KELEMEN: Speaking via Skype, Gowan points to the paralysis in the U.N. Security Council too, as the U.S. tries to get the U.N. to pin the blame on China for the pandemic, and China bristles at the criticism. Copyright © 2020 NPR. And it's a very busy recovery center, even two months now after the Camp Fire ignited. But we do need to survive financially, and ensure NPR can continue to serve stations and the public for the coming years, so all of our resources go toward public service.". The American people are not concerned about jobs and the economy or what’s going on around the world. They don't have any housing. President Trump says he might cut funding to the World Health Organization. FEMA has spent $54 million so far, just since November here. He claims that such voting is ripe for rampant fraud. The federal government is preparing to crack down on hospitals for not reporting COVID-19 data on a daily basis. 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That’s the bottom line. Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter. All rights reserved. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. HUANG: So we've obtained drafts of guidance and letters that the government plans to send out to hospitals this week. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. And President Trump is particularly angry with the WHO. Their kids were still with them. Accuracy and availability may vary. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. Democrats, meanwhile, accused Republicans of trying to control the airwaves. These are people with, you know, hardly any options. PFEIFFER: How many hospitals are we talking about? Although the U.S. remains the top international donor, the administration believes America doesn't get enough credit for that. And, in fact, we heard there that the town had been planning to apply for disaster recovery grants that they are really going to rely on in terms of planning and other things, but they can't right now because the Department of Commerce is mostly closed. "NPR is taking a significant budget hit because of the economic lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic," NPR said in a statement. By using this site you agree to the NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. For example, nobody I've spoken with knows how to accurately count the number of single exam gloves in a hospital. Tell us, what's in these documents you've gotten a hold of? Konyndyk, who also spoke via Skype, says that's the nature of multilateral institutions like the World Health Organization. (SOUNDBITE OF LOS CREMA PARAISO'S "TO ZING WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND (PARADISE CREAM)"). So it's interesting; even though the president claims that mail-in voting and high turnout hurt Republicans, a lot of Republicans actually like absentee voting and encourage their supporters to use it. Jun 11 We Insist: A Timeline Of Protest Music In 2020. Oct 01 There are hundreds of people still sleeping in RVs out at the fairgrounds, assuming they were lucky enough to have an RV, or one that didn't burn. Across the media landscape, TV networks, newspapers, digital publishers and radio outlets are all facing similar problems as advertisers slash ad spending during the crisis. During this pandemic and beyond, NPR will continue to provide an essential public service to audiences across platforms," it said. That funding had already been identified by the president for elimination in his budget request for the upcoming year. NPR has obtained draft documents that indicate the federal government is planning to cut off Medicare funding to hospitals that don't comply with a request to supply daily COVID-19 data. It's clear that they don't have - can't go to school right now. I mean, these are families in crisis, living day to day. HUANG: Well, the letters look like they're going out next week. KELEMEN: Gowan says, for now, U.N. officials have to be cautious with Beijing. Joyce Slocum, NPR’s interim CEO, released a statement Thursday afternoon after the vote: At a time when other news organizations are cutting back and the voices of pundits are drowning out fact-based reporting and thoughtful analysis, NPR and public radio stations are delivering in-depth news and information respectfully and with civility. Although, late this afternoon, he again changed some of his message and said it might not be necessary to do that. Steve Sisolak said that Trump's threat to withhold federal funding during the pandemic was, quote, "inappropriate and outrageous." And we've asked for comment but have not gotten a response. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by FACTSET. And then he took a step back from that stance. "They need to return profits to investors. Subscriber Agreement & Terms of Use, Accuracy and availability may vary. NPR will need to cut costs substantially, he wrote. Please check your inbox to confirm. CORNISH: That's NPR's Kirk Siegler reporting from Chico, Calif. All rights reserved. Great to be here. The bill would resume $600 expanded unemployment payments, and provide another round of stimulus checks to eligible taxpayers. Politicians and public health experts were raising concerns that that was sidelining CDC in a pandemic. I was at a Paradise Town Council meeting last night. FESSLER: Well, it's all part of what's turning out to be - it's a major battle between the parties over voting rules, which, if the election is close, could affect the outcome in November. You know, and this is going to critical programs like temporary housing assistance, aid with rentals, hotel vouchers. They're actually planning to send out absentee ballot applications. GOWAN: You know, the U.S. has not been focusing on what the U.N. can do to contain COVID-19. Mr Trump will likely still propose deep cuts or elimination of federal arts funding but they are safe for this financial year Privacy Notice and Copyright © 2020 NPR. “The problem is, we’ve seen NPR and its programming often veer far from what most Americans would like to see as far as the expenditure of their taxpayer dollars. Thank you. It would be a tragedy for America to lose this national treasure. On Tuesday, the House passed a three-week temporary spending bill with $6 billion in cuts, including $50 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports NPR and PBS. And Republicans, for their part, say they're worried that the rules will be loosened too much and that it could lead to fraud. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. But hospitals are unhappy with the amount of information HHS is asking for and how they're asking for it. PFEIFFER: Good to have you. The effort to cut funding comes a week after conservative activists secretly recorded an NPR executive making derogatory comments about Tea Party supporters. What are you seeing there? Public broadcasters have successfully fought off attempts to cut their funding for nearly a half century, but they’re not taking any chances when it comes to President Trump’s proposed cuts. We talked to Carrie Kroll from the Texas Hospital Association, and she says someone now has to go all over the hospital every day to get that data. Member stations also are under financial stress, Mr. Lansing wrote. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Gavin Newsom proposed millions in new spending on wildfire prevention, President Trump threatened to cut all the state's FEMA funds because of its forest management policies. NPR's Kirk Siegler is in Chico, Calif. That's where FEMA is helping people recover from the Camp Fire that was the most deadly and destructive in California history. I just watched a group of folks get in and out of a car. KELEMEN: Trump is now threatening, as he puts it, a very powerful hold on that assistance. NPR said that, on average, about 33% of its revenue came from corporate sponsorships from 2015 to 2019. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: China has made a show of its aid to countries hard-hit by the pandemic. HUANG: Well, NPR has seen slides from a CDC presentation given internally yesterday, and they show that if the new enforcement guidelines go into effect as they're drafted, around 75% of hospitals would be receiving a warning that they were out of compliance. President Trump has repeatedly called for Congress to cut all funding for CPB in his budget requests. They want absentee ballots or applications sent to every voter, and they want a lot of the restrictions, like witness requirements, eliminated because they see this as an effort to suppress the voter turnout. All rights reserved. The White House Coronavirus Task Force says they need this data to understand what's happening. CARRIE KROLL: We're talking about bedside nursing-type statistics in terms of COVID patients versus adult versus child. Nobody is on a rampage. The ensuing controversy led to the resignation of NPR CEO Vivian Schiller. It's been focusing on how to score some political points against Beijing at a pretty desperate time. So this is very much still a very active recovery situation, and FEMA has a large presence on the ground. SIEGLER: Well, people right here in Chico - you know, a lot of people don't have time to respond or speculate about what the president is claiming he may do. California legislation bans toxic chemicals in cosmetics, Read All Rights Reserved. The effort to cut funding comes a week after conservative activists secretly recorded an NPR executive making derogatory comments about Tea Party supporters. Accuracy and availability may vary. KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE: Well, there's a very big FEMA presence here, Audie. And for hospitals, the move also created a lot of headaches. Democrats save arts funding for NPR and PBS from Donald Trump. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said taxpayers no longer wanted to spend money on the content NPR provides. Sep 30 But the actual enforcement is probably weeks away still. Even the president voted absentee earlier this year in the Florida primary. And they accuse the Democrats of using the pandemic as an excuse to get rid of a lot of protections in voting laws, so they've launched a $20 million campaign to fight them in court. We don't. And some of them - some fire victims have already been put in them in a town about 40 minutes away from here. And Lisa M. Lee, who used to be in charge of public health surveillance at CDC, says you have to make it easier, not harder, on them. Oct 01 We Insist: A Timeline Of Protest Music In 2020. JEREMY KONYNDYK: This administration has not used the multilateral system as a tool for advancing U.S. priorities in the way that other ones have.

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