The World and Everything in It - June 15, 2022

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Good morning!

The January 6th commission is presenting its findings this week. We’ll talk about what if anything is new.

NICK EICHER, HOST: That’s ahead on Washington Wednesday.

Also today, World Tour.

Plus how should we help loved ones in their later years when they can no longer make wise financial decisions?

And commentator Joel Belz on why he’s optimistic about the future of Christian education.

REICHARD: It’s Wednesday, June 15th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

EICHER: And I’m Nick Eicher. Good morning!

REICHARD: Now news with Kent Covington.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Economists fear possible recession as Fed prepares or another rate hike » A blinking red warning light, that’s how some economists now describe a certain number that could suggest a looming recession.

Yields on the 2-year Treasury note have surged past yields on 30-year bonds. Some experts say that phenomenon has predicted past recessions.

Stocks have tumbled in recent days as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates again this week. The Fed is aiming for a so-called “soft landing,” trying to corral soaring costs without triggering a recession. But many economists say it may be too late for that.

President Biden tackled inflation in a speech to labor unions on Tuesday, laying blame at the feet of Republicans.

BIDEN: The problem is Republicans in Congress are doing everything they can to stop my plans to bring down the costs on ordinary families. That’s why my plan is not finished and why the results aren’t finished either.

Biden heard there in Philadelphia speaking to the largest group of unions in the country.

But Republicans say Biden’s plans are the wrong prescription. Kentucky Congressman James Comer:

COMER: They never even considered the fact that when the government prints money, you get inflation, and inflation is a tax on everyone, especially the poor, especially the working class. 

GOP lawmakers insist that Biden’s proposals would make inflation even worse.

Biden to visit 'pariah' Saudi Arabia and Israel next month » The president is planning to fly to Saudi Arabia next month for talks with Saudi leaders.

That marks a dramatic change in his stance on the kingdom. As a candidate, he vowed to make the country a—quote—“pariah.”

That after U.S. intel officials determined Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely ordered henchmen to murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

But the White House says the president’s values have not shifted. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre…

PIERRE: Human rights is always part of the conversation in our foreign engagement. So that will always be the case, regardless of who he is meeting with. We are not overlooking any conduct that happened before.

The president is looking to reset relations with the oil-rich kingdom at a time when he can use all the help he can get to bring down soaring gas prices.

Biden is tacking the visit onto the end of July trip to the Middle East. He’ll depart Washington four weeks from today, making stops in Israel and the West Bank.

Capitol riot panel postpones Wednesday hearing » The House committee investigating the Capitol riot postponed a hearing slated for this morning. It was supposed to feature testimony from former Justice Department officials about then-President Donald Trump’s claims that the election had been stolen.

Democratic Congressman Pete Aguilar…

AGUILAR: The hearing will be just postponed and moved to likely next week.

The panel cited “scheduling factors” and “availability of members and witnesses.”

The committee was already scheduled to reconvene tomorrow for another public hearing.

McConnell voices support for bipartisan gun, mental health, school security framework » Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday said he supports a bipartisan agreement on guns, mental health, and school security.

MCCONNELL: If this framework becomes the actual piece of legislation, it’s a step forward, a step forward on a bipartisan basis.

His announcement is a big boost for the Senate compromise.

Ten Democrats and 10 Republicans worked together to craft the framework for a final bill.

It would make the juvenile records of gun buyers under age 21 part of required background checks. It would also send money to states for mental health and school security programs and for incentives to enforce local so-called “red flag" laws.

House OKs security boost for Supreme Court judges, families » Meantime in the House, lawmakers approved a bill that would allow around-the-clock security protection for Supreme Court justices and their families. WORLD’s Kristen Flavin has more.

KRISTEN FLAVIN, REPORTER: The House passed the security measure overwhelmingly, 396-27. All of the “no” votes came from Democrats.

The vote came one week after police arrested a man near Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house after he threatened to kill the justice. Threats to justices increased after someone leaked a draft court opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade.

