Senate Takes First Step Toward Ending The Shutdown | NPR News Now

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Miles Parks, Senate, Federal Appeals Court, Gene Shaheen
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Aerodynamic Advisory, al-Qaeda in Iraq, Amazon rainforest, Brazil
3. 6:00 – 8:07: NPR News Now, Berlin, botulism, Brazil

Notable quotes from "Senate Takes First Step Toward Ending The Shutdown | NPR News Now"

• People involved in attempting to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election and the Senate took steps last night toward advancing a short-term spending deal. Good morning.

  about Senate · at 0:02

• Review its prior decision legalizing same-sex marriage. A county clerk from Kentucky, once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the high court to…

  about Kentucky · at 1:13

• SNAP and reinstates federal workers laid off during the shutdown. Claudia Gales, NPR News. Late last night, a federal appeals court ordered the Trump administration to restore…

  about Federal Appeals Court · at 2:15

• Large food orders they usually get from the government were not processed during the shutdown. Toia Smith, NPR News. The federal government shutdown means air travel is still…

  about Toia Smith · at 3:09

• Are a small part of UPS and FedEx fleets, but carry thousands of packages each. Mike Stangle of Aerodynamic Advisory says delivery impacts could depend on how long the aircraft are grounded.

  about Aerodynamic Advisory · at 4:05

• This year's UN climate conference officially opens today in Brazil. It's on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.

  about Brazil · at 5:32

• Hello, I'm Corva Coleman, host of NPR News. Now, on behalf of the NPR newscast team, I want to personally thank you for your continued support. I also want to let you know that after November 14th,.

  about NPR News Now · at 7:06

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Miles Parks — Person · 2 mentions · first at 0:33
  Met five years ago when they tried to create alternate electoral slates. NPR's Miles Parks reports. The document pardons all those associated with a plot to make false…
• Carrie Khan — Person · 2 mentions · first at 5:38
  NPR's Carrie Khan reports. Leaders of some of the world's largest polluters, including the US, are not attending.
• John Eastman — Person · 1 mention · first at 0:46
  January 6th, 2021. It names Trump campaign attorneys Ruda Giuliani, Kenneth Chzbro, Mark Meadows, and John Eastman, as well as dozens of other people who met, often in secret…
• Mark Meadows — Person · 1 mention · first at 0:46
  January 6th, 2021. It names Trump campaign attorneys Ruda Giuliani, Kenneth Chzbro, Mark Meadows, and John Eastman, as well as dozens of other people who met, often in secret…
• Gene Shaheen — Person · 1 mention · first at 1:51
  First procedural hurdle Sunday to take up the package. New Hampshire Democrat Gene Shaheen, who led the group, argued the plan was the best deal on the table.
• Toia Smith — Person · 1 mention · first at 3:13
• Shondelise Duster — Person · 1 mention · first at 4:36
  Aviation experts say holiday shoppers should plan to ship packages early to ensure gifts arrive on time. Shondelise Duster, NPR News.
• Kenneth Chesebro — Person · 1 mention
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — Person · 1 mention
• Rudy Giuliani — Person · 1 mention

Companies & orgs

• Senate — Company · 2 mentions · first at 0:06
• Federal Appeals Court — Company · 1 mention · first at 2:20
• Federal Aviation Administration — Company · 1 mention · first at 3:36
  US so far today. Delays are being reported at major east coast hubs. The Federal Aviation Administration is temporarily grounding all MD11 aircraft.
• Aerodynamic Advisory — Company · 1 mention · first at 4:10
• al-Qaeda in Iraq — Company · 1 mention · first at 4:59
  He's a former al-Qaeda in Iraq militant leader. A year ago, he had a $10 million US bounty on his head. His fighters toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad last December. And since then, Trump has.
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — Company · 1 mention · first at 6:31
  50,000 participants in the small city of Berlin. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. The Food and Drug Administration says parents should stop using some batches of one type of baby formula because of cases of bachulism.
• ByHeart — Company · 1 mention
• FedEx — Company · 1 mention
• Isis — Company · 1 mention
• NPR — Company · 1 mention
• United States Department of Agriculture — Company · 1 mention
• United States Supreme Court — Company · 1 mention
• UPS — Company · 1 mention

Products & tech

• NPR News Now — Product · 2 mentions · first at 7:06
• flightaware.com — Product · 1 mention · first at 3:24
  Travel is still being slowed up to 10% by the end of this week. The tracking site flightaware.com says more than 1,500 flights have been cancelled in the US so far today.…
• Whole Nutrition Infant Formula — Product · 1 mention · first at 6:44
  The formula is produced by the company Byart Inc. and is called Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. Health agencies have found an increase in the number of botulism infections in babies who drank it. Officials at the company by heart.
• MD-11 — Product · 1 mention
• SNAP — Product · 1 mention

