NPR 2012-12-04

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　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack¹ Speer.

 

　　House Republican leaders today send President Obama what they are calling a "bold counter-offer" end up heading of severe spending cuts that across the board tax increases on January 1st. As NPR's David Welna explains the White House has already rejected the GOP's proposal.

 

　　Shortly after GOP leader sends the letter to the president outlining their counter-proposal on deficit² reduction, the White House put out the statement saying the plan does not meet the [tax]? of balance, because it lowers the tax rates for the wealthy and sticks the middle class with the bill. In their offer, House Republicans [flat]? they will reject raising any tax rates on the wealthy as President Obama would do, and instead promise additional tax cuts [overall]? raising 800 billion dollars and additional revenue over the next decade and waste that are not specified³. Republicans say their plan is based on comments made by Erskine Bowles, coauthor of the Bowles-Simpson Deficit Reduction Plan, but Bowles says what they are offering is not his plan and edge both sides to give some ground. David Welna, NPR News, the Capital.

 

　　Opponents of Egypt's President will again take to the streets Tuesday to condemn⁴ a set of controversial decrease and a plan vote on a constitution. NPR's Leila Fadel reports the march to the presidential pals⁵ has been dubbed⁶ "The Final Warning".

 

　　Outside the palace, security was bolstered⁷ in advance of the planned protest. The third mass demonstration⁸ since president Mohamed Morsi's decrease which put him above jurisdiction⁹ oversight¹⁰. The opposition¹¹ has unified¹² in an unprecedented¹³ manner against his decisions and the plan [refer random¹⁴ on his three draft constitution]?. The document was adopted on Islamic majority body with the popular mandate¹⁵. Today, several newspapers ran covers with the words "No to Dictatorship". At least 11 independent newspapers were suspend publication tomorrow in solidarity¹⁶ with the Anti-Morsi protest, and at least three privately¹⁷ owned channels won't broadcast. The highest jurisdictional¹⁸ authority has agreed to monitor the vote scheduled for December 15th, but many judges are still calling for a boycott¹⁹. Leila Fadel, NPR News, Cairo.

 

　　[… ground]? on more new projects in October, the []? says construction spending was up 1.4%, posting its biggest gain since the Spring. Spending on new home construction, the biggest part of that rose 3%. PNC economist²⁰ Stuart Hoffman says the recent storm that hit US could mean more building in coming months.

 

　　There are many things to rebuild from Sandy, probably over the Winter into the Spring months, would probably only add to the construction activity in those affected²¹ hearted areas.

 

　　Non-residential construction was up by a small to 3 [times represent]?.

 

　　More people were visiting auto²² dealer²³ showrooms last month. Auto makers²⁴ from [] to [] reporting strong November sales figures. [] say all to they expect November vehicle sales of top 15 million units, the highest level since 2008. Both [] and Ford²⁵ reported double-digit sales gains.

 

　　Stocks closed lower today. Investors²⁶ continued with a [check]? cautiously. Negotiations²⁷ continue in Washington towards a []? year-end tax []? spending cuts. The Dow was down 59 points. This is NPR.

 

　　President Obama is taking Israel [attacks] to the plan construction of new settlements in the West Bank. State department today saying such plans are specially²⁸ damaging the prospects²⁹, for resumption that was really Palestinians peace talks. Israel Friday announced plans to build 3000 settler homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem on territory the Palestinians have claimed that was theirs to punished Palestinians []? a recognition. State department official says that both sides should stop taking actions that hurt ongoing³⁰ peace efforts.

 

　　The coauthor of the best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea" has died in an apparent suicide. David Oliver Relin cowrote the 2006 memoir³¹ with Greg Mortenson about building schools in Afghanistan. As NPR's Neda Ulaby reports he died November 15th at Portland, Oregon at the age of 49.

 

　　Relin had apparently³² suffered from depression [while coping with the follow..]? after parts of "Three Cups of Tea" were exposed as fraudulent on the CPS News Shows 16 Minutes last year. He hired a lawyer to protect himself against the federal lawsuit³³. The authors and publishers were accused to deceiving readers to boost sales and donations. Relin have long published heart-warming stories for magazines such as []. They are often focused on children set in the developing world. Details of Relin's death has not yet been made public. His second book about doctors performing [] surgeries in the third world is scheduled to be published in February. Neda Ulaby, NPR News.

 

　　Presidents of rain worry California aren't going to get much of a break. The national weather services says after series of wit windy storms, more bad weathers are on the way. [] significant range which were expected to hit parts of California bringing with it another five inches of rain in some spots. [Some official says latest] it won't match the 15-20 brought last week.

 

　　I'm Jack Speer, NPR News, Washington.

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