ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

East County News Service

November 16, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Election

• Trump to supporters harassing minorities: stop it (CNN)
• Many of Trump’s promises will be hard if not impossible to fulfill.  (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump’s first 100 days’ action plan (NPR)
• 20 things Donald Trump said he wants to get rid of as president (New York Times)
• Donald Trump is picking his cabinet:  here’s a short list (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Russian diplomat: We had ‘contacts’ with Trump campaign during election  (Snopes)
• 4 threats to the media under President Trump (Washington Post) 
• Trump will roll back Obama’s LGBT protections, Mike Pence confirms (Pink News)
• Donald Trump introduces child-care policies influenced by Ivanka Trump (Washington Post)
• Election shows weakened labor support for the Democratic party  (APM Marketplace)
• Trumponomics could split the GOP in two (CNN)
• Trump-U lawsuit trails the president right to the White House door (Yahoo! News)
• The election was hacked (Reporting San Diego)

Other national news

• At least 20 wildfires sweeping Southeast suspected of arson (CS Monitor)
• U.S. transport safety board calls for tougher rail oversight (Reuters)

 WORLD

• Trump victory provokes crisis in foreign policy (Politico)
• Taliban bomber attacks Bagram air base, kills 4 Americans (CS Monitor)
• At Least 500,000 Protest in Seoul Demanding Korean President's Resignation (NPR)
• After Powerful Quake, Tourists, Residents (And Cows) Stranded in New Zealand (NPR)
• Turkey could put EU talks to a referendum next year: Erdogan (Reuters)
• EU split over how to handle post-coup Turkey  (Reuters)
• Challenging government, Egypt's parliament approves 'repressive' NGO bill  (Reuters)

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U.S.

Election

Trump to supporters harassing minorities: stop it (CNN)

Donald Trump on Sunday told his supporters to stop harassing minorities, in his first televised sit-down interview since becoming President-elect. "I am so saddened to hear that," Trump told CBS' Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes" when she said Latinos and Muslims are facing harassment. "And I say, 'Stop it.' If it -- if it helps, I will say this, and I will say right to the cameras: 'Stop it.'"

Many of Trump’s promises will be hard if not impossible to fulfill.  (Washington Post)

President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office under immense pressure to quickly deliver on a list of audacious campaign promises...Some of Trump’s most dramatic undertakings — such as canceling Obama’s “illegal” executive actions — can be done in his first hours as president. Other priorities, such as repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act or building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, will require the approval of Congress, which will be controlled by Republicans but could still squabble over details. Others still could run into political or legal obstacles that may be difficult to overcome.

Donald Trump’s first 100 days’ action plan (NPR)

In late October, Donald Trump released an action plan for what he hopes to accomplish in his first 100 days in office. Below, NPR reporters and editors from the politics team and other coverage areas have annotated Trump's plan. We've added context on several of his proposals, including whether he can really repeal Obamacare and what a hiring freeze on the federal workforce would actually look like.

20 things Donald Trump said he wants to get rid of as president (New York Times)

Here are some of the parts of the government that Donald J. Trump promised to dismantle if elected. In the days since the election, he has begun to moderate some of his positions, so it’s unclear how many of his pledges will become reality.

Donald Trump is picking his cabinet:  here’s a short list (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Donald J. Trump’s transition team, which was handed over to Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Friday and includes a host of corporate consultants and lobbyists in addition to independent experts, is moving quickly to assemble leaders of the new administration. Here are some possibilities for the cabinet and other key posts.

Russian diplomat: We had ‘contacts’ with Trump campaign during election  (Snopes)

Russia's deputy foreign minister told state media that officials knew most of Donald Trump's 'entourage.'

4 threats to the media under President Trump (Washington Post) 

President-elect Donald Trump said during the campaign that he was “running against the crooked media.” He referred to journalists as “dishonest,” “disgusting” and “scum.” But beyond the insults and the accusations of a conspiracy against him, Trump also raised the specter of concrete threats to the press.  Here are four:

Trump will roll back Obama’s LGBT protections, Mike Pence confirms (Pink News)

The news comes from Trump’s Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence’s interview with Dr James Dobson’s Family Talk radio show, which aired earlier this week. President Obama last year signed an executive order outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity among federal contractors. Earlier this year his administration followed up with guidance to schools, urging them not to discriminate against transgender students.

