Their talks collapsed<\/a> because of disputes on U.S.-led sanctions on the North, and North Korea recently threatened to quit the nuclear diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Moon, a liberal who favors greater ties with North Korea and a negotiated solution to the nuclear crisis, shuttled between Washington and Pyongyang to facilitate the nuclear diplomacy. The breakdown of the Hanoi summit subsequently put Moon in a difficult position on how to further engage North Korea and promote the nuclear diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Moon's office said that Moon and his wife would visit the United States on April 10-11 and that Moon would meet with Trump at the White House to discuss developments on North Korea and bilateral issues.<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders will discuss how to strengthen their countries' alliance and achieve North Korea's complete denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula, Yoon Do-han, a senior South Korean presidential official, said at a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said in a statement that the alliance between the United States and South Korea \"remains the linchpin of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the region.\"<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said her country had no intention of compromising or continuing the nuclear talks unless the United States took steps commensurate with those the North had taken, such as its moratorium on missile launches and weapons tests, as well as changes its \"political calculation.\" She said Kim would soon decide whether to continue the talks and the moratorium.<\/p>\n<p>Politics<\/p>\n<p>North Korea later withdrew its entire staff at a liaison office with South Korea before sending some of them back to the office at the North Korean border town of Kaesong. North Korea hasn't provided any reason for its action. Some experts say North Korea still hopes to keep diplomacy with the United States alive.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553851203,"publishedAt":1553828820,"updatedAt":1553828820,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/south-korean-president-moon-jae-meet-trump-washington-n988716","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3761552\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190328-moon-jae-in-donald-trump-ew-1111p_fdf0985ed5726faae5aebfdd73d19003.jpg","altText":"Image: U.S. President Donald Trump Visits South Korea - Day 1","caption":"South Korean President Moon Jae-In and President Donald Trump walk during a welcoming ceremony held at the presidential Blue House on Nov. 7, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. 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The special counsel completed its report and found no collusion and no obstruction. ...Total exoneration. Complete vindication,\" he told the Michigan crowd.\"The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally gain power by framing innocent Americans,\" Trump continued, calling the investigation \"an elaborate hoax\" and a \"sinister effort to undermine our historical election.\"\"Democrats have to decide if they will continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bullshit, partisan investigations — or whether they will apologize to the American people,\" he said, taking shots over the Russia probe at \"Crooked Hillary Clinton, the DNC\" and House Democratic chairs leading panels still investigating him, such as \"little pencil neck Adam Schiff\" of California, who heads the Intelligence Committee, and Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler.Trump took the stage here less than a week after attorney general William Barr released a summary special counsel of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, saying Mueller found no proof that the Trump campaign criminally conspired with the Russian government in its efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.But the president showed no intention of moving past the special counsel investigation as he gears up for his re-election. His references to the Mueller probe began within the first minute of his speech.\"Robert Mueller was a god to the Democrats,\" Trump told the crowd, \"until he said there was no collusion. They don't like him so much right now.\"Trump repeated his frequent attacks against the media, claiming that they had joined forces with the Democratic Party and the \"deep state\" to \"overturn the results of the 2016 election\" but that that those efforts \"have failed.\"Trump also spoke at length about the southern border, repeating unfounded claims that migrant caravans are \"pouring\" across the U.S.-Mexico border and lamenting that \"we had to go down a little bit of a different path\" to fund the border wall, \"but that's okay, national emergency it is.\"Trump also implored the Mexican government to do more to stop illegal border crossings, warning that \"if they don't, and I am telling you right now, we will close the damn border.\" Additionally, Trump said he would be going \"to a certain place\" to see the border wall construction within the coming weeks.Trump declared victory Thursday on the site of one of his biggest 2016 wins. In one of the most unexpected results of the presidential election, Trump won the state by three-tenths of a percentage point — or 10,704 votes — becoming the first Republican to carry Michigan since 1988 and delivering a devastating blow to Democrats in the process.The president was in friendly territory in Republican-leaning Kent County on Thursday night. But recreating his 2016 success won't be easy statewide. In the 2018 midterms, Michigan reverted back to its blue roots, electing Democrat Gretchen Whitmer as governor by nearly 10 points and flipping two House seats from red to blue.\"Michigan is vital to his reelection,\" Donald Zinman, a political science professor at Grand Valley State University, just outside of Grand Rapids, said in a phone interview with NBC News. \"Trump obviously worked Michigan really hard in 2016, and we should give him credit for that. But at the same time, the Democrats just got caught napping. I don't think they will make that mistake again.\"Although the most energetic moments of his speech Thursday night focused on the special counsel, Trump, speaking to a crowd peppered with signs that read \"Buy American. Hire American,\" revived his protectionist message on trade and the economy that many credited for helping deliver the white-working class vote in Midwestern states in 2016.\"The automobile industry was decimated, and you people knew it better than anybody else,\" Trump said, boasting that he got rid of NAFTA. He also pledged \"full funding. $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,\" despite the earlier release of his administration's own budget request slashing that figure by 90 percent, to $30 million.The president, pointing out that his last campaign stop of the 2016 race was in Michigan, said on Monday he was feeling positive about his second presidential campaign.\"It's going to be so much easier the second time,\" he said. \"And I am one for one.\"","htmlText":"<p>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. \u2014 President Donald Trump took a post-Mueller summary victory lap at a campaign rally here Thursday night, telling supporters that \"after three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The collusion delusion is over. The special counsel completed its report and found no collusion and no obstruction. ...Total exoneration. Complete vindication,\" he told the Michigan crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally gain power by framing innocent Americans,\" Trump continued, calling the investigation \"an elaborate hoax\" and a \"sinister effort to undermine our historical election.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Democrats have to decide if they will continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bullshit, partisan investigations \u2014 or whether they will apologize to the American people,\" he said, taking shots over the Russia probe at \"Crooked Hillary Clinton, the DNC\" and House Democratic chairs leading panels still investigating him, such as \"little pencil neck Adam Schiff\" of California, who heads the Intelligence Committee, and Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler.<\/p>\n<p>Trump took the stage here less than a week after attorney general William Barr released a summary special counsel of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, saying Mueller found <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//mueller-report-conclusions-trump-congress-attorney-general-william-barr-n986611/">no proof<\/a> that the Trump campaign criminally conspired with the Russian government in its efforts to meddle in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>But the president showed no intention of moving past the special counsel investigation as he gears up for his re-election. His references to the Mueller probe began within the first minute of his speech.<\/p>\n<p>\"Robert Mueller was a god to the Democrats,\" Trump told the crowd, \"until he said there was no collusion. They don't like him so much right now.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump repeated his frequent attacks against the media, claiming that they had joined forces with the Democratic Party and the \"deep state\" to \"overturn the results of the 2016 election\" but that that those efforts \"have failed.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump also spoke at length about the southern border, repeating unfounded claims that migrant caravans are \"pouring\" across the U.S.-Mexico border and lamenting that \"we had to go down a little bit of a different path\" to fund the border wall, \"but that's okay, national emergency it is.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump also implored the Mexican government to do more to stop illegal border crossings, warning that \"if they don't, and I am telling you right now, we will close the damn border.\" Additionally, Trump said he would be going \"to a certain place\" to see the border wall construction within the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump declared victory Thursday on the site of one of his biggest 2016 wins. In one of the most unexpected results of the presidential election, Trump won the state by three-tenths of a percentage point \u2014 or 10,704 votes \u2014 becoming the first Republican to carry Michigan since 1988 and delivering a devastating blow to Democrats in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The president was in friendly territory in Republican-leaning Kent County on Thursday night. But recreating his 2016 success won't be easy statewide. In the 2018 midterms, Michigan reverted back to its blue roots, electing Democrat Gretchen Whitmer as governor by nearly 10 points and flipping two House seats from red to blue.<\/p>\n<p>\"Michigan is vital to his reelection,\" Donald Zinman, a political science professor at Grand Valley State University, just outside of Grand Rapids, said in a phone interview with NBC News. \"Trump obviously worked Michigan really hard in 2016, and we should give him credit for that. But at the same time, the Democrats just got caught napping. I don't think they will make that mistake again.\"<\/p>\n<p>Although the most energetic moments of his speech Thursday night focused on the special counsel, Trump, speaking to a crowd peppered with signs that read \"Buy American. Hire American,\" revived his protectionist message on trade and the economy that many credited for helping deliver the white-working class vote in Midwestern states in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\"The automobile industry was decimated, and you people knew it better than anybody else,\" Trump said, boasting that he got rid of NAFTA. He also pledged \"full funding. $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,\" despite the earlier release of his administration's own budget request slashing that figure by 90 percent, to $30 million.<\/p>\n<p>The president, pointing out that his last campaign stop of the 2016 race was in Michigan, said on Monday he was feeling positive about his second presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's going to be so much easier the second time,\" he said. \"And I am one for one.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553827216,"publishedAt":1553826180,"updatedAt":1553826180,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-takes-victory-lap-russia-hoax-finally-dead-n988696","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760596\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190328-donald-trump-ew-747p_192be3de68fe4fc0702dd6e91c202d2a.jpg","altText":"Image:","caption":"President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on March 28, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Nicholas Kamm AFP - Getty Images","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1667}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.politics"},{"path":"euronews"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"}],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Politics","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Lauren Egan","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2019\/03\/29\/trump-takes-victory-lap-russia-hoax-finally-dead-n988696","lastModified":1553826180},{"id":713450,"cid":3760594,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_facebook_2021','gv_arms','neg_facebook_q4','neg_mobkoi_feb2021','neg_facebook','neg_nespresso','neg_saudiaramco','neg_bucherer','neg_facebook_neg1','gv_death_injury','gv_crime','gs_law_misc','gs_law','gt_negative','gs_health','gs_health_misc','gs_auto'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Teacher shot in gun rampage says her thoughts were of her students","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"\"In the ambulance I said, 'You need to get a substitute to Laurelhurst Elementary for tomorrow,'\" the injured teacher recalled.","summary":"\"In the ambulance I said, 'You need to get a substitute to Laurelhurst Elementary for tomorrow,'\" the injured teacher recalled.","keySentence":null,"url":"seattle-teacher-shot-gun-rampage-says-her-thoughts-were-her-n988686","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"An elementary school teacher who was shot three times by a gunman who opened fire in north Seattle on Wednesday, killing two people, said the shooter \"looked me right in the eyes and just shot.\" \n\nA suspect identified as Tad Michael Norman allegedly shot the teacher in an attempted carjacking, then opened fire on a bus, and then fatally shot another driver and killed another man in a head-on collision, police have said. \n\nPolice said the violence that occurred just after 4 p.m. when Norman the suspect emerged from his home with a handgun appeared to be random. Authorities have not described any possible motives. \n\nDeborah Judd, 56, a teacher at Laurelhurst Elementary School, said the gunman was in the middle of the road and fired through her windshield, striking her in the arm, the shoulder and lung, and he did not say anything before opening fire. \n\n\"I don't know why I was the lucky one, but I also don't know why somebody stepped out in the street and just shot me on that nice little road,\" Judd told reporters in an interview at Harborview Medical Center on Thursday. \n\nIn the ambulance, Judd said her thoughts were with her students. \"I love my second-graders and I'm worried about them,\" Judd said. \"And in the ambulance I said, 'You need to get a substitute to Laurelhurst Elementary for tomorrow.'\" \n\n\"I want to make sure that the kids know I'm OK, and I'll be back soon, and I love them,\" Judd, who has been teaching for 30 years in Texas and Washington state, said. \"And I know how scary it is for them.\" \n\nSeattle police Deputy Chief Marc Garth Green said Wednesday evening that \"some type of issue\" with the suspect, \"either maybe mental health or substance abuse or something along those lines may have triggered this.\" \n\nNorman, 33, was released from the hospital and was being held without bail Thursday on initial charges of homicide, robbery and assault, according to online jail records. The case is still under investigation and charges could change. \n\nHe is expected to have a first court proceeding on Friday, the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office said. \n\nThe names of the two people killed have not been released by police. \n\nAuthorities say the gunman, after shooting Judd, opened fire on a bus and wounded that bus driver, and then fatally shot a man in a carjacking and fled in that victim's Prius, before crossing into oncoming traffic and striking another car head on, killing that driver. \n\nThe bus driver, identified by officials as Eric Stark, has been hailed as a hero for backing up the large vehicle and moving it out of danger despite being shot. None of the passengers on the bus were injured. \n\nStark told ABC's \"Good Morning America\" on Thursday that his main concern was: \"I've got to get these people out of here.\" \n\n\"I did like a two-second assessment of my injuries, and figured, 'Well, I can breathe, I can think, I can see. OK, we're getting out of there,\" Stark said on the program. \n\nJudd said Thursday that she is doing well, although doctors have told her that the bullets will likely not be removed. \n\n\"It's a little strange to think about walking around with pieces of shrapnel,\" Judd said. \n\n\"And my family was joking: We have veterans in our family, and nobody's ever gotten shot,\" she said. \"Generations of veterans. But the school teacher got shot.\" \n\nShe also said that she told people treating her that she has tickets to Las Vegas for next Saturday, \"and I plan on going.\" \n\nJudd said she had been thinking of getting a job closer to her home, and before the shooting had decided that the commute to her home in Snohomish, northeast of Seattle, was tiresome. \n\n\"But I don't know if I'll ever go back down that road again,\" she said.","htmlText":"<p>An elementary school teacher who was shot three times by a gunman who opened fire in north Seattle on Wednesday, killing two people, said the shooter \"looked me right in the eyes and just shot.\"<\/p>\n<p>A suspect identified as Tad Michael Norman allegedly <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//2-dead-2-injured-apparent-random-shooting-car-crash-seattle-n988261/">shot the teacher in an attempted carjacking, then opened fire on a bus, and then fatally shot another driver and killed another man in a head-on collision, police have said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the violence that occurred just after 4 p.m. when Norman the suspect emerged from his home with a handgun appeared to be random. Authorities have not described any possible motives.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Judd, 56, a teacher at Laurelhurst Elementary School, said the gunman was in the middle of the road and fired through her windshield, striking her in the arm, the shoulder and lung, and he did not say anything before opening fire.<\/p>\n<p>\"I don't know why I was the lucky one, but I also don't know why somebody stepped out in the street and just shot me on that nice little road,\" Judd told reporters in an interview at Harborview Medical Center on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3760594//404x304_nbc-190327-bus-shooting-seattle-ac-938p_aa9241b793eb57fa9a451bcc007001b0.jpg/" alt=\"Gene Johnson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760594\/384x288_nbc-190327-bus-shooting-seattle-ac-938p_aa9241b793eb57fa9a451bcc007001b0.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760594\/640x480_nbc-190327-bus-shooting-seattle-ac-938p_aa9241b793eb57fa9a451bcc007001b0.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760594\/750x563_nbc-190327-bus-shooting-seattle-ac-938p_aa9241b793eb57fa9a451bcc007001b0.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760594\/828x621_nbc-190327-bus-shooting-seattle-ac-938p_aa9241b793eb57fa9a451bcc007001b0.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760594\/1080x810_nbc-190327-bus-shooting-seattle-ac-938p_aa9241b793eb57fa9a451bcc007001b0.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760594\/1200x900_nbc-190327-bus-shooting-seattle-ac-938p_aa9241b793eb57fa9a451bcc007001b0.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760594\/1920x1440_nbc-190327-bus-shooting-seattle-ac-938p_aa9241b793eb57fa9a451bcc007001b0.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Investigators work on the scene of a shooting in Seattle on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Authorities say four people, including a Metro bus driver, were shot and one person has been detained.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Gene Johnson<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the ambulance, Judd said her thoughts were with her students. \"I love my second-graders and I'm worried about them,\" Judd said. \"And in the ambulance I said, 'You need to get a substitute to Laurelhurst Elementary for tomorrow.'\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I want to make sure that the kids know I'm OK, and I'll be back soon, and I love them,\" Judd, who has been teaching for 30 years in Texas and Washington state, said. \"And I know how scary it is for them.\"<\/p>\n<p>Seattle police Deputy Chief Marc Garth Green said Wednesday evening that \"some type of issue\" with the suspect, \"either maybe mental health or substance abuse or something along those lines may have triggered this.\"<\/p>\n<p>Norman, 33, was released from the hospital and was being held without bail Thursday on initial charges of homicide, robbery and assault, according to online jail records. The case is still under investigation and charges could change.