Morning Edition

Trump To Talk Tax Code Overhaul With Key Members of Congress

By Scott Horsley • Sep 5, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Denham: Protecting 'DREAMers' Is A Way For Congress To Come Together

By editor • Sep 5, 2017

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Wisconsin Girl Aims To Save For College By Flipping Houses

By editor • Sep 5, 2017

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

New Record Set In Bavaria For Carrying Beer Tankards

By editor • Sep 5, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

The Army, The Inventor And The Surprising Uses Of A Batman Machine

By Joe Palca • Sep 5, 2017

Sometimes the true value of an invention isn't obvious until people start using it.

Consider what happened to inventor Nate Ball and his powered ascender. About 15 years ago, Ball was an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when the U.S. Army approached MIT with a request: Can somebody build a powered device that can pull somebody up a rope, like Batman does?

Smaller Political Parties In Germany Could Become Powerbrokers

By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson • Sep 5, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

North Korea Tests U.S. Patience With Latest Missile Launch

By editor • Sep 5, 2017

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Another weapons test from North Korea, another emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, and more tough talk from the U.S. and its allies.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

Labor Day Demonstrators Turn Out In LA To Protest Possible DACA Changes

By Daniel Hajek • Sep 5, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

As Human Rescues Wind Down, Helicopters Drop Hay To Stranded Cattle

By editor • Sep 5, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Violence In Mexico Expands To Tourist Destination

By Carrie Kahn • Sep 4, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

FEMA's Role In Responding To Disasters

By editor • Sep 4, 2017

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Someone Steals $7,000 In Legos

By editor • Sep 4, 2017

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

News Brief: North Korean Nukes, Trump's Response, Harvey's Toxic Effects

By Elise Hu • Sep 4, 2017

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

So we definitely want to spend some time this morning talking about North Korea maybe - maybe - testing a hydrogen bomb. But let's start with some news out of the White House last night on immigration.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

High School Female Quarterback Throws Touchdown Pass In First Game

By editor • Sep 4, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Thousands Of Rohingya Flee Myanmar Amid Brutal Violence

By Michael Sullivan • Sep 4, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Remembering Walter Becker Of Steely Dan

By Andrew Limbong • Sep 4, 2017

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Steely Dan - that band's debut album in 1972 fused together jazz, rock guitar, drums, keys. And they just created this sound.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DO IT AGAIN")

STEELY DAN: (Singing) In the morning, you go gunning for the man who stole your water. And you fire...

What Diplomacy Can And Can't Change With North Korea

By editor • Sep 4, 2017

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

And let's talk about how this weekend's nuclear test ups the ante in the North Korea crisis. President Trump's national security team rushed to meet yesterday. Afterward, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stepped out of the White House and issued a warning.

Your Apartment Is Flooded But The Rent Is Still Due

By Nate Rott • Sep 1, 2017

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Harvey is finally starting to dissipate. The remains of the Category 4 hurricane are now pouring rain as far away as Tennessee. In Texas and Louisiana, floodwaters are receding, revealing just how much damage the storm did.