Donald Trump introduces child-care policies influenced by Ivanka Trump (Washington Post)

Donald Trump, in softer tones than he normally uses, on Tuesday unveiled several policy proposals for lowering child-care costs that were crafted in part by his eldest daughter, Ivanka, including a plan to guarantee six weeks of paid maternity leave that marks a striking departure from GOP orthodoxy… Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has proposed guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family leave. (Clinton’s plan also included paternity leave for men.)

Election shows weakened labor support for the Democratic party (APM Marketplace)

 Donald Trump promised during the campaign that he would buck history and win the union vote for Republicans. In the end, he didn’t win a majority among union households nationwide. But he did cut into President Barack Obama’s margin with union households, helping Republicans to flip crucial swing-states in their favor — including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Trumponomics could split the GOP in two (CNN)

You would normally associate Republicans with lower spending. But not when it comes to the next president of the United States. Donald Trump has big spending ambitions. He wants to spend $550 billion updating the nation's creaking infrastructure. Alongside major tax reductions, Trump also wants big boosts to defense spending. That's not all. The President-elect has also pledged not to reform America's entitlements system of Social Security (pensions and income support) and Medicare (health care for the elderly).

Watch Hillary Clinton’s powerful, somber concession speech (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Hillary Clinton officially ended her campaign for the White House with a concession speech Wednesday that acknowledged her surprise and disappointment but also called for the nation to welcome Donald Trump with an “open mind.”

Trump-U lawsuit trails the president right to the White House door (Yahoo! News)

Trump] was dealt a setback by U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, whose name was dragged into the presidential campaign when Trump denounced him as “a hater of Donald Trump,” owing to his Mexican heritage. Curiel denied a motion by Trump’s lawyers seeking to exclude from the civil trial any testimony about issues that arose during the presidential race, including Trump’s public statements, tweets and “personal conduct accusations” — a reference to claims by a dozen women that he sexually assaulted or harassed them. Trump has denied the women’s claims and has threatened to sue them for defamation.

The election was hacked (Reporting San Diego)

First off, before you scream too hard, yes the election was hacked. No, this is not a conspiracy theory, and yes, it is as American as apple pie. First off, Republicans engaged in the same kind of techniques they used in Florida 2000.

Other national news

At least 20 wildfires sweeping Southeast suspected of arson (CS Monitor)

More than 5,000 firefighters and support staff from around the nation are trying to suppress the fires brought on by drought conditions across the Southeastern states.

U.S. transport safety board calls for tougher rail oversight  (Reuters)

 The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday urged federal regulators to improve oversight of rail transit systems following a series of accidents and urged logistical improvements to prevent train passenger deaths and injuries in crashes.

WORLD

Trump victory provokes crisis in foreign policy (Politico)

From the Middle East to Eastern Europe to Asia to Mexico, countries brace for major changes.

Taliban bomber attacks Bagram air base, kills 4 Americans (CS Monitor)

A suicide bomber killed four and wounded at least 17 others in one of the bloodiest attacks against US forces since President Obama took office.

At Least 500,000 Protest in Seoul Demanding Korean President's Resignation (NPR)

Pressure has been mounting for weeks on President Park Geun-hye, whose approval rating is at five percent amid a mushrooming cronyism scandal.

After Powerful Quake, Tourists, Residents (And Cows) Stranded in New Zealand (NPR)

At least two people died in the powerful quake on Sunday, which has been followed by a series of aftershocks. Highways and railroads are destroyed; military aircraft are preparing to drop supplies.

Turkey could put EU talks to a referendum next year: Erdogan (Reuters)

Turkey could hold a referendum on whether to continue membership talks with the European Union next year, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, and repeated his warning to Brussels that it needed to "make up its mind" on Turkish accession. European Union foreign ministers were meeting on Monday to consider shelving membership talks with Turkey over what they see as its lurch away from democracy after a failed coup in July, although there is no consensus for such a move.

EU split over how to handle post-coup Turkey  (Reuters)

 The European Union was divided on Monday on how to handle Turkey over its crackdown on alleged supporters of a failed July military coup, with Austria leading calls to suspend Ankara's EU membership bid and Britain firmly in favor of maintaining ties.

Challenging government, Egypt's parliament approves 'repressive' NGO bill  (Reuters)

 Egypt's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to regulate non-governmental organizations in a move human rights groups say effectively bans their work.