The Senate passed the bill unanimously last month, but it was delayed in the House. That as Democrats worked to broaden the measure to include protection for families of court employees.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Kristen Flavin.

Floodwaters close entrances to Yellowstone National Park » At Yellowstone National Park, floodwaters have closed off all entrances to the park this week. That as torrents of rain and a melting snowpack combined to knock out some roads and bridges in Montana and Wyoming.

Jason Straub with the National Weather Service said Tuesday…

STRAUB: It is usual for the rivers to come up this time of year. Normally we have our snowpack melting at this time of year so the rivers are reacting by rising. We don’t always get rainfall this time of year. Usually our rainy season is in May.

The waters began to recede on Tuesday, but it is unclear how many tourists are stranded in the park or how many nearby residents have evacuated.

No injuries were immediately reported, but the flooding destroyed numerous homes and other structures in nearby communities.

I'm Kent Covington. Straight ahead: We ask a former CIA analyst what we’ve learned from the Capitol riot hearings?

Plus, how to help loved ones in their later years.

This is The World and Everything in It.

NICK EICHER, HOST: It’s Wednesday the 15th of June, 2022.

You’re listening to today’s edition of The World and Everything in It and we’re glad you’ve joined us today. Good morning, I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. It’s time for Washington Wednesday.

The cameras are rolling on Capitol Hill this week as the House panel investigating last year’s Capitol riot continues to present its findings in public hearings.

Democrats (and a handful of Republicans) say they’re presenting evidence showing a clear threat to democracy and that the threat remains.

Most Republicans say the entire investigation has been a witch hunt and pure political theater.

EICHER: Our goal is to help you understand the evidence being presented and let you decide for yourself.

Here to help us do that today is Patrick Eddington. He teaches at Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies. He is a former CIA analyst. His past assignments included monitoring the breakup of the former Soviet Union and providing assessments to policymakers on Iraqi and Iranian forces.

REICHARD: Patrick, good morning!

PATRICK EDDINGTON, GUEST: Good morning to you. It’s good to be with you, Mary.

REICHARD: Thanks for being here. Well, I do want to get your evaluation of what we’ve learned so far. How much of what happened at the capitol was pre-planned by certain groups and how much was the situation just spinning out of control on that day?

EDDINGTON: We've only had two hearings thus far, by the January 6 Select Committee, the introductory hearing, of course.

But I think from my vantage point, at least in the initial hearing,I thought the committee did an extremely credible job of laying out essentially the overarching information that they have. I do think it's important to kind of remind folks that there is an enormous body of information that the committee has accumulated over the course of the year plus that it's been operating. And I would imagine that the vast majority of that material will be worked into their report, which I would imagine will be released either late in the summer or sometime in the fall.

But I think so far, this committee reminds me very much of how the Church Committee operated in the 1970s. And for those who may not remember, that was the committee that was chaired by then Senator Frank Church of Idaho. It was charged with looking into all the domestic spying that had been taking place by various government agencies and departments during most of the Cold War period. And that committee operated in what I would say is genuinely bipartisan basis. I think this committee is always going to have maybe a little bit of an asterisk next to it because of how things developed, essentially, with respect to who's on this committee from the partisan composition standpoint. 

REICHARD: Patrick, we’ve heard testimony both firsthand and secondhand from former Trump administration officials. What is your understanding of what transpired inside the White House the day of the riot?

EDDINGTON: Well, we haven't actually gotten to that point in the hearings to date, but essentially, on the basis of what is public so far, what we know is that multiple individuals—not just in the White House, but on Capitol Hill, including Speaker McCarthy and many others—were pleading with the President to call off the mob, in essence. And he never really responded for the most part during the course of that period until literally the very end after the mob had been rampaging through the capitol for hours. We're going to get a lot more in the way of detail on that. We got a fair amount of detail about that in the committee's initial hearing. You heard a lot of testimony about that and particularly what I found very compelling was the testimony from the Joint Chiefs Chairman General Milley with respect to the fact that it was the Vice President, Mr. Pence, who was attempting to get intervention essentially from the DC National Guard and potentially other assets to essentially clear the Capitol and restore order. I thought that was among the most dramatic aspects, at least of the first hearing that took place.