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to have a first court proceeding on Friday, the King County Prosecuting Attorney's office said.<\/p>\n<p>The names of the two people killed have not been released by police.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the gunman, after shooting Judd, opened fire on a bus and wounded that bus driver, and then fatally shot a man in a carjacking and fled in that victim's Prius, before crossing into oncoming traffic and striking another car head on, killing that driver.<\/p>\n<p>The bus driver, identified by officials as Eric Stark, has been hailed as a hero for backing up the large vehicle and moving it out of danger despite being shot. None of the passengers on the bus were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Stark <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////abcnews.go.com//US//dead-critical-condition-shooting-incident-attempted-carjacking-seattle//story?id=61995879\%22>told ABC's \"Good Morning America\" on Thursday<\/a> that his main concern was: \"I've got to get these people out of here.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I did like a two-second assessment of my injuries, and figured, 'Well, I can breathe, I can think, I can see. OK, we're getting out of there,\" Stark said on the program.<\/p>\n<p>Judd said Thursday that she is doing well, although doctors have told her that the bullets will likely not be removed.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's a little strange to think about walking around with pieces of shrapnel,\" Judd said.<\/p>\n<p>\"And my family was joking: We have veterans in our family, and nobody's ever gotten shot,\" she said. \"Generations of veterans. But the school teacher got shot.\"<\/p>\n<p>She also said that she told people treating her that she has tickets to Las Vegas for next Saturday, \"and I plan on going.\"<\/p>\n<p>Judd said she had been thinking of getting a job closer to her home, and before the shooting had decided that the commute to her home in Snohomish, northeast of Seattle, was tiresome.<\/p>\n<p>\"But I don't know if I'll ever go back down that road again,\" she said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553822409,"publishedAt":1553822276,"updatedAt":1553837593,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/seattle-teacher-shot-gun-rampage-says-her-thoughts-were-her-n988686","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760594\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190328-deborah-judd-ew-739p_3697084250b8a5d15757c07b30275ae3.jpg","altText":"Image:","caption":"Deborah Judd, 56, sits in her hospital bed at Harborview Medical Center and talks about the injuries she suffered in a shooting a day earlier, on March 28, 2019, in Seattle. 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Former California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the law in 2014, which also allows businesses to charge 10 cents for reusable or paper bags. \n\nHawaii has a de facto statewide ban because most of its counties prohibit nonbiodegradable plastic bags, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures . \n\nNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a bill last year to ban plastic bags, but was unable to get it passed by a Republican-controlled state senate. Democrats won control of that chamber in November. \n\nCuomo's press release last year said New York residents use 23 billion plastic bags annually, contributing to land and water pollution. Reducing the number of single-use plastic bags in New York City alone would save an estimated $12.5 million in disposal costs, the governor's office claimed. \n\nCuomo's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News. \n\nThe European Union voted Wednesday to impose a ban on single-use plastic items such as straws, forks and knives after growing concerns about plastic pollution in oceans, according to Reuters .","htmlText":"<p>New York lawmakers are expected to pass a ban on single-use plastic bags as a part of the annual budget bill, making it the second US state to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The deal as currently agreed to by New York lawmakers would ban the use of plastic bags throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to get consumers to move away from single-use bags to reusable totes, State Senator Todd Kaminsky told NBC News on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But the current agreement among lawmakers is to give counties and other local governments the option to charge a 5-cent fee on paper bags.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think we're going to look back and wonder why this isn't something that was commonplace before now,\" said Kaminsky, chairman of the environmental conservation committee. \"But I'm glad we're doing it now and leading the way in being one of the first states to do it.\"<\/p>\n<p>California is the only state so far with a statewide ban on plastic bags. Former California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the law in 2014, which also allows businesses to charge 10 cents for reusable or paper bags.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii has a de facto statewide ban because most of its counties prohibit nonbiodegradable plastic bags, according to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.ncsl.org//research//environment-and-natural-resources//plastic-bag-legislation.aspx/">National Conference of State Legislatures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a bill last year to ban plastic bags, but was unable to get it passed by a Republican-controlled state senate. Democrats won control of that chamber in November.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.governor.ny.gov//news//governor-cuomo-introduces-program-bill-banning-single-use-plastic-bags-new-york-state/">press release last year<\/a> said New York residents use 23 billion plastic bags annually, contributing to land and water pollution. Reducing the number of single-use plastic bags in New York City alone would save an estimated $12.5 million in disposal costs, the governor's office claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union voted Wednesday to impose a ban on single-use plastic items such as straws, forks and knives after growing concerns about plastic pollution in oceans, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.reuters.com//article//us-europe-environment//eu-lawmakers-back-ban-on-single-use-plastics-set-standard-for-world-idUSKCN1R823W/">according to 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Congress for the authority to deport unaccompanied migrant children more quickly, to hold families seeking asylum in detention until their cases are decided and to allow immigrants to apply for asylum from their home countries, according to a copy of the request obtained by NBC News.In a letter to Congress, Nielsen said she will be seeking a legislative proposal in the coming days to address what she called the \"root causes of the emergency\" that has led to a spike in border crossings in recent weeks. The letter has not yet been set.The legislative proposal would have to clear the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which is likely to respond with strong opposition.Since February, Customs and Border Protection has seen a jump in the number of undocumented immigrants attempting to cross the border each day.Daily border crossings have recently hit a 13-year high, leading immigration agents to release immigrants from their custody rather than transferring them to prolonged detention. The influx has left many charities in the U.S. and Mexico scrambling to provide care and has left many asylum seekers waiting in dangerous areas without shelter on the southern side of the border.Under current law, children who enter from non-contiguous countries, which effectively means children from Central America, are transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, which works to reunite them with a relative or sponsor in the United States. And under a federal court agreement, immigrant families with children cannot be detained longer than 20 days. The Trump administration has previously tried to reverse the court decision through executive action, but has so far been unsuccessful.In the letter, Nielsen makes the case that the law's limitations on DHS's ability to deport migrant children is serving as \"another dangerous 'pull' factor.\"\"The result is that hundreds of Central American children come into our custody each day, await transfer to (Health and Human Services) care, and, ultimately are placed with a sponsor in the United States,\" Nielsen said in the letter, which is expected to be sent to members of Congress on Thursday night.The letter also indicates that the Trump administration will be requesting emergency funds to deal with the migrant flow, including what Nielsen predicts to be thousands of shelter beds for unaccompanied migrant children.HHS, the agency responsible for sheltering children who arrive at the border without a parent, \"is still approaching its maximum capacity and will very likely require thousands of additional beds in the coming weeks and months,\" the letter said.Nielsen said in the letter that the exact dollar amount of the request is still being worked out with the Office of Management and Budget, but a senior administration official told NBC News the request is likely to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.The funding would also cover more medical teams and vehicles to transport immigrants, following the deaths of immigrants in the custody of CBP agents who were not able to provide care in time.","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will ask Congress for the authority to deport unaccompanied migrant children more quickly, to hold families seeking asylum in detention until their cases are decided and to allow immigrants to apply for asylum from their home countries, according to a copy of the request obtained by NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Congress, Nielsen said she will be seeking a legislative proposal in the coming days to address what she called the \"root causes of the emergency\" that has led to a spike in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//immigration//more-lawyers-reporter-stopped-questioned-border-u-s-officials-n984256/">border crossings<\/a> in recent weeks. The letter has not yet been set.<\/p>\n<p>The legislative proposal would have to clear the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which is likely to respond with strong opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Since February, Customs and Border Protection has seen a jump in the number of undocumented immigrants attempting to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//immigration//u-s-officials-made-list-reporters-lawyers-activists-question-border-n980301/">cross the border<\/a> each day.<\/p>\n<p>Daily border crossings have recently <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//immigration//daily-border-crossings-undocumented-migrants-hit-13-year-highs-n987396/">hit a 13-year high,<\/a> leading immigration agents to release immigrants from their custody rather than transferring them to prolonged detention. The influx has left many charities in the U.S. and Mexico scrambling to provide care and has left many <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//trump-administration-starts-remain-mexico-policy-el-paso-texas-n985641/">asylum seekers<\/a> waiting in dangerous areas without shelter on the southern side of the border.<\/p>\n<p>Under current law, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//immigration//seven-year-old-girl-who-died-border-did-not-receive-n948071/">children who enter from non-contiguous countries, which effectively means children from Central America, are transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, which works to reunite them with a relative or sponsor in the United States. And under a federal court agreement, immigrant families with children cannot be detained longer than 20 days. The Trump administration has previously tried to reverse the court decision through executive action, but has so far been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Nielsen makes the case that the law's limitations on DHS's ability to deport migrant children is serving as \"another dangerous 'pull' factor.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The result is that hundreds of Central American children come into our custody each day, await transfer to (Health and Human Services) care, and, ultimately are placed with a sponsor in the United States,\" Nielsen said in the letter, which is expected to be sent to members of Congress on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also indicates that the Trump administration will be requesting emergency funds to deal with the migrant flow, including what Nielsen predicts to be thousands of shelter beds for unaccompanied migrant children.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7492\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3760318//400x300_nbc-181206-kirstjen-nielsen-ac-556p_8de34de2a91596685a6e9f1ad68fec07.jpg/" alt=\"Kirstjen Nielsen, from center, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tours the border area with San Diego Section Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott at Borderfield State Park along the United States-Mexico Border fence in San Ysidro, California on Nov. 20, 2018.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760318\/384x288_nbc-181206-kirstjen-nielsen-ac-556p_8de34de2a91596685a6e9f1ad68fec07.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760318\/640x479_nbc-181206-kirstjen-nielsen-ac-556p_8de34de2a91596685a6e9f1ad68fec07.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760318\/750x562_nbc-181206-kirstjen-nielsen-ac-556p_8de34de2a91596685a6e9f1ad68fec07.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760318\/828x620_nbc-181206-kirstjen-nielsen-ac-556p_8de34de2a91596685a6e9f1ad68fec07.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760318\/1080x809_nbc-181206-kirstjen-nielsen-ac-556p_8de34de2a91596685a6e9f1ad68fec07.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760318\/1200x899_nbc-181206-kirstjen-nielsen-ac-556p_8de34de2a91596685a6e9f1ad68fec07.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760318\/1920x1438_nbc-181206-kirstjen-nielsen-ac-556p_8de34de2a91596685a6e9f1ad68fec07.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Kirstjen Nielsen, from center, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tours the border area with San Diego Section Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott at Borderfield State Park along the United States-Mexico Border fence in San Ysidro, California on Nov. 20, 2018.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sandy Huffaker<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>HHS, the agency responsible for sheltering children who arrive at the border without a parent, \"is still approaching its maximum capacity and will very likely require thousands of additional beds in the coming weeks and months,\" the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>Nielsen said in the letter that the exact dollar amount of the request is still being worked out with the Office of Management and Budget, but a senior administration official told NBC News the request is likely to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>The funding would also cover more medical teams and vehicles to transport immigrants, following the deaths of immigrants in the custody of CBP agents who were not able to provide care in time.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553811617,"publishedAt":1553810820,"updatedAt":1553810820,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/dhs-ask-congress-sweeping-authority-deport-unaccompanied-migrant-children-n988651","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760318\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190328-el-paso-border-patrol-ew-534p_ea07172cd1e29ceb466708884ab9ea9a.jpg","altText":"Image: U.S. Customs And Border Protection Agency Holding Detained Migrants","caption":"A group of 22 migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and Salvador await processing underneath the Paso Del Norte Bridge on March 28, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. 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So what\u2019s different now? Why are we seeing affluent people go to such extremes simply to get Junior into a good college ? \n\nWhat\u2019s happening is that the price of admission for everything coveted has gone up. And even some of the wealthy are having trouble keeping up. \n\nIt all comes down to the destructive effects of a runaway train called economic inequality. Several decades of policies that concentrate wealth at the top have produced a large gap between the rich and everybody else. But there\u2019s also a growing chasm between the top one percent and the gold-plated group that has pulled away from them \u2014 the .01 percent. \n\nIn the last four decades, members of the .01 club have gotten richer far faster than their fellow one percenters. By 2012, the wealthiest group\u2019s slice of America\u2019s wealth pie was four times bigger than it was in the 1970s, according to economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman of the University of California at Berkeley. \n\nIn 2014, the top .01 percent, about 16,000 families, boasted annual incomes beginning at $7 million , according to Eric Zwick of the University of Chicago. In contrast, the one-percent category, which comprises about 1.6 million households, started with an annual income of just $386,000 , excluding any capital gains. \n\nThe merely affluent can\u2019t compete with the superwealthy: Recent research by sociologists Roy Kwon and Brianna Salcido shows that global economic policies that curb government regulations and favor private businesses have mostly benefitted the .01 percent, but do not appear to have significantly impacted the incomes of the top 1.0 percent and top 10 percent. Perhaps that\u2019s why the merely wealthy cohort is resorting to outright bribes and fraud to maintain a sense of privilege. \n\nPaying for fancy prep schools, hiring high-priced tutors and writing checks for tens of thousands \u2014 even hundreds of thousands \u2014 of dollars to an elite institution no longer scores big enough to beat the admissions game. Unless you\u2019ve got the kind of cash to finance a new wing of the library, the old donation routine now is no guarantee. Jared Kushner\u2019s family of real estate billionaires could buy their low-performing child entry into Harvard at a price tag of $2.5 million in 1998 . But today, even being a rich actor like Felicity Huffman won\u2019t necessarily give you enough economic muscle to, say, underwrite a new science center at your kid\u2019s school of choice. \n\nAll of which is mighty frustrating to the lesser lights in the one percent. As a top lawyer or a successful doctor or media figure, you may feel that you\u2019ve put in hard work to get where you\u2019ve gotten. You\u2019re used to exotic vacations and magazine-worthy homes. Perhaps you own several fabulous pads. Naturally, you\u2019ve been looking forward to providing your children with an elite college experience. But now you find yourself waiting in line behind Wall Street financiers, Silicon Valley tycoons and the silver-spoon heirs that increasingly make up the Forbes 400 . \n\nThe super-rich own jets and mega-yachts . The rich fly first class and buy sailboats. The super-rich send their kids to Harvard and Yale. The rich scramble for a spot at USC. \n\nThe income of the .01 percent comes largely from capital gains, which are taxed at a far lower rate than income earned from working. As their stock portfolios grow bigger, these folks are able to get wealthier and wealthier by doing absolutely nothing. They exist in a rarefied universe of palatial homes distributed around the word in places like New York, London, Dubai and the Cayman Islands, following the tax codes as the wealthy of yesteryear followed the seasons. Think of them as the giant hothouse plants of the world\u2019s increasingly unhealthy economy \u2014 sucking up resources, blocking out sunlight and stunting everything else that tries to grow. \n\nThe unfairness of class privilege in America is not new. But what is new, or at least what has not been seen since the Gilded Age, is the splitting of the country into what economist Peter Temin sees as a \u201c dual economy .\u201d In these kinds of economies, traditionally seen in the third world, upward mobility is a rare phenomenon. \n\nIn the United States, where a good college education has been a key ticket for economic and social advancement, places are getting fewer and more expensive . The bulk of citizens no longer have a chance for a stellar college experience, and the merely affluent are feeling the squeeze as the superwealthy block their way, too. Instead of looking forward to movin\u2019 on up, more people are terrified of sliding down the mobility ladder. \n\nThings will probably not get better until the affluent can appreciate their common ground with the rest of us and see that the superwealthy for what they are: the killer of dreams for us all. \n\nLynn Stuart Parramore is a cultural historian who studies the intersection between culture, psychology and economics. Her work has appeared at Reuters, Lapham\u2019s Quarterly, Salon, Quartz, VICE, Huffington Post and others. She is the author of \u201cReading the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt in 19th Century Literary Culture\u201d \n\n\nThis article was first published by NBC Think .","htmlText":"<p>Having rich parents has always helped unlock the door to the best of what America has to offer \u2014 from the most desirable neighborhoods and schools to swank country clubs and professional positions. So what\u2019s different now? Why are we seeing affluent people go to such extremes simply <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//feds-uncover-massive-college-entrance-exam-cheating-plot-n982136/">to get Junior into a good college<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s happening is that the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//think//opinion//college-admissions-scandal-isn-t-about-parental-sacrifice-it-s-ncna983426/">price of admission<\/a> for <em>everything<\/em> coveted has gone up. And even some of the wealthy are having trouble keeping up.