Supreme Court Ethics Code, Hamas Military Compound, New Climate Report
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New ethics rules of the U. S. Supreme court come after concerns over undisclosed gifts and trips to certain justices. Now the rules aimed to fortify the integrity .

of the judiciary. But who will enforce them?

I mean, Martinis, that's like a photo. And this is up first from npr news. Israel claims IT has evidence of a homes, military compound .

under a hospital in gaza, A, A control center, suicide bb, A K forty seven, assad drivers, explosive devices, R, P, G and other weapons.

What is the situation?

A new report details the impacts that climate change has on health and the economy, whose suffering the consequences .

climate change. This proportionally affects those who've done the least to cause the problem.

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The supreme court has adopted its first code of ethics after a series of news story's documenting sitting justices accepting lavish gifts from republic and donors.

The new ethics rules are similar to those already apply to lower court judges, except they are missing one important feature only someone went for. Some were .

going now by just in Elliott. He's a reporter with pro publica and he's been covering the story of morning, Justin.

Good morning. okay.

So we're going to get into the lack of an enforcement mechanism. But first, if you could just tell us what this code atis actually says.

sure. So the code itself runs about nine pages and IT IT covers a range of topics from when a justice has to recuse himself or herself from a case, for example, when they might have a financial stake in the outcome, uh to a prohibition on solicitating gifts uh to a sort of more uh general principles like the fact that the justice should not engage in in political activity, although that term is not defined, that the code .

so if there isn't a way to enforce this, then why would justice is follow IT?

It's a good question. I mean, it's sort of the honor system. I mean, judges and another legal observers we talked to said this is significant because, uh, lower court judges for for a century now i've had uh some sort of written ethics codes for having something explicit in writing that the the meeting yeah the public can look at and and measure justices conduct against uh, is meaningful even though as you said, there's no actual a way to enforce IT that's laid out in the code.

Now this is all happening because of accountability reporting that republican and others did on justice Clairs Thomas simula fAiling to disclose expensive gifts from benefactors. Would something have been different if these rules existed before?

It's a good question in in some ways no because there there is a separate federal law that this does not change that requires justices to report most gifts and what we reported that justice Thomas leader had failed to follow that law by not just closing these gifts um in other cases, this code could come in to play we reported, for example, that uh justice Thomas was flown a few years ago to be the speaker at at a fundraiser for uh the coke political network of groups the question would be, well, this code of conduct says justices can't engage in political activity and you know, to a lot of people are speaking at a funders of political group would count as political activity so and then the question would be, well, who determines whether justice omas violated the code and and you know, as I mentioned, code is silent on that question okay.

So the U. S. Senate continues to investigate ethical lapses on the court, and congress could still pass ethics legislation if democrats get their way. Does the adoption of this new code ethics have any impact on any of those efforts?

Yet we're still watching what's happening at the senate year committee. H senate democrats have a been talking about issuing sap as to some of justice Thomas benefactor s to try to get the full picture on gifts and they have not said they're backing down.

but we will see what happens. Reporter, just in Elliott with pro public things.

just thanks.

Israel claims IT has evidence of a hamas military compound beneath a hospital in gaza city.

This is says israel's military says it's asking everyone at hospitals in northern gaza to evacuate in its pursuit of homos. These hospitals are in desperate conditions. Theyve essentially stop functioning staff there. They say patients, including newborn babies, are dying because of a lack of treatment and there is no safe way out despite evacuation. Ord.

for the latest, were joined by mp r. Greg miry and teleview high ground 太 累了。 So what exactly is israel saying IT found underneath this hospital in gazza city? And have you been able to independently confirm any of IT?

So is really saying IT and uncovered this a mos compound underneath the O N T C children's hospital in gaza city. Israeli forced this hospital to evacuate over the weekend, and now he is interred. Israeli s. Main military spokesman, real animal Daniel 和 gary went to the hospital， and he appears in a video showing a tunnel just outside the hospital and weapons in a room beneath the hospital. Here is underneath .

the hospital. In the basement, we found a huMason monon control center, suicide bomb vests, renae A K forty seven assault rifles, explosive devices, RPG s and other weapons.

so they that we can independently confirm these details. And her mos is saying they didn't Operate there, that this is not not real, but israel says this is why IT is evacuating hospitals and that he expects to find more homos compounds under other hospitals.

Now some hospitals have been evacuated. Brothers have not. What are the conditions in the hospitals that still have staff in patients?

They're just absolutely desperate. The two largest hospitals in gazza city or chief a and or could say they really stop functioning as hospitals. They don't have electricity.

They can provide any real treatment. They say patients are dying from a lack of care. L SHE.