REICHARD: The committee has spent a good bit of time talking about the underlying claim by Trump that the election had been stolen from him. One former Justice Dept. official testified that he told President Trump that he had been getting bad information from certain people and that there was no evidence of meaningful fraud. 

Has any evidence emerged over the past couple of years to support that claim? Or was that former Justice Dept. official correct?

EDDINGTON: There’s no question that everything the former Attorney General Barr and his deputies told the committee is absolutely fact-based. There's absolutely no question about that. Mr. Trump tried to challenge this in court. He lost 60 out of 61 times and one victory was essentially kind of meaningless on technical grounds. So there really is no doubt at this stage of the game that the election was conducted fairly. Any fraud that did take place was literally on the margins and virtually negligible.

I also thought that the testimony that was received in the second hearing by a former Fox News official, who has been in the campaign coverage business for a very, very long period of time, was extremely compelling in terms of the evidence that they had when they called Arizona. Fox News called Arizona for Biden before any other network did. And the recounts have clearly shown that that was absolutely the correct call.

REICHARD: As a former CIA analyst, Patrick, speak to the role of intelligence officials, the FBI and other agencies. Do you feel like they dropped the ball here in not fully recognizing the risk on Jan. 6?

EDDINGTON: There’s been a tremendous amount of commentary and criticism to that effect. And I will tell you that one of the biggest problems that the federal law enforcement, or any kind of intelligence organization has, is essentially sorting out the signal from the noise, so to speak. And while there were some generic indications in some quarters that this kind of thing might happen, there wasn't actually—at least at this point, no evidence has surfaced—that the FBI, for example, which is the primary domestic law enforcement agency responsible for dealing with these kinds of threats, that the FBI actually had anybody inside of Stewart Rhoads - and Stewart Rhodes, of course, the founder and leader of the Oathkeepers - they didn't have anybody inside Stewart Rhoads’ inner circle, essentially, to kind of give them a sense of what might potentially be going on.

But it is, just as a practical matter, it can be very difficult to sort out what's real from what's not. And sometimes, the FBI, they radically overstep if we just kind of look at the Wolverine Watchmen case in Michigan, and that is the case involving several individuals who are charged essentially with trying to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

As we learned through that particular trial, many aspects of that really involved essentially, the FBI kind of facilitating the plot. And it's not the first time that the FBI has overreached in terms of trying to snare people in that respect. And that's why it's imperative to actually have law enforcement adhere to the strictest possible standards with respect to evidence. And I think there needs to be some accountability there if we're going to make sure that we don't have more failed prosecutions like we did with the case involving the Wolverine Watchmen.

REICHARD: If you were advising the federal government on how to prevent anything like this from happening ever again, what would you tell them?

EDDINGTON: I think there are several things ultimately that have to happen here. First and foremost, I don't think there's any question that the mayor of the District of Columbia needs to have full and total control over the DC National Guard. I think that's item one, in order to respond to any potential threat like that that might develop. But number two, and I think this is extremely important, we need to draw a distinction and a clear distinction between legitimate First Amendment related protest, which the overwhelming majority of people who participated in events on January the sixth, did not engage in vandalism, did not engage. And there were literally thousands of people, probably tens of thousands of people who showed up for that particular event. But it was only less than a thousand, essentially, and that's still a large number, to be sure, but it was less than a thousand, who actually breached the Capitol itself, and probably a smaller number than that that engaged in these kinds of violent acts. And that's why I think we have to balance this attempt at protecting essentially, the Citadel, if you will, the symbol of our democratic republic from potential threats in the future while still allowing constituents and others access to the facility.

