Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 2017)
8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017 WORLD IN BRIEF ation peacefully. Some chained themselves to heavy objects and locked their doors. A few residents left their homes with young children in the arms. Bilha Schwarts, 24, came along with her husband and nine- month-old daughter to support the residents. “If they want it they can take it, we will not fight. We will leave but we will come back,” she told The Associated Press. Associated Press GOP suspends Senate rule, muscles Trump picks through panel WASHINGTON — In the latest intensification of partisan hos- tilities, Republicans rammed President Donald Trump’s picks to be Treasury and health secretaries through a Senate committee today with no Democrats present after unilaterally suspending panel rules that would have otherwise prevented the vote. By a pair of 14-0 roll calls, the Senate Finance Committee approved Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to be Health and Human Ser- vices secretary and banker Steve Mnuchin to be Treasury secretary. Both nominations must be confirmed by the full Senate. The GOP’s show of brute political muscle came shortly before a testy session of the Senate Judiciary Committee at which law- makers approved Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be attorney general. Later today, the full Senate planned to vote on confirming Rex Til- lerson, the former Exxon Mobil CEO, as secretary of state. Republicans and Democrats have battled virtually nonstop since Trump entered the White House 12 days ago over his refugee ban, his firing of the acting attorney general and GOP plans to erase former President Barack Obama’s health care law. With Republicans controlling both the White House and Con- gress for the first time in a decade, the GOP display of strength seemed to signal that the party will do all it can to block Demo- cratic attempts to frustrate them. Democrats had boycotted today’s abruptly called Finance Com- mittee meeting, as they’d done for a session a day earlier, demand- ing more time to question the two men about their past financial practices. Before approving the two nominees, the committee’s Republi- cans voted 14-0 to temporarily suspend a rule requiring at least one Democrat to be present for any votes. Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said the Senate parliamentarian had approved the extraordinary tactic and blamed it on Democrats, saying their boy- cott was “one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever seen” and “a nefarious breach of protocol.” In a written statement, top Finance panel Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon said, “It’s deeply troubling to me that Republicans on the Finance Committee chose to break the rules in the face of strong evidence of two nominees’ serious ethical problems Senator: Army Corps told to approve Dakota pipeline easement BISMARCK, N.D. — The Army Corps of Engineers was ordered to allow construction of the Dakota Access pipeline to pro- ceed under a disputed Missouri River crossing, North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said. It’s the latest twist in a months-long legal battle over the $3.8 billion project. The Standing Rock Sioux, whose opposition to the project attracted thousands of supporters from around the country to North Dakota, immediately vowed to again go to court to stop it. Hoeven announced late Tuesday that the acting Secretary of the Army, Robert Speer, had directed the Army Corps of Engineers to “proceed” with an easement necessary to complete the pipeline. Hoeven said he also spoke with Vice President Mike Pence, just a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order sig- naling his support for the project. A spokesman for the U.S. Army did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday night. Hoeven spokesman Don Canton said that Speer’s move means the easement “isn’t quite issued yet, but they plan to approve it” within days. The crossing under Lake Oahe, a wide section of the Missouri River in southern North Dakota, is the final big chunk of work on the four-state, $3.8 billion pipeline to carry North Dakota oil through South Dakota and Iowa to Illinois. Fed is likely to leave rates alone at a time of uncertainty WASHINGTON — At some point in the coming months, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to resume raising interest rates. Just not quite yet. Trump policy dims hope for refugees in Indonesian limbo AP Photo/David Goldman Grandma Redfeather of the Sioux Native American tribe walks in the snow to get water at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., in November. Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune Law enforcement officers, left, drag a person from a pro- test against the Dakota Access Pipeline, near the town of St. Anthony in rural Morton County, N.D., in October. North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said Tuesday that the Acting Secretary of the Army has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with an easement necessary to complete the Dakota Access pipeline. Today, the Fed will likely end its latest policy meeting with an announcement that it’s keeping its benchmark rate unchanged at a time of steady economic gains but also heightened uncertainty sur- rounding the new Trump administration. In its statement, the Fed will likely acknowledge that the econ- omy has continued to move toward the central bank’s dual goals of full employment and annual inflation of roughly a moderate 2 percent. But the Fed is nevertheless expected to signal that it wants more time to monitor the economy’s performance and that it still expects those rate increases to occur gradually. “We are moving in the direction of more rate hikes this year, but the January meeting is not where that will start,” said David Jones, chief economist at DMJ Advisors. Israeli forces begin evacuation of West Bank outpost AMONA, West Bank — Israeli forces began an operation to evacuate settlers from a West Bank outpost today whose slated destruction could rupture Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya- hu’s narrow coalition, dominated by ultranationalists who support settlements. Unarmed police in blue sweatshirts and black baseball caps made their way up the hill around midday today. On the hilltop, youngsters erected makeshift barricades from smashed tiles, rusty metal bars and large rocks to slow their advance. Some protest- ers threw rocks at security forces, while others set fire to tires and trash piles. Activists gathered in homes, praying, singing religious songs and dancing. Residents have said they plan to resist their evacu- W EDNESDAY E VENING (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM New Pentagon chief seeks to reassure nervous Asian allies WASHINGTON — By visiting Japan and South Korea on his first official overseas trip, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is seek- ing to reinforce key alliances after President Donald Trump’s campaign-trail complaints that defense treaties disadvantaged the United States. The visits also reflect the urgency of concerns on both sides of the Pacific about North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile pro- grams. Mattis, a retired four-star Marine general, inherited a North Korea problem that has grown more worrisome as the commu- nist nation’s leader, Kim Jong Un, claims progress toward field- ing a ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the United States. Former Secretary of State John Kerry said in early January the U.S. may need “more forceful ways” of deal- ing with North Korea if it develops a ballistic missile of intercon- tinental range. Mattis, who entered office hours after Trump on Jan. 20, is due to arrive Thursday in Seoul, where he will meet with his coun- terpart, Defense Minister Han Min Koo, amid a swirl of political turmoil. President Park Geun-hye was impeached in December and the constitutional court is reviewing whether to formally end her rule. Later in the week, Mattis is to hold talks in Tokyo with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and other senior Japanese gov- ernment officials. North Korea is expected to be at or near the top of Mat- tis’ agenda. Beyond its long-range missile aspirations, the North already has missiles capable of hitting South Korea as well as U.S. bases in Japan. Trump said during the campaign that while he supports the alli- ances with Japan and South Korea, he would not rule out abandon- ing them if they refuse to pay more for their own defense. “It could be that Japan will have to defend itself against North Korea,” he told a campaign rally in August. The first foreign leader he met as president-elect was Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; they’ll meet again in Washington on Feb. 10. LISTINGS THE DAILY ASTORIAN A PUNCAK, Indonesia — After getting death threats from Al-Shabab militants, Mohamed Dahir Saeed and his wife fled their native Somalia with plans to seek safety in Australia. They arrived in nearby Indonesia, only to be told “the sea is closed” for anyone attempting to make the perilous boat journey south. That was two years ago. Now another chance may be disap- pearing for Saeed and thousands of other asylum seekers who have made it to this Southeast Asian country with dreams of finding bet- ter lives elsewhere. “The majority of people here, the U.S. takes them,” Saeed said. “Now the U.S. they say no Somalian, no Iraq, no Syrian, no Iran, no Sudan. ... So maybe we will go to another place. I hope,” he said, seated outside his tiny house perched above the Ciliwung River. For thousands of asylum seekers and refugees from Iraq, Somalia and other conflict-scarred countries, Indonesia is an often yearslong hiatus as they