<\/p>\n<p>It all comes down to the destructive effects of a runaway train called economic inequality. Several decades of policies that concentrate wealth at the top have produced a large gap between the rich and everybody else. But there\u2019s also a growing chasm between the top one percent and the gold-plated group that has pulled away from them \u2014 the .01 percent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The bulk of citizens no longer have a chance for a stellar college experience, and the merely affluent are feeling the squeeze as the superwealthy block their way, too.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Lynn Stuart Parramore\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Historian and author\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the last four decades, members of the .01 club have gotten richer far faster than their fellow one percenters. By 2012, the wealthiest group\u2019s slice of America\u2019s wealth pie was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////review.chicagobooth.edu//economics//2017//article//never-mind-1-percent-lets-talk-about-001-percent/">four times bigger<\/a> than it was in the 1970s, according to economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman of the University of California at Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the top .01 percent, about 16,000 families, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////review.chicagobooth.edu//economics//2017//article//never-mind-1-percent-lets-talk-about-001-percent/">boasted annual incomes beginning at $7 million<\/a>, according to Eric Zwick of the University of Chicago. In contrast, the one-percent category, which comprises about 1.6 million households, started with an <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////review.chicagobooth.edu//economics//2017//article//never-mind-1-percent-lets-talk-about-001-percent/">annual income of just $386,000<\/a>, excluding any capital gains.<\/p>\n<p>The merely affluent can\u2019t compete with the superwealthy: Recent research by sociologists Roy Kwon and Brianna Salcido shows that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.sciencedirect.com//science//article//pii//S0049089X18303636#!\">global economic policies<\/a> that curb government regulations and favor private businesses have mostly benefitted the .01 percent, but do not appear to have significantly impacted the incomes of the top 1.0 percent and top 10 percent. Perhaps that\u2019s why the merely wealthy cohort is resorting to outright bribes and fraud to maintain a sense of privilege.<\/p>\n<p>Paying for fancy prep schools, hiring high-priced tutors and writing checks for tens of thousands \u2014 even hundreds of thousands \u2014 of dollars to an elite institution no longer scores big enough to beat the admissions game. Unless you\u2019ve got the kind of cash to finance a new wing of the library, the old donation routine now is no guarantee. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.forbes.com//sites//chloesorvino//2016//12//18//jared-josh-kushner-fortune-donald-trump-real-estate//#26aaf4952f42\">Jared Kushner\u2019s family<\/a> of real estate billionaires could buy their low-performing child <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.propublica.org//article//the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard/">entry into Harvard<\/a> at a price tag of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.propublica.org//article//the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard/">$2.5 million in 1998<\/a>. But today, even being a rich actor like Felicity Huffman won\u2019t necessarily give you enough economic muscle to, say, underwrite a new science center at your kid\u2019s school of choice.<\/p>\n<p>All of which is mighty frustrating to the lesser lights in the one percent. As a top lawyer or a successful doctor or media figure, you may feel that you\u2019ve put in hard work to get where you\u2019ve gotten. You\u2019re used to exotic vacations and magazine-worthy homes. Perhaps you own several fabulous pads. Naturally, you\u2019ve been looking forward to providing your children with an elite college experience. But now you find yourself waiting in line behind Wall Street financiers, Silicon Valley tycoons and the silver-spoon heirs that increasingly make up the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.forbes.com//forbes-400//list//6///">Forbes 400<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.forbes.com//sites//billspringer//2017//09//13//the-5-largest-most-expensive-must-see-megayachts-at-the-monaco-yacht-show//#3065df189c54\">super-rich own jets and mega-yachts<\/a>. The rich fly first class and buy sailboats. The super-rich send their kids to Harvard and Yale. The rich scramble for a spot at USC.<\/p>\n<p>The income of the .01 percent comes largely from capital gains, which are taxed at a far lower rate than income earned from working. As their stock portfolios grow bigger, these folks are able to get wealthier and wealthier by doing absolutely nothing. They exist in a rarefied universe of palatial homes distributed around the word in places like New York, London, Dubai and the Cayman Islands, following the tax codes as the wealthy of yesteryear followed the seasons. Think of them as the giant hothouse plants of the world\u2019s increasingly unhealthy economy \u2014 sucking up resources, blocking out sunlight and stunting everything else that tries to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The unfairness of class privilege in America is not new. But what is new, or at least what has not been seen since the Gilded Age, is the splitting of the country into what economist Peter Temin sees as a \u201c<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ineteconomics.org//perspectives//blog//america-is-regressing-into-a-developing-nation-for-most-people/">dual economy<\/a>.\u201d In these kinds of economies, traditionally seen in the third world, upward mobility is a rare phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, where a good college education has been a key ticket for economic and social advancement, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.usatoday.com//story//money//personalfinance//budget-and-spending//2018//06//09//rising-cost-of-college-financial-hole//35439339///">places are getting fewer and more expensive<\/a>. The bulk of citizens no longer have a chance for a stellar college experience, and the merely affluent are feeling the squeeze as the superwealthy block their way, too. Instead of looking forward to movin\u2019 on up, more people are terrified of sliding down the mobility ladder.<\/p>\n<p>Things will probably not get better until the affluent can appreciate their common ground with the rest of us and see that the superwealthy for what they are: the killer of dreams for us all.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lynn Stuart Parramore is a cultural historian who studies the intersection between culture, psychology and economics. Her work has appeared at Reuters, Lapham\u2019s Quarterly, Salon, Quartz, VICE, Huffington Post and others. 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That means the earliest any subpoenas would be issued would likely be weeks, not days.The Democratic staffers reiterated that there is ample precedent for Congress obtaining the kind of information they are seeking — pointing to what the Justice Department turned over to GOP-led committees in the last Congress as they investigated how federal law enforcement handled both the Hillary Clinton email investigation and the circumstances that led the FBI to initiate a counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign.","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 House Democrats are on a collision course with Attorney General William Barr as it appears increasingly unlikely he will comply with their demands to see Robert Mueller's full, unredacted report \u2014 let alone the evidence that backs it up.<\/p>\n<p>At a Thursday briefing, senior House Democratic staff elaborated on the Wednesday night call between Barr and Judiciary Chairman Rep. 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That means the earliest any subpoenas would be issued would likely be weeks, not days.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic staffers reiterated that there <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//congress//house-democrats-eye-gop-playbook-justice-department-requests-n978751/">is ample precedent<\/a> for Congress obtaining the kind of information they are seeking \u2014 pointing to what the Justice Department turned over to GOP-led committees in the last Congress as they investigated how federal law enforcement handled both the Hillary Clinton email investigation and the circumstances that led the FBI to initiate a counterintelligence investigation of the Trump 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Federal authorities estimated that half a million were sold in the U.S.Bump stocks figured prominently in the 2017 mass shooting at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas that killed 58 people and wounded 500 others. Of 22 semi-automatic rifles in the hotel room used by the gunman, 14 were equipped with bump stocks, prompting President Donald Trump to push for a ban.Gun rights groups filed two separate Supreme Court appeals. One, directed to Chief Justice John Roberts, was rejected Tuesday. A second, filed with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, was turned down Thursday after she referred it to the full court. In both cases the court gave no explanation, following its usual procedure.A lawsuit challenging the ban remains before a federal court in Washington, D.C. The two Supreme Court appeals sought a temporary halt to the ban while the lower court case was pending.Once attached to a rifle in place of the normal stock or end piece, bump stocks allow rounds to be fired in quick succession, nearly as fast as an automatic weapon. The Trump administration concluded that they violated a federal law banning machineguns, defined as weapons that automatically fire more than one shot \"with a single function of the trigger.\"An ATF spokesman declined Thursday to say how many bump stocks were surrendered before the ban went into effect, adding that the agency \"does not feel the number turned is an accurate depiction, because there were alternative method of disposal.\" However local ATF offices around the country said very few were turned in.An exception was in the state of Washington, where 1,000 were turned over to the state patrol. 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The Trump administration concluded that they violated a federal law banning machineguns, defined as weapons that automatically fire more than one shot \"with a single function of the trigger.\"<\/p>\n<p>An ATF spokesman declined Thursday to say how many bump stocks were surrendered before the ban went into effect, adding that the agency \"does not feel the number turned is an accurate depiction, because there were alternative method of disposal.\" However local ATF offices around the country said very few were turned in.<\/p>\n<p>An exception was in the state of Washington, where 1,000 were turned over to the state patrol. However, each person surrendering a bump stock received $150 under a state buy-back program.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553800817,"publishedAt":1553800080,"updatedAt":1553800080,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-rejects-effort-stop-trump-s-ban-rapid-fire-n988566","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760142\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-181218-bump-stocks-guns-cs-348p_7a3cea44e22bb4240eadac48c2222ebb.jpg","altText":"Image: A bump stock is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at store and gun","caption":"A bump stock is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at store and gun range in South Jordan, Utah, on Oct. 4, 2017.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rick Bowmer AP file","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1408}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.politics"},{"path":"euronews"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"}],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Politics","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Pete Williams","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2019\/03\/28\/supreme-court-rejects-effort-stop-trump-s-ban-rapid-fire-n988566","lastModified":1553800080},{"id":713252,"cid":3760134,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'gs_tech_social','gs_news_and_weather','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gv_safe'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Meet the Press Blog: Latest news, analysis and data driving the political discussion","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Smart political reporting and analysis, including data points, interesting national trends, short updates and more from the NBC News political unit.","summary":"Smart political reporting and analysis, including data points, interesting national trends, short updates and more from the NBC News political unit.","keySentence":null,"url":"meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nSmart political reporting and analysis, including data points, interesting national trends, short updates and more from the NBC News political unit.20421","htmlText":"<p>Smart political reporting and analysis, including data points, interesting national trends, short updates and more from the NBC News political unit.<\/p>\n<p>20421<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553798428,"publishedAt":1553798057,"updatedAt":1553798057,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/meet-the-press\/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3760134\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-180305-washington-capitol-njs-1210_b2c0905845f0422b81950d79ec4e74fb.jpg","altText":"Image: An early morning runner crosses in front of the U.S. Capitol","caption":"An early morning runner crosses in front of the U.S. Capitol as he passes the flags circling the Washington Monument on Sept. 27, 2017, in Washington.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"J. 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It must have been for a second-and-a-half,\" Bush told TODAY Food . \n\nBefore this experience, Bush, a 25-year-old psychology major at UMass Lowell, never believed in the spirit world. She was definitely a skeptic of all things supernatural. \n\nBut when faced with the alleged ghost, Bush was transformed. \n\n\"I was in the bakery working and I was writing on a cake for a customer,\" Bush explained. \"And when I turned around to bring the cake back to the counter, I saw the lady in the background \u2014 she was staring right at me. I looked down for a second because it didn't register and when I looked back she was gone.\" \n\nThe apparition was, according to Bush, so human-like that if it hadn't been for the woman's dated appearance, she wouldn't have thought much of it. \n\n\"She was old. She had short curly, grandma hair, like every grandmother's haircut. And she [was] in this white dressing gown and had a white hair cap and she wasn't wearing shoes,\" Bush told TODAY. \"I thought it was really strange she wasn't wearing shoes.\" \n\nAfter the woman supposedly disappeared, Bush began searching the aisles thinking that this elderly woman \u2014 if she was alive \u2014 would still be nearby and might be in need of some help. \n\nBut the woman Bush saw could not be found in the store. \n\nIn awe of what had allegedly happened to her , Bush went home and did some rudimentary research to see if she could figure out who, or what, was haunting the Market Basket she'd worked at for 11 years. \n\nSeeking answers, she also posted the story to a private Wilmington community Facebook page: \n\nHundreds of people commented on her post, many claiming they had seen someone \u2014 or something \u2014 similar. A few even supported her experience \u2014 speculating that perhaps the ghost was meant only for Bush to see. But many others in the group were very dubious and made fun of her vision. \n\nThe corporate spokesperson for Market Basket jokingly told TODAY, \"As far as we know all of our stores are ghost-free. But if there's anything to it, she's probably attracted to our Victorian-era prices.\" Market Basket is known for its frequent sales and very cheap produce. \n\nOne person in the group did identify a ghost similar to Bush's description, however, at her home on Clark Street, not far from the grounds of the Market Basket store. \n\nSettlers are believed to have arrived in Wilmington in 1665, with a rural town well-established by 1773, according to the town's historical site. Bush said she had heard that the current Market Basket property was actually owned by a doctor before becoming a grocery store in 1953. The Wilmington Historical Committee was not immediately available for comment to confirm. \n\nHowever, in 1953, a local newspaper, The Wilmington Crusader , reported that the Great White Plague (tuberculosis) was \"still with us.\" \n\nTuberculosis is a deadly disease that is now very uncommon, but killed one in every seven people in the U.S. and Europe during 1882, at the height of the Victorian era (1837 to 1901). Perhaps the woman who appeared in front of Bush fell victim to that gruesome illness. Or maybe not ... \n\nBush and the town of Wilmington may never know the truth about what she saw in Market Basket that day. \n\nUnless, of course, this elderly spirit appears again.","htmlText":"<p>It's not uncommon to see something out of the corner of one's eye that isn't really there. This could easily be <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.exploratorium.edu//snacks//peripheral-vision/">explained by science as the regular use of peripheral vision detecting subtle movement or light. But that's pretty boring.<\/p>\n<p>It <em>could<\/em> be something less normal \u2014 something <em>paranormal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Christiana Bush, an employee at the Market Basket grocery store in Wilmington, Massachusetts, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//video//boo-todays-dylan-dreyer-goes-on-a-spooky-ghost-adventure-632653379852/">claimed that she saw a ghost<\/a> in the store on March 13, the apparition she said she saw was anything but subtle.<\/p>\n<p>\"It wasn't like something out of the corner of my eye. She was staring right at me. It must have been for a second-and-a-half,\" Bush told <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//food/">TODAY Food<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before this experience, Bush, a 25-year-old psychology major at UMass Lowell, never believed in the spirit world. She was definitely a skeptic of all things supernatural.<\/p>\n<p>But when faced with the alleged ghost, Bush was transformed.<\/p>\n<p>\"I was in the bakery working and I was writing on a cake for a customer,\" Bush explained. \"And when I turned around to bring the cake back to the counter, I saw the lady in the background \u2014 she was staring right at me. I looked down for a second because it didn't register and when I looked back she was gone.\"<\/p>\n<p>The apparition was, according to Bush, so human-like that if it hadn't been for the woman's dated appearance, she wouldn't have thought much of it.<\/p>\n<p>\"She was old. She had short curly, grandma hair, like every grandmother's haircut. And she [was] in this white dressing gown and had a white hair cap and she wasn't wearing shoes,\" Bush told TODAY. \"I thought it was really strange she wasn't wearing shoes.\"<\/p>\n<p>After the woman supposedly disappeared, Bush began searching the aisles thinking that this elderly woman \u2014 if she was alive \u2014 would still be nearby and might be in need of some help.<\/p>\n<p>But the woman Bush saw could not be found in the store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.today.com//home//jenna-bush-hager-shares-white-house-ghost-story-t139810/">In awe of what had allegedly happened to her<\/a>, Bush went home and did some rudimentary research to see if she could figure out who, or what, was haunting the Market Basket she'd worked at for 11 years.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking answers, she also posted the story to a private Wilmington community Facebook page:<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people commented on her post, many claiming they had seen someone \u2014 or something \u2014 similar. A few even supported her experience \u2014 speculating that perhaps the ghost was meant only for Bush to see. But many others in the group were very dubious and made fun of her vision.<\/p>\n<p>The corporate spokesperson for Market Basket jokingly told TODAY, \"As far as we know all of our stores are ghost-free. But if there's anything to it, she's probably attracted to our Victorian-era prices.\" Market Basket is known for its frequent sales and very cheap produce.<\/p>\n<p>One person in the group did identify a ghost similar to Bush's description, however, at her home on Clark Street, not far from the grounds of the Market Basket store.