STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Senate is not the only place where the Republican-led health
care bill lacks support.
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Senate leaders delayed a vote on a replacement for the Affordable
Care Act.
They're going to take more time to change the bill and hopefully get more support as
a result.
Maybe that's no surprise giving - given what their constituents have said about the bill.
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll asked about the GOP plan.
Fewer than 1 in 5 Americans who were surveyed approve of this bill.
The independent analysts in Congress found the proposal would cut health insurance subsidies,
raise deductibles and leave millions uninsured.
INSKEEP: So what do Republicans try now?
NPR congressional correspondent Scott Horsley is here.
Hi, Scott.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Good to be with you, Steve.
INSKEEP: Actually, White House correspondent's probably a more proper job title for you,
but anyway...
MARTIN: He does so many things.
INSKEEP: ...Good talk with you by whatever name - covers all, covers it all.
Well, I guess Democrats found out eight years ago it's really hard to get people to agree
to changes in health care.
What are Republicans finding?
HORSLEY: Yeah, Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, didn't have a large margin
for error here.
He was already seeing shaky support for this bill.
And then on Monday, when those congressional forecasters at the Budget Office came out
and said it would leave 22 million more Americans without insurance in a decade, the support
really cratered.
And he had to pull the bill.
INSKEEP: And it is remarkable why the analysts were saying that so many millions of people
would lose health insurance, essentially that in many cases, you'd get lower premiums.
You'd pay less for the insurance, but the deductibles would be so high, people would
look at it, according to the analysts, and conclude that it wasn't worth it to even have
insurance.
HORSLEY: That's right.
About 7 million fewer people would be buying insurance on the individual market.
And then about 15 million people - fewer people - would have insurance through the Medicaid
program as that was the forecast...
INSKEEP: And we have a sense of it being unpopular from the NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
Now, this is an interesting piece of tape I want to play for you here, Scott Horsley.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell raising this week a terrifying, terrifying prospect,
negotiating with the other party.
Let's listen.
MITCH MCCONNELL: Either Republicans will agree and change the status quo or the markets will
continue to collapse, and we'll have to sit down with Senator Schumer.
And my suspicion is that any negotiation with the Democrats would include none of the reforms
that we would like to make, both on the market side and the Medicaid side.
INSKEEP: OK, two points - first, that would be remarkable, actually, if the two sides
negotiated, wouldn't it?
And the other question, though, Scott Horsley, is, is the Democratic view of health insurance
any more popular than it was?
HORSLEY: (Laughter).
There's kind of a pox on both your houses is what we're seeing in our poll, not much
approval for either Republicans or Democrats in the way they're handling this.
But certainly Senator McConnell is right.
If it does come to a brokered deal with Democrats, they are not interested in seeing the kind
of deep cuts to the Medicaid program that Republicans have been pushing for.
And they're not interested in the kind of deep changes to the individual market.
That said, there are certainly fixes that could be done.
And Congressional Budget - the Congressional Budget Office discounted the Republican argument
that Obamacare is collapsing of its own weight...
MARTIN: You know...
HORSLEY: ...In fact, they said it would remain stable in most parts of the country.
MARTIN: What's interesting is that even Republicans will admit the Democrats have won the expectations
game when it comes to health care, that the country has changed in seven years, that now
Americans expect the benefits that were expanded under Obamacare.
Really hard to take them away once you've given out those benefits.
INSKEEP: And it is.
That's NPR's Scott Horsley.
Scott, thanks very much.
HORSLEY: Good to be with y'all.
INSKEEP: OK.
A cyberattack has hit tens of thousands of computers worldwide.
MARTIN: This attack is similar to the ransomware attack we saw hit companies last month.
This all started in Ukraine.
And it initially targeted government and business computer systems.
Then it spread to companies all over the world.
The American pharmaceutical company Merck got hit, the Danish shipping company Maersk,
even a Cadbury chocolate factory in Australia had its data seized...
INSKEEP: Oh no.
MARTIN: I know.
INSKEEP: But this is serious.
MARTIN: It is.
INSKEEP: NPR digital news desk reporter Bill Chappell has been following this story.
Your computer's OK, Bill?
You're doing all right?
BILL CHAPPELL, BYLINE: For now.
It seems to be OK for now.
