The World and Everything in It: July 13, 2023

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning!

South Carolina is a new strategic player in the presidential campaign next year. We’ll tell you why and how candidates are responding.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Also, the Department of Justice is trying to fix some city police departments with consent decrees. How is that working out?

AUDIO: Look, I don't want to impugn all of them. But, I mean, Oakland has been in a consent decree for decades now.

Plus, bringing warring factions together with the truth.

AUDIO: This is a 99.9% Muslim area. So to be watching what is clearly a Christian movie took bravery on their part.

And the need for an articulate vice president. You’ll hear from WORLD commentator Cal Thomas.

REICHARD: It’s Thursday, July 13th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

BROWN: And I’m Myrna Brown. Good morning!

REICHARD: Up next, Kristen Flavin with today’s news.

KRISTEN FLAVIN, NEWS ANCHOR: FBI Oversight hearing » Republicans and Democrats grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray yesterday on Capitol Hill.

GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee outlined a crisis of public trust in the nation’s top law enforcement agency.

Congressman Mike Johnson questioned Wray about a recent court ruling … stating the F-B-I pressured social media platforms to censor user content during the pandemic.

Here’s Wray:

WRAY: I would say is that FBI is not in the business of moderating content, or causing any social media company to suppress or censor.

JOHNSON (cutting in): That is not what the court has found.

Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren accused the FBI of dragging its feet in its investigation of former President Donald Trump. And both sides wanted to know more about the bureau’s use of private civilian information.

Here’s Lofgren:

LOFGREN: You said it was limited to data derived from internet advertising. It has since been reported that the FBI has admitted it bought U.S. location data. Is the FBI purchasing location data from commercial sources without a warrant?

Wray avoided giving straight answers to many questions, repeatedly telling lawmakers to refer to private reports.

NATO and Ukraine » The world’s seven most industrialized nations are launching an effort to provide Ukraine with long-term military and financial support.

U.S. President Joe Biden:

BIDEN: We will not waiver. I mean that. Our commitment to Ukraine will not weaken.

The plan was announced during a NATO summit where President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed his push for the alliance to accept Ukraine as a member.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg:

STOLTENBERG: We reaffirm that Ukraine will become a member. We actually have agreed on concrete tools, political tools, practical tools to help Ukraine move towards membership.

The group’s 31-members will not admit Ukraine while the conflict with Russia is ongoing.

NATO created a special defense council focused on supporting Kyiv as part of a plan to eventually include Ukraine in the alliance.

Iowa Heartbeat law » Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is expected to sign a law on Friday that would protect most babies from abortion once they have a detectable heartbeat.

Doctors can usually hear a baby’s heartbeat at about six weeks of pregnancy.

Iowa’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed the law after hours of pushback from Democrats and abortion activists.

SOUND: I am going to ask the State Patrol to remove anybody that is shouting in the gallery. It will not be tolerated.

Iowa Senate President Amy Sinclair:

SINCLAIR: This bill that we just passed carries all the gravity of what is the human rights atrocity of our time and history will judge each of us for the role we've played here.

This bill is similar to a 2018 law that the State Supreme Court blocked last month.

Inflation » Inflation in the United States is now at its lowest rate in nearly two years. WORLD’s Josh Schumacher has more.

JOSH SCHUMACHER: The Labor Department reported yesterday that consumer prices had increased by just 3 percent over the 12 months that ended in June.

That’s compared to a 4 percent increase in the 12 months ending in May. President Joe Biden touted the report as evidence of the success of his economic policies… But Republicans disagree.

The Federal Reserve will decide in two weeks whether to continue raising interest rates. It’s target rate for inflation is 2 percent.

For WORLD, I’m Josh Schumacher.

Wagner weapons surrender » Officials in Moscow say the Wagner mercenary group has surrendered its weapons to the Russian military.

KONASHENKOV (Speaking Russian): Heavy tracked vehicles, high-capacity self-propelled artillery and tanks.

Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov saying the group turned over hundreds of tanks, anti-tank guns, artillery, and thousands of small arms. Many of the units had never been used in combat.

The ministry released footage of the inventory being transported. Konashenkov said the weapons will be restored and prepared for use.

Members of the Wagner group last month staged a short-lived armed uprising to protest how Russian generals were handling the war.

A Kremlin spokesman on Monday said the Wagner chiefs pledged their support for Putin.

Pennsylvania » Police say a fugitive from a Pennsylvania prison … is likely still in the area and receiving help.

Michael Burham escaped the Warren County Prison late last week by climbing on exercise equipment to get to the roof and then climbing down a makeshift rope made from prison bedding.

Warren County Commissioner Jeff Eggleston:

EGGLESTON - The commissioners and prison Board have also ordered the space be augmented with deterrents and safety measures and that the exercise equipment be removed and replaced with equipment that does not provide access to higher elevations in the facility.

Burham is the prime suspect in a murder and arson in New York. Reward money for help finding him has more than doubled to almost $20,000.

I'm Kristen Flavin.

Straight ahead: Campaigning for president in South Carolina. Plus, bringing enemies together for a special movie night.

This is The World and Everything in It.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Thursday the 13th of July, 2023.

You’re listening to WORLD Radio and we’re glad to have you along today. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown.

First up on The World and Everything in It: eyes on South Carolina in the presidential campaigns.

In the past, Iowa and New Hampshire received outsized attention. That’s because they were the first states to vote in primaries or caucuses.

But this time around, South Carolina is a strategic player in the nomination process. It’ll be the first southern state in the Republican primaries next year. And two of the candidates are from South Carolina: Senator Tim Scott and former governor Nikki Haley.

REICHARD: So what are Republican candidates doing this summer to win over the voters of South Carolina?

Joining us to talk about it is WORLD’s Washington Bureau reporter, Carolina Lumetta. Good morning, Carolina.

LUMETTA: Good morning, Mary.

REICHARD: From what I understand South Carolina is a reliably Republican state. So why does it merit so much attention in this primary?

LUMETTA: Right, it is almost as red as you could possibly go in terms of conservative Republican politics. South Carolina's had roughly 21 years of Republican trifectas, which means that the state legislature and the governor's mansion have all been majority Republican. And so Democrats in the area have told me Yeah, it honestly has not been a great Millennium for us so far in the state. But that doesn't mean that you can necessarily take it for granted, especially in this primary, with multiple people having a stake hold in that state, it's going to make it that much more important in February when they have their primary. Another interesting thing about South Carolina in terms of just the election procedures for the upcoming year is that they have open primaries, and no party registration, which means we don't actually know how many registered Republicans and Democrats live in the state because they're not required to do so. So anyone can vote in one primary. Once you do that, you're done. And it'll be really interesting to see what the divisions are between US Senator Tim Scott, who is hoping for a home field advantage, but who's also battling former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who's also hoping for a home field advantage, both of whom are also battling former President Donald Trump, who is hoping to win the state for a third time in next year.

REICHARD: Carolina, I'm wondering how former President Trump is going to matter in the South Carolina primary.

LUMETTA: Yeah, so he's been actually showing a lot more attention to the state than some other candidates have. He actually announced his reelection campaign for this cycle from South Carolina State House. And it was to a fairly small crowd, kind of unusual in terms of what we saw in 2016 and 2020. But it was interesting that he chose this state to launch his next campaign. And a couple of weeks ago, he held only his second rally of this campaign in a small town called Pickens, South Carolina. Their average population is about 3000, but local authorities were saying they are estimating about 50,000 came to this rally. And it really shows that even though he's continuing to focus on small towns and bringing attention to Middle America, he's really bringing in a lot more people than the other candidates are doing.

REICHARD: And given all of that, then how have the Republican candidates been campaigning in the state?

