mcclatchy sees a lot of hope in regional reporting. they have a compass project, people heard about it with google, going into three news deserts that don't have any news operations in them, the first youngstown, ohio which lost its newspaper. they are going to try something new and be brave and go in and try to get readers, try to get people talking to them and reading them. a lot of what we do is knowing your community, that's a really important thing like jerry knows and i know miami when i reported from miami. and in the front of my mind, what would land on the front page and it will stay there. it will keep the sticky stories people will go back to. what do people in the community wants to read, now that i've covered lexington, mitch mcconnell, the nice thing about him it is is not just -- just to folks in lexington and kentucky bit of interest to a national audience. we get a lot from that. how we would change that into subscriptions i'm not entirely sure but i tried to work well with political reporters down there on it and keep

mcclatchy sees a lot of hope in regional reporting. they have a compass project they are doing, people may have heard about it with google, going into three news deserts that do not have any news operations in them. i think the first is in youngstown ohio, which just lost its newspaper. and they're going to try something new and be brave and go in there and try to get readers, and tried to get people talking to them in reading them. a lot of what we do is also knowing your community. i think that is a really important thing like jerry knows buffalo. i knew miami really well when i reported for miami. i knew that always for regional reporter in the front of my mind was what would land on the front page. now that is like what will land on the homepage and stay there. they will keep the sticky stories that people will go back to. so you're always thinking what to people in the community want to read? now that i cover for lexington, mitch mcconnell, the nice thing about him, is that it is not just -- he is not of interest just to folks in

i worked with leslie at mcclatchy. she has covered washington for the miami herald, for the lexington herald leader and more. >> i wanted to ask leslie to talk about what she sees working and what gives her hope for the future. thanks, julie. >> ok. is,t of what i see tamara mentioned it, at mcclatchy we are proud of having regional reporters and d.c.. we have a number of regional reporters. i work for kentucky now and am covering mitch mcconnell. which is a super beat. and a really and fortune to beat. -- and a really important beat rate and a number of my colleagues are here. to get something different that not everyone is going to do. so we know what the story is going -- the story of the day is going to be, that is not what we're going to try to achieve. we're going to try to go and gives the people what they cannot get anywhere else. of hope inees a lot regional reporting. they have a compass project they are doing, people may have heard about it with google, going into three news deserts that have -- they do not

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. >> brian murphy, mcclatchy. is there any enforcement mechanism between the state attorneys general and the companies? is there any timeline, or does this go for perpetuity? >> this is a collaboration. from the beginning, we realized, as states, we cannot solve this problem without the help of industry. industry cannot solve this problem without the help of law enforcement to go after the bad actors. not everything in here was embraced or enthusiastically received. it took extensive negotiations to create these principles. but we have agreed on these, so we will work collaboratively to make sure that whenever we can identify these bad actors, we will be able to go after them. in terms of whether the companies don't live up to it, we have ways other than going to court to encourage their ongoing cooperation. anything founders envisioned. >> firm is believed. -- the framers believed. >> protect people from their rumors and as a check on the house. >> the state of this country lies in the hands of congress and the u

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michael wilner is the white house correspondent for mcclatchy, the digital news company.bureau chief for the jerusalem post. he's in washington. should stress how unusual it is what israel has done, and how an usual it is foran israel has done, and how an usual it is for an american president to urge a foreign country dubai entry to a us citizen, let alone members of the congress. it is absolutely no doubt, there is no precedent, it's not a new sentiment with the truck presidency of course, but there are several aspects of this that are unusual that the highlighted in your report. of course, israel denying any us citizen much less a sitting member of congress entering the country. it is new, we have provision of law, it does call for this, anyone who called to deal distract to legitimise estate in the jewish state, could be barred from entry but for them to apply this to members of congress, and for the president to urge them is extraordinary. do you think it's right to see this as the president with his eye on the 2020 election? this is politics divorce i'm adept —— othe