<\/p>\n<p>Settlers are believed to have arrived in Wilmington in 1665, with a rural town well-established by 1773, according to the town's historical <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.wilmingtonma.gov//wilmington-massachusetts/">site. Bush said she had heard that the current Market Basket property was actually owned by a doctor before becoming a grocery store in 1953. The Wilmington Historical Committee was not immediately available for comment to confirm.<\/p>\n<p>However, in 1953, a local newspaper, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////localhistory.wilmlibrary.org//sites//default//files//Wilmington-Crusader-1953-11-04.pdf/">The Wilmington Crusader<\/a>, reported that the Great White Plague (tuberculosis) was \"still with us.\"<\/p>\n<p>Tuberculosis is a deadly disease that is now very uncommon, but killed one in every seven people in the U.S. and Europe during 1882, at the height of the Victorian era (1837 to 1901). Perhaps the woman who appeared in front of Bush fell victim to that gruesome illness. 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high-rise office building fire leaves more than a dozen dead","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Many people were trapped inside the building, but fire officials said after battling the blaze for several hours that most had been rescued.","summary":"Many people were trapped inside the building, but fire officials said after battling the blaze for several hours that most had been rescued.","keySentence":null,"url":"bangladesh-high-rise-office-building-fire-leaves-more-dozen-dead-n988416","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nDHAKA, Bangladesh — A fire in a high-rise office building in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday killed 17 people and injured about 70 others, officials said.Many people were trapped inside the building, but fire officials said after battling the blaze for several hours that most had been rescued.\"The situation is under control,\" said Debashish Bardhan, a Fire Service and Civil Defense deputy director.The fire had lost some of its intensity 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One person slipped from what appeared to be a rope that people were using to escape, bounced off utility wires and fell to the ground.Military helicopters joined the rescue operation, and one person dangled from a helicopter hovering over the roof as thick plumes of smoke rose.More than a dozen people who fled to the roof were rescued by firefighters using hydraulic cranes, Bardhan said.Witness Sajib Hasan said some people shouted for help from windows on the upper floors of the building. Heavy smoke deterred efforts by responders to get close to them, but Hasan said he watched at least a dozen people get rescued.Banani, the area where the fire broke out, is a busy commercial district with multistory buildings housing offices, universities and restaurants.Tushar-or-Rashid, an employee of the Vivid Holidays tour company on the building's first floor, said the fire began above them.\"All of our staff have come out safely but we don't know what happened to the people who work in the upper floors,\" he said. Rashid said the building has 21 floors.Fires are common in Bangladesh. Last month, a fire in the oldest part of Dhaka, a 400-year-old area cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses, left at least 67 people dead.In 2012, a fire raced through a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, killing at least 112 people trapped behind its locked gates. Less than six months later, another building containing garment factories collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people.Another fire in a house illegally storing chemicals in Old Dhaka killed at least 123 people in 2010.","htmlText":"<p>DHAKA, Bangladesh \u2014 A fire in a high-rise office building in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday killed 17 people and injured about 70 others, officials said.Many people were trapped inside the building, but fire officials said after battling the blaze for several hours that most had been rescued.\"The situation is under control,\" said Debashish Bardhan, a Fire Service and Civil Defense deputy director.The fire had lost some of its intensity but was not yet fully extinguished, Bardhan said.Firefighters were shattering the building's glass walls to free toxic gas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6652\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3759702//400x266_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg/" alt=\"Bangladeshi firefighters rescue a man from a burning office building in Dhaka on March 28, 2019.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/384x255_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/640x426_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/750x499_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/828x551_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/1080x718_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/1200x798_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/1920x1277_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Bangladeshi firefighters rescue a man from a burning office building in Dhaka on March 28, 2019.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Munir Uz Zaman<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The fire at the FR Tower, on a busy avenue in Dhaka's Banani commercial district, was the latest in a city where flouted building regulations and safety norms have made deadly blazes common.Shahadat Hossain, a central control room duty officer for the Fire Service and Civil Defense, said 17 people had died and about 70 others had been hospitalized.A Facebook Live video taken by Roy Pinaki showed five people climbing down from windows while burnt building materials fell around them. One person slipped from what appeared to be a rope that people were using to escape, bounced off utility wires and fell to the ground.Military helicopters joined the rescue operation, and one person dangled from a helicopter hovering over the roof as thick plumes of smoke rose.More than a dozen people who fled to the roof were rescued by firefighters using hydraulic cranes, Bardhan said.Witness Sajib Hasan said some people shouted for help from windows on the upper floors of the building. Heavy smoke deterred efforts by responders to get close to them, but Hasan said he watched at least a dozen people get rescued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.375137513751375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3759702//400x550_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1110_5309298593b2440298ab485796b9a9a0.jpg/" alt=\"Firefighters work to douse a fire in a multi-storied office building in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 28, 2019.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/384x528_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1110_5309298593b2440298ab485796b9a9a0.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/640x880_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1110_5309298593b2440298ab485796b9a9a0.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/750x1031_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1110_5309298593b2440298ab485796b9a9a0.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/828x1139_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1110_5309298593b2440298ab485796b9a9a0.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/1080x1485_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1110_5309298593b2440298ab485796b9a9a0.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/1200x1650_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1110_5309298593b2440298ab485796b9a9a0.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/1920x2640_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1110_5309298593b2440298ab485796b9a9a0.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Firefighters work to douse a fire in a multi-storied office building in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 28, 2019.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mahmud Hossain Opu<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Banani, the area where the fire broke out, is a busy commercial district with multistory buildings housing offices, universities and restaurants.Tushar-or-Rashid, an employee of the Vivid Holidays tour company on the building's first floor, said the fire began above them.\"All of our staff have come out safely but we don't know what happened to the people who work in the upper floors,\" he said. Rashid said the building has 21 floors.Fires are common in Bangladesh. Last month, a fire in the oldest part of Dhaka, a 400-year-old area cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses, left at least 67 people dead.In 2012, a fire raced through a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, killing at least 112 people trapped behind its locked gates. Less than six months later, another building containing garment factories collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people.Another fire in a house illegally storing chemicals in Old Dhaka killed at least 123 people in 2010.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553787604,"publishedAt":1553786700,"updatedAt":1553786700,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/bangladesh-high-rise-office-building-fire-leaves-more-dozen-dead-n988416","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759702\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190328-bangladesh-building-fire-al-1111_5265552680872b6930b54a7f07895686.jpg","altText":"Image: Bangladesh building fire","caption":"Bangladeshi firefighters rescue a man from a burning office building in Dhaka on March 28, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Munir Uz 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one strongman's exit plans say about Putin's future","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev helped steer his vast, oil-rich Central Asian nation through the turbulent years that followed the end of Communism.","summary":"Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev helped steer his vast, oil-rich Central Asian nation through the turbulent years that followed the end of Communism.","keySentence":null,"url":"here-s-why-russia-s-putin-was-most-likely-watching-n986206","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nMOSCOW — As soon as Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev announced he was stepping down last week, speculation began swirling that a fellow strongman across the border might follow his lead: Russia's Vladimir Putin.Like Putin, Nazarbayev — the post-Soviet world's longest-serving leader — has clamped down on dissent and exerted heavy-handed control of society while maintaining a semblance of democracy by holding elections, the last of which, in 2015, Nazarbayev won re-election with nearly 98 percent of the vote.Nazarbayev, 78, also helped steer his vast oil-rich Central Asian nation through the turbulent years that followed the breakup of the U.S.S.R.But also like Putin, Nazarbayev does not show signs that he is ready to actually relinquish power.\"It could indeed be a model for Putin, and this is by no means the first time this subject has come up,\" Zach Witlin, a senior analyst at the political consultancy Eurasia Group, said.\"It says something about Russia and the entire post-Soviet space that Putin and other leaders are approaching the succession trap,\" he added, referring to countries that do not have clear plans for transferring power.Although Nazarbayev resigned from the presidency, he still holds the title \"Leader of the Nation\" and will stay on as the head of the ruling party and of the Security Council, a lifetime position.\"As the founder of the independent Kazakh state I see my task now in facilitating the rise of a new generation of leaders who will continue the reforms that are underway in the country,\" he said in a nationally televised address announcing his resignation.On March 20, former Prime Minister Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was sworn in as the interim president, at lesat until the next election, which is slated for 2020. Tokayev immediately proposed renaming the country's capital from Astana to Nursultan, Nazarbayev's first name.Nazarbayev's daughter, Dariga, was elected Senate speaker — a role that had just been vacated by Tokayev.So much for fundamental change, then.\"Nazarbayev will continue to rule Kazakhstan as the elder statesman behind the throne,\" according to Kate Mallinson, an associate fellow at the London-based think tank Chatham House. \"Nazarbayev's resignation does not signal any immediate major policy shifts as the real power transition is yet to come and Kazakhstan's first president will be well-positioned to oversee it.\"Nazarbayev has managed to step down as president without relinquishing influence, drawing comparisons to other world leaders who have done the same, such as Singapore's Lee Kwan Yew. That's something Putin could well want to emulate, said Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, a think tank.\"Borrowing some pages from Nazarbayev might be handy,\" he said. \"I think there will be a strong temptation for Mr. Putin to indicate at least some of his moves.\"But not everybody believes that Putin will borrow any pages from Nazarbayev's playbook.\"When people ask if Putin will follow the example of Nazarbayev, I say, 'Can you imagine Vladimir Putin copying anyone's example?\" Arkady Dubnov, a Russian political expert and journalist, told Echo of Moscow radio station. \"He can only come up with his own way — and just that, I think, makes it impossible. He can't be a copier by definition.\"Putin usually evades directly answering questions about what he plans to do when his fourth term ends in 2024, although he has said he won't be president until he is \"100 years old.\" The Russian Constitution bars him from running for a third consecutive term.There are differences between the two leaders, however.While Nazarbayev has been in power since 1989 — before the end of the Soviet Union — Putin came to power nearly a decade after its collapse. Since then, Russia has pursued a number of foreign policies, including in Ukraine and Syria, that have put Putin at odds with the U.S. and the West.NewsIn contrast, Nazarbayev has had to balance good relations with his country's two large neighbors, Russia and China, as well as the U.S. In a move away from the country's Soviet past, he also pushed for a switch to a Latin-based alphabet from a Cyrillic one.Other countries in the region will be closely watching Nazarbayev's transition, especially as fellow Central Asian leaders have either died in office or been pushed out by revolutions in recent years.In 2016, Uzbekistan's repressive leader, Islam Karimov, died, leaving his country and family without a clear succession plan.For Nazarbayev to avoid the same fate as Karimov, analysts said, he needed to start the transition while he is still alive. As a result, he has orchestrated a multistep managed transition over the last two and half years — something Putin is surely keeping an eye on.\"Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev is not stepping down, he is stepping up,\" Dmitri Trenin, the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, wrote in a Twitter post. \"He will oversee power transit over the next few years. A version of this model of 'president mentor,' copyrights in Singapore by Lee Kwan Yew, is also likely to be used in due course in Russia by Vladimir Putin.\"","htmlText":"<p>MOSCOW \u2014 As soon as Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev announced he was stepping down last week, speculation began swirling that a fellow strongman across the border might follow his lead: <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//vladimir-putin-faces-questions-annual-press-conference-n950226/">Russia's Vladimir Putin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like Putin, Nazarbayev \u2014 the post-Soviet world's longest-serving leader \u2014 has clamped down on dissent and exerted heavy-handed control of society while maintaining a semblance of democracy by holding elections, the last of which, in 2015, Nazarbayev won re-election with nearly 98 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Nazarbayev, 78, also helped steer his vast oil-rich Central Asian nation through the turbulent years that followed the breakup of the U.S.S.R.<\/p>\n<p>But also like Putin, Nazarbayev does not show signs that he is ready to actually relinquish power.<\/p>\n<p>\"It could indeed be a model for Putin, and this is by no means the first time this subject has come up,\" Zach Witlin, a senior analyst at the political consultancy Eurasia Group, said.<\/p>\n<p>\"It says something about Russia and the entire post-Soviet space that Putin and other leaders are approaching the succession trap,\" he added, referring to countries that do not have clear plans for transferring power.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5766192733017378\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3759566//400x231_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg/" alt=\"Map of Kazakhstan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/384x221_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/640x369_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/750x432_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/828x477_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/1080x623_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/1200x692_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/1920x1107_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Map of Kazakhstan<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Google Maps<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although Nazarbayev resigned from the presidency, he still holds the title \"Leader of the Nation\" and will stay on as the head of the ruling party and of the Security Council, a lifetime position.<\/p>\n<p>\"As the founder of the independent Kazakh state I see my task now in facilitating the rise of a new generation of leaders who will continue the reforms that are underway in the country,\" he said in a nationally televised address announcing his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>On March 20, former Prime Minister Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was sworn in as the interim president, at lesat until the next election, which is slated for 2020. Tokayev immediately proposed renaming the country's capital from Astana to Nursultan, Nazarbayev's first name.<\/p>\n<p>Nazarbayev's daughter, Dariga, was elected Senate speaker \u2014 a role that had just been vacated by Tokayev.<\/p>\n<p>So much for fundamental change, then.<\/p>\n<p>\"Nazarbayev will continue to rule Kazakhstan as the elder statesman behind the throne,\" according to Kate Mallinson, an associate fellow at the London-based think tank Chatham House. \"Nazarbayev's resignation does not signal any immediate major policy shifts as the real power transition is yet to come and Kazakhstan's first president will be well-positioned to oversee it.\"<\/p>\n<p>Nazarbayev has managed to step down as president without relinquishing influence, drawing comparisons to other world leaders who have done the same, such as Singapore's Lee Kwan Yew. That's something Putin could well want to emulate, said Alexander Gabuev, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center, a think tank.<\/p>\n<p>\"Borrowing some pages from Nazarbayev might be handy,\" he said. \"I think there will be a strong temptation for Mr. Putin to indicate at least some of his moves.\"<\/p>\n<p>But not everybody believes that Putin will borrow any pages from Nazarbayev's playbook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6668\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3759566//400x267_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg/" alt=\"Kazakhtan\\'s President Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin chat at a recent regional Summit.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/384x256_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/640x427_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/750x500_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/828x552_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/1080x720_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/1200x800_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/1920x1280_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Kazakhtan\\'s President Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin chat at a recent regional Summit.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alexey Nikolsky<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"When people ask if Putin will follow the example of Nazarbayev, I say, 'Can you imagine Vladimir Putin copying anyone's example?\" Arkady Dubnov, a Russian political expert and journalist, told Echo of Moscow radio station. \"He can only come up with his own way \u2014 and just that, I think, makes it impossible. He can't be a copier by definition.\"<\/p>\n<p>Putin usually evades directly answering questions about what he plans to do when his fourth term ends in 2024, although he has said he won't be president until he is \"100 years old.\" The Russian Constitution bars him from running for a third consecutive term.<\/p>\n<p>There are differences between the two leaders, however.<\/p>\n<p>While Nazarbayev has been in power since 1989 \u2014 before the end of the Soviet Union \u2014 Putin came to power nearly a decade after its collapse. Since then, Russia has pursued a number of foreign policies, including in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//storyline//ukraine-crisis/">Ukraine and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//national-security//some-u-s-troops-could-remain-syria-after-planned-withdrawal-n955046/">Syria, that have <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//putin-s-landslide-victory-met-muted-reaction-west-n857811/">put Putin at odds with the U.S. and the West<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Nazarbayev has had to balance good relations with his country's two large neighbors, Russia and China, as well as the U.S. In a move away from the country's Soviet past, he also pushed for a switch to a Latin-based alphabet from a Cyrillic one.