LUMETTA: Right, it it does really vary. So Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has made some brief stops in the state, but honestly not a huge splash from what I've seen, and neither has the rest of the field, which admittedly is very large at this point. Most of them are laser focused on Iowa and New Hampshire. What's interesting is that, like I said, we have two candidates who are hoping to get this what's colloquially known as the favorite son advantage, but with Haley, we should probably call it the favorite son and daughter advantage. Typically, a candidate will not campaign too heavily in their home state, especially if it's a Republican candidate from a majority Republican state, because it's assumed that the voters are going to support them, but both of them are kind of warring with each other to get their constituents to support them. So you get the sense that a lot of South Carolina voters and lawmakers are holding back not really sure who to go for at this point.

REICHARD: So what are the stakes for the entire field in February?

LUMETTA: They are pretty high. So I spoke to Drew McKissick, who is the party chair of the South Carolina Republican Party, and he spearheaded this decision to move their primary date to February 24, which he explained was actually a very strategic decision because it leaves about a month for candidates who have nothing to do pretty much except campaign in South Carolina. He said that that will really give candidates a big bounce going into Super Tuesday, which will be just 10 days later. And from his perspective, it brings a lot of attention to South Carolina. It brings kind of this very robust debate for voters, but also it brings a lot of campaign funding. I was speaking to a Democratic strategist, Tyler Jones, who has been working in South Carolina politics for 20 years. And he said that the Republican primary is very interesting in South Carolina because it's not guaranteed. If Trump wins Iowa and New Hampshire but loses South Carolina to anybody else, that's a really significant challenge to his reelection effort, but if he loses both Iowa and New Hampshire, but wins South Carolina, then that's still a big boost for him. So a lot really hinges on this state. And voters are very proud of a reputation of really being the states to weed out the unserious candidates and to be the ones who they have a pretty good track record of picking the eventual Republican nominee.

REICHARD: For more coverage of the 2024 campaigns and the candidates, sign up for Carolina's free weekly newsletter. It's called The Stew. Carolina, thanks so much.

LUMETTA: Thanks for having me, Mary.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: Local police departments and federal oversight.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS: A Department of Justice investigation found MPD engaged in a pattern of racial bias and used excessive force violating people's civil rights.

Audio heard there from ABC 5 Eyewitness News in June. Back in 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland launched the investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department. His goal was to discern what led to the death of George Floyd in police custody in May 2020. Here’s Garland announcing the results of that probe in a press conference last month

GARLAND: We observed many MPD officers who did their difficult work with professionalism, courage, and respect. But the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to George Floyd possible.

REICHARD: The report concluded that Minneapolis PD regularly uses excessive force and discriminates against black people, Native Americans, and disabled people.

In response, the DOJ recommended federal oversight until the department can prove it is making changes. In the coming weeks, Minneapolis will likely negotiate the terms of the agreement— called a consent decree —with the federal government.

The city will join 14 other police departments operating under federal oversight. So what are consent decrees? And, more importantly, do we have evidence that they work?

BROWN: WORLD’s Compassion reporter, Addie Offereins, says consent decrees are basically roadmaps that federal judges give to police departments. They replace unconstitutional policing practices with lawful ones.

OFFEREINS: So it kind of lays out here's the boxes you need to check, and here's the requirements you need to complete before federal oversight of your department can end. And often these consent decrees are enforced and supervised by a third party monitor that is hired to do that day to day supervision.

REICHARD: Sounds straightforward? Well, maybe not. Some people on the local level say that these consent decrees unnecessarily outsource the accountability required to fix police departments.

BROWN: One of those skeptics is public defender Lisa Daugaard. In 2011, she worked with the Seattle Police Department to create a program that sent drug offenders to rehab instead of prison.

Just one year later, the police department received a consent decree after the DOJ identified a pattern of using excessive force. Daugaard says the Justice Department didn’t want suggestions from her or other locals who had spent years advocating for reform.

