let me start with you. lisa told us in the report the findings from the iowa poll where you ha two groupings, four candidates in double digits and then a big dropoh, isat likely to be that -- have we already divided this field up? >> the interesting thing is that some of the candidates who ar in the 1% and 2% were higher up in people's minds and in voters minds a few months ago. so among the top five -- like if you add kamala harris into the group thatncludes pete buttigieg, joe biden, elabeth warren and bernie sanders, if you dig into this poll a little t deeper and you look at who is a second choice, who isti ly being considered, then even though kamala harris is only at 7% of the max -- in sort of tin poll, if you add esose others items in, she mov up and she's part of that group, and it really says that there are a lot of secoond chices, there are a lot of people considering a lot of others, and that a lot of movement could still happen. this is definitely n

so many candidates you can book every day. >> i hope not and npr isn't doing that. >> you can't hateedia on this show. joe biden and bernie sanders are among those who are not on the impeachment bandwagon but even biden saying -- >> biden has been echoing house leadership meeting it will be inevitable. >> beto o'rourke has artie apologized for saying i am born to be in it, trying to get back on tv and he is in a new hbo documentary about -- he gets an hbo documentary even though -- he apologized again. >> i love you guys more than you will ever know. i was a giant [bleep] sometimes. >> does that -- >> this goes up with his dental appointment and haircut. >> it seems he is on an endless apology tour. >> he is on camera endlessly and the thing that is interesting is donald trump has shown us there is no such thing as too much exposure. the more exposure the better no matter what kind it is but for beto it has backfired of it. vanity fair cover was a mistake in retrospect. too much about his image. i think there is such a thing as too much exposure. >> many in the media love -- ted cruz

. >> so harris told npr last week, her administration would likely pursue charges against the president and pete buttigieg did weigh in and said the next white house should not be involved in. >> the saying her justice department would have no choice but to go ahead with charges against president trump. would your justice department do the same thing? >> my justice department would be empowered to reach its own conclusion. two things are clear, one, nobody is above the law. two, the justice department should have nothing to do with politics. >> joining us here, msnbc analyst. the problem was with regard to the e-mails. the problem was, he didn't necessarily have evidence to back that up. you are hearing harris dance around that. is this a bit premature to be talking about stuff like this, despite the fact that there is a 440-page mueller report? >> it may not be premature, it may be already resolved. if you look at all of the precedent, all of the mueller report, it concludes largely a sitting president cannot be prosecuted. we are entering this strange new phase where some candidates,

and tamara keith from npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." welcome to you both.you probably know this already, yesterday marked eight months exactly until the iowa caucuses. as johnston martin of the "new york times" pointed out, only one democratic candidate was in iowa this weekend. i want to ask you about this map. the dots on here show how many candidates have made at least one stop in eh those states. they've already visited 30 states ansd territories t cycle. amy, at this point, in yearspa , that map looked very different. there was a lot of other concentration in other states but fur candidates. when you have s many candidates trying to get attention, ty will spread it out more. it tell us how nationalized this primary has begun. in 1992 no one chadle tom harkin rin iowaning for president that year because he was the senator from iowa. today, look how many democratidc cans doubt came to the home state of kamala harris in yalifornia. the goal for so mf the candidates is because our media landspe is so nationalized, whether we're getting it from this program

npr -- laura from npr? [laughter] reporter: have a question about legislation. -- i have a question about legislation. you're passing a whole bunch of bills even if they can't go anywhere in the senate and members are getting frustrated the are not getting the same attention from the american public that you would like. in order to get more attention for these bills, do you need to pick the bigger fight with mitch mcconnell? speaker pelosi: well, actually, we don't think that these bills are not going anyplace, because they have overwhelming support among the american people. do we have the graveyard? gravestone? i want to show you something we gave out at our caucus this morning. yes, mitch has to be held accountable. thank you. this is mcconnell's graveyard. he has said he is the grim reaper, he takes pride in being the grim reaper. that is his political stolen, because my dear husband for some reason, gets the republican mailers and he brags about being the grim reaper as he is raising money. here they a

