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npr in a month will reach 105 million people. that is using podcasts, reading texts, and listening in various forms. for the feedback we get from listeners, it is that it is doing all that. in the beginning, maybe people thought that was presumptuous for me to imagine that. it works out. >> it is good to aim high. >> i want to a knowledge all of the people with whom i have had the privilege of working who really have made that come alive. they are the ones who deserve the credit for all of this. have worked in public radio for a number of years. now you are with planet money which is a very popular podcast. since we are talking about the theuence of sound and importance of sound, we were chatting a bit before we got started. you talked about a particular story that you had done in which you went to jamaica to do a story about sand. tell us about that. tell us about how the sound mattered. didne of the first pieces i was how the world was running out of a certain type of sand because it is a main ingredient in concrete and glass a

we all turned to npr to find out. tonight, we have the here from them directly and we can ask her directly what's going on the supreme court so we thank you so much for coming. and you know how it works, i have in our conversation, and that we will have much more to talk about, but we will stop there and invite you and your questions for me not. >> so we did a poll of this group before you arrived to find out the number one question on everybody's mind. and. >> i know what it was. >> i know it, how is ruth bader ginsburg pitts, exactly, yes. >> as far as i can tell, she's doing pretty well, but, you know, she is 85, and she's getting over lung surgery. she's working. i don't think she's doing much except working. i think that's what she's doing is staying home, doing her work, eating, sleeping, and trying to get her strength back. and that's about all i know. >> has she been back to the court? >> no, she has not. i think she initially thought she might be able to, but then she decided that would not be smart, and i th

robert: susan,n you've been capitol hill covering this for npr. matthew whitaker, a loyalist for president trump refused to engage in the witch hufpblets question. susan: he did and he's very shor-term a.d. as dan said, this is not going to be a congress where sliltyavs accomplishments i what it's going to be known for. it's going to oake issuesf accountability and oversight as pape toppriorities. so the president's points name doesn't work that way. this is pretty much how it works. the oversight of the administration. i also think to the point of him attacking thenvestigations, there's a playbook here. similar to the mueller investigatn. you start early, you attack the investigators and it will help, i think, in the president's mind, weaking the standing of whatever democrats may or may not find in the course of these investigations. robert: whitaker was pretty come bative, saying atne point to the chair, your five minutes are hi. iswhat we should expect from other officials interest year on capitol hill? >> they're taking their signals from whi

we also want to welcome to the broadcast elise hu, correspondent for npr and former npr bureau chief and japan. john, i'd like to begin with you. set the scene. what does it feel like there? and are reports correct that the press corps are kind of settled into some chairs for an alcoholic beverage last night? somebody spotted the white house chief of staff and the hearings had already started on the tv over the bar. >> reporter: i mean, it's almost impossible, brian, not to notice that the major world event going on right now is not a nuclear summit between president donald trump and kim jong-un, the north korean dictator, but, rather, the michael cohen hearing that was going on earlier today in washington. everybody was paying attention to it. obviously donald trump was paying attention to it. he tweeted about it after the hearing. there are really no two ways about it. there are other major world events going on, this tension, actually shooting between pakistan and india at the moment. so this is actually in some ways a minor news event so far. we did just have a little bit of news

. >>> a new poll from npr finds a majority of americans surveyed disapprove of the national emergency declaration falling along party lines with independents breaking against the president's decision. >>> former president barack obama is expected to make a stop in oakland this afternoon, folks lined up for the my brothers keeper summit going on at the scottish rights center, the first national gathering of mr. obama's foundation. the event is expected to draw hundreds of people, community leaders, bay area groups and celebrities are set to show up. >> john legend, we have barack obama, the 44th president of the united states, of course very exciting, last night we got a chance to see a singer. we are looking forward to all of the artists and special speakers to night. >> the foundation supports boys and young men of color exceptions are going on through tomorrow. >>> a big loss for the world of fashion, karl lagerfeld died at the age of 85. >> karl lagerfeld conquered the catwalk for 5 decade with powder white ponytail, dark suits and tinted glasses. he made his mark on the fashion wo