achieve so much more leafy jobs and i think people have to be a concrete solutions my name is on mcclatchy about an hour working together. alone a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming soon from the hearts of burley and of this week the focus is on the dangerous standoff between iran and the u.s. in the persian gulf where each side is accusing the other of aggression tension rose in july when iran seems the british tanker the u.s. and the u.k. are both stepping up their military presence in the region but europe or at least continental europe is refusing to get on board of the u.s. led naval mission and is instead continuing to put its face in the nuclear deal struck with iran in 2015 which president trump withdrew america from last year. so our question this week here on quadriga is iran crisis europe on the sidelines and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by early for toller nature of the middle east expert with think tanks like the brookings institution and the german council on foreign relations argues that the big challenge is to transcend to equally simplist

but so much more needs to be john and i think people have to be a concrete solutions running as a mcclatchy and a work in t w. u k prime minister barak's johnson has begun a week of crucial matings on bret's and here in berlin with chancellor angela merkel johnson is trying to renegotiate london steel with the e.u. back to the 31st when it will crash out of the bloc merkel expressed optimism about the chances of that happening but pointed out that what to do about the future a huge border would be not a kingdom still isn't resolved. sudan's chief justice is sworn in a new ruling by.

. >> thank you, with mcclatchy. i want to get back to what you're saying about taking care of people. over the last few decades of war, number servicemen have come in contact with things that are potentially cancer-causing. the air they breathe, the burning, a lot of the aviation. they are dealing with the pfa asked. are you concerned about - pfas. what you're dealing with. are you concerned with cancer and military community. and are you looking at making easier for those servicemembers as they age of a potentially 10 years down the road, if they develop the type of cancer related to the air they breathed or the vehicles therein. >> this goes back to my days in after my tour in the gulf, we had gulf war syndrome still many folks suffer from it. the v.a. has the lead on this. i have not talked to the v.a. secretary wilkie. he had i go back many years. he is completely committed to our service members, and the veterans. we want to assist soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines as they transition out and into the v.a. s

two sources tell mcclatchy that a dozen lawmakers are considering issuing a statement of no confidence in israel's ambassador to the u.s., while an inspector general investigation could be opened into u.s. ambassador to israel david friedman. the president tweeted this, house democrats want to take against against israel because it is fighting back against two, maybe four people, that have said unthinkably bad things about the israeli people. dems have such disdain for people, what happened. th the request was granted but talib declined, refusing to accept israel's conditions that included a pledge not to promote boycotts against israel. >>> heading overseas, 63 people are dead, 182 injured following a suicide bombing at a wedding in kabul, afghanistan, it is the deadliest attack in afghanistan's captain this year. the taliban has denied responsibility and condemned the attack. the president says the group cannot absolve themselves of blame. a local isis affiliate later claimed responsibility, though nbc news has not independently verified that claim. the attack occurred amid ongoing p

two sources familiar with the discussions tell mcclatchy that about a dozen lawmakers including seniorrael's ambassador to the u.s. while an inspector general investigation could be opened. >> and there is a entitled four lessons from israel's clash. and in which he writes for the state 6 israel, the lesson has to be respect the u.s. congress and all its members. no, they are not all wise or good or just. it's not as individuals that they command respect though but as members of a legislative body. and, no, it is not an equal two-way relationship. for prime minister benjamin netanyahu, the lesson should be don't bet so big on donald trump. the relationship is bigger than people, parties and politics. for those covering these issueses how many more lessons do you need of the bottom rest bad faith of tlaib and omar on israel issues? a politician who will certify that she is prepared to set aside herred a advocacy of boycotts to visit her grandmother and then the next say that it would kill a piece of me to do so should be handled with extreme care. for friends of israel, cool down. many

achievement so much more needs to be john and i think people have to be a concrete solutions my name is on mcclatchy and i work at a desk. and u.k. prime minister barak's johnson has begun a week of crucial matings on bret's and here in berlin with chancellor angela merkel johnson is trying to renegotiate london steel with the e.u. back to the 31st when it will crash out of the bloc merkel expressed optimism about the chances of that happening but pointed out that what to do about the future a u. boat to the not a kingdom still isn't resolved. sudan's chief justice is sworn in a new ruling body it's headed by the country's top general abdul fatah book and the pro-democracy movements prime minister abdul hum talk civilians in the military great to share power to months of negotiations and bloodshed following the military's ousting of the country's next president. the us government has officially abandoned the legal barrier that limits the amount of time children of migrants can be detained it says the floors agreement which states children can't be detained for more than 20 days will be allowed to ex