Concepts & topics

• Same-sex marriage — Concept · 1 mention · first at 1:16
  This morning. It has rejected a call to review its prior decision legalizing same-sex marriage. A county clerk from Kentucky, once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex…
• UN climate conference — Concept · 1 mention · first at 5:32
  This year's UN climate conference officially opens today in Brazil. It's on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
• Greenhouse gas emissions — Concept · 1 mention · first at 5:54
  Summit's overall goal, however, is still to get countries to stick to promises of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to 1.5° C. But ahead of the summit…
• Global warming — Concept · 1 mention · first at 5:56
  To get countries to stick to promises of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to 1.5° C. But ahead of the summit, Brazil's president, Luis Nasio Lula D…
• Tropical forest preservation plan — Concept · 1 mention · first at 6:12
  Have to act is rapidly closing. Urging more action from richer nations, Lula is pushing his tropical forest preservation plan. He wants wealthier nations to pay poorer…
• botulism — Concept · 1 mention · first at 6:51
  Infant Formula. Health agencies have found an increase in the number of botulism infections in babies who drank it. Officials at the company by heart say they have recalled two lots of the product. Whole Nutrition Infant Formula.
• 2020 United States presidential election — Concept · 1 mention

Places & events

• Kentucky — Place · 2 mentions · first at 1:18
• Brazil — Place · 2 mentions · first at 5:34
• Washington, D.C. — Place · 1 mention · first at 1:08
  States, but the pardon has no impact on those cases. Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.
• New Hampshire — Place · 1 mention · first at 1:49
  To join Republicans to overcome a key first procedural hurdle Sunday to take up the package. New Hampshire Democrat Gene Shaheen, who led the group, argued the plan was the best deal on the table.
• Louisville — Place · 1 mention · first at 3:46
  The mayor of Louisville says 14 people were killed in the accident. NPR Shandelise Duster reports the grounding of the cargo planes will have a ripple effect on shipping. FedEx and UPS.
• White House — Place · 1 mention · first at 4:42
  Syria's president is scheduled to meet President Trump at the White House later today. Jane Araf reports. There are a lot of firsts in this visit. President Ahmed Ashara will be the first Syrian head of state at the White House in.
• Amazon rainforest — Place · 1 mention · first at 5:36
  This year's UN climate conference officially opens today in Brazil. It's on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
• Russia — Place · 1 mention · first at 5:47
  President Trump isn't going, nor are the leaders of China, Russia, or India. The summit's overall goal, however, is still to get countries to stick to promises of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to 1.5° C. But.
• Berlin — Place · 1 mention · first at 6:28
  Logistical challenges of housing some 50,000 participants in the small city of Berlin. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. The Food and Drug Administration says parents…
• Rio de Janeiro — Place · 1 mention · first at 6:28
  Logistical challenges of housing some 50,000 participants in the small city of Berlin. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. The Food and Drug Administration says parents…
• Aman — Place · 1 mention
• China — Place · 1 mention
• Syria — Place · 1 mention

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 President Trump has pardoned dozens of people involved in attempting to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election and the Senate took steps last night toward advancing a short-term spending deal. Good morning. I'm Corva Coleman from NPR News and here are today's top stories. President Trump has issued a sweeping pardon of his allies related to the 2020 presidential election and the effort to falsely claim Trump won. The pardon names numerous Trump campaign attorneys and people who met five years ago when they tried to create alternate electoral slates. NPR's Miles Parks reports. The document pardons all those associated with a plot to make false electoral slates that could have potentially interfered with the presidential certification on January 6th, 2021. It names Trump campaign attorneys Ruda Giuliani, Kenneth Chzbro, Mark Meadows, and John Eastman, as well as dozens of other

0:50 people who met, often in secret, to sign documents claiming they were legitimate electors in states actually won by Joe Biden. The pardons are essentially symbolic as none of the people pardoned have been charged with federal crimes. Some are charged in their individual states, but the pardon has no impact on those cases. Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.

1:08 The US Supreme Court has issued an order this morning. It has rejected a call to review its prior decision legalizing same-sex marriage. A county clerk from Kentucky, once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the high court to reconsider its decision. It has refused. The Senate has passed a stop gap spending plan after 41 days of a government shutdown. The agreement seeks to reopen federal agencies. The Senate returns today and NPR's Claudia Gales reports. Several votes are lined up to move the package to the House.

1:43 A group of Senate Democrats broke ranks to join Republicans to overcome a key first procedural hurdle Sunday to take up the package. New Hampshire Democrat Gene Shaheen, who led the group, argued the plan was the best deal on the table.