[cheers and applause] >> npr tweeted quote fact-check president trump praised the record number of womenrely because of democrats, not trump's party. except the president never mentioned his party. it was the state of the union, not the state of republicans. martha? >> martha: thanks, trace. here now with more jill abramson former executive editor of the "new york times" and author of the new book "merchants o of truth." sometimes those fact-checks do lead themselves into curious territory. what do you make of those comparisons? >> well, you know, i think that the job of fact-checking in realtime, which is what the fact-checking for the state of the union was, you know, is difficult. and some of it may seem, you know, too exacting or nitpicking but, you know, he did make several errors in the speech, including his claim that there are more women in the workforce than at any point in history. so, you know, i think some of it. >> martha: but that moment when he was talking about the more women in the workforce who are members of congress and he sort of and said good for you and then the in

r more, i'm joined again by miles parks of npr, in raleigh, north carolina. miles parks, hello again. so tell us what happened today that led to the elections board making this decision. >> so it was a pretty incredible y over all and that's saying something considering eve single day since monday at the .earing has had one or two incredible momen today is the today we were supposed to hear from mark harris who took the stand early in the morning and testified ant out this absentee ballot fraud that investigators have been laying out over the past few days centered on a political operative named mcraeo dowless wh was hired to work on upping the absentee totalsn the eastern part of the district. more evidence has come out that suggests dowles was using tactics illegal in north colina, collecting ballots. one woman testified she filled in ballots for some voters who left them blank when they turned in their ballots to her. e's more and m clear the results were tainted and we had a bipa 5-0 unanimous vote from the state ofec eons today to hold a brand-new vote a

one npr poll showing 51% of americans disapprove of the emergency declaration, but that number shrinks dan dan heninger, deputy editor of "the wall street journal" editorial page and a fox news contributor. also, judy miller. pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author. also if fox news contributor paid what a fantastic panel. thank you for joining me. , i had this suspicion that -- as we know, and the money is divided into different pots. there's a lot of great reporting on the fact that he doesn't necessarily need to do this. he has a bunch of money and maybe units of some piece of it down the road. maybe this is -- hold your breath -- a political stunt. what do you think? >> i would not go so far as to call it a political stunt, but let's put it this way -- if -- coat it's a political choice but i like "political choice." if the low funding issue had been resolved and he put it behind him, as we say, that would have eliminated the wall as an issue. right? >> melissa: right. >> and the will has been a primary issue for donald trump. now that you have these lawsuits going forward, no

and tamara keith of npr. hello to both of you. so there's a lot to talk about.ve just been talkingbout, though, the emergency, the national emergency that presidentrump declared on friday that we are out with a poll just done over the weekend. this is the "newshour", npr and marist college, amy, and it shows and we're showing everybody watching the results among republicans, very pr,u not surprising, 85% like what the president tid, sport it. among democrats, unpopular, only 6%. but among independent it's also not a majority, 33%. what does this tell us about what the president dd and what the public thinks? >> well, the president has had a chalnge for some time now. first of all the facts don't support the claim the is an emergency on the border, whether ing number of people be apprehended, whether people are trying to cross illegally, drugs are comi in, ports of entry, ohey're not being taken at other border crossings,he facts have been pretty well set that there's not an ergency there at the border, and the president has been trying to make the case now for s

, she co-hosts the npr politics podcast.he o to both you have.'s politics monday we mentioned ten candidates, we may have left somebody out.ap oulogies, if we could. help us understand, what are the candidates trying to do at this stage of the campaign. it's late february. >> t rigt. so it's early. there are important things to be done this early on one is testing out your message, working , interacting with voters, figuring out who you are and answering the question why are you running for president. t aly're trying to differentiate them srvelings trying to find a way to rise ups in whatlready an incredibly large field and likely growing. >> it's so early. i don't remember it being this crowded and active and this early to have this many candidates going into places like iowa and south carolina and to have the lines getting into some of these events snaking around the corner a year from the primary. eth justoes to show u how serious democratic voters in those states or voters who are interested in looking at these democratic candidates are. tam,