<\/p>\n<p>Other countries in the region will be closely watching Nazarbayev's transition, especially as fellow Central Asian leaders have either died in office or been pushed out by revolutions in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Uzbekistan's repressive leader, Islam Karimov, died, leaving his country and family without a clear succession plan.<\/p>\n<p>For Nazarbayev to avoid the same fate as Karimov, analysts said, he needed to start the transition while he is still alive. As a result, he has orchestrated a multistep managed transition over the last two and half years \u2014 something Putin is surely keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n<p>\"Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev is not stepping down, he is stepping up,\" Dmitri Trenin, the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//DmitriTrenin//status//1108084909317521410/">wrote in a Twitter post<\/a>. \"He will oversee power transit over the next few years. A version of this model of 'president mentor,' copyrights in Singapore by Lee Kwan Yew, is also likely to be used in due course in Russia by Vladimir Putin.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553786404,"publishedAt":1553785620,"updatedAt":1553785620,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/here-s-why-russia-s-putin-was-most-likely-watching-n986206","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-kazakhstan_f3350bbb74c41cb0b3a53b9cb51c5ffb.jpg","altText":"Image: Map of Kazakhstan","caption":"Map of Kazakhstan","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Google Maps","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":633,"height":365},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3759566\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190327-nazarbayev-putin-mc-904_b3720b531e19f7252c36ee35297ef970.jpg","altText":"Image: Kazakhtan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, and Russian Presid","caption":"Kazakhtan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin chat at a recent regional Summit.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alexey Nikolsky","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1667}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":11940,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"news","titleRaw":"news"},{"id":12984,"slug":"world-news","urlSafeValue":"world-news","title":"World News","titleRaw":"World News"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.world"},{"path":"euronews.just-in"},{"path":"euronews"},{"path":"euronews"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"}],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News World News","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Elena Holodny and Yuliya Talmazan and Reuters","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2019\/03\/28\/here-s-why-russia-s-putin-was-most-likely-watching-n986206","lastModified":1553785620},{"id":712882,"cid":3758892,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'gs_politics','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','gs_politics_american','gs_politics_misc','neg_facebook_2021','gs_law_misc','gs_law','neg_facebook_q4','neg_facebook_neg4','neg_citi_campaign_2','neg_citi_campaign_3','castrol_negative_uk','gs_tech','gv_safe'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"House Intel Republicans call on Schiff to resign as chairman after Mueller report","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Republicans on the committee cited Schiff's claims there was evidence President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 race.","summary":"Republicans on the committee cited Schiff's claims there was evidence President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 race.","keySentence":null,"url":"house-intel-republicans-call-schiff-resign-chairman-after-mueller-report-n988356","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nAll of the Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee have signed a letter calling for the panel's chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, to step down, citing his claims that there was evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 race.Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, introduced the letter during a public committee hearing on Thursday. Schiff then defended himself.The California lawmaker, who had long been one of the loudest Democratic voices on the issue of Russian interference, has been a target of Republicans in the days since Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation ended.Trump himself tweeted earlier Thursday that Schiff \"should be forced to resign\" from Congress and said he \"spent two years knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking.\" Earlier this week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and numerous GOP lawmakers called on Schiff to resign as chairman for having claimed there was \"more than circumstantial\" evidence that Trump's presidential campaign conspired with the Kremlin in an effort to win the 2016 presidential election.According to a summary of Mueller's long-awaited findings by Attorney General William Barr, released Sunday, there was no coordination or conspiracy between Trump, his campaign and the Russian government.Throughout the Mueller probe, Schiff had repeatedly suggesting more incriminating information would emerge from the investigations into the Trump campaign. \"I can tell you that the case is more than that and I can't go into the particulars, but there is more than circumstantial evidence now,\" he told Chuck Todd on MSNBC's \"Meet the Press Daily\" in March of 2017.","htmlText":"<p>All of the Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee have signed a letter calling for the panel's chairman, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, to step down, citing his claims that there was evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians during the 2016 race.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, introduced the letter during a public committee hearing on Thursday. Schiff then defended himself.<\/p>\n<p>The California lawmaker, who had long been one of the loudest Democratic voices on the issue of Russian interference, has been a target of Republicans in the days since Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation ended.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself tweeted earlier Thursday that Schiff \"should be forced to resign\" from Congress and said he \"spent two years knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1111217169730338816\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and numerous GOP lawmakers called on Schiff to resign as chairman for having claimed there was \"more than circumstantial\" evidence that Trump's presidential campaign conspired with the Kremlin in an effort to win the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>According to a summary of Mueller's long-awaited findings by Attorney General William Barr, released Sunday, there was no coordination or conspiracy between Trump, his campaign and the Russian government.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Mueller probe, Schiff had repeatedly suggesting more incriminating information would emerge from the investigations into the Trump campaign. \"I can tell you that the case is more than that and I can't go into the particulars, but there is<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//politics-news//schiff-more-circumstantial-evidence-trump-associates-colluded-russia-n737446/">more than circumstantial evidence<\/a> now,\" he told Chuck Todd on MSNBC's \"Meet the Press Daily\" in March of 2017.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553781619,"publishedAt":1553781180,"updatedAt":1553781180,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-intel-republicans-call-schiff-resign-chairman-after-mueller-report-n988356","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758892\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190328-adam-schiff-cs-933a_dcbd4ecdce24b8880bf6237b2959419e.jpg","altText":"Image: Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff leaves a House Democrati","caption":"Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff leaves a House Democratic meeting in the Capitol on March 25, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Andrew Harnik 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Memoli","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world 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$15 minimum wage bill hits a speed bump","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"A proposal to increase the federal minimum wage is facing skepticism among some House members from moderate and rural districts.","summary":"A proposal to increase the federal minimum wage is facing skepticism among some House members from moderate and rural districts.","keySentence":null,"url":"democrats-15-minimum-wage-bill-hits-speed-bump-n988256","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — An emerging debate within the House Democratic caucus over a push to raise the federal minimum wage has become the latest example of tensions between the progressive-minded base of the party and its more moderate members whose elections in 2018 helped it gain control of the chamber.A proposed bill to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 by 2024 — one of the party's central policy items — has failed to earn enough support to pass so far, with representatives from more rural and Republican-leaning districts raising concerns while others on the left are grudgingly supporting it even though they think it doesn't go far enough.The bill has 204 cosponsors, a significant majority of the caucus, and is supported by Democratic leadership and many of the party's presidential candidates.But a number of Democrats have reservations about the bill as it stands, saying that $15 might be too much of a burden for some small businesses, especially in some places where the cost of living is lower than large urban areas.\"I think it's absolutely imperative that we raise the minimum wage but we have to do it in a way where we are sensitive to some of the concerns that have been expressed across the gorgeous mosaic of the House Democratic caucus,\" said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., a member of Democratic leadership.Proponents of the legislation are pointing to new polling results released Thursday morning showing that 65 percent of voters in competitive battleground districts support the proposal. The poll, conducted by Hart Research Group for the National Employment Law Project, surveyed likely voters in 57 swing districts across the country. Eighty-nine percent of Democrats supported it, as did a majority — 55 percent — of independents. According to the poll, the idea is even popular among many Republicans with 46 percent of them backing the idea.Still, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., whose district was not included in the poll, plans to introduce a bill next week that would regionalize the federal minimum wage to accommodate lower-cost areas and include a more gradual increase.And Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H., says there are concerns about the size of the increase in her district, noting that New Hampshire recently rejected a similar proposal.\"Our state legislature — predominately Democratic majorities — have just put forward legislation for $12 an hour, but they defeated legislation for$ 15 an hour. So we're all just trying to sort out the timing of how you increase it and how to get to higher wages for everyone,\" Kuster told NBC News. \"It's not a question about a difference of goal it's a different approach based on districts we come from.\"Even though the measure has broad support among Democrats, it still doesn't have enough for 218 votes for it to pass the House, giving increased leverage to those with concerns since no Republicans are expected to support it.\"Many people think we didn't go far enough,\" with the $15 proposal, Rep. David Norcross, D-N.J., said. \"Others think we went too far.\"The emerging concerns came to the forefront when the bill's sponsor, Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., briefed a meeting of moderate Democrats known as the New Democrat Coalition. Attendees of the meeting said a \"robust\" conversation resulted where members raised concerns, withheld support and offered alternatives.Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., who owns a chain of coffee shops, stood up during the meeting to share his views about how small businesses can struggle with a raise in the minimum wage.Phillips told NBC News about his message to colleagues. \"We pay $15 at my coffee shops because it's a principle of mine, but that doing so is much more difficult for small businesses than large ones and that we should provide incentives to businesses that pay livable wages.\"The measure passed the House Education and Labor Committee earlier this month with the support of every Democrat and no Republicans. Some moderate Democrats worry that a partisan bill would die in the Senate and are urging leadership to consider legislation that would garner bipartisan support.Democrats on both sides of the issue say they are confident that an agreement can be reached.Norcross, a former labor organizer and member of the New Democrat Coalition who is supportive of raising the wage to $15 an hour, said that no Democrat is opposed to a higher wage but acknowledged more work needs to be done to garner more support.\"I think we'll have very robust support from most of the Democrats. Hopefully we can address concerns of those who are still on the fence,\" Norcross said.The federal minimum wage has not been raised in nearly 10 years, the longest it has remained stagnant sine the standard was implemented in 1938.The entire leadership is behind this bill, according to a senior Democratic aide.\"Chairman Scott will continue to work with his colleagues to advance this key Democratic priority, which will give nearly 40 million workers a raise.\" Josh Weisz, a spokesman for the Education and Labor Committee, said. \"Putting more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans will be good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the economy.\"","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 An emerging debate within the House Democratic caucus over a push to raise the federal minimum wage has become the latest example of tensions between the progressive-minded base of the party and its more moderate members whose elections in 2018 helped it gain control of the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>A proposed bill to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 by 2024 \u2014 one of the party's central policy items \u2014 has failed to earn enough support to pass so far, with representatives from more rural and Republican-leaning districts raising concerns while others on the left are grudgingly supporting it even though they think it doesn't go far enough.<\/p>\n<p>The bill has 204 cosponsors, a significant majority of the caucus, and is supported by Democratic leadership and many of the party's presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>But a number of Democrats have reservations about the bill as it stands, saying that $15 might be too much of a burden for some small businesses, especially in some places where the cost of living is lower than large urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think it's absolutely imperative that we raise the minimum wage but we have to do it in a way where we are sensitive to some of the concerns that have been expressed across the gorgeous mosaic of the House Democratic caucus,\" said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., a member of Democratic leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of the legislation are <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.documentcloud.org//documents//5782724-MW-Polling-Memo.html/">pointing to new polling results released Thursday<\/a> morning showing that 65 percent of voters in competitive battleground districts support the proposal. The poll, conducted by Hart Research Group for the National Employment Law Project, surveyed likely voters in 57 swing districts across the country. Eighty-nine percent of Democrats supported it, as did a majority \u2014 55 percent \u2014 of independents. According to the poll, the idea is even popular among many Republicans with 46 percent of them backing the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., whose district was not included in the poll, plans to introduce a bill next week that would regionalize the federal minimum wage to accommodate lower-cost areas and include a more gradual increase.<\/p>\n<p>And Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H., says there are concerns about the size of the increase in her district, noting that New Hampshire recently rejected a similar proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our state legislature \u2014 predominately Democratic majorities \u2014 have just put forward legislation for $12 an hour, but they defeated legislation for$ 15 an hour. So we're all just trying to sort out the timing of how you increase it and how to get to higher wages for everyone,\" Kuster told NBC News. \"It's not a question about a difference of goal it's a different approach based on districts we come from.\"<\/p>\n<p>Even though the measure has broad support among Democrats, it still doesn't have enough for 218 votes for it to pass the House, giving increased leverage to those with concerns since no Republicans are expected to support it.<\/p>\n<p>\"Many people think we didn't go far enough,\" with the $15 proposal, Rep. David Norcross, D-N.J., said. \"Others think we went too far.\"<\/p>\n<p>The emerging concerns came to the forefront when the bill's sponsor, Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., briefed a meeting of moderate Democrats known as the New Democrat Coalition. Attendees of the meeting said a \"robust\" conversation resulted where members raised concerns, withheld support and offered alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., who owns a chain of coffee shops, stood up during the meeting to share his views about how small businesses can struggle with a raise in the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips told NBC News about his message to colleagues. \"We pay $15 at my coffee shops because it's a principle of mine, but that doing so is much more difficult for small businesses than large ones and that we should provide incentives to businesses that pay livable wages.\"<\/p>\n<p>The measure passed the House Education and Labor Committee earlier this month with the support of every Democrat and no Republicans. Some moderate Democrats worry that a partisan bill would die in the Senate and are urging leadership to consider legislation that would garner bipartisan support.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats on both sides of the issue say they are confident that an agreement can be reached.<\/p>\n<p>Norcross, a former labor organizer and member of the New Democrat Coalition who is supportive of raising the wage to $15 an hour, said that no Democrat is opposed to a higher wage but acknowledged more work needs to be done to garner more support.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think we'll have very robust support from most of the Democrats. Hopefully we can address concerns of those who are still on the fence,\" Norcross said.<\/p>\n<p>The federal minimum wage has not been raised in nearly 10 years, the longest it has remained stagnant sine the standard was implemented in 1938.<\/p>\n<p>The entire leadership is behind this bill, according to a senior Democratic aide.<\/p>\n<p>\"Chairman Scott will continue to work with his colleagues to advance this key Democratic priority, which will give nearly 40 million workers a raise.\" Josh Weisz, a spokesman for the Education and Labor Committee, said. \"Putting more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans will be good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the economy.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553780433,"publishedAt":1553779200,"updatedAt":1553779200,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/democrats-15-minimum-wage-bill-hits-speed-bump-n988256","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758852\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-nbcnews_default.