. >> steve: really [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they are so white, i mean, i've nicknamed them utah and npran - [ laughter ] my legs are so white they could have their own show on fox news >> steve: really >> jimmy: yeah, absolutely [ laughter ] let's get to -- let's get to some news here the big story now is iran. yeah, apparently this morning iran shot down a u.s. drone. when they told the president he was like, "oh, my god. they got mike pence? they go, "no, no [ laughter ] that drone -- that drone is fine that drone is fine no." that's right iran shot down an unmanned drone. they said they wanted to send america a clear message. but trump was like, "everyone knows if you want to send the u.s. a message, you do it on twitter [ laughter ] everyone knows that. big ratings. wall." [ applause ] it's getting serious though. an iranian general named hossein salami said, "they're ready for war. [ light laughter ] trump's already got troops in turkey ready for action, but putin's warning the white house against the conflict so if you're keeping track, we've got salami and turkey on white, hold t

i'm joined by tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podca." and, thelisha eaddy from south carolina public dio. she joins us from coluia. thank you both for joining us. let's start right away, tam, with you and mr. buttigieg. we've seen a lot of strength from him in this campaign. what did this weekend tell us about his potential weaknesses? >> he has a day job, and he has been selling himself as somebody who is this mayor t fris mid-sized small-sized city and touting that execute experience, but this weekend, keis problem that has overt his city, this challenge highlights that he is not particularly well known with african-american voters, he ha t been able to really gain traction with them in a lot of places, and he is struggling in ans own city to deal with a problem that mayors have had to deal with, but it comes at a time wh, you know, everyone else is in south carolina trying to appeal to an electorate that is 60% african-american on the democratic side. >> it's interesting. ttigieg has been doing generally well in south carolina, number

and in orlando, florida, gearing up for president trump's rally-- tamara keith of npr. she also co-hosts the "npr politics podcast." .nd hello to both of you so, tam, since you are in orlando, let's talk about what the president is expected to do tomorrow. what are you expecting and why orlando? why florida? >> well, already, have the road shut down around the arena where this rai rally is going to take place. it's going to be a big cassic trump rally where he held differt the end of his campaigns and filled arenas all over the country, and there be tail gaiting because ramp rallies will be like going to e the grateful dead, you will get to hear the songs you want to hear and he always pla greatest hits, if you will. why florida? i came down here a day early to do reporting. i went to the villages, which is this area, this very fast growing community outside orlando.l lots of pitical reporters visit the villages. more thpen 100,00ple live there, and they are all senior citizens, pretty much, and most of them are trump supporters. the republican population is strong ther

the lawyer we just heard from on my colleague, chris hayes' show, she told npr the reason she and her colleagues have witnessed conditions, have been able to speak out, is because they essentially decided amongst themselves that they had to. even though they never speak to the media about their site visits, they decided that in this instance, this is a life-threatening situation. this is such an emergency that it has to be addressed separate from ongoing litigation about the conditions in these places. people need to know this is happening now. and so they have come to the press. they never go to the press. in this case, they decided they needed to. so that story, in particular, about that border patrol facility in clint, texas, that has broken over just the last several days. as i mentioned, that facility in clint is just outside el paso, just outside the bounds of veronica escobar's congressional district. today, congresswoman escobar was the first to let the world know that presumably in response to this burst of publicity, the trump administration has now quietly started taking al

apologies to hansi lo wong in new york from npr. thank you all very much. >> woodruff: the numbers are in: more than 15 million people tuned in to the first democratic primary presidential debate in miami. lisa desjardins reports on which of the ten hopefuls stood out on the crowded stage, with ten more ready to debate tonight. >> desjardins: from tht ten candidates to debate, familiar democratic party themes, like how much to change the health care system. >> who here would abolish their privalth insurance in favor of a government-run plan? just a show of hands to start off with. >> desjardins: massachusetts senator elizabeth warren was just one of two to raise her hand, along with new york mayor bill de blasio. >> i understand there are a lots of politicho say, "oh, it's just not possible. we just can't do it."t it's-- have a political reasons for this. what they're really telling you is they just won't fight for it. well, healthcare is c human right, and i will fight for basic human righ >> desjardins: that got strong pushback fr