1:55 Waiting another week or another month wouldn't deliver a better outcome. It would only mean more harm for families in New Hampshire and all across the country. The package funds the government through the end of January and includes full appropriations funding plans for some government agencies including agriculture and veterans affairs. It also pauses plan cuts to SNAP and reinstates federal workers laid off during the shutdown. Claudia Gales, NPR News. Late last night, a federal appeals court ordered the Trump administration to restore full funding to the federal food assistance program known as SNAP. NPR's Tobia Smith reports. The shutdown has held up the benefits. A federal appeals court at midnight last night refused a Trump administration request to pause a lower court ruling, which means officials now have two days to pay SNAP benefits at 100%, not 65%. Though they could take the case to the Supreme Court for the

2:49 second time in a few days. A deal to reopen the government could get full payments flowing almost as quickly, but the SNAP lapse may have longerterm ramifications. Food pantries say they expect high demand to continue as many SNAP recipients need to restock their cupboards, and some food banks say they expect to be short on stock since some large food orders they usually get from the government were not processed during the shutdown. Toia Smith, NPR News. The federal government shutdown means air travel is still being slowed up to 10% by the end of this week. The tracking site flightaware.com says more than 1,500 flights have been cancelled in the US so far today. Delays are being reported at major east coast hubs. The Federal Aviation Administration is temporarily grounding all MD11 aircraft.

3:41 It's in response to last week's deadly crash of a UPS cargo plane in Kentucky. The mayor of Louisville says 14 people were killed in the accident. NPR Shandelise Duster reports the grounding of the cargo planes will have a ripple effect on shipping. FedEx and UPS grounding their MD11 aircraft could have an impact on holiday deliveries. Aviation experts say the MD11 aircraft are a small part of UPS and FedEx fleets, but carry thousands of packages each. Mike Stangle of Aerodynamic Advisory says delivery impacts could depend on how long the aircraft are grounded.

4:18 If it only lasts a few days, then we shouldn't see much of an impact on, you know, how holiday, you know, package deliveries and things like that. UPS and FedEx say contingency plans are in place to minimize disruption in deliveries. Aviation experts say holiday shoppers should plan to ship packages early to ensure gifts arrive on time. Shondelise Duster, NPR News.

4:40 Syria's president is scheduled to meet President Trump at the White House later today. Jane Araf reports. There are a lot of firsts in this visit. President Ahmed Ashara will be the first Syrian head of state at the White House in almost 80 years. But it's also a big deal because of Shara's own history. He's a former al-Qaeda in Iraq militant leader. A year ago, he had a $10 million US bounty on his head. His fighters toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad last December. And since then, Trump has decided that Shara is someone he wants to deal with. Most sanctions on Shara and Syria have been removed, but there are still some to be lifted. And Trump is expected to invite Syria to join US-led efforts fighting the militant group ISIS. Jay Raf, NPR News, Aman.

5:32 This year's UN climate conference officially opens today in Brazil. It's on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. NPR's Carrie Khan reports. Leaders of some of the world's largest polluters, including the US, are not attending. President Trump isn't going, nor are the leaders of China, Russia, or India. The summit's overall goal, however, is still to get countries to stick to promises of lowering greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to 1.5° C. But ahead of the summit, Brazil's president, Luis Nasio Lula D Silva warned leaders, quote, "The window of opportunity we have to act is rapidly closing." Urging more action from richer nations, Lula is pushing his tropical forest preservation plan. He wants wealthier nations to pay poorer countries to protect their forests. He also insisted the conference be held in the Amazon despite the logistical challenges of housing some 50,000 participants in the small city of

6:28 Berlin. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. The Food and Drug Administration says parents should stop using some batches of one type of baby formula because of cases of bachulism. The formula is produced by the company Byart Inc. and is called Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. Health agencies have found an increase in the number of botulism infections in babies who drank it. Officials at the company by heart say they have recalled two lots of the product. Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. You're listening to NPR. Hello, I'm Corva Coleman, host of NPR News. Now, on behalf of the NPR newscast team, I want to personally thank you for your continued support. I also want to let you know that after November 14th, we're going to take a step back from producing the video version of NPR News.

7:24 Now, during the next few weeks, we'll take some time to create a new video format and explore other platforms so that we can deliver a smarter, more focused experience to our growing audience. But don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. We're not going anywhere. While we will no longer publish this daily news roundup, you can still listen to NPR News Now on broadcast and on podcast and keep up with all the news from NPR by following us on your social channels, by listening to your local member station, or visiting NPR.org.

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What is discussed in "Senate Takes First Step Toward Ending The Shutdown | NPR News Now"?

In order: 0:00 Miles Parks, Senate, Federal Appeals Court, Gene Shaheen; 3:00 Aerodynamic Advisory, al-Qaeda in Iraq, Amazon rainforest, Brazil; 6:00 NPR News Now, Berlin, botulism, Brazil.

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