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Korva Coleman
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President elect Donald Trump has arrived in Washington for a meeting with President Biden at the White House today. Biden has invited Trump to visit. Last hour, the president elect met with Republican members of the House House near Capitol Hill. Trump thanked them for their support.
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We worked with a lot of you to get you in. And you helped me. And you helped me, too.
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Korva Coleman
He later joked with the GOP lawmakers about his future ability to run again for the White House. Members of the US Senate are holding leadership elections now at the Capitol. Republicans will control the chamber in the next session with 53 Senate seats. So whoever the GOP senators choose will also become the new Senate majority leader. Some of the names being floated to play leading roles in health policy in the incoming Trump administration are prominent vaccine skeptics. NPR's Maria Godoy reports. Some pediatricians are nervous.
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Maria Godoy
People being mentioned to head the Department of Health and Human Services include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And Florida surgeon General Joseph Latabo. Both men have used their platforms to spread vaccine misinformation. Meanwhile, routine childhood vaccination rates have dropped in the majority of US States. Pediatrician Lisa Gwynne worries those rates will fall further if vaccine skeptics are in charge of national health policy.
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Lisa Gwynne
I'm very concerned, as are all pediatricians across the nation. One of our primary roles as pediatricians is keeping children safe, and the most effective way to keep children safe from preventable, communicable diseases is vaccines.
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Maria Godoy
She says for now, all pediatricians can do is educate lawmakers on the consequences of not vaccinating children. Maria Godoy, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
A U.S. jury has awarded three survivors of the abu Ghraib Prison $42 million. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports. This trial is the only case heard by an American jury detailing the abuses at the hands of US Troops in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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Ruth Sherlock
The jury said a US Military contractor, Caci, or Khaki, could be found guilty of the torture and mistreatment of the plaintiffs because the interrogators it supplied to Abu Ghraib had instructed military officers to, quote, soften up the detainees. Khaki says its employees were not responsible for, nor did they take part in mistreatment or torture committed by military police in Abu Ghraib the guilty verdict is the result of a 16 year long legal battle. And although it helps these three plaintiffs, many other former detainees of Abu Ghraib remain without redress. The US Military has not paid compensation or set up a mechanism for the survivors claims to be heard. The Associated Press reports that Khaki will appeal the verdict. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
On Wall street, stocks are mixed. The Dow is up nearly 130 points. The Nasdaq is down more than 30. This is NPR. Conservative lawyer Ted Olson has died at the age of 84. According to his law firm, he helped former President George W. Bush secure the White House in 2000. He then served as solicitor general under Bush. But Olsen surprised many when he joined forces with liberal lawyers to successfully overturn California's ban on same sex marriage. Olson also came to attention when he lost his wife, Barbara. She died on the hijacked airplane that was flown into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The World Climate Summit is continuing in Azerbaijan. Delegates from several island nations are calling on wealthier nations to help them cope with climate change. NPR's Nate Peres reports.
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Miyamur Motley
Barbados Prime Minister Miyamur Motley told the conference that the world is in the middle of a climate crisis.
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Hilda Heine
These extreme weather events that the world is facing daily suggests that humanity and the planet are hurtling towards catastrophe.
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Miyamur Motley
Barbados and other island states, they're facing immediate impacts like rapid sea level rise. Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine said countries who have burned the most fossil fuels need to play a bigger role.
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Those that have benefited from extractions have an obligation to provide the climate finance that is desperately and urgently needed.
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Miyamur Motley
Heine said climate change will affect every aspect of life in vulnerable countries, from education to healthcare and to the economy. Nate Perez, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
Authorities in southern Spain are warning people to evacuate ahead of potential flooding. This comes after sudden, unprecedented flash flooding a few weeks ago killed more than 220 people in eastern Spain.
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