INSKEEP: OK, good.
Is this over though, this attack?
CHAPPELL: It doesn't seem to be over.
There's - we're still trying to figure out the scope of this.
As you mentioned, it's similar to the attack that hit last month, which is the WannaCry
attack.
That kind of got its way into systems and kept spreading to over 100 countries in the
world.
This attack is still playing out.
It's very tough to stop, and it spreads in slightly more advanced ways than WannaCry
did.
INSKEEP: Why is it called WannaCry, by the way?
Who's branding these attacks?
CHAPPELL: It's - I know.
This one is called Petya...
INSKEEP: (Laughter) I'm sorry to laugh.
This is serious.
But OK, go on.
CHAPPELL: It's called Petya, and it actually uses part of another malware tool called Mimikatz,
which sounds like a grandmother and cats, I know...
INSKEEP: But we don't know where these names are coming from, precisely...
CHAPPELL: Well, I mean, it's from a hacker community.
I mean, this group, shadow - or group or person called Shadow Brokers put some of these out.
They have different names that come out...
INSKEEP: And I want to understand this.
I know that we use the word ransomware, which means the hackers steal your data, hold your
data for ransom effectively.
How do they do that?
How do they get into computer systems?
CHAPPELL: Well, in this case, Microsoft is saying that this started with tax software
in the Ukraine - is what they're...
INSKEEP: Tax...
MARTIN: Tax software?
CHAPPELL: That's what...
MARTIN: Like, how you pay your taxes?
CHAPPELL: That's what Microsoft has said in their latest bulletin about this, about what
they see has happened, that they have seen signs of that.
Somehow, that's what they - that's what...
INSKEEP: Someone infects the tax software.
People download the tax software, and they are volunteering to get this virus in their
computers...
CHAPPELL: And corporate clients of this tax company sort of enacted this, you know, triggered
this software.
It gets into computers and starts immediately going through networks looking for domain
hosts, you know.
It looks for powerful admin kind of rights all over the place, dumps passwords out and
gets all the credentials it can.
And as it's doing that, it kind of just bides its time and then, after a certain random
number of minutes, then it finally locks the files in the computer it's in.
So it doesn't just hit the computer and say, you can't have these files anymore.
It hits the computer and says, what are you hooked up to?
So people who had patched for WannaCry - patched their - almost the entire network last month
- if they have one computer that's vulnerable, it wasn't patched.
It gets in through that and then finds admin rights...
INSKEEP: Then it's behind the firewall.
CHAPPELL: ...And starts collecting permissions and credentials.
INSKEEP: Very useful to know that they can think, at least, that this is traceable to
tax software.
Can they trace it all the way back to the actual hacker, to the person responsible?
CHAPPELL: That's what we'll see.
I mean, that hasn't happened yet with WannaCry.
We were - we kept monitoring that.
WannaCry even was blamed for hitting Australian traffic cameras a week or so ago.
So it's still kind of bubbling out there somewhere, even though it had a full - like a kill switch
that essentially stopped its spread.
INSKEEP: OK.
MARTIN: All I can think is that's another reason to dread paying my taxes.
CHAPPELL: (Laughter).
INSKEEP: Yeah.
There you go.
Exactly.
Bill...
CHAPPELL: You can't win.
INSKEEP: ...Thanks very much.
That's NPR's Bill Chappell.
Really appreciate it.
CHAPPELL: Thanks guys.
INSKEEP: OK, we turn next to a crisis in a part of Nigeria that was already deeply troubled.
MARTIN: Northeastern Nigeria has struggled against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram
for years.
That group's fight for power has claimed about 20,000 lives.
But the threat from Boko Haram could actually end up being smaller than the threat from
hunger in that part of the world.
This is how Peter Lundberg, the U.N.'s deputy humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, has described
it.
PETER LUNDBERG: 5.2 million people are seriously food insecure.
And currently there is about 1.4 million which are in a critical phase, which is basically
one step away from a famine.
There is about 450,000 children that are suffering from severe, acute malnutrition.
And these are children that if we don't reach them, they will actually die.
INSKEEP: NPR Africa correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is reporting from the city of
Maiduguri, which is in northeast Nigeria.
Ofeibea, what's it like there?
OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON, BYLINE: It depends what time of the day, what time of the week.