amy walter of the cook political report and tamara keith of npr.ight, let's just jump right into this difficult story. tam, let's start with the embattled democratic governor of virginia. what do these calls for resignations tell us politically, especially about democrats? >> democrats have taken a position of they have a zero tolerance policy. they have a zero tolerance policy on racism and things that are overtly racist. they also have a zero tolerance policy in that they showed about a year ago when we were talking about all of this #metoo stuff, including with al franken, the democratic leaders made a choice, we are going to be the party that says we wasn't tolerate this and this leads to moments we're in like now. >> desjardins: long term, short term, what's happening now? >> democrats are unified, there's no division at least within the virginia political establishment of anything other than northam should go and resign, and that happened pretty quickly. some were waiting until the press conference he held on saturday, but for the most part t

miles parks with npr, thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: for more than 70 years, global security has been underwritten by the alliance between the united states and its european partners. since president trumtook office, those bonds have been frayed. and, as nick sifrin reports, that unraveling was on display over the weekend, at the annual munich security conf. >> schifrin: walking into theem world's prre security conference, the host was received as if she were leader of the free world. (applause) and when german chancellor angela merkel took the stage, she defended the free trade the u.s. once championed. >> ( translated ): in south carolina, there is one of the ggest factories, no the biggest factory for bmw. not in bavaria. now, all of a sudden, they areew being as a security threat to the united states. that shocks us. (applause) >> schifrin: as the audience applauds, first daughter and senior advisor ivanka trump stays quiet. what has shocked this audience at world leaders is a president of the united st who's called the european union an f economoe. europe opposed u.s. decisi

miles parks from npr has been inside the hear, and he joins me esw. from raleigh, m parks, welcome to the news hour. so what are we learning? what a you hearing and learning in these hearings on what happened? >> so the investition is focused on really one man, mccray dallas is his name. he was political operative hired by republican mark harris' campaign with get out the vote efforts. state represents are saying his efforts went a lot further than the apt-28 loued. normal efforts encouraging people to vote and registering them to vote. people say dallas collected ballot, which is illegal. a woman said she even went asas far illing in blank races that were not filled out by the voters. >> woodruff: so that's m question: what evidence has the state provided that proves that mr. dallas broke the law? >>e well, we heard from a number of voters who say they provided dallas with ballots that were unsealed. we heard from one specific woman maimed lisa britt, who is dallas' former step-daughter.sh said dallas paid her to collect ballots. that in and of itsel

p but today,l from pbs newshour, npr, and marist shows different picture. a year ago, 71% of americans supported strict. gun sale la toy, that's dropped to 51% last year, 52% of americans .anted congress to make gun control a priori today, that's dropped to 42%. congress did pass the "fix nics" bill, strengthening existing ulckground checks, by rewarding states that succes share information with the national database. in washington today, the names of each victim were readlon the senate. florida senator rick scott... >> one year ago today, these 17 souls were taken from us in a brutal act of violence not a day goes by that i don't think about that day and the amazing people that were snuffed out by the deranged actions of a mad man. >> nawaz: 1,000 miles away in parkland, calls for action peppered the moments of grief and remembrance. linda beigel shulman's son scott was a teacher at stoneman douglas. he was killed in the shooting. >> all of the families from stand with parkland. we can talk, and we can explain, and we can have conversations. anyou have to

talk about what else mccabe has to say, and other developments in the russia probe, we're joined by npr justice correspondent carrie johnson. carrie, thanks for being with>> us. hank you, john. >> yang: we should say mccabe is promoting his book, which is cominout next week. and according to pbs news, he also confirmed in thtt inerview a "new york times" report about justice department conoursations using the 25th amendment to declare the president-- presidential disability and have him removed. what more can you tell us about that? >> this was a remarkable period, eight days or so, inside the justice department, in the highest ranks of the f.b.i., after president trump fired jim comey in may 2017. and the sense of panic and alarm at the d.o.jand the.b.i., was so intense, according to andrew mccabe, that they discussed wiretapping someone to go record the president of theun ed states about his intentns in firing comey, whether that was an effort to obstruct the russia envestigation and/or discuss the 25th amendment, t possibility of invoking the 25th amendment to remove thepr ident of t