frank: one thing that was fascinating was a woman who listened to my stories on npr contacted me.he was in michigan, and we went hunting for her sister in yunnan adovince. her sistereen a prostitute. it was one of the situations where if you went back during the communist days, everyone's lives were the same, but underpi lism, you would have people who would succeed but other people were not as competitive and they would get into crime or prostition and end up in very bad shape. that is what we can't hunting for this woman who disappeared for -- what we found hunting for this woman who disappeared. laura: how about attitudes to america and towards yourseco? frank: verlicated. i think a lot of them -- they like the ideals of america, and i had one character who is a lawyer who had studied the american constitution and would say to me, "you americans should ybe so proud r constitution and founding fathers," but many felt that in american foreign policy that america was trying to keep china down, particularly inhe south china sea and t development of islands they would call america b

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secondly since new audio came out today from npr has him s saying het would supp constitutional amendment to ban forced bussing. seems like he woul say i've had a long career over 40 years and maybe he's changed his mind. i don understand how he's digging in his heels, but he is. otherre were 18 candidates on stage. i think on the first night elizabeth warren was really the one twatch. she really held her own. what impressed me on bothnights about her and sanders was how much they as the progressive wing ofhis party seem to be really pushing the debate. there were more moderate candidates trying to push back a little but it was kind of on the abogressive terms. >> lutely. someone who was cheering that it was on the progressive terms was president trump, ally when they said everyone put up your hand if you support giving health benefits to undocumented immigrants, everyod went up. >> on thursday night. >> on the first night and the second night, hopports taking away private health insurance, which is notla po bernie and kamala put their hands up. secondight warren and bill de blas on the f

this is from the census and npr, two different figures. how important is this issue for your district specifically? guest: i have a low income district compared to other districts across the country. we are in the bottom 10. the census bureau also defines counties in the u.s. as persistent poverty counties, some 400 counties in the united states with persistent poverty rates, which means that 20% or more of the population has lived in poverty for the last 30 years. excuse me, the population that the poverty rate for the county has exceeded 20%, let me get that right. the poverty rate for the county has exceeded 20% for the last 30 years, that is a persistent poverty county and some 400 of those across the country and 12 in north carolina and six in my congressional district. host: a roll call story, multiple experts say it is likely the administration would use the chain consumer price index which would update the poverty line using a slower -growing inflation measure. the president of the american action forum, a former cbo director, sayi

joining me is ron elving, npr's senior washington editor and correspondent.his case the single most newsworthy item in "siege" has already been called into question. which is? >> which was an indictment that michael wolff said had been prepared for robert mueller to actually indict the president back in 2018. just a few months after the investigation had begun and a full year before the mueller report was actually filed. there actually was not an indictment that was prepared, although michael wolff has an extensive explanation for what he's talking about in a 56-page legal memorandum, as he calls it, an explanation for what he originally wrote. what he originally wrote was denied by the office of robert mueller who said that the documents that michael wolff was describing did not exist. >> the special counsel releasing a rare statement prior to his speech on wednesday saying that the documents did not exist, as you said. we should note that wolff's publisher stands by its author. wolf told "the new york times," quote, my source is impeccable and i have no dou

and president trump's wide-ranging news conference, scott horsley-- chief economics correspondent for npr-- joins us now from seoul, south korea. first off, the big news is the china trade riffs, any kind of negotiations that might restart again. >> china has a kind of longa history of ying rope-a-dope with the united states, nodding, saying we're going to make changes and then maybe not actually changing their behavior. so if the measure is going to b actual verifiable changes in china's behavior, this could be really tough negotiation, and certainlye trump administration will continue to hold out the threat of even mory tariffs if ton't get what they want. at the same time, you know, don't forget welready have 25% tariffs on some $250 billion worth of chinese imports. a lot of those are not thing that are quite so visible to annsumers but they are having effect on the u.s. economy. >>eah, i was down in wisconsin this week, a lot of farmers are feeling it. let's talk also about what's happening in terms of this possible visit in north korea to the d.m.z. and the president seems to sugges