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":800,"height":600}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":13406,"slug":"us-politics","urlSafeValue":"us-politics","title":"US politics","titleRaw":"US politics"}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"nbc"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews"},{"path":"nbc.nbcnews.politics"},{"path":"euronews"},{"path":"euronews.story-type"},{"path":"euronews.story-type.euronews-nbc"}],"widgets":[],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":2,"sources":[],"externalSource":"NBC News Politics","additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":"Leigh Ann Caldwell and Alex Moe","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":{"id":447,"urlSafeValue":"usa","title":"USA","url":"\/news\/america\/usa"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/2019\/03\/28\/democrats-15-minimum-wage-bill-hits-speed-bump-n988256","lastModified":1553779200},{"id":712776,"cid":3758590,"versionId":0,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'gs_politics','sm_politics','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','neg_facebook_2021','gs_politics_american','gs_politics_misc','neg_facebook','neg_mobkoi_castrol','neg_facebook_q4','castrol_negative_uk','neg_facebook_neg4','gs_law_misc','gt_negative','gs_law','gt_negative_anger','gv_safe'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":12}],"status":2,"title":"Michigan highlights the promise and peril for Trump in 2020","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"First Read is your briefing from \"Meet the Press\" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.","summary":"First Read is your briefing from \"Meet the Press\" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.","keySentence":null,"url":"michigan-highlights-promise-peril-trump-2020-n988316","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — It shouldn't be a surprise why President Trump is holding a rally in Michigan tonight.In 2016, he over-performed more in the state than in any other battleground.Remember, Barack Obama won Michigan by 16 points in 2008 and 9 points in 2012. Yet Trump took it by 10,704 votes in the last presidential race.But in last year's midterms, the state reverted back to form — well, sort of.Democrat Gretchen Whitmer won the state's gubernatorial contest by nearly 10 points; Sen. Debbie Stabenow won re-election, though by a smaller 6.5 point margin; and Democrats picked up two House seats in the Wolverine State.On the plus side for Trump, Michigan exemplifies how rural, white working-class voters have broken away from the Democratic Party — and have given the GOP a much better chance to win the state than during the Obama years.On the negative side, however, Trump's political problems in the suburbs — hello, Oakland and Macomb counties — highlight his challenge for 2020.In 2016, Trump won Macomb by 12 points, while Whitmer and Stabenow won it by narrow margins in 2018.Tonight, though, Trump campaigns in GOP-friendly Grand Rapids (Kent County), which Mitt Romney won in 2012.Meanwhile, a new national NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll shows 43 percent of Americans believe Trump and the GOP will win the presidency in 2020, while an equal 43 percent think the Dem candidate will win.And a differently worded Quinnipiac poll finds 53 percent of national voters saying they definitely wouldn't vote for Trump in 2020.Tweet of the day Highlights of Lester Holt's interview with James ComeyIt also shouldn't be a surprise what to expect from Trump's first rally in a battleground state since 2018 (his other rally this year was in El Paso).He's going to spike the football from the summary of the Mueller report - even though Congress and the public hasn't read the full report.Here's former FBI Director James Comey, in his interview with NBC's Lester Holt, shedding some perspective on Mueller:On Mueller not making a recommendation on an obstruction-of-justice charge: \"It does [surprise me]. The purpose of a special counsel is to make sure the politicals, in this case the attorney general, doesn't make the ultimate call on whether the subject of the investigation, the president of the US should be held criminally liable for activities that were under investigation.\"On whether the full Mueller report should be made public: \"Oh, it has to. It's the bedrock of the Department of Justice, which Bill Barr loves and Bob Mueller loves and I love, is that people have faith and confidence that is not part of a political tribe… And the only way to establish that and to protect that bedrock of their confidence is to show them your work and so we have to see it here.\"On why Mueller didn't subpoena the president: \"I don't know the answer to that. I have the same question about how the Attorney General could resolve the question which he says in his letter turns upon the President's intent without the President having been asked what his intent is.\"On Trump's admission to Holt — back in 2017 — that he fired Comey due to the Russia investigation: \"I thought that's potentially obstruction of justice and I hope somebody is gonna look at that. Again the president appears to be saying, I don't know what's in his head which is why I can't reach the conclusion, what he appears to be saying is.\"On Trump's claim that this kind of investigation should never happen to another American president: \"Close your eyes, again, change the names. Let me make one up for you. The Iranians, this is totally made up, the Iranians interfere in the election to help elect Barack Obama, because they think they'll get a better nuclear deal from him and during that election, an Obama aid meets with the Iranians and talks about the dirt they have that will help Obama get elected.\"Data Download: The number of the day is … 56 percentFifty-six percent.That's a majority of Americans who say that, based on what they have heard about the Mueller probe, they believe the president and his campaign have NOT been exonerated of any collusion with Russia, according to a new CNN\/SSRS online poll. The poll, which was in the field March 25-26, found that 43 percent of the public believes that Trump HAS been exonerated.We wrote last week that it was a good bet that partisans would end up in their corners, no matter what the probe reportedly found.The CNN poll bears that out, with 77 percent of Republicans saying Trump has been exonerated, while 80 percent of Democrats say he has not.2020 Vision: Booker talks pragmatism, Klobuchar talks about infrastructurePolitico on Cory Booker's CNN town hall last night: \"Cory Booker sought to distinguish himself from fellow Democratic White House hopefuls Wednesday, calling for more pragmatic solutions to progressive policy goals and embracing his position as the only African-American male running for president.\"And Amy Klobuchar is proposing a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan.On the 2020 campaign trail today: John Delaney is in New Hampshire… So is Bill Weld… And President Trump campaigns in Michigan.The Lid: I'm Ron Burgundy…?Don't miss the pod from yesterday, when we looked at new numbers about how the public views local news.ICYMI: News clips you shouldn't missTrump says that DOJ and FBI will review the Jussie Smollett case.The New York Times has the backstory on the meeting that led to the White House's new legal strategy to gut Obamacare.The status of Brexit is... still at a standstill. And here's other news that's out there...Trump agenda: Trump vs. Puerto RicoThe Trump administration is taking more heat for its opposition to hurricane relief funds for Puerto Rico.It doesn't look like AG William Barr is going to make Democrats' April 2 deadline for submitting the full Mueller report. Trump owns the economy now. The president isn't ruling out a pardon for Michael Flynn and other aides.Mike Pompeo repeatedly declined to blame Kim Jong Un personally for rights abuses.2020: Harris picks up endorsements in South CarolinaKamala Harris is landing significant endorsements in South Carolina.Team Biden has its eyes on Iowa. Michael Grimm wants back in.","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 It shouldn't be a surprise why President Trump is holding a rally in Michigan tonight.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, he over-performed more in the state than in any other battleground.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Barack Obama won Michigan by 16 points in 2008 and 9 points in 2012. Yet Trump took it by 10,704 votes in the last presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>But in last year's midterms, the state reverted back to form \u2014 well, sort of.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Gretchen Whitmer won the state's gubernatorial contest by nearly 10 points; Sen. Debbie Stabenow won re-election, though by a smaller 6.5 point margin; and Democrats picked up two House seats in the Wolverine State.<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side for Trump, Michigan exemplifies how rural, white working-class voters have broken away from the Democratic Party \u2014 and have given the GOP a much better chance to win the state than during the Obama years.<\/p>\n<p>On the negative side, however, Trump's political problems in the suburbs \u2014 hello, Oakland and Macomb counties \u2014 highlight his challenge for 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Trump won Macomb by 12 points, while Whitmer and Stabenow won it by narrow margins in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, though, Trump campaigns in GOP-friendly Grand Rapids (Kent County), which Mitt Romney won in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a new national <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//nbc-news-poll-americans-split-who-will-win-2020-n987881/">NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll<\/a> shows 43 percent of Americans believe Trump and the GOP will win the presidency in 2020, while an equal 43 percent think the Dem candidate will win.<\/p>\n<p>And a differently worded <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////poll.qu.edu//national//release-detail?ReleaseID=2611\%22>Quinnipiac poll<\/a> finds 53 percent of national voters saying they definitely wouldn't vote for Trump in 2020.<\/p>\n<h2>Tweet of the day<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1110916981505622017\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Highlights of Lester Holt's interview with James Comey<\/h2><p>It also shouldn't be a surprise what to expect from Trump's first rally in a battleground state since 2018 (his other rally this year was in El Paso).<\/p>\n<p>He's going to spike the football from the summary of the Mueller report - even though Congress and the public hasn't read the full report.<\/p>\n<p>Here's former FBI Director James Comey, in his interview with NBC's Lester Holt, shedding some perspective on Mueller:<\/p>\n<p>On Mueller not making a recommendation on an obstruction-of-justice charge: <em>\"It does [surprise me]. The purpose of a special counsel is to make sure the politicals, in this case the attorney general, doesn't make the ultimate call on whether the subject of the investigation, the president of the US should be held criminally liable for activities that were under investigation.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On whether the full Mueller report should be made public: <em>\"Oh, it has to. It's the bedrock of the Department of Justice, which Bill Barr loves and Bob Mueller loves and I love, is that people have faith and confidence that is not part of a political tribe\u2026 And the only way to establish that and to protect that bedrock of their confidence is to show them your work and so we have to see it here.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On why Mueller didn't subpoena the president: <em>\"I don't know the answer to that. I have the same question about how the Attorney General could resolve the question which he says in his letter turns upon the President's intent without the President having been asked what his intent is.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Trump's admission to Holt \u2014 back in 2017 \u2014 that he fired Comey due to the Russia investigation: <em>\"I thought that's potentially obstruction of justice and I hope somebody is gonna look at that. Again the president appears to be saying, I don't know what's in his head which is why I can't reach the conclusion, what he appears to be saying is.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Trump's claim that this kind of investigation should never happen to another American president: <em>\"Close your eyes, again, change the names. Let me make one up for you. The Iranians, this is totally made up, the Iranians interfere in the election to help elect Barack Obama, because they think they'll get a better nuclear deal from him and during that election, an Obama aid meets with the Iranians and talks about the dirt they have that will help Obama get elected.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Data Download: The number of the day is \u2026 56 percent<\/h2><p>Fifty-six percent.<\/p>\n<p>That's a majority of Americans who say that, based on what they have heard about the Mueller probe, they believe the president and his campaign have NOT been exonerated of any collusion with Russia, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////cdn.cnn.com//cnn//2019//images//03//27//rel5a.-.mueller.pdf/">according to a new CNN\/SSRS online poll.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The poll, which was in the field March 25-26, found that 43 percent of the public believes that Trump HAS been exonerated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//meet-the-press//trump-gets-vindication-don-t-lose-sight-source-n986891/">We wrote last week<\/a> that it was a good bet that partisans would end up in their corners, no matter what the probe reportedly found.<\/p>\n<p>The CNN poll bears that out, with 77 percent of Republicans saying Trump has been exonerated, while 80 percent of Democrats say he has not.<\/p>\n<h2>2020 Vision: Booker talks pragmatism, Klobuchar talks about infrastructure<\/h2><p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.politico.com//story//2019//03//28//cory-booker-town-hall-1241251/">Politico on Cory Booker's CNN town hall last night: \"Cory Booker sought to distinguish himself from fellow Democratic White House hopefuls Wednesday, calling for more pragmatic solutions to progressive policy goals and embracing his position as the only African-American male running for president.\"<\/p>\n<p>And Amy Klobuchar is proposing a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////medium.com//@AmyforAmerica//amys-plan-to-build-america-s-infrastructure-671b08a10751/">trillion-dollar infrastructure plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the 2020 campaign trail today: John Delaney is in New Hampshire\u2026 So is Bill Weld\u2026 And President Trump campaigns in Michigan.<\/p>\n<h2>The Lid: I'm Ron Burgundy\u2026?<\/h2><p>Don't miss<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////itunes.apple.com//us//podcast//meet-the-press-the-lid//id1359927030?mt=2\%22>the pod<\/a> from yesterday, when we looked at new numbers about how the public views local news.<\/p>\n<h2>ICYMI: News clips you shouldn't miss<\/h2><p>Trump says that DOJ and FBI <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//trump-says-fbi-doj-will-review-outrageous-jussie-smollett-case-n988281/">will review<\/a> the Jussie Smollett case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2019//03//27//us//politics//trump-aca.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Politics\%22>The New York Times has the backstory<\/a> on the meeting that led to the White House's new legal strategy to gut Obamacare.<\/p>\n<p>The status of Brexit is... <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//world//europe//brexit-votes//2019//03//27//d044bb28-4fcc-11e9-bdb7-44f948cc0605_story.html?utm_term=.f32a85acf676\%22>still at a standstill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here's other news that's out there...<\/p>\n<h2>Trump agenda: Trump vs. Puerto Rico<\/h2><p>The Trump administration <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//latino//trump-administration-doubles-down-opposition-puerto-rico-funding-drawing-criticism-n988181/">is taking more heat<\/a>for its opposition to hurricane relief funds for Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn't look like AG William Barr is going to make Democrats' April 2 deadline for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//powerpost//attorney-general-expected-to-miss-deadline-for-giving-mueller-report-to-congress-wont-commit-to-releasing-it-in-full//2019//03//27//3f2453f0-50db-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html?utm_term=.fc5f3c783306\%22>submitting the full Mueller report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2019//03//28//us//politics//economy-trump-presidency.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage\%22>owns the economy now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The president <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//politics//trump-wont-rule-out-pardoning-michael-flynn-and-others-saying-many-many-people-were-hurt//2019//03//28//01aeb038-50f9-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trumphannity-201am:homepage\/story-ans\%22>isn't ruling out a pardon<\/a>for Michael Flynn and other aides.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Pompeo <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//politics//2019//03//27//pompeo-repeatedly-declines-blame-kim-jong-un-personally-human-rights-abuses//?utm_term=.5ceb378910e9\%22>repeatedly declined<\/a> to blame Kim Jong Un personally for rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>2020: Harris picks up endorsements in South Carolina<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.apnews.com//dcbd01bb674e468b85b5b11b5509ba69/">is landing<\/a>significant endorsements in South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Team Biden <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.apnews.com//79d6ab1d35be459587002babe7ff3e1e/">has its eyes on Iowa.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Grimm <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.politico.com//story//2019//03//28//michael-grimm-running-new-york-1241248/">wants back 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forces storm tanker after migrants hijack ship in Mediterranean","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"Maltese authorities said migrants had hijacked Turkish oil tanker after it rescued them in the Mediterranean Sea.","summary":"Maltese authorities said migrants had hijacked Turkish oil tanker after it rescued them in the Mediterranean Sea.","keySentence":null,"url":"malta-special-forces-seize-tanker-hijacked-migrants-n988291","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nAn oil tanker hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by migrants was escorted to Malta Thursday after armed forces restored control to the captain.Maltese armed military personnel stood guard on the ship's deck, and a dozen or so migrants were also visible, as the Turkish oil tanker El Hiblu 1 docked in the city of Senglea.Several police vans were lined up on shore to take custody of the migrants for investigation, and four migrants were led off the ship in handcuffs.NewsAuthorities in Italy and Malta on Wednesday said that the group had hijacked the vessel after it rescued them in the Mediterranean, and forced the crew to put the Libya-bound vessel on a course north toward Europe.Italy's interior minister, Matteo Salvini, said the ship had rescued about 120 people and described what happened as \"the first act of piracy on the high seas with migrants\" as the alleged hijackers. Malta has put the number of migrants rescued at 108.Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Twitter that the nation's armed forces had conducted a \"sensitive operation on high seas.\"\"We do not shirk responsibility despite our size,\" he said, pledging to follow international rules.The ship had been heading toward Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa and the island nation of Malta when Maltese forces intercepted it.Maltese armed forces established communications with the captain while the ship was still 30 nautical miles off shore.The captain said he was not in control of the vessel \"and that he and his crew were being forced and threatened by a number of migrants to proceed to Malta,\" the armed forces said. No details were given of what force and threats were used.The special team that restored control to the captain was backed by a patrol vessel, two fast interceptor craft and a helicopter.There was no immediate word on the condition of El Hiblu 1's crew.Humanitarian organizations say that migrants are mistreated and even tortured in Libya, and have protested protocols to return migrants rescued offshore to the lawless northern African nation. Meanwhile, both Italy and Malta have refused to open their ports to humanitarian ships that rescue migrants at sea, which has created numerous standoffs as European governments haggle over which will take them in.While Italy's interior minister called the hijacking an act of piracy, the humanitarian group Sea Watch disputed that term, saying the actions \"were in self-defense against the deadly consequences forced upon them by Europe's inhumane border policy.\"","htmlText":"<p>An oil tanker hijacked in the Mediterranean Sea by migrants was escorted to Malta Thursday after armed forces restored control to the captain.<\/p>\n<p>Maltese armed military personnel stood guard on the ship's deck, and a dozen or so migrants were also visible, as the Turkish oil tanker El Hiblu 1 docked in the city of Senglea.<\/p>\n<p>Several police vans were lined up on shore to take custody of the migrants for investigation, and four migrants were led off the ship in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Italy and Malta on Wednesday said that the group had hijacked the vessel after it rescued them in the Mediterranean, and forced the crew to put the Libya-bound vessel on a course north toward Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Italy's interior minister, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//matteosalvinimi/">Matteo Salvini<\/a>, said the ship had rescued about 120 people and described what happened as \"the first act of piracy on the high seas with migrants\" as the alleged hijackers. Malta has put the number of migrants rescued at 108.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//JosephMuscat_JM//status//1111164492988248064/">Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Twitter<\/a> that the nation's armed forces had conducted a \"sensitive operation on high seas.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We do not shirk responsibility despite our size,\" he said, pledging to follow international rules.<\/p>\n<p>The ship had been heading toward Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa and the island nation of Malta when Maltese forces intercepted it.