advancement project, a national civil rights organization and roben farzad, host of the radio program and npr podcast "full disclosure." he joins us from richmond, virginia. robben, can you justs up to speed? you're down in the virginia state capital. what areeople saying? >> it's just been such a surreal three days here in richmond. you start, friday morning, this is the beloved pop democratic governor of virginia, and the news drops that a right-had wing website gets their mitts on these photos of him in either blackface or a klan outfilo what you'ring at right now is a person in the course of 36 hours his career is self-immulate immulated anpeople are waiting for the final resolution.>> udith, i wanted to get your take on the press conference.yo saw it. what were you thinking? >> i was appalled. first, we had the apology on friday, and the next day, for an hour, he talked abut it wasn't him. then he said he didn't recal whether or not it was him. he called college friends, and they said they don't remember him ever doing that.so an it wasn't a full-out denial, and while he was apologizing,

let me just read you a few headlines from that cycle 2018 -- npr -- it was a big blue wave. democrats pick up most house seats in a generation. nbc -- democrats smash watergate record for house popular vote in the midterms. cnn -- most americans will have democratic of owners -- democratic governors after the 2018 midterms. in california, i remember reading a headline from southern california, out of orange county. "orange is the new blue." the washington post -- for democrats, a midterm election that keeps on giving. the reason why i ended with that one, i have a small problem with it. here it is. democrats were not given anything, we fought for it, organized for it, invested early and everywhere. we feel the spectacular fielded candidates, and we fielded the spectacular candidates for reelection, like barbara lee and so many others, and we did this together. we were not going it alone, we were an ecosystem working together, every oar in the water rowing in synchronicity. the last time we got together as a group in chicago, a guy named scott walker was still the governor. t

brian: quickly took a lot of it down after she broke this story on npr.: while david harsani said it would cost 25 ba zillion dollars. she was asked about it yesterday. the fact she'd says should not worry the federal reserve can extend credit and new public banks can be credited to extend credit. ainsley: they asked her how you will pay for it she said shared prosperity. those who work will pay for those who choose not to work and then stanford had a study, $13.4 trillion they say it will cost. steve: when you say shared prosperity, to some people that reminds them of socialism where the society owns everything everybody works for the society because everything in that government is owned by everybody. the president of the united states at the state of the union said the united states would never be a socialist country. half of the hall stood up and applauded but the other half sat on their hands. brian: we know whdon't know why. steve: we do know why. had this to say about socialism and shared things. >> we heard paul ryan and when he was speaker say ha

at npr we get cautionary emails from editors, we are not going with this. it's fine to report the chicago police are looking into this. even the president weighed in on this. howie: many of us thought the story did not smell right. howie: the president's son tweeted most of of the media not only uncritically accepted his lies for weeks but attacked those who questioned the validity of his story. his own father called it a horrible attack. mara: unless you want to say based on what we know now, it's horrible. howie: jussie smollett's lawyer saying he's been further victimized by these claims justy played a role in his own d -- jussie played a role in his own attack. mara: i am not here to suck up to the host on the store. your lead on the story was funny. this is a big field, it hasn't sorted itself out clearly into lanes. and the media is trying to explain what's the difference between all these candidates. you come up with these quick cartoonish labels that i think in the end are going to fall apart. they are not giving a full picture of these candidates.

all of the time at npr we get cautionary emails from editors, whoa, we are not going with this.s fine to show, to report on the latest, the chicago police are looking into it, it's not clear what happened but even the president weighed in on that unless you want to say, look, based on what we know now it's horrible. >> smolett's attorneys deny accusations that he had involvement in his own attack. we will see what develops with that one. races into the history books winning daytona 500 for second time of his career, as he led the race, nearly half the field was taken out, what's this? the fiery crash, they almost made it, didn't seem to rattle him. heather: yeah dead at a at a --g to j.d.gibbs. >> legacy lives a long time being here. heather: swept the podium, kyle busch and jones finished second to end. what a fiery crash, that was really something. time now is 9 minutes after the top of the hour, senator lindsey graham demanding after andrew mccabe's interview on 60 minutes. >> the only way to find out is calling people in under oath and find out through questioning who is tel