We flew in on Sunday, and that was Eid, the end of the Muslim Ramadan feast.
Young children and adults dressed in all their finery as they celebrated.
But that night, Boko Haram struck at least 10 people (inaudible).
This is a city and a region dealing with twin troubles.
It has this hunger problem.
The U.N. has warned of the risk of famine.
And Boko Haram, although it has been driven back - it no longer holds territory, Steve
- it is still able to strike in these deadly suicide bombings.
INSKEEP: You just described a feast of Eid to end the holy month of Ramadan, but in a
place where people are hungry.
Is this a situation where people might have that feast, but the next day or the next week,
they're eating very little?
QUIST-ARCTON: Many, many people - you heard Peter Lundberg say that they're dealing with
up to 7 million people in this region who are food insecure as the U.N. puts it, who
don't have enough to eat.
And they're talking about a period that is in - it's called the lean (ph) season - in
between farming periods.
So many people, and especially many children, don't have enough to eat.
But everybody here, the host community that has taken in - this city has more than a million
displaced people, refugees within their own country, Steve.
Everybody has made a very big effort to try and make Eid a happy period.
But behind it, everybody knows that there are still troubles in northeastern Nigeria.
INSKEEP: And the security situation can't be made any better by this.
QUIST-ARCTON: Absolutely not.
The military says it's doing enough.
Many people feel they should be doing more.
How come Boko Haram insurgents are able still to infiltrate?
And the university was hit.
They're building a trench, but will that work?
INSKEEP: Ofeibea, thanks very much.
QUIST-ARCTON: Always a pleasure.
Thank you.
INSKEEP: That's NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton in northeastern Nigeria.
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Three CNN Employees 'Resign' Over 'Russia Collusion' Fake News - politics - Duration: 5:40.
Three CNN Employees 'Resign' Over 'Russia Collusion' Fake News Retraction
A few days ago we noted that CNN was forced to retract one of their bombshell 'Russian
collusion' stories when it was apparently revealed that the whole thing was nothing
more than their latest, anonymously-sourced fake news debacle.
Like most CNN stories on the topic, this one carried a salacious title ("Congress was investigating
a Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials") which implied some nefarious plot
by the Trump administration to stage a coup in the United States.
Within 36 hours, however, CNN was forced to retract the story and issue an apology to
Anthony Scaramucci (presumably for the whole libel thing).
That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted.
Links to the story have been disabled.
CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.
Now, according to a new report from the Washington Post, the fake story has resulted in the 'resignation'
of three CNN 'journalists, including the Pulitzer Prize winner, Thomas Frank
Now for the consequences.
CNN announced on Monday afternoon that three network officials are leaving their jobs over
the incident: Frank, the reporter on the story; Eric Lichtblau, a recent CNN addition from
the New York Times who edited the piece; and Lex Haris, the executive editor of �CNN
Investigates.� The moves follow an investigation carried out by CNN executives over the weekend,
with the conclusion that longstanding network procedures for publishing stories weren�t
properly followed.
�There was a significant breakdown in process,� says a CNN source.
�There were editorial checks and balances within the organization that weren�t met.�
The official CNN statement: �In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on
CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story�s
publication.�
Regarding the personnel changes, a CNN source said, �The individuals all stated that they
accepted responsibility and wanted to resign.� A compelling wrinkle in the saga of the story
springs from the careful language in the editor�s note: �That story did not meet CNN�s editorial
standards and has been retracted.
Links to the story have been disabled.
CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci,� it reads.
CNN is not bailing on all the factual representations in the story, however.
�We pulled it down not because we disproved it,� says a CNN source, adding that there
was �enough concern� on some factual points that �given the breach in process, we decided
to pull it down.� Of course, this is hardly the first time CNN
has been caught reporting fake news recently (see "Looks Like CNN's Anonymous Sources Got
This One Wrong") and we doubt it will be the last.
For those who missed it, our original post on the retraction is below:
Thursday afternoon, CNN posted a story, by none other than Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporter
Thomas Frank, claiming that "Congress was investigating a Russian investment fund with
ties to Trump officials."
The story was perfect fodder for 'The Left' as it provided yet more 'confirmation' that
sources 'confirmed' Trump and his team were up to something nefarious with The Russians...