DAUGAARD: You know, many of us in this community were and are experts on what's going on whether the best solutions were actively involved in creating the solutions. And to not be treated as real partners, it was super disempowering, and also counterproductive. Because it's being driven by experts who don't live here won't be around, you know, when and if it ever ends.

REICHARD: More than 10 years later, Seattle is still waiting for a federal judge to decide if they can exit the consent decree.

Some people believe that the extended timeline isn’t an accident. Law professor Peter Moskos:

MOSKOS: And perhaps that's the greatest problem with a consent decree is the people who decide it's over are getting paid as long as it continues.

Moskos is a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He’s also a former police officer.

MOSKOS: I mean, look, I don't want to impugn all of them. But there is that there is a I mean, Oakland has been in a consent decree for decades now.

BROWN: In California, the Oakland Police Department has come close to finishing its 20-year consent decree several times. But scandal after scandal has kept it in place. And earlier this year, a judge in Connecticut finally ended federal oversight of the Hartford Police Department, nearly 50 years after it began in 1973.

MOSKOS: And we're ignoring the fact that murders have nearly tripled in some of these cities.

REICHARD: Moskos is concerned that reducing violent crime isn’t a priority under a consent decree. I’s not one of the boxes to check, even though crime prevention is a police department’s primary responsibility.

MOSKOS: But policing primarily has to be about reducing crime, fear of crime and disorder, and also holding police accountable to those objectives and when police misbehave, either departmentally or criminally.

BROWN: In addition to federal consent decreees, states also use them to hold cities accountable. That complicates things. Dorothy Moses Schulz is a retired police captain and Manhattan Institute fellow. She pointed to Minneapolis PD's separate consent decree with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

SCHULZ: The council is still working on a lot of changes. At the state level, there were a lot of changes. I just didn't see this particular consent decree as necessary, it seemed to me like piling on.

REICHARD: Daugaard, the public defender in Seattle, also believes Minneapolis should have stuck with state and city-level reforms. That’s because she thinks local oversight is more likely to bring meaningful change than can Washington bureaucrats.

DAUGAARD: And it takes a lot of work by a lot of people to make real progress. There's no way you have to do it with at least some allies in the police department and consent decrees just are not good at generating those.

BROWN: This story was written by WORLD's Compassion reporter, Addie Offereins. You can find a link in today’s transcript to learn more.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Well, Myrna, you think you’re going to have a relaxing time at the lake this summer. But for a couple in Vermont, a boat ride turned out to be anything but:

SOUND: [SCREAMING]

Steve and Shannon Lipkin were cruising out on Lake Champlain when a pair of raccoons crawled out from under a pile of life jackets. Audio from WCAX channel 3:

LIPKIN: That's when I saw the raccoons and the chaos and pandemonium began.

Shannon filmed while her husband focused on getting the boat home.

LIPKIN: We didn't really have much choice but to keep going. So we kind of got a couple of cushions to fend them off.

Raccoon and human couples got back safely to land and the trash pandas disembarked. No damage to the boat, either!

LIPKIN: They're good passengers though. Made for an entertaining fourth of July, that's for sure.

MYRNA: Coulda been worse! At least it wasn’t snakes. 

REICHARD: At least! It’s The World and Everything in It.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Thursday, July 13th. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Myrna Brown.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Coming next on The World and Everything in It: a foundation for peace.

Ethiopians are no strangers to conflict from civil wars to border disputes.

In Southern Ethiopia, one feud between border groups has been going on for generations. The Mesqan and the Marako tribes disagree over where the border actually is and which tribe owns what land. The violent feud’s been going on for so long that both sides are losing population.

BROWN: But missionaries are working to end the feud through a message of peace in the tribes’ own languages. WORLD intern Tobin Jacobson has the story.

TOBIN JACOBSON, REPORTER: 500 people are crammed into a small compound in southern Ethiopia watching a film. The gate is open to the main road. Hundreds more crowd the streets. Some are sitting in nearby coffee shops, while others huddle behind a wall. Not everyone can see the movie playing, but they can hear it. Everyone is silent. This is the first movie translated into their native language; no one wants to miss it.