One of the allegations that was made by Democratic members of the January 6 Select Committee was that Representative Barry Loudermilk was involved, essentially, in some reconnaissance operations before January 6, et cetera, et cetera. And the Capitol Police just this week, the week of June 13, released their report saying that Mr. Loudermilk was simply taking his constituents on a tour of the Cannon and Rayburn House Office Buildings, so they weren't even actually in the Capitol. And that's why getting all of the evidence out, all the available documentary evidence, the video evidence, and so on and so forth, I think is really extremely important because clearly there are folks that have strong feelings on both sides of this issue. And when you're dealing with something that's literally this politically explosive, we need to proceed in a calm, rational and direct fashion.

REICHARD: Patrick Eddington is a senior fellow at the CATO Institute. Patrick, thank you!

EDDINGTON: Thank you.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: World Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Ohikere.

ONIZE OHIKERE, REPORTER: Horn of Africa drought—We begin in the Horn of Africa, where aid workers are warning a perfect storm of multiple crises is fueling unprecedented starvation.

AUDIO: [Sounds from Somalia’s streets]

Four consecutive rainy seasons have disappointed across Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. Meteorologists predict October rains could also underwhelm. The region faces its worst drought in at least 40 years.

Clare Nullis is the spokesperson for the World Meteorological Organization.

NULLIS: A large body of experts estimates that 16.7 million people currently face high food insecurity and projects figures to increase to 20 million by September.

The lack of rainfall has destroyed crops, killed livestock, and forced people to migrate in search of food and water. All three countries are reporting a significantly higher number of severely malnourished children at treatment centers.

AUDIO: [Woman speaking in Somali]

This Somali mother said the drought has killed the family’s cows and goats and left her child malnourished.

The conflict in Ukraine has also contributed to rising food and fuel prices. The World Food Program said its appeal in February raised less than four percent of the cash needed to help the region.

The United Nations’ children’s agency warned the region would see an “explosion of child deaths” if the world does not widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine.

U.K.-Rwanda deal—Next, to the United Kingdom.

AUDIO: [Protesters chanting]

Britain canceled its first deportation flight scheduled to leave for Rwanda on Tuesday evening, after a last-minute intervention. The European Court of Human Rights ruled the deportation could cost the asylum seekers irreversible harm.

AUDIO: [Tour of Hope Hostel, Rwanda]

The deal, reached in April, would see Britain send refugees to hostels in Rwanda instead of processing them in the U.K.

Several hundred protesters gathered outside the U.K. Home Office in London earlier on Tuesday to oppose the plan. They included Jocelyn Watson.

WATSON: We are one world, one people, and we need to look after all the peoples of the world with the resources that we have to be able to do that. And this country has the resources to take care of people, to keep people here and to help them to reestablish a new life.

An appeals court failed to block the policy on Monday. The Archbishop of Canterbury and 24 other English bishops also wrote an open letter calling the move a—quote—immoral policy that shames Britain.

British officials say the policy will deter deadly and illegal migrant arrivals across the English Channel from France.

Sandstorm in Iraq—We head over to Iraq, where a sandstorm has swept into the streets.

AUDIO: [Sound of streets]

The storm reduced visibility across the city and slowed traffic.

More than nine sandstorms have hit Iraq since April. Experts point to the drought and degrading land conditions as causes of the more frequent storms.

Hospitals continue to admit some patients struggling with respiratory problems from the sandstorms, while the Health Ministry reported at least one death last month.

Portugal celebrates St. Anthony Festival—We wrap up today in Portugal, where people dressed in colorful costumes danced in the streets of Lisbon.

AUDIO: [People dancing in parade]

The crowd was celebrating the Festival of St. Anthony, the city’s patron saint. Members of the parade danced and played music while onlookers cheered them on.

Lisbon did not celebrate the festival over the past two years due to the pandemic.

Paula Cabral was one of the food vendors at the festival.

CABRAL: [Speaking in Portuguese]

She says many people were waiting for the celebration to return to the city.