<\/p>\n<p>Maltese armed forces established communications with the captain while the ship was still 30 nautical miles off shore.The captain said he was not in control of the vessel \"and that he and his crew were being forced and threatened by a number of migrants to proceed to Malta,\" the armed forces said. No details were given of what force and threats were used.<\/p>\n<p>The special team that restored control to the captain was backed by a patrol vessel, two fast interceptor craft and a helicopter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6432\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3758578//400x257_nbc-190328-migrants-ship-mc-1120_ac13705ab47f06530a9cc971a3620c23.jpg/" alt=\"The Turkish oil tanker El Hiblu 1, which was hijacked by migrants, harbored in Senglea, Malta, on Thursday. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758578\/384x247_nbc-190328-migrants-ship-mc-1120_ac13705ab47f06530a9cc971a3620c23.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758578\/640x412_nbc-190328-migrants-ship-mc-1120_ac13705ab47f06530a9cc971a3620c23.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758578\/750x482_nbc-190328-migrants-ship-mc-1120_ac13705ab47f06530a9cc971a3620c23.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758578\/828x533_nbc-190328-migrants-ship-mc-1120_ac13705ab47f06530a9cc971a3620c23.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758578\/1080x695_nbc-190328-migrants-ship-mc-1120_ac13705ab47f06530a9cc971a3620c23.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758578\/1200x772_nbc-190328-migrants-ship-mc-1120_ac13705ab47f06530a9cc971a3620c23.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758578\/1920x1235_nbc-190328-migrants-ship-mc-1120_ac13705ab47f06530a9cc971a3620c23.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Turkish oil tanker El Hiblu 1, which was hijacked by migrants, harbored in Senglea, Malta, on Thursday. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rene\\' Rossignaud<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There was no immediate word on the condition of El Hiblu 1's crew.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian organizations say that migrants are mistreated and even tortured in Libya, and have protested protocols to return migrants rescued offshore to the lawless northern African nation. Meanwhile, both Italy and Malta have <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//italy-orders-seizure-aquarius-rescue-ship-n938306/">refused to open their ports to humanitarian ships<\/a>that rescue migrants at sea, which has created numerous standoffs as<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//world//europe-grapples-distinction-between-refugees-economic-migrants-n965161/">European governments haggle over which will take them in.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Italy's interior minister called the hijacking an act of piracy, the humanitarian group Sea Watch disputed that term, saying the actions \"were in self-defense against the deadly consequences forced upon them by Europe's inhumane border 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says FBI, DOJ 'will review the outrageous Jussie Smollett case'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"\"It is an embarrassment to our Nation!\" Trump said of prosecutors dropping charges against Smollett.","summary":"\"It is an embarrassment to our Nation!\" Trump said of prosecutors dropping charges against Smollett.","keySentence":null,"url":"trump-says-fbi-doj-will-review-outrageous-jussie-smollett-case-n988281","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nPresident Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning that the FBI and Department of Justice would review the decision by Illinois prosecutors to drop all charges facing actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly fabricating a hate crime.Trump called the prosecutors' decision \"an embarrassment to our Nation!\" The Cook County State's Attorney's Office stunned many on Tuesday by suddenly dropping all of the charges facing Smollett for allegedly filing a false police report after claiming in late January to have been beaten up and subjected to homophobic and racist slurs by two masked men in Chicago.Smollett was indicted on 16 felony counts for filing that report.Police had said that Smollett, a star on the Fox TV show \"Empire,\" orchestrated the alleged hate crime in January because he was unhappy with his salary on the program. Chicago police said they were blindsided by charges being dropped.Smollett maintains his innocence.This is a developing story, check back for updates.","htmlText":"<p>President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning that the FBI and Department of Justice would review the decision by Illinois prosecutors to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//all-charges-against-empire-actor-jussie-smollett-dropped-n987446/">drop all charges facing actor Jussie Smollett<\/a> for allegedly fabricating a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>Trump called the prosecutors' decision \"an embarrassment to our Nation!\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-large widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1111214993293357056\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Cook County State's Attorney's Office stunned many on Tuesday by suddenly dropping all of the charges facing Smollett for allegedly filing a false police report after <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//jussie-smollett-everything-we-know-about-alleged-attack-empire-star-n972626/">claiming in late January<\/a> to have been beaten up and subjected to homophobic and racist slurs by two masked men in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Smollett was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//empire-actor-jussie-smollett-indicted-16-felony-counts-grand-jury-n981236/">indicted on 16 felony counts<\/a> for filing that report.<\/p>\n<p>Police had said that Smollett, a star on the Fox TV show \"Empire,\" orchestrated the alleged hate crime in January because he <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//jussie-smollett-blasted-head-chicago-police-department-exploiting-city-s-n973961/">was unhappy with his salary on the program<\/a>. Chicago police <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//news//us-news//chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-police-chief-slam-prosecutors-dropping-jussie-n987566/">said they were blindsided by charges being dropped.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smollett maintains his innocence.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story, check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553772019,"publishedAt":1553771480,"updatedAt":1553771480,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-says-fbi-doj-will-review-outrageous-jussie-smollett-case-n988281","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3758026\/{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-190328-jussie-smollett-mc-1046_c6496250918a5e265abccb87077189b0.jpg","altText":"Image: Actor Jussie Smollett waves as he follows his attorney to the microp","caption":"Actor Jussie Smollett waves as he follows his attorney to the microphones 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Wanted: Trump administration riddled with vacancies","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"The president has yet to nominate people for nearly 140 top-level positions, which experts say is hampering his long-term goals.","summary":"The president has yet to nominate people for nearly 140 top-level positions, which experts say is hampering his long-term goals.","keySentence":null,"url":"help-wanted-trump-administration-riddled-vacancies-n983036","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nMore than two years after then-President-elect Donald Trump said he wanted his Cabinet officials to look the part, his administration is filled with actors — but probably not in the way he intended.A large ensemble of acting agency heads have been cast in temporary roles across the administration, and that can hamper how the agencies do their jobs, government experts tell NBC news.In the Cabinet alone, there is an acting secretary of defense, an acting interior secretary and an acting chief of staff.There's also an acting United Nations ambassador (a position the administration is downgrading to sub-Cabinet level), an acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and an acting Drug Enforcement Agency administrator.As the Trump administration grappled earlier this month with whether to ground a Boeing airliner involved in two deadly crashes, acting Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Daniel Elwell was in charge. The agency, which has a budget of over $16 billion, more than 47,000 employees and oversees nearly 50,000 flights a day, has been without a permanent administrator since Michael Huerta ended his five-year term in January 2018.Elwell, an Air Force veteran and industry lobbyist, was bumped up from deputy administrator after Huerta's departure — a post he's held since. The president nominated a new administrator last week, former Delta executive Stephen Dickson. But Trump has said in the past that he's in no rush to permanently fill some positions.\"I sort of like 'acting,'\" Trump told reporters in January after a string of Cabinet exits. \"It gives me more flexibility.\"But having a large number of acting heads is a problem, Max Stier, the president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, told NBC News, noting that more than 150 high-ranking, Senate-confirmed positions are still awaiting nomination submissions from the White House.\"Even if somebody is a very talented individual, if you're in an acting position, you're not in as strong a position to act,\" said Stier, whose nonpartisan nonprofit monitors federal government management issues. \"You don't feel you're fully empowered, and unlikely to think about long-term issues.\"Having acting agency heads also effects the \"perception of the individual\" inside and outside the agency, he said.\"I call it the substitute teacher effect,\" Stier said. \"They can be wonderful people and teachers, but they don't get the same respect from the students they're teaching.\"There's also the \"cascading effect.\"Elwell's No. 2 at the agency, 30-year FAA veteran Carl Burleson, is the acting deputy administrator. He was temporarily promoted when Elwell was.Agencies that lack permanent bosses can also have problems hiring because job candidates worry they might get pushed out when the new boss comes in and wants to bring on his or her own people, Stier noted.An online tracker by The Washington Post the Partnership for Public Service shows that 282 of just over 700 key executive branch jobs — presidential nominations that require Senate approval — are vacant. Of those positions, 127 people have been formally nominated and are awaiting confirmation, and 14 others have been announced but not yet formally nominated.Some of the unfilled jobs are surprising given the president's policy priorities.Only 56 percent of the key positions in the Department of Homeland Security that require nomination and confirmation have been filled, according to the tracker. Kirstjen Nielsen has been working without a deputy since she was sworn in as secretary in December 2017.At the Justice Department, just 48 percent of such positions have been filled. The department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been without a permanent director for years. Deputy Director Thomas Brandon, an agency veteran, has been acting director since 2015.Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, who tracks presidential appointments for the Brookings Institution, said that \"after 26 months, there should be nominees.\"\"I've never seen something like this,\" she said. \"Everything is moving so slowly.\"Trump has blamed the vacancies on Democrats. During his State of the Union address in February, he said a \"new era of cooperation\" could begin if Democrats \"finally\" start \"confirming the more than 300 highly qualified nominees who are still stuck in the Senate — some after years of waiting. The Senate has failed to act on these nominations, which is unfair to the nominees and to our country.\"The number of unconfirmed nominees at the time was actually closer to 120, fewer than the 144 positions that had no nominee.Some of the vacancies are due to congressional foot-dragging. Trump nominated David Vela to take over the National Park Service in August, but the Senate didn't vote on the career agency employee's nomination before the last session of Congress ended. That means he has to be renominated, but the White House hasn't done so yet. The post, which oversees more than 400 national parks, has been officially vacant since January 2018, with Deputy Director Dan Smith serving as acting director in the meantime.Other positions, however, are unfilled because of inaction by the White House.\"The number of vacancies makes it difficult for the Trump administration to pursue their agenda,\" Tenpas said. \"They're tying their own hands and limiting their ability to perform.\"The lag might be tied into the high amount of turnover in the administration. Of the 22 Cabinet-level positions (including the until-recently downgraded position of U.N. ambassador), there have been 10 in which appointees have resigned or been transferred to new roles.The turnover is \"incredibly disruptive,\" Stier said.\"By rearranging, they make more work for themselves,\" offered Tenpas.In the highest echelons of the Executive Office of the President, which includes such positions as the chief of staff, national security adviser and communications director, the turnover rate is 66 percent, Tenpas found — and many of those jobs have been filled multiple times.\"It's vacancies on top of vacancies on top of vacancies, which is where we're at,\" she said, noting the overall turnover rates are far higher than those of the last five presidential administrations.There's also been doubling up in some positions. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, for example, is also running the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to the chief of staff gig, he ran both OMB and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.\"OMB is a massive organization,\" Tenpas said of the agency that oversees the performance of other federal agencies and administers the federal budget. \"I don't understand how you can do both those jobs and do those jobs competently.\"The doubling up can also lower morale. \"It's telling the staff those jobs aren't worthwhile,\" she said.The long-term effects of the vacancies, however, are unknown.\"We're kind of in uncharted territory,\" Tenpas said.","htmlText":"<p>More than two years after then-President-elect Donald Trump said he wanted his Cabinet officials to look the part, his administration is filled with actors \u2014 but probably not in the way he intended.<\/p>\n<p>A large ensemble of acting agency heads have been cast in temporary roles across the administration, and that can hamper how the agencies do their jobs, government experts tell NBC news.<\/p>\n<p>In the Cabinet alone, there is an acting secretary of defense, an acting interior secretary and an acting chief of staff.<\/p>\n<p>There's also an acting United Nations ambassador (a position the administration is downgrading to sub-Cabinet level), an acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and an acting Drug Enforcement Agency administrator.<\/p>\n<p>As the Trump administration grappled earlier this month with whether to ground a Boeing airliner involved in two deadly crashes, acting Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Daniel Elwell was in charge. The agency, which has a budget of over $16 billion, more than 47,000 employees and oversees nearly 50,000 flights a day, has been without a permanent administrator since Michael Huerta ended his five-year term in January 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.2820512820512822\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3756986//400x513_nbc-190315-faa-daniel-elwell-ac-706p_785b8a0e6306e1d9398ae413e3ea1fc9.jpg/" alt=\"Daniel ELwell\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/384x492_nbc-190315-faa-daniel-elwell-ac-706p_785b8a0e6306e1d9398ae413e3ea1fc9.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/640x821_nbc-190315-faa-daniel-elwell-ac-706p_785b8a0e6306e1d9398ae413e3ea1fc9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/750x962_nbc-190315-faa-daniel-elwell-ac-706p_785b8a0e6306e1d9398ae413e3ea1fc9.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/828x1062_nbc-190315-faa-daniel-elwell-ac-706p_785b8a0e6306e1d9398ae413e3ea1fc9.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/1080x1385_nbc-190315-faa-daniel-elwell-ac-706p_785b8a0e6306e1d9398ae413e3ea1fc9.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/1200x1538_nbc-190315-faa-daniel-elwell-ac-706p_785b8a0e6306e1d9398ae413e3ea1fc9.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/1920x2462_nbc-190315-faa-daniel-elwell-ac-706p_785b8a0e6306e1d9398ae413e3ea1fc9.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Daniel ELwell<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">DOT<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Elwell, an Air Force veteran and industry lobbyist, was bumped up from deputy administrator after Huerta's departure \u2014 a post he's held since. The president <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2019//03//19//business//faa-stephen-dickson-trump.html/">nominated a new administrator<\/a> last week, former Delta executive Stephen Dickson. But Trump has said in the past that he's in no rush to permanently fill some positions.<\/p>\n<p>\"I sort of like 'acting,'\" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//politics//trump-says-hes-in-no-hurry-to-replace-acting-cabinet-members//2019//01//06//afac5fea-11e4-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html?utm_term=.6639827adca1\%22>Trump told reporters in January<\/a> after a string of Cabinet exits. \"It gives me more flexibility.\"<\/p>\n<p>But having a large number of acting heads is a problem, Max Stier, the president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, told NBC News, noting that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//graphics//politics//trump-administration-appointee-tracker//database//?utm_term=.e14960e7febd\%22>more than 150 high-ranking, Senate-confirmed positions<\/a> are still awaiting nomination submissions from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\"Even if somebody is a very talented individual, if you're in an acting position, you're not in as strong a position to act,\" said Stier, whose nonpartisan nonprofit monitors federal government management issues. \"You don't feel you're fully empowered, and unlikely to think about long-term issues.\"<\/p>\n<p>Having acting agency heads also effects the \"perception of the individual\" inside and outside the agency, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"I call it the substitute teacher effect,\" Stier said. \"They can be wonderful people and teachers, but they don't get the same respect from the students they're teaching.\"<\/p>\n<p>There's also the \"cascading effect.\"<\/p>\n<p>Elwell's No. 2 at the agency, 30-year FAA veteran Carl Burleson, is the acting deputy administrator. He was temporarily promoted when Elwell was.<\/p>\n<p>Agencies that lack permanent bosses can also have problems hiring because job candidates worry they might get pushed out when the new boss comes in and wants to bring on his or her own people, Stier noted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//graphics//politics//trump-administration-appointee-tracker//database//?utm_term=.1e12f079ad89\%22>An online tracker<\/a> by The Washington Post the Partnership for Public Service shows that 282 of just over 700 key executive branch jobs \u2014 presidential nominations that require Senate approval \u2014 are vacant. Of those positions, 127 people have been formally nominated and are awaiting confirmation, and 14 others have been announced but not yet formally nominated.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the unfilled jobs are surprising given the president's policy priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Only 56 percent of the key positions in the Department of Homeland Security that require nomination and confirmation have been filled, according to the tracker. Kirstjen Nielsen has been working without a deputy since she was sworn in as secretary in December 2017.<\/p>\n<p>At the Justice Department, just 48 percent of such positions have been filled. The department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been without a permanent director for years. Deputy Director Thomas Brandon, an agency veteran, has been acting director since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, who tracks presidential appointments for the Brookings Institution, said that \"after 26 months, there should be nominees.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"I've never seen something like this,\" she said. \"Everything is moving so slowly.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump has blamed the vacancies on Democrats. During his State of the Union address in February, he said a \"new era of cooperation\" could begin if Democrats \"finally\" start \"confirming the more than 300 highly qualified nominees who are still stuck in the Senate \u2014 some after years of waiting. The Senate has failed to act on these nominations, which is unfair to the nominees and to our country.