Loading summary
Transcript13 lines
- [00:01]
Advertiser
This message comes from Bombas. Socks, underwear and T shirts are the top three requested clothing items by people experiencing homelessness. Bombas makes all three and donates one item for every item purchased. Go to bombas.com NPR and use code NPR for 20% off.
- [00:18]
Jack Speer
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speier. President elect Donald Trump has laid out some picks to join his nominee for OMB director Russ Vogt, who may have flown under the radar a bit, but all of them are known for for their ability to shake up Washington. NPR's Franco Ordonez says that includes Mark Paoletta and a couple of others.
- [00:39]
Franco Ordonez
He was a top lieutenant to vote at OMB in Trump's first term. Trump also announced that he is going to nominate or he'll nominate Congressman Dan Bishop, who's a member of the Freedom Caucus, as the deputy director. And he picked conservative activist Ed Martin as chief of staff. This is perhaps the most fleshed out team of any agency to be announced so far.
- [01:01]
Jack Speer
NPR's Franco Ordonez combined the team as yet another others signed the incoming Trump administration plans to aggressively expand presidential authority. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney said in an interview with NBC, there's no indication Luigi Mangione, the man charged with killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was ever a client of the company. In New York, NPR's Sara Ventry has more.
- [01:24]
Sara Ventry
Andrew Witte is the CEO of UnitedHealthcare Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare. In a new York Times op ed, Witte says, we know the health system does not work as well as it should, and we understand people's frustrations with it. No one would design a system like the one we have, and no one did. It's a patchwork built over decades. Our mission is to help make it work better. Brian Thompson's killing has sparked national discussion about the nature of healthcare in the United States. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of dollars have been raised through crowdfunding for Luigi Mangione's defense. One site alone had more than $80,000 in donations for the accused shooter. Sara ventry, NPR News, New York.
- [02:07]
Jack Speer
U.S. military has been able to get a 29 year old American who'd been imprisoned in Syria out of the country. That's according to U.S. officials who say Travis Timmerman was flown to Jordan today aboard a US Military helicopter. Timmerman has told journalists he went to Syria on a Christian pilgrimage and spent seven months in prison. Many students are struggling to make up ground after school closures during the pandemic. More from NPR's Corey Turner.
- [02:30]
Corey Turner
The researchers who published their findings in the American Educational Research Journal found large variation in state requirements around how much time students must spend in school. So much variation, in fact, that students in states with the highest requirements will, by the end of 12th grade have gotten nearly a year and a half more class time than students in the bottom ranked states. They also found that adding minutes to the school day or days to the school year can improve student achievement if it's done thoughtfully. Districts that added class time and saw the best results also tended to do other things like use tutoring or data driven instruction. Corey Turner, NPR News.
- [03:11]
Jack Speer
On Wall street, the dow was down 86 points today. You're listening to NPR. Ukraine says Russia has launched a massive aerial assault against the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying the latest attack involved 93 cruise missiles and nearly 200 drone strikes. Zelenskyy calling it one of the heaviest bombardments of the country's energy sector since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago. Zelenskyy says Ukrainian defenses were able to shoot down a large number of missiles even as he renewed calls for additional Western assistance. The Food and Drug Administration has been reviewing a petition to ban a petroleum based food dye, red dye number three, because Alison Aubrey says the decision could come soon.
- [03:58]
Alison Aubrey
Red dye 3 has been used for more than 50 years to give foods and drinks bright, flashy coloring. Back in 1990, the FDA banned it from cosmetics after lab studies show it could cause cancer in animals at high doses. And last year, the state of California passed a law to ban the use of Red3 in food. Researchers found evidence that synthetic food dyes may exacerbate behavior problems in children. Thomas Galligan of the center for Science and the Public Interest, which filed the petition, says there's no reason to add synthetic dyes to food. Here's Thomas Galligan of the center for Science in the Public Interest, the group that filed the petition.
- [04:30]
Thomas Galligan
It's just there to make food look visually appealing so that consumers want to spend their money on it.
- [04:35]
Alison Aubrey
He points out Red 3 has been banned or severely restricted in many countries, including Australia, Japan and the European Union. Alison Aubrey, NPR News.
- [04:44]
Jack Speer
Crude oil futures prices rallied to settle at a three week high. Mid expectations of possible tighter supply well up $1.27 a barrel to 71.29 a barrel. I'm Jack Speer, NPR News, in Washington.
- [04:58]
Advertiser
This message comes from Greenlight. Parents rank financial literacy as the number one most difficult life skill to teach with greenlight, the debit card and money app for families. Kids learn to earn, save and spend wisely. Get started today@greenlight.com NPR.