telling npr we tried to caution the drone through radio transmission but then says, quote, since it was a spy drone, we were left with no other option. >> this was an unprovoked attack on a u.s. surveillance asset that had not violated iranian airspace. >> reporter: late thursday president trump summoned congressional leaders to the situation room for an emergency briefing on the situation where some members from both parties urged for caution. >> we're worried that he and his administration may bumble into a war. >> reporter: his closest allies are encouraging him to take aggressive action. >> the only way iran changes its behavior is if they believe america will put options on the table that would create pain for their regime. >> reporter: sources tell abc news the situation would have escalated quickly had the plan been carried out. officials feared that the attack could have caused hundreds of civilian casualties, janai and kenneth. >> good thing it did. before you go, mona, do we know anything more about why the president changed his mind after ordering the strike? >> well, right n

and kimberly atkins, senior washington news correspondent for wbur, boston's npr news station., you're writing a biography of speaker pelosi. she moved forward on a bill she didn't want to pass. why? >> because it was better than nothing. getting the $4.5 billion that would go a long way to helpingbl this ter situation with migrant children who have been separated from their parents, it was worth the cost of taking a bill that had been negotiated on the senate side and was opposed by some members of her own caucus. she -- shevote that has a divided caucus on this issue. but i think that tosortray t as a big loss for her is incorrect. she held control of hersh caucu. got it through because she thought it was better than the alternative of letting it go down. >> what's the price she pays, carl, with liberals who are frustrated that they took up a bill passed by senate republh,ans? >> y think there's a little cost to this. but i totly agree 100% with you. this is what happens in divided government. some point, you have to make a deal. this was a deal negotiated between democrats a

the day i testified last in front of the appropriations committee, npr, and "the new york times" did a lengthy piece on the spike in teenage suicides movie --pond with the for tv series "13 reasons why." if we just look at the last tragic act, we are not doing a service to the veterans of our country. i said today that we need to take a look, a strong look at homelessness, addiction, and mental health. the budget for mental health services is $9.5 billion, yet we have not even reached the sputnik stage in this country in terms of getting our arms around mental health issues. i envision a whole of government approach and a whole health approach to tackle veteran suicides. the great tragedy for me is that , of the 20 veterans who commit suicide, one or two are on active duty every day, two or three are in the garden reserve, and another 10 we have never seen before. we have to work more closely with the states, localities, and nongovernmental organizations to find the veterans we have no contact with. i have seen it work in many cities on the homeless issue, places like new orleans, ja

damian: i just heard a story on npr this past week, a lady got bad advice from a lawyer, she self-deported, now her family is here and she's in mexico, she can't come back. i mean, this happens. rodrigo: pretty sad, and it's because we are not alert because we don't pay attention to the right things, and we don't think twice before acting. so, any time you receive a phone call, they are going to probably give you some alarm and you're going to be scared. but think twice before doing anything. call the right guys, call the consulate, call the american-- damian: they can call your office just to make sure-- rodrigo: they can call our office just to make sure of that. and also, another way to alert the american community as well, we've have been receiving cases of people, american citizens that probably they bought time shares in mexico for vacation or something. and some days pass and then they got phone calls from someone in orlando or probably in illinois. they are claiming that they are really interested in buying that property. damian: we've gotten those calls before. rodrigo: got in tho

this is from the census and npr. how important is this issue to your district specifically? >> i have a very low income district as compared to the other congressional districts across the country. we're in the bottom ten. the census bureau also defines countieses as persistent poverty counties. . it means 20% or more of the population has lived in poverty for the last 30 years. excuse me. that the population, the poverty rate for the county has exceeded 20 %. let me get that right. the poverty rate for the county has exceeded 20% for the last 30 years. that's called a persistent poverty county. 400 of those across the country. 12 in north carolina and 6 in my district. multiple experts say it's likely the administration would use what's called the chained consumer price index which would update it using a slower growing inflation number. they quote someone saying many economists say the current measure overestimates the issue of inflation. is issue is does it make it sense to change to something that's a more accurate measure of inflation? they say the change has been antic