\"<\/p>\n<p>The number of unconfirmed nominees at the time was actually closer to 120, fewer than the 144 positions that had no nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the vacancies are due to congressional foot-dragging. Trump nominated David Vela to take over the National Park Service in August, but the Senate didn't vote on the career agency employee's nomination before the last session of Congress ended. That means he has to be renominated, but the White House hasn't done so yet. The post, which oversees more than 400 national parks, has been officially vacant since January 2018, with Deputy Director Dan Smith serving as acting director in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>Other positions, however, are unfilled because of inaction by the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\"The number of vacancies makes it difficult for the Trump administration to pursue their agenda,\" Tenpas said. \"They're tying their own hands and limiting their ability to perform.\"<\/p>\n<p>The lag might be tied into the high amount of turnover in the administration. Of the 22 Cabinet-level positions (including the until-recently downgraded position of U.N. ambassador), there have been 10 in which appointees have resigned or been transferred to new roles.<\/p>\n<p>The turnover is \"incredibly disruptive,\" Stier said.<\/p>\n<p>\"By rearranging, they make more work for themselves,\" offered Tenpas.<\/p>\n<p>In the highest echelons of the Executive Office of the President, which includes such positions as the chief of staff, national security adviser and communications director, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.brookings.edu//research//tracking-turnover-in-the-trump-administration///">the turnover rate is 66 percent<\/a>, Tenpas found \u2014 and many of those jobs have been filled multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's vacancies on top of vacancies on top of vacancies, which is where we're at,\" she said, noting the overall turnover rates are<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.brookings.edu//research//why-is-trumps-staff-turnover-higher-than-the-5-most-recent-presidents///">far higher<\/a> than those of the last five presidential administrations.<\/p>\n<p>There's also been doubling up in some positions. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, for example, is also running the Office of Management and Budget. Prior to the chief of staff gig, he ran both OMB and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6788\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3756986//400x272_nbc-190211-mick-mulvaney-mn-0850_4441647515dfd1f0aa9a740633894861.jpg/" alt=\"Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney at the White House on Jan. 14, 2019 in Washington.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/384x261_nbc-190211-mick-mulvaney-mn-0850_4441647515dfd1f0aa9a740633894861.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756986\/640x434_nbc-190211-mick-mulvaney-mn-0850_4441647515dfd1f0aa9a740633894861.jpg 640w, 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News poll: Americans split on who will win in 2020","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":null,"leadin":"A majority of Americans do not believe that nominating a female or nonwhite candidate will help or hurt the Democratic Party in the general election, according to the poll.","summary":"A majority of Americans do not believe that nominating a female or nonwhite candidate will help or hurt the Democratic Party in the general election, according to the poll.","keySentence":null,"url":"nbc-news-poll-americans-split-who-will-win-2020-n987881","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nAs President Donald Trump travels to Michigan on Thursday to campaign for re-election, a new national poll shows that Americans are evenly split on who they think will win the presidency in 2020.According to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey online poll, conducted before the release of a four-page summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, 43 percent of Americans think Trump will be re-elected and 43 percent believe the Democratic nominee will win. Nearly one in 10 Americans — 9 percent — believe a third-party candidate will win the presidency in 2020.While the percentage of Americans who think a third-party candidate will win might seem high, historically the prospects of third-party candidates poll higher early in presidential cycles and among individuals who ultimately end up not voting.Even though the next general election is still over a year and a half away, a sizable percentage of Americans say they already know who they plan to support, demonstrating the strength of partisanship in determining the preferences of voters for the presidency.When asked who they would vote for, if the general election were held today, more than a third of respondents (34 percent) said Trump. Nearly three in 10 respondents (29 percent) said they would vote for the Democratic candidate, regardless of who the party nominates. Another 17 percent of Americans said that it depends on who the Democrats select as their nominee and nearly one in seven Americans (15 percent) said they don't know.Trump notches most of his early support from groups that have largely supported his presidency. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning respondents, three-quarters (76 percent) said they would vote for the president.Who should the Democrats nominate?With 15 candidates having jumped into the race so far, the Democratic presidential primary features the most diverse field that has ever run for a presidential nomination. However, a majority of Americans do not believe that nominating a candidate who is not a white male will either help or hurt the Democratic Party in the general election.According to the poll, most Americans believe that it will not matter to the candidate's chances if the Democratic nominee is a woman (65 percent) or is nonwhite (69 percent).This feeling is shared uniformly across partisans and independents.Only about a quarter of Democrats (22 percent) believe that nominating a woman for president will help their party's chances of winning. A similar percentage of Democrats (21 percent) believe that nominating a nonwhite candidate will help them take back the White House in 2020.This NBC News|SurveyMonkey online poll was conducted March 18-25, 2019, among a national sample of 8,088 adults. Respondents for this survey were selected from the more than 2 million people who take surveys on the SurveyMonkey platform each day. The error estimate for this survey is plus or minus 1.5 percentage points. Data have been weighted for age, race, sex, education, and geography using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey to reflect the demographic composition of the United States age 18 and over. For full results and methodology, click here.","htmlText":"<p>As President Donald Trump travels to Michigan on Thursday to campaign for re-election, a new national poll shows that Americans are evenly split on who they think will win the presidency in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.surveymonkey.com//mp//survey-methodology///">NBC News|SurveyMonkey<\/a> online poll, conducted before the release of a four-page <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//donald-trump//mueller-report-conclusions-trump-congress-attorney-general-william-barr-n986611/">summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report<\/a>, 43 percent of Americans think Trump will be re-elected and 43 percent believe the Democratic nominee will win. Nearly one in 10 Americans \u2014 9 percent \u2014 believe a third-party candidate will win the presidency in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>While the percentage of Americans who think a third-party candidate will win might seem high, historically the prospects of third-party candidates poll higher early in presidential cycles and among individuals who ultimately end up not voting.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the next general election is still over a year and a half away, a sizable percentage of Americans say they already know who they plan to support, demonstrating the strength of partisanship in determining the preferences of voters for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>When asked who they would vote for, if the general election were held today, more than a third of respondents (34 percent) said Trump. Nearly three in 10 respondents (29 percent) said they would vote for the Democratic candidate, regardless of who the party nominates. Another 17 percent of Americans said that it depends on who the Democrats select as their nominee and nearly one in seven Americans (15 percent) said they don't know.<\/p>\n<p>Trump notches most of his early support from groups that have largely supported his presidency. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning respondents, three-quarters (76 percent) said they would vote for the president.<\/p>\n<h3>Who should the Democrats nominate?<\/h3><p>With 15 candidates having jumped into the race so far, the Democratic presidential primary features the most diverse field that has ever run for a presidential nomination. However, a majority of Americans do not believe that nominating a candidate who is not a white male will either help or hurt the Democratic Party in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>According to the poll, most Americans believe that it will not matter to the candidate's chances if the Democratic nominee is a woman (65 percent) or is nonwhite (69 percent).<\/p>\n<p>This feeling is shared uniformly across partisans and independents.<\/p>\n<p>Only about a quarter of Democrats (22 percent) believe that nominating a woman for president will help their party's chances of winning. A similar percentage of Democrats (21 percent) believe that nominating a nonwhite candidate will help them take back the White House in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>This NBC News|SurveyMonkey online poll was conducted March 18-25, 2019, among a national sample of 8,088 adults. Respondents for this survey were selected from the more than 2 million people who take surveys on the SurveyMonkey platform each day. The error estimate for this survey is plus or minus 1.5 percentage points. Data have been weighted for age, race, sex, education, and geography using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey to reflect the demographic composition of the United States age 18 and over. For full results and methodology, click <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.documentcloud.org//documents//5782158-NBC-News-SurveyMonkey-Topline-and-Methodology.html/">here./n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1553762430,"publishedAt":1553761840,"updatedAt":1553761840,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:////www.euronews.com//https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//nbc-news-poll-americans-split-who-will-win-2020-n987881","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3756990//{{w}}x{{h}}_nbc-181029-donald-trump-houston-se-1149p_82baaaa0b77d14da5fcacad3d95b0f96.jpg","altText":"President Trump greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Houston","caption":"President Donald Trump greets the crowd at a campaign rally for Sen. 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He has a reason.","summary":"The former Colorado governor is one of the only Democratic presidential candidates to oppose Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's signature plan. He has a reason.","keySentence":null,"url":"john-hickenlooper-opposes-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-wants-n988221","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\nWASHINGTON — Unlike virtually every other candidate in the 2020 Democratic field, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is not a fan of the Green New Deal, and he wants you to know it.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y, is the biggest star in the Democratic Party at the moment and her Green New Deal, which calls for massive government investment and regulations to fight climate change, is her signature issue.It's popular. A whopping 91 percent of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers say they favor candidates who support it, according to a Des Moines Register poll. And all six Senate Democrats running for president co-sponsored Ocasio-Cortez's bill. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke said, \"I haven't seen anything better\" to fight climate change.But much of that support may be soft since, much like Medicare for All, many presidential candidates qualify their support by saying they're open to lots of potential ways to fight climate change.Enter Hickenlooper, who made his opposition to the plan plain in a Washington Post op-ed titled, \"The Green New Deal sets us up for failure.\" His campaign then made sure reporters saw the op-ed and made him available for interviews.Why?\"I wasn't out there trying to rip anything apart,\" Hickenlooper told NBC News in a phone interview. \"I agree completely with the sense of urgency — we're within a decade or so of suffering irreversible damage of the planet.\"He likes the idea of a Green New Deal, just not this one. He pointed to its inclusion of issues like a federal jobs guarantee. His op-ed cited a fact sheet put out by Ocasio-Cortez's office that doesn't reflect the content of her bill and which she later disowned, and criticized the plan for not acknowledging the role of the private sector nor the economic dislocation that would result from abruptly killing the fossil fuel sector.\"Campaigns are about different voices and different positions, and I felt there was a benefit in beginning the discussion around what would a more focused Green New Deal would look like,\" he said.Politically, the move helps Hickenlooper carve the ideological space he hopes to occupy in the crowded primary, which his advisers see as open to big ideas, but pragmatic. It's a position that has sometimes seemed muddled, like when Hickenlooper struggled to answer whether he's a capitalist. The only other candidate to vocally oppose the Green New Deal is former Rep. John Delaney.For Hickenlooper, who once worked as a geologist in the oil and gas industry and more recently drank fracking fluid to show it was not toxic, a better solution involves bringing industry and environmentalists together and encouraging them to collaborate.It's a faith in compromise — critics would say a blind one — informed by his experience in Colorado, where he facilitated a process that led to fracking regulations embraced by both extractors and environmental activists.Of course, scaling that up to a national level and to many more industries would be another matter entirely. And much of the environmental movement have now moved beyond mere regulations and want to keep carbon in the ground and prevent it from being extracted at all.But Hickenlooper believes there is always a way to get to a compromise.\"Trust me, people told me when I said I wanted to get industry and the environmentalists to sit down together... 'You are ignorant and naive and that will never happen,'\" he recalled. \"But in the end it's worked. It takes time, but it's not impossible.\"He will put that belief to the test next week, when he makes a campaign swing through the South in some of the most conservative states in the country: Alabama, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina.","htmlText":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Unlike virtually every other candidate in the 2020 Democratic field, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is not a fan of the Green New Deal, and he wants you to know it.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y, is the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//politics//2020-election//democrats-it-secret-ocasio-cortez-s-social-media-success-n960561/">biggest star in the Democratic Party<\/a> at the moment and her Green New Deal, which calls for massive government investment and regulations to fight climate change, is her signature issue.<\/p>\n<p>It's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nytimes.com//2019//03//27//opinion//sunday//green-new-deal-mcconnell.html/">popular. A whopping 91 percent of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers say they favor candidates who support it, according to a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.desmoinesregister.com//story//news//elections//presidential//caucus//2019//03//11//iowa-caucus-2020-election-poll-takeaways-des-moines-register-cnn-biden-sanders-warren-harris-beto//3129286002///">Des Moines Register poll<\/a>. And all six Senate Democrats running for president co-sponsored Ocasio-Cortez's bill. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cnbc.com//2019//03//14//democrat-beto-orourke-says-he-hasnt-seen-anything-better-than-green-new-deal.html/">said, \"I haven't seen anything better\" to fight climate change.<\/p>\n<p>But much of that support may be soft since, much like Medicare for All, many presidential candidates qualify their support by saying they're open to lots of potential ways to fight climate change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-medium widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6408\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//3756992//400x256_nbc-190327-green-new-deal-mc-901_f521e28a9177a7567baf1e0b9837d93c.jpg/" alt=\"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey speak during a press conference to announce Green New Deal legislation to promote clean energy programs outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756992\/384x246_nbc-190327-green-new-deal-mc-901_f521e28a9177a7567baf1e0b9837d93c.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756992\/640x410_nbc-190327-green-new-deal-mc-901_f521e28a9177a7567baf1e0b9837d93c.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756992\/750x481_nbc-190327-green-new-deal-mc-901_f521e28a9177a7567baf1e0b9837d93c.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756992\/828x531_nbc-190327-green-new-deal-mc-901_f521e28a9177a7567baf1e0b9837d93c.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756992\/1080x692_nbc-190327-green-new-deal-mc-901_f521e28a9177a7567baf1e0b9837d93c.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756992\/1200x769_nbc-190327-green-new-deal-mc-901_f521e28a9177a7567baf1e0b9837d93c.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/3756992\/1920x1230_nbc-190327-green-new-deal-mc-901_f521e28a9177a7567baf1e0b9837d93c.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 30vw, 370px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey speak during a press conference to announce Green New Deal legislation to promote clean energy programs outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Saul Loeb<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Enter Hickenlooper, who made his opposition to the plan plain in a<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.washingtonpost.com//opinions//2019//03//26//john-hickenlooper-green-new-deal-sets-us-up-failure-we-need-better-approach//?utm_term=.1f7418f92de2\%22>Washington Post op-ed<\/a> titled, \"The Green New Deal sets us up for failure.\" His campaign then made sure reporters saw the op-ed and made him available for interviews.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>\"I wasn't out there trying to rip anything apart,\" Hickenlooper told NBC News in a phone interview. \"I agree completely with the sense of urgency \u2014 we're within a decade or so of suffering irreversible damage of the planet.\"<\/p>\n<p>He likes the idea of <em>a<\/em> Green New Deal, just not this one. He pointed to its inclusion of issues like a federal jobs guarantee. His op-ed cited a fact sheet put out by Ocasio-Cortez's office that doesn't reflect the content of her bill and which she later disowned, and criticized the plan for not acknowledging the role of the private sector nor the economic dislocation that would result from abruptly killing the fossil fuel sector.<\/p>\n<p>\"Campaigns are about different voices and different positions, and I felt there was a benefit in beginning the discussion around what would a more focused Green New Deal would look like,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Politically, the move helps Hickenlooper carve the ideological space he hopes to occupy in the crowded primary, which his advisers see as open to big ideas, but pragmatic. It's a position that has sometimes seemed muddled, like when Hickenlooper struggled to answer <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nbcnews.com//video//hickenlooper-declines-to-call-himself-a-capitalist-1454566467734/">whether he's a capitalist<\/a>. The only other candidate to<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//JohnDelaney//status//1096070181414191104/">vocally oppose<\/a> the Green New Deal is former Rep. John Delaney.<\/p>\n<p>For Hickenlooper, who once worked as a geologist in the oil and gas industry and more recently drank fracking fluid to show it was not toxic, a better solution involves bringing industry and environmentalists together and encouraging them to collaborate.<\/p>\n<p>It's a faith in compromise \u2014 critics would say a blind one \u2014 informed by his experience in Colorado, where he facilitated a process that led to fracking regulations embraced by both extractors and environmental activists.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, scaling that up to a national level and to many more industries would be another matter entirely. And much of the environmental movement have now moved beyond mere regulations and want to keep carbon in the ground and prevent it from being extracted at all.<\/p>\n<p>But Hickenlooper believes there is always a way to get to a compromise.<\/p>\n<p>\"Trust me, people told me when I said I wanted to get industry and the environmentalists to sit down together... 'You are ignorant and naive and that will never happen,'\" he recalled. \"But in the end it's worked. 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