Highlights included...
Congress is investigating a little-known Russian investment fund.
The fund CEO met in January with a member of the Trump transition team.
"If you're going to get your nose under the tent, that's a good place to start," said
Ludema, a Georgetown University economics professor.
"I'm sure their objective is to get rid of all the sanctions against the financial institutions.
But RDIF is one [sanctioned organizations] where a number of prominent U.S. investors
have been involved."
A fund spokeswoman says there was no discussion about lifting sanctions.
Scaramucci's comments alarmed Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ben
Cardin of Maryland, who asked Mnuchin investigate whether Scaramucci sought to "facilitate prohibited
transactions" or promised to waive or lift sanctions against Russia.
Sounds great right?
Well, despite the 'facts' they reported, 36 hours later (quietly late on a Friday night),
CNN decided to delete the story and issue a retraction, apologizing to Mr. Scaramucci
(presumably for lying?)
On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations
into the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted.
Links to the story have been disabled.
CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.
Despite their deletion of the story, thanks to The Wayback-Machine, we can see what the
original story said.
Is it any wonder that Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated by the media's attention
to the 'Russia' narrative that is is constantly spewed with no mind
for factual reporting?
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CNN Student News - June 29, 2017 | A debate concerning a California community's Christmas tradition - Duration: 10:01.
I`m Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. It`s a new week. It`s our last week of 2013,
and it starts with Nelson Mandela. The former South African leader and Nobel Peace Prize
winner died on December, 5th. When that happened, the country`s current president declared ten
days of national mourning. South Africa held a memorial service. Mandela`s body lay in
state for three days, and finally, a funeral and burial in the village where Mandela grew
up.
On the hills, overlooking Mandela`s childhood home and burial sight, a truly unique moment.
Zulus and traditional warrior (inaudible) drove seven hours to bid farewell to the hero
that transformed that nation. Chants and dances reserved for a chief.
(inaudible) Madiba is a chief. (inaudible) you must do it as our country.
This is really quite incredible. It`s almost surreal. Traditional Zulu song and chants,
the audio of that blending with the marching band that we can hear from the speakers in
front of the screen as Mandela`s coffin is being moved towards its final resting place.
The people gathered somber, silent as they watched. Some choosing to stand alone. And
with the final gun salute, the reality that Mandela`s gone, for some overwhelming. Beauty
Mkuna traveled 12 hours to be here.
Well, upset to know people where at least even if he was no longer in public whatever,
but at least we were happy that he was still alive.
Others emotional, but glad he can finally rest in peace. And among all, a profound sense
of gratitude for all Mandela sacrificed and stood for.
(inaudible). It means that there is no more. He is gone for good. We don`t know whether
South Africa will be the same like it was yesterday. Mandela`s finally returned home.
The country united as it says good-bye. And now it must leave up to (inaudible) his legacy.
Arwa Damon, CNN, Qunu, South Africa.
We`ve also been talking recently about political protest in Ukraine. Some people in the country
think Ukraine should be more relined with Russia, other think it should have closer
ties to the European Union. Most of the recent protests have been from people on the pro-
European Union side. They`ve been calling for changes in their government. And yesterday,
they heard some support from an American lawmaker.
We`re here to support your just cause. A sovereign live of Ukraine to determine its only destiny
freely and independently. To all of Ukrainians, America stands with you.
The other side is out on the streets, too. This rally is to keep the country closer to
Russia. Nick Paton Walsh talked with some of the protesters about why they don`t want
to be connected to the European Union.
If we have closer ties to the European Union, this woman says, our factories in the east
will be closed. We`ll be penniless.
This all started when Ukraine`s president refused to make a trade agreement with the
European Union. Last week, he said he would sign the deal. Now, the E.U. says the deal
is on hold because they don`t believe Ukraine`s president is showing a clear commitment.
It`s time for the "Shoutout." What country`s flag is this? If you think you know it, then
shout it out! Is it the flag of Turkey, Vietnam, Cuba or China? You`ve got three seconds, go!
China`s red flag features one large yellow star and four smaller yellow stars. And this
one is on the Moon. That`s your answer and that`s your shoutout.
It`s on the Moon because that thing that`s attached to in the picture is a lunar rover.