that's an npr interview. this book tour is just starting. the book doesn't come out until midnight tonight. mccabe had a contentious relationship with trump during his final months a the fbi. he was attacked regularly by our president and his allies as the russia investigation intensified. the president had him fired 26 hours before he would have retired with full pension. and today the president was at it again, lashing out at a career fbi man. quote, "wow, so many lies by now disgraced acting fbi director andrew mccabe. he was fired for lying, and now his story gets even more deranged. he and rod rosenstein, who was hired by jeff sessions, another beauty, look like they were planning a very illegal act and got caught." the president goes on to say, "there is a lot of explaining to do to the millions of people who had just elected a president who they really like and who has done a great job for them with the military, vets, economy, and so much more. this was the illegal and treasonous insurance policy in full action. trump's allies faithf

but even kickstarter wouldn't let us on their server, npr wouldn't take our ads.new york times" blocked our ads. governor thagovernor governor ga mayor. kansas, utah, a baby is let die when born alive after an abortion. people should know that. judge jeanine: i call him dr. mengalai. i think the important thing is the public know and hopefully the church will get involved. thank you so many for being with us tonight. coming up, think the debate on late-term abortions is new? think again. think about what our old pal hillary had to say on the subject a few years ago and who predicted the very scenario we find ourselves in today. corey lewandowski joins me to break it down next. [♪] robert: live from "america's news headquarters." i'm robert gray. powerful storms battering southern california. the storms are causing heavy flooding. treeless hillsides are spreading mud, rocks and water rushing over streets and neighborhoods. a number of highways have been partially closed. hawaiian airlines flight 233 scheduled to fly to maui saturday canceled after three attempts to

npr wouldn't take our ads. the "new york times" blocked our ads. governor than has been wonderful.oken cloudy and clearly and told -- he's spoken loudly and clearly and told the nation what's happening. he's governor gosnell. he told people what's going on. some have been arrested by the way. kansas, utah, a babies left to die if it's born after an abortion just like the governor described. people should know that and i am happy about it. judge jeanine: we could have gone the and lot more specific about how the babies die. but the important thing is the public know and hopefully the church will get involved. thank you so much for being with us tonight. coming up. you think the debate on late-term abortions is new. find out what our old pal hillary said on the subject just a few years ago, and who predicted the very scenario we find ourselves in today. corey lewandowski joins me to break it down next. y?" y?" so capital one is building something completely new. capital one cafes. inviting places with people here to help you, not sell you. and savings and checking accounts with no fe

legislation, lyndon johnson, the great society was an example of that when you have medicaid and medicare and npr and pbs and wild and scenic rivers and urban poverty programs. and there were no conservatives to stop l.b.j.'s big government. so when you look at a president in a relationship with congress, i think the question to ask is you look at which presidents were able to create a bipartisan cast to get things done and which presidents were able to do the most because their party was in charge the both of legislative and executive brafrpbls. host: staying on l.b.j. who came up through the legislative branch before moving to the white house, is it a given presidents who come up in congress and serve in congress always have better relations than presidents who come from another aspect of society? douglas: that's a good and interesting question. yes would be my answer, at least they have a respect for the process on capitol hill, they understand how legislation is made, how bills are the art of compromise. talking about lyndon johnson in the 1950's, for example, when the soviets put sputnik up,

with us to talk about all of it, kimberly atkins, senior washington correspondent for wbur, boston's nprews station and anita kumar, white house correspondent, associate editor for politico. your piece this evening uses the wording, i note, the president is likely to approve it. it's been a little bit, a few hours. is that still the case? we have to ask. >> that's what i'm hearing today or even this evening. people that are close to the white house are saying that the president is very likely to sign it but he's taking some time just because he is going through the motions saying he knows conservative, some of his supporters don't like this deal. it's not giving him everything he wants so he's taking this time to say, i'm looking at it, i'm adding it, i'm working on it, trying to make it better. the deal is what it is. there's not a lot that's changed at this point and this is him sending the signal he's trying to work hard. yes, we hear he's likely to sign it. not only that we hear that he is likely to do one of these -- use one of these executive orders to find some money from other po

and beginning to distance themselves, president obama's energy secretary weighed in publicly telling npr the deal is impractical and howard dean, former chairman of the dnc offered a cautionary tweet, you can propose a moonshot and we should but we also have to engage those who are not convinced or are frightened. the message from dean and other seasoned democrats to the new agency has asked a wing of their party is crystal clear. don't alienate american voters, the party will need to win over in 2020, dean and others recognized will be tough to offer working-class voters and rust belt states like pennsylvania and ohio and mason them running so morning from the party's elders to keep their eyes on the 2020 prize. >> thanks a lot. democrats in virginia bracing for the 2020 fallout, the deepening political crisis threatening to turn the democratic state back into a battleground state. time for tonight's power panel, syndicated columnist and author michelle nelkin, former ohio senate democratic minority leader and chairman of the american conservative union matt schlapp. first of all, your