Fell hospital says that has about a hundred decomposing bodies in the court yard in the more and we're hearing today, the hospital is planning a mass grave in the court yard. Now israeli tanks are just outside l. Sheva and other hospitals in the northern part of gaza.

There are regular firefights with homos militants who are also nearby. Israel says it's allowing, even encouraging people to evacuate, but the medical staff s say it's simply too dangerous and they aren't going to abandon their patients. So it's really just a horrific situation all around.

Now international pressure is mounting on israel because of these horrific conditions at the hospitals, because hospitals are in the midst of war, facing attacks. Human rights groups, the world health organization, pointing out that international require law requires that health care workers, patients who need care in the mid of war, should be protected. Is this impacting israel calculation here as that moves forward?

Well awarded? no. Israel is pressing ahead with this military campaign against the boss despite this growing uh, calls internationally for a ceasefire, and in israel is even getting pressure from allies.

Now president biden just said yesterday that hospitals must be protected and he hopes to see less intrusive action at the hospitals. Uh, meanwhile, many israelis are demanding the prime minister, Benjamin na hoo, do more to win. The release of some two hundred and forty hostages held by talks are ongoing, but there's no clear or imminent deal right now. And there have been large marches outside the yahoo office and home, so not in yahoo. And the israeli government are facing pressure from all .

directions on the stated goal of this war to eradicate hamas. It's over a month into this world. What is israel saying about well .

uh israel's military um has been able to go almost anywhere, wants to a northern gaza, but IT hasn't defeated or destroyed her mos is that seeks to do not by a long shot. So all that suggests that we're looking at an extended conflict unless there are can be some sort of ceasefire and negotiations.

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Climate change is affecting every part of america's lives with huge impacts on the economy and people's health.

And now we know more about those impacts and what they hold for the future. Thanks to a new report out this morning, is the federal government's latest national climate assessment.

IT lays out how climate change is altering our lives and who is paying the biggest Price. Or about a her. Her from emps climate desk is here with more.

Good morning. Good morning. So this is the most important climate report the federal government does. The last one came out five years ago. What's knew this time?

Will we have a much Better handle on how expensive climate changes um in the number of you are huge. So for example, the cost of disasters, severe hurricanes, floods, wildfires, heat waves, drought, they cause at least one hundred fifty billion dollars in damage every year. That's according to the report.

That is, a lot of money is equal to the total budget of the department of energy over a year. The report also estimates the less tangible costs, though, in our daily lives, like the mental health toll of surviving a disaster, or just the cost of wild fire smoke, these are wild. The report estimates that there are billions of dollars in lost wages every year when it's too smoky for people to safely work outside .

billions of dollars in last wages, who's bearing most of the cost.

according to this report. You know the big one is that um you know climate change has these unequal effects. That's what the report says.

Some people do suffer more than others. So for example, people of color in the U. S. They are disproportionate, affected by heat temperatures are higher in igher hoods that were subjective to federal housing discrimination ation in the twenty eighth century. It's also true that poor americans are at higher risk from climate change.

For example, you know, if you can't afford to run your air conditioner during a heat wave, that can be dangerous. Foreign kers and construction workers, they are more likely to face deadly heat at their work. Katherine hay hoo is one of the lead authors of the report.

and this is how he said, climate change, disproportionate effects, those who've done the least to cause the problem.

Because, of course, climate change is caused by Greenhouse gas emissions, you know, mostly from burning fossil fuels like oil and gas at huge scale. But the people who are most affected by climate change usually aren't responsible for the most emissions. And one thing that this report lays out, really for the first time, and the document with this much influence, is that america's fossil fuel power society is profoundly unjust.

Now you call this report influential. Why does this one Carry more weight than other assessments?

You know, it's because IT affects things, uh, that are just in our daily lives all around us. This information is what governments used to make concrete decisions about, like where to build houses or build a new highway or had a regula what comes out of car tail pipes. It's it's really sophisticated.

It's the most complete picture of how climate change affects the U. S. So it's a really big deal.

So you mentioned a lot of problems. Do the scientists who wrote this report offer any solutions?

They don't prescribe specific policies, but they do lay out some facts like addressing climate change can make the U. S. A fair, our place to live.

So for example, right now, if you're poor or if you're not poor, but your black or hispanic, a indigenous, you're more likely to live in a place with polluted air. And as we move away from fossil fuels, that means that less air pollution. So two birds once stone. But concrete policy decisions, they're really up to people with power right now.

Scientists rebeca hurt her from M. P. S. Climate death thin robeco. thanks. And that's up first for tuesday, november fourteen th.

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