It`s called the Jade Rabbit, it has six wheels, four cameras, two legs and as it digs around
on the Moon, China`s hoping it will help the country make more of a name for itself. In
space, and on earth.
China`s Jade Rabbit, lunar rover is now exploring the Moon. This vehicle detached itself from
the larger Chang E-3 Lunar probe in the early hours of Sunday, Beijing time. Now, the probe
itself made an historic soft, unmanned landing on the Moon, Saturday night, Beijing time.
And it now puts China as the third country to accomplish this technological fit coming
after the U.S. and Russia.
It landed on the Moon ...
Chang E-3 is on the Moon.
And we saw scenes of scientists from China`s Space Agency celebrating, embracing each other
at the moment that that Lunar probe made its successful landing on the Moon. Now, one of
the missions of this Lunar probe, which is partially solar power. It`s the six-wheeled
vehicle weighing about 150 kilograms, one of its missions is to explore a part of the
Moon known as the Sinus Iridium, or the Bay of Rainbows. It` also tasked with looking
beneath the surface of the Moon using ground penetrating radar. In part, to search for
possible valuable mineral deposits. Now, some experts tell CNN that they think the Chinese
may be looking at the possibility, a future prospecting and mining missions to the Moon.
The Chinese acknowledge that their space program is decades behind the U.S. and Russia, for
example, but this does seem to be a part of a much bigger strategy that also involves
establishing China`s own global positioning system of satellites around the Earth and
also building its own manned space station. And that`s very significant. Because if everything
goes according to plan, when the international space station is decommissioned in 2020, in
the subsequent decade, it will be the Chinese that will have the only manned space station
orbiting around the Earth. Ivan Watson, CNN, Beijing.
An incredible story out of Austin, Texas. Elmer Hill and Richard Overton never met before
last Friday, but 70 years ago, they were on the same battlefield in World War II. Both
men are 107 years old, the oldest known living American veterans of that war. Hill and Overton
say that shared experience left them with a lot to talk about, even if it`s sometimes
hard to say.
Something in that (inaudible) what you would do, you would never forget, but you don`t
want to tell it. That`s your (inaudible). You just start - you still (inaudible) to
tell. You can`t tell it all.
We hear from a lot of you, wild cats out there, and today`s "Roll Call" is full of them. First
up, we are heading to Ocallo (ph) Florida, for the wild cats from Forest High. Then it`s
over to Oklahoma, and the Piedmont High School wild cats. And California`s are last stop
on this wild cats journey. The Brawley Union High School wild cats close out today` roll.
Before the city of La Jolla, California had its annual Christmas parade last week, one
group was fighting to change the tradition. Not the fact that there is the parade, but
the fact that it`s called a Christmas parade. Howard Singer says the name and the presence
of Santa Claus give it religious undertones that he wants removed.
We would like it to be changed to something like, the La Hoya community parade, or the
La Hoya festival, and that`s with ALL at the end, so all are welcome.
The event`s cheerwoman, Ann Kerr Bacher says the parade is inclusive. And that most of
La Hoya wants to keep it and the Christmas title just as they are.
We have people of all religions in it. We do not exclude anybody. We`ve had Muslim webmasters,
Islamic floatwinners, Jewish marshals. But we don`t ask what your religion is. It`s a
community event, it`s a U.S. government holiday since 1870.
The Christmas Parade was held as scheduled and titled. The man fighting it says he`ll
try again next year to get the name changed. What do you think? It`s what we are discussing
today on our blog at cnnstudentnews.com. If you are at least 13, give us your opinion
of the La Hoya Christmas Parade debate. And if you`re already on Facebook, you can comment
at Facebook.com/cnnstudentnews.
In southern California, you don`t see snow or ice too often. So, an igloo sighting is
even more rare. Of course, this one isn`t made out of blocks of snow or ice. It`s made
out of milk jugs. 1700 milk jugs. The people who built it, collected their empty jug and
asked friends and family to do the same thing. They say they still need around 150 more to
make that archway for the front. Of course, you know, how they kept all those milk jugs
in place. They are all iglooed together. Still 1700 containers is a lot to juggle, but if
it works out, the builders will be dairy happy. It`s going to put today`s show on ice. I`m
Carl Azuz. Enjoy the rest of your Monday.
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