also tim mack, political commep ta commentator for npr. in this push to make gun control a major issue. in the past, democrats have tried to avoid this very devicive issue. but then aurora made it particularly poignant, topical for so many to speak out. so, you know, what overall would be driving the decision for candidates to say let's talk about gun control? >> the conversation about gun control has changed over the last decade. it used to be something where the nra could command respect. some moderate democrats and most republicans. we've really seen it's become a polarizing issue. once the democrats took control of the house, they decided they were going to make gun legislation one of their major priorityings. last week, they held one of their first hearings opn gun violence in almost a decade. it's a major issue for democrats. i don't think there's a lot of democrats running for president who can't get helpbehind this legislation. >> you heard senator harris saying it's not about taking your guns away completely. will it be up to the

let's discuss with the white house reporter for npr, the washington bureau chief for "usa today" and a former speech writer for president clinton. susan page, you've seen a few state of the unions. it's not unusual for a president to say let's come together, we are americans not republicans. do you see the president backing up those words with action, particularly on the key dividing issue right now which is the border ball? that will requir a compromise? >> the presidents always call for yuan youunity and say the s the union is strong. the state of the union can't be pulled out of the context of a full presidency. what has a president done leading up to that? what does he do after? and there's no context that puts president trump as someone who reaches out to the other side. he pursued a presidency that relies on getting support from his base and counting on that to maintain his political strength and i think we should have every expectation that's what we'll see going ahead. >> vinka, the numbers last night, cnn's polling showed a large majority had a positive reaction to the speec

this is what aoc said this morning, she was on this morning earlier npr and she changed her tune a littleit about how much the government would be required to enact this agenda, let's watch. >> are you prepared to put on the table that they are right, what this requires is massive government intervention. >> it does come i have no problem saying that. one way the right tries to mischaracterize as what were doing this some kind of massive government takeover. >> laura: she was happy to say it's going to take massive government intervention but she probably heard the heat, that is not going to fly with most americans, how does this make sense? >> the reason i support this from somebody who is entrenched in evidence, i look at the facts and the science, this is the only policy plan i've seen put forward the commission rates with the magnitude of the challenges we are going to be experiencing that are stemming from the planet warming. if you look at what nasa and noaa just put out, they've told us clearly 2018 was one of the hottest years on record making the last four the hottest years on re

npr said many presidents declared emergency.hey said 3/4 of the time president's used their sanctions to limit trade with foreign parties or after terrorists attacks or national disasters. they say trump is using his power to fund a border wall that congress would know pay for. -- would not pay for. one said this is not 9-11 or the iran hostage crisis of 1979. >> trump is ride. this will get issued out. one person wrote a piece that said trump is on solid league ground. there is some consensus but trump is probably right. they will probably go to the ninth circuit and this will be appealed probably all the way to the supreme court. whether it's different or not will be sorted out in court. trump will try to move ahead quickly. this is his issue that he has to deliver on for his base. he wants to set a contrast between himself and the democrats moving into the 2020 campai campaign. .>> shannon: some democrats said they would tear down the existing walls? >> a decent amount of this wall was constructed during the obama administrat

. >> tonight, kelsey snow and our congressional reporter for npr. >> i would like to read you something from the newspaper. senate majority leader mcconnell was on the phone on this nerve-racking day. we thought he was good to go all morning and then suddenly everything is like off the rail says one senior republican aide. is the chance somebody got hem on the phone is that how much of a razor's edge we are on here? >> yeah, that story of my colleague conveying how impulsive this president is. you have multiple people trying to get the president on the phone and they're the last person that speaks to him before he makes the final decision. you heard these negotiations going on today even after the bill had been negotiated or democrats and republicans ironed out all the details that they wanted and they did not know whether or not the president was on board. he heard some people on talk radio or some of his conservative allies that the bill was not conservative as it should be. and he was starting -- that's why the senate majority had to give him some assurances. something that he had be