policy and plans including those in the 2010 npr. deserving broad bipartisan support. its prem for a low yield slbm weapon and new nuclear tip sea launch cruise missile are sensible responses to change security conditions, especially russia and north korea. and so i would urge my colleagues to support cheney's amendment which i believe to be a thoroughly bipartisan amendment. and i'm happy to yield the minute i have back to miss cheney if seed like it. >> thank you very much mr. dalger. the majority seems to think that stability is served by limiting america's capabilities here. i hear no distinction between a nuclear capability in the hands of the russians or our adversaries and one in our own hands. the nuclear posture review completed under secretary mattis makes clear that we need this very capability. assessments of adversary capability show the russians a active stock pook pile up to 2,000 non-strategic nuclear weapon. i would urge be particularly freshman on this committee and echo what mr. turner said before you cast this vote you better be sure you are fully b

we interviewed you on npr a few weeks ago. and one of the questions we asked was whether you felt in your time at the state department that broadly speaking, america had been a force for good in the world and you said yes. but it occurs to me we frame that as during your time at the statement department. you left in 2014. years later do you feel that america is a force for good in the world? >> i think there's a lot more room for doubt in the last three years. i think we're doing a lot of things around the world that are damaging to our own interest. squandering the access that provides. and we're walking away and climate issues being the best example of that, at a time when the challenge is only bigger and we're missing opportunities there and we're missing an opportunity to help begin to shape workable rules of the road and a lot of the challenges posted by the revolution and technology is not going to come through some grand convention, it's from like-minded companies working together to basic worlds that shape the incentiv

npr telling its reporters one thing to keep in mind about this law and others about it, proponents referit as a fetal heart beat law. that's their term. it needs to be attributed to them if used and put in quotation marks if printed. we, said the left, should not simply say that the laws are about when a fetal heartbeat is detected. you wouldn't want to do that. that's plain english. and of course the pro-choice advocates want to change the language to suit their untenabl. >>> china's huawei strike as major deal to build a 5g network. stay with us. we're coming right back. lou: chinese tech giant huawei signing a deal to assist russian telecom country. that deal coming as chinese president xi jinping is meeting with vladimir putin. they've met 30 times over the past six years. xi going so far as to call putin his very best friend. i added the "very." it was just best friend. there it is. president trump threatened more tariffs on chinese goods in the coming weeks. >> when am i going to put the extra $325 billion worth of tariffs? i will make that decision, i would say, over the next few

. >> the npr/pbs newshour marchist pole say 51% of americans say they will vote against him next yeard they will vote to reelect him and 13% said they're not sure. >> and the president said mexico agreed to take strong measures to stop the flow of migrants but critics are arguing much of the agreement isn't all thatlen has white house. >> no monday morning tariffs on mexico. president trump tweeted there is now going to be great cooperation between mexico and the u.s. mr. trump, wide lily criticizedr threatening tariffs, s -- a sen administration official acknowledged mexico had already pledged 5,400 troops. and mexico agreed to allow nows of migrants seeking asylum to the u.s. to be remained in or be returned to mexico while their legal cases proceed, an arrangement first agreed to back in december. what's new an administration official says is an expansion of mexico's commitments. >> he brought mexico to the table again. and what nair talking about, they're going to be doing, it's going to be a game changer. >> still, the democrats campaigning in iowa where farmers are getting hurt