That’s it for this week’s World Tour. Reporting for WORLD, I’m Onize Ohikere in Abuja, Nigeria.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Wednesday, June 15th.

Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Coming next on The World and Everything in It: Taking control.

If statistics are right, one third of all adults with parents over 65 are helping care for them in some way. What’s the right response when loved ones late in life can no longer make wise financial decisions?

REICHARD: Recently we introduced you to an investigator who specializes in elder fraud. Today, we look at the legal side of protecting against exploitation. WORLD Senior Writer Kim Henderson brings us this report.

KIM HENDERSON, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: At the offices of Patterson Bray, you can hear high heels coming down the hall.

AUDIO: [SOUND OF HEELS] Hey, I'm Lindsay Jones... 

Lindsay Jones straightens her business suit, then places an insulated mug on the conference room table. A logo says the mug is from Seaside, Florida. But Jones is here in suburban Memphis, where she’s a legal eagle in a niche field.

JONES: I'm an attorney specializing in estate planning and post death administration, and really all issues facing people as they plan for disability and death and then transfer of assets after their death.

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Seventeen years in late-age law has given Jones some perspective.

JONES: I think the general aging of the baby boomers has presented a lot of unique issues. People are living a lot longer, which presents both financial issues and then also, you know, we're seeing more and more diminished capacity problems.

She’s also noticed something else.

JONES: It used to be that, you know, when you had an issue with capacity that, you know, a son or daughter would file to be appointed as the conservator and there wouldn't be that many issues.

A conservatorship is a step beyond a power of attorney. It’s a court process where the court investigates and appoints a third-party attorney to meet with a potentially disabled person. They’re trying to determine if diminished capacity is an issue. Doctors weigh in, too.

Ultimately, a conservatorship takes the ability to make decisions away from someone and gives it to someone else.

JONES: The last five years or so, we're seeing lots of contested conservatorships where there's either outside people involved who are trying to, you know, obtain influence over somebody's assets, or, you know, family members fighting over who's in charge of Mom's money and things like that.

Family relationships are complicated. People today have fewer children. Many times they live far away. Seniors can be especially vulnerable. Jones remembers a case involving a man who filed to be a conservator for his stepmother.

JONES: As I started looking into it, it was clear that his motivation was not to take care of her. It was to, you know, get access to her assets. And so ultimately, when I made my recommendations to the court, I said, “You know, I think somebody else needs to be appointed.”

But greedy family members aren’t the only threat. Professional thieves are out to defraud the elderly, too. Jones understood mail scams better after a client passed away. She was handling her estate.

JONES: So we had her mail forwarded to my office following her death, and the number of scams, the number of magazines that she was paying for that she never, you know, never knew that she did was absolutely astonishing.

And sometimes diminishing capacity isn’t the only problem. The older generation is just more trusting, more believing. Jones remembers one case that shows why a conservatorship can be necessary. An elderly woman was living alone. Her children had moved away.

JONES: They started noticing that Mom kept talking about this girl who lived in her neighborhood. And it was mostly a retirement neighborhood. So it was a little bit unusual, but she was somebody's niece or granddaughter or something. And they ended up figuring out that Mom had been giving her thousands upon thousands of dollars over a period of six months.

The amount of money involved in elder fraud isn’t really the issue. For some people, a loss of just hundreds of dollars can be devastating. They need advocates.

JONES: In some cases that may be $1,000. There's a lot of elderly people, you know, below the poverty line, and there are a lot of resources out there, but connecting those two is very challenging.

Jones says families who find themselves in these tough situations need resources. If it’s not a lawyer like her, there are other options.

JONES: There's an organization in Memphis called ElderCare, manage their bills and make sure that their assets are taken care of. They're, you know, approved and vetted by our court.

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In any case, it’s not easy for aging adults to admit they need help, even from children with their best interests in mind. Jones’s job means she sees people in highly emotional situations.

JONES: Some days I do very little legal work, and I do a lot more, you know, counseling, working with families.