SOUND: [JESUS SPEAKING IN THE MESQAN LANGUAGE]

Those are the words of Jesus, voiced by an actor speaking the Mesqan language. He’s providing a voiceover for the Jesus film, a movie adaptation of the gospel of Luke. The Jesus film has been translated into over 2,000 languages since its original release in 1979.

Today, the film is playing for both the Mesqan and the Maro tribes in their own languages.

SAMSON USMAEL: Our prayer is because of the gospel that they're getting a peace will come between these tribes, and they get to see, you know, the sacrifice and the love that Christ has shown to us, to them. And equally, they are loved, so that that will go on and bring them into reconciliation.

Samson Usmael is the head of the digital strategy team for GCME, Great Commission Ministry Ethiopia. GCME partnered with the Jesus Film Project to create the Mesqan and the Maro translations.

The team originally planned to only translate the film into the Marako language. But then the voice actors themselves spoke up.

SAMSON USMAEL: This idea came from the Christians from the Marako people, they say, No, no, no, no, no. If the gospel is coming to us, we want it to come for them too… We didn't know about the conflict, but the people said, no, no, no, no, no. When we take the gospel to those people, because it came first to us, you know, it won’t be received well, so it's better if we do it together.

When the films were completed, missionaries played the movies for both tribes on the same day.

The dream of bringing the gospel to the Maro in their own language began over 50 years ago with one man.

SOUND: [ADELON URI SPEAKING]

This is Adelon Uri. Uri came to Christ and first saw the Jesus film over 40 years ago, which inspired him to bring the message to his own people, the Marako.

SAMSON USMAEL: He was even working with several missionaries to show Jesus film shows in a lot of places: under the bush, under the tree, under the bridge, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the city.

At the time, the Jesus film had not even been translated into Amharic, the main language spoken in Ethiopia.

USMAEL: He used to translate from the English to Amharic then from Amharic to Marako. That was how he used to translate for his people to know, you know, to hear about the Jesus film.

Muslims in the area persecuted Uri. Five years ago, they burned down his home. When they found that he survived, they threw him in jail for three years. But as soon as Uri got out, he began working with the Jesus Film Project to fulfill his dream of bringing the gospel to his people in their heart language.

SAMSON USMAEL: I'm so happy to see this happening while I'm alive. So it just it just makes me very joyful in my heart.

More than 2,000 people reportedly attended the Maro premiere. Marc Vergo is the global digital solutions director for the Jesus Film Project.

MARC VERGO: This is a 99.9% Muslim area. So to be watching what is clearly a Christian movie took bravery on their part.

No one was talking. They were all listening. You know, he said there was people lined there's trees behind the wall. So they couldn't see the film. But there are people everywhere, just leaning against the trees, just, you know, like pretending like they're just standing on the side.

After the film finished, over 300 Marako people prayed to accept Christ. The Musqan premiere had similar results. For both tribes, the Jesus film is the first movie to be translated into their own language, and people from both tribes hope that the message of Christianity will end the conflict between them.

During the production of the films, Marc Vergo had dinner with both groups of translators at the same time.

MARC VERGO: It was like we were in the bush sitting and talking with these two sets of believers in these two people groups that had been warring and even one of the guys said he was he's he's always hesitant because of the history but they knew because of following Christ that they were at peace and they were they were comfortable being together so it was a really cool moment.

The film producers have already seen the gospel change lives in other tribes in Ethiopia.

SOUND: [SODO GURGA PEOPLE WORSHIPING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE]

The Sodo Gurga tribe shares a border with the Maro people, and they received the Jesus film in their own language just two months ago. Before the film, there was only one Christian family in the community, but two more families became Christian after the film premiere. Today, the Sodo Gurga church has land, a building to meet in, and a pastor, trained by Jesus Film Project missionaries.

MARC VERGO: That church is right next to the Maro people. and they were so excited that they could now reach out to their neighbors in their heart language.