the prologue, with us for more, kimberly atkins, senior washington correspondent for wbur boston's npr news station, and jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. welcome to you both. jonathan, where does this put the -- let's agree the democrats have messaging issues perhaps in the house of representatives. >> we agree. >> like a whole lot of messaging. where does this put democrats in the house? >> this is a concrete step they took today but a relatively small one that allows the committee chair to try to compel testimony from these witnesses. more than anything, my reading of it suggests that this is about letting some of the democrats blow off some steam. pelosi understands that her caucus is pretty split here. she downplayed it in the interview you just played, but there's a portion of people who want to fast track impeachment and she is trying to put up as many road blocks as she can. part of that is allowing them to do other things, to have a hearing like yesterday where john dean appeared to take other steps like we've seen today. their collision course is

reporting from npr in an interview hearing that the national guard that they are talking about in mexicocreated yet, for instance. >> well, that's the challenge. we really don't know what the details of the agreement are. put that aside. i'm just pleased the tariffs are not going in effect tomorrow. now we have 90 days to work this thing. that's usmca and hopefully mexico can assist us in making the deal happen and slowing down our president with his concerns. >> gina, two sides to this. you heard the article that i was alluding to. maybe this sort of tough up front but not later does work. others saying clearly this does not fit what modern trade has been around the world in our modern history. >> absolutely. i think one thing that's really interesting, i spent a lot of time talking to economists and within thing they will tell you is this brinkmanship we saw with mexico. it has really set a precedent and a dangerous pret dent. businesses are very uncertain. it looks like we're see that through global data. here in america we received slower hiring. it seems like some of that may be tra

telling npr, quote, we tried to caution the drone through radio transmission but then says, quote, sincet was a spy drone, we were left with no other option. late thursday president trump summoned congressional leaders to the situation room. some members from both parties urged for caution. >> we're worried that he and the administration may bumble into a war. >> reporter: meanwhile the president's closest allies on the hill are encouraging him to taking a gres sive action. >> the only way iran changes its behavior is if they believe america will put options on the table that would create pain for their regime. >> reggie and natasha, sources tell abc news the situation would have escalated quickly had the plan been carried out. officials fear the attack could have caused hundreds of civilian casualties. live in washington, moan fna ko abdi, abc news. >>> a sea lion bites a 13-year-old girl on camera. a wildlife expert weighs in on this rare attack. >>> b.a.r.t. is getting more funds to improve your commute. the solution officials suggest to ease overcrowding on trains. >>> it's the first

npr telling its reporters one thing to keep in mind about this law and others about it, proponents refers a fetal heart beat law. that's their term. it needs to be attributed to them if used and put in quotation marks if printed. we, said the left, should not simply say that the laws are about when a fetal heartbeat is detected. you wouldn't want to do that. that's plain english. and of course the pro-choice advocates want to change the language to suit their untenabl. >>> china's huawei strike as major deal to build a 5g network. stay with us. we're coming right back. carl, i appreciate the invite here. as my broker, what am i paying you to manage my money? it's racquetball time. (thumps) ugh! carl, does your firm offer a satisfaction guarantee? like schwab does. guarantee? (splash) carl, can you remind me what you've invested my money in? it's complicated. are you asking enough questions about the way your wealth is being managed? if not, talk to schwab. a modern approach to wealth management. that have made the rxb. crathe leading luxury suvogy of all time. lease the 2019 rx 350 for $

a political reporter with npr, he's spent a lot of time watching old biden debate tapes to analyze howy the camera, let me just start. i have a couple clips i want to run past you. starting with the 2008 race, and his debate with sarah palin, it was not a runaway, here is a clip. >> we cannot afford to lose against al qaeda, and the she ya extremists who are still there, still fighting us, but we're getting closer and closer to victory, and it would be a travesty if we quit now in iraq. >> with all due respect it isn't your plan. barack obama has offered a clear plan. shift responsibility to the iraqis over the next 16 months, draw down our combat troops. ironically, the same plan that the prime minister of iraq and george bush are now negotiating. the only odd man out here, the only one left out is john mccain. >> so he spent more time hitting senator mccain instead of palin's record. do you think that will be a hashinger of things to come this evening? will he go all out against trump and not the folks standing next to him? what do you think? >> the takeaway i had from the reporting