To ward off problems, she says financial plans should be in place by age 60.

That’s right. 60.

JONES: A lot of these issues can really be prevented on the front end. With proper planning, we can use trusts to protect assets. We can go ahead and get people plugged in, having access to their parents’ medical records, and things like that . . .

Jones suggests a family meeting, an open forum.

JONES: Just say, “Look, I'm not trying to take over. I'm just trying to be there and be ready if I need to be. I think that's where the planning can really be very, very helpful.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Kim Henderson in Cordova, Tennessee.

The book of Leviticus puts together the honoring the aged with the possession of a right fear of God. That’s why swindling the aged is so scandalous.

And such a threat.

I interviewed five other sources in cities around the country for my WORLD Magazine cover story on the financial scamming of America’s elderly.

I gathered much more information in my reporting than I could include here on today’s episode of The World and Everything in It.

In fact, if I were to give all of it to you I’d need more than the rest of today’s program—and tomorrow’s—and probably the next day’s, for that matter.

Besides, all the specific detail—the facts, the figures—they just don’t translate well to radio. Too much to process.

That’s why I put it into print as well.

So you could sit down with it, read at your pace, absorb the whole story.

It’s one of the reasons we have multiple platforms at WORLD. Each one promotes different types of understanding for the stories we do.

The common thread is the reporting and also the most costly.

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Wednesday, June 15th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard.

NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher.

WORLD founder Joel Belz now with the story of a school in Tennessee that fills him with optimism for the future of Christian education.

JOEL BELZ, FOUNDER: Most WORLD listeners may not know that I wasn’t always in the task of journalism. I decided 45 years ago to leave the field of education and try my hand at publishing, but I didn’t really change my vocation.

I had spent long enough in elementary, secondary, and college level schools to know I’d have to discover my forte elsewhere. I wasn’t good at lesson plans, curriculum design, attendance records, and a hundred other habits of school life.

I had dabbled with printing and publishing for close to 20 years, and I thought it was fair to test my gifts on those fronts.

My goal—first for my students and later for my readers—was that they would always think of their Creator God as at the center of their existence. If that had defined my philosophy of Biblically directed education, it also defined my philosophy of Biblically directed journalism.

Still, it’s been my delight to watch the growth and maturing of the Christian school movement. Nor have I had to watch all this from a distance. I’ve been welcomed to serve on three different boards of directors.

From one perspective, however, a big chunk of that success has come at painful cost. The Christian school movement has become more economically elitist—which means hordes of people still have no access to a Christian school of any kind.

That’s why I’m delighted to report the commitment of at least one Christian school in responding to that challenge. Chattanooga Christian School, or CCS, in southeast Tennessee, serves just over 1,000 students. And it knows what we’re talking about when it hears the charge of elitism.

But now CCS is forging strategic links with other schools in the region. Olivet Baptist Church says that for years it’s wanted to launch a school—but leaders doubted they had the resources to do the job well. Now, in a win/win agreement, the church provides school facilities while CCS coordinates the school’s “educational infrastructure.”

It’s not about ownership. Olivet Church’s pastor, Bishop Kevin Adams, was excited about utilizing their space. School Principal Nicha Jean says: “We’re intentional. We think about what students will learn, and who our students will be. We treat the spiritual side and the academic side equally. All of it is important.”

But that’s not all. This August, CCS plans to open a second “micro school” in Chattanooga’s Glenwood area. It’s a minority community anchored by New City Fellowship (part of the Prebyterian Church in America). CCS Lower School Head Shonda Caines points to the new schools’ access to special education training and personnel.

Such innovative expansion almost makes me think it’s time to retire from journalism and see if I’ve any gifts left in the field of education.

I’m Joel Belz.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Tomorrow: War crimes in Ukraine—plus the latest in the battle for Donbas.

And, Juneteenth through the eyes of an African American farmer.

That and more tomorrow.

I’m Nick Eicher.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard.

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