7 declared, many still in effect right now, several previous presidents, not that it is unique but npr's headline many presidents of declared emergencies but not like trump has. they want to differentiate, 3 quarters of the time presidents use their emergency power to impose economic sanctions on foreign parties, the declarations follow terrorist attacks or natural disasters. critics say trump's declaration is categorically different in that the president is using his power to push a border wall far more bigger and expensive than congress is going to pay for and quote the california attorney general saying this is not 9/11 or the iran hostage crisis of 1979. >> trump is right, this will get hashed out. duo -- joe do jennifer in the new york daily news thing trump is on solid legal ground, there seems some consensus that he's on solid legal ground but trump is probably right, they will go to the ninth circuit and may not get a ruling there and this will be appealed probably all the way to the supreme court. whether it is different or not, the nuances will be sorted out in court but troubl

apple's ceo tim cook told npr last night he's also optimistic.ing, and i always think that is the essential thing to reaching an agreement. it's in both parties' best interest to come together. the president didn't talk much about a deal or talks with china in his rally in el paso last night. but he did highlight the fact the administration as of late has taken an even tougher stance toward china listen >> my administration has taken the toughest ever action to crack down on years of china's abuse and practices have been unfair and i have a lot of respect for president xi but he's representing china, and i'm representing the united states >> the united states is teeing up a slate of executive orders that could continue targeting china. as for how china feels about this, an op-ed says all that matters is what president trump and president xi agree on. guys >> kayla tausche, thank you. >>> u.s. companies mentioning china over 200 times in earnings and investor calls so far in the first full week of february. with 60 of the biggest u.s. companies ge

one i love playing bites from npr, they're always calm. getting nervous, you hear how calmly they are speaking, low-key they are, wow, she ripped president of the united states. former fed advisor danielle dimartino booth. what did you think of that? >> kind of like watching the masters. regardless how dramatic it gets it is like meth -- methadone. interesting comments she made to have jay powell to defend what she said or not. superiority will be detracting for trump supporters. kind of shocking to me she actually basically said that donald trump does not understand basic economic theory. this is somebody who stays plugged into the financial networks all day and every day and i suspect that he knows being a debt person that he is, being somebody who followed interest rates for his entire career, nobody can dispute that, i was surprised she was as disparaging shall we say as she was. neil: there is lot of lingering bitterness not getting reappointed to the fed. that would be cynical read on it. >> do you think, neil? neil: there were a lot

in an interview with npr's marketplace, yellen questionedded trump's grasp of economic policy. >> i doubtould even be able to say that the fed's goals are maximum employment and price stability, which is the goals that congress have assigned to the fed. cheryl: trump declined to reappoint yellen to the fed last year. he criticized jerome powell for raising interest rates. yellen added that trump's attacks on powell make it harder for the fed to do its job. let's bring in joe shroka of nova point capital. what do you make of her comments about the president may not understand what the fed does? >> i don't think it's so much that the president doesn't understand what the fed does, it's the president's fixated on job creation. jobs equal votes. jobs equal happy americans, better stock market prosperity. i think the fact that one of the fed's charters is maximum employment, he thinks they should be doing whatever they can to support his agenda to create more jobs. cheryl: also in that interview, she talked about the fact that this is a dangerous place to put the fed in, that some of the polic

mccabe has been doing a new round of interviews, on npr yesterday.f the things that came up that we knew before, that rosenstein volunteered to wear a wire or suggested wearing a wire to record things that went on inside the white house. this is what mccabe says about rosenstein, i think non-denials about the subject. >> while the deputy attorney general says he never authorized anyone to wear a wire, that is true, he never authorize it because we never asked him for that authorization. >> meaning his seaming denial of this story is not actually a denial. you don't think he denied anything you just said? >> i don't think he can. >> just now, andy mccabe said he would be willing to testify, if he is subpoenaed, whether he's willing to or not, if he gets a subpoena he will go testify. he thinks or thought at the time the president was a threat and why the investigations were opened. >> what he said in the book and interviews obviously seems explosive. i will say, no offense to my brother, jeffrey, what you have here are two lawyers outlawyering each ot