joining us now is an npr correspondent wo covers the census for npr.t of rewards for the network. great to have you. where things stand. by now we're familiar with this question. is this person a citizen of the united states? i mentioned the supreme court is deliberating here. where do things stand in terms of the conversation in terms of whether or not those words will be printed on that census document in 2020? >> everyone's waiting to see if the supreme court rules soon. the next round of decisions from the supreme court are expected to come out on monday. so we could have the supreme court's ruling on the legal fate of this question on monday. i'm also watching to see what happens in district court in maryland on tuesday. that's when the maryland lawsuits over the citizenship question whether a judge there, a federal judge, is being asked to reconsider claims that the supreme court has not heard about, claims that the trump administration allegedly added this question to discriminate against immigrant communities of color and that there was a consp

and then finally, you know, i was just listening to an npr report the other day that said because of the substantial risk to life that tasers cause, because of the deaths that this weapon has caused, tasers international has reduced the power of the electric shock, and because of that, officers that are still using tasers in los angeles, in new york, and in houston, are reporting that they've become less and less effective. what that has been -- and you can imagine, an officer tases an individual who's in crisis or mentally ill, the person -- it's not effective enough to incapacitate them, and in order to respond to that incident, officers, and the data is bearing out, are using their guns and shooting more. directly in the opposite direction where we've been heading and where we want to continue to go. and so i just, you know, the more and more evidence, the more and more studies, the more and more, you know, even examples of people being so injured, if not killed by this weapon, it being a danger for our officers, i, you know, have always thought this way, but i am more and more co

i am the 2019 president of the national press club and i am the health policy correspondent at npr news. we have a terrific program for you this morning. we invite you to listen, watch, or follow along on twitter at the hash tag, #npchi. #npclive. with more than 20 democrats seeking the party's presidential nomination, the candidates are spending a lot of time trying to separate themselves from the pack. whether it's name recognition, media blitzes, campaign rallies or simply a policy pick. our guest today, former colorado governor john hickenlooper doesn't have a name that rolls easily off the tongue and he's pulling at nationally, generously, 1%. but he's the only candidate with who can take credit for sparking the redevelopment of an entire denver neighborhood by opening a microbrewery. his civic experience and launched his political career first as a two-term mayor of denver and then as a two-term governor of colorado. in his first term as mayor he reversed a $70 million budget deficit. as governor, he won praise for economic development, job growth, medicaid expansion, and a balanc

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here's the npr poll that is from june of this year, this month.hat abortion views in the country have moved more in favor of pro-choice, 50%, pro-life is at 35. they believe that abortion should only happen in case of rape and incest. so how will he respond to these questions? >> i don't agree that the vice president has shifted left. i would call my progressive moderate versus a populist progressive. he did support medicare for all, he is not supporting the green new deal. he is supporting climate change. he is supporting gun reform, but he hasn't shifted left where senator warren and senator sanders are, just the opposite. he is pulling better than president rouhani and most of the states that her to head. >> martha: even in texas that is the case right now. >> i'm not sure, i don't think the republican nominee will be in trouble in texas, but it is interesting when you talk about pulling about abortion, generally speaking people to support the legalized abortion in the first trimester of a pregnancy. but we have in this country is far more radi

npr reporting that while harris had a strong roll joust hout of campaign, she hasn't taken off since. she made her mark last year while grilling brett kavanaugh during the confirmation hearings. that prosecutorial zeal zrr that hurt her at all with the more liberal wing the party? >> well, yes in certain pays there's a sense in which her record as da and attorney general in california she'll have to account for and explain it. but what i expect from kamala harris is an elegant toughness. we don't need the crudeness and crassness of donald trump, but we need someone who's tough enough to speak to the moment, to speak to our challenges, but that can't be crude. so i'm looking for her to be elegantly elegant in her toughness, to state specifically that she could pros kuts tecute case about the as she said, she knows a rap sheet when she sees it. think what we're going to see from her is a bold vision, elegant toughness and an attempt to be inspirational in the short period of time that she has. >> meanwhile, pete buttigieg criticized in his hometown over the killing of a black man by a w