The church in what you think would be the middle of nowhere in the world, right? They were doing digital missions, and they felt empowered to go reach their neighbors. That blows my mind.

Adelon Uri was instrumental in bringing the film to the Maro people, but he didn’t stick around to see the results. Vergo says Uri didn’t even stay for the premiere.

MARC VERGO: He didn't stay for the premiere the next night. That, that blew my mind. Why is that? You know what they told me he said? He goes, “I'm taking it to my people. I'm ready to go. I have to go.”

There are people from his tribe that still hadn’t seen the film or heard the gospel. So, armed with nothing more than his phone and some USB sticks with copies of the film, Uri set out to bring them the good news, too.

SOUND: [SODO GURGA WORSHIP]

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Tobin Jacobson in Southern Ethiopia.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Thursday, July 13th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown.

On June 30th–less than two weeks ago–Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at an event in New Orleans.

HARRIS: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, Essence Fest.

That audio comes from The White House Youtube channel. One particular part of her address has drawn criticism for being hard to understand.

HARRIS: Culture is … It is a reflection of our moment in our time, right? And present culture is the way we express how we’re feeling about the moment. And we should always find time to express how we feel about the moment that is a reflection of joy ‘cause… you know, it comes in the morning.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Here’s Commentator Cal Thomas on why being articulate matters, especially for the vice president.

CAL THOMAS, COMMENTARY: If President Biden is serious about seeking a second term, he must fix the problem of his Vice President, Kamala Harris.

Though Biden’s poll numbers are currently not much better than Harris’, polling by the Los Angeles Times finds as of this month “41% of registered voters had a favorable opinion of Harris and 53% had an unfavorable opinion — a net rating of -12 percentage points.” One wonders what those 41 percent see as Harris’ accomplishments, because there have been none, as far as I can tell.

Republicans will likely make Biden’s age an issue in the coming campaign–and that raises the question whether Harris is qualified to become president should something happen to him. That has always been important in choosing any vice president.

Harris may be unique among modern vice presidents because in addition to what would look like a weak resume if she were applying for a second term, she has the additional baggage of being inarticulate.

On June 30th at an event in New Orleans, Harris said things I defy anyone to translate:

“Culture is … It is a reflection of our moment in our time, right? And present culture is the way we express how we’re feeling about the moment. And we should always find time to express how we feel about the moment that is a reflection of joy ‘cause… you know, it comes in the morning.”

Now I tried reading her comments backward, thinking she might be speaking in code, but that wasn’t any clearer.

Critics have called her verbiage a “word salad.” She seems to be picking words at random from a dictionary without connecting verbs, thoughts, or relevance. I never thought anyone could make President Biden seem more articulate but she almost does, with or without a teleprompter.

Effective politicians need to be able to communicate with voters and the larger public. Not all our presidents and vice presidents have had the gift of speaking as well as Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, but at least most could speak well enough to be understood.

Imagine a presidential speech from Kamala Harris that begins “Good evening, my fellow Americans” and quickly descends to the level of her remarks in New Orleans. Could she articulate the administration’s foreign and domestic policies? She was tasked with doing something about America’s Southern border, but has done nothing, chiefly because in some fairness to her, President Biden appears to want to keep it open.

There is not a single accomplishment any of those 41 percenters who have a favorable opinion of Harris can point to.

It is why President Biden must replace her as his running mate. He would face a backlash from groups that have hailed her as the first female and person of color in the role of vice president. A stronger, more accomplished and articulate vice president would be the best insurance policy for Democrats should Biden win and not be able to finish a second term.

I’m Cal Thomas.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: On tomorrow’s program: an appeals court upholds a state law protecting kids from transgender procedures. Anomaly, or part of a global trend?

Katy McCoy returns to Culture Friday to talk about it.

And, Marvel’s newest show on Disney-Plus. We’ll have a review of Secret Invasion.

That and more tomorrow. I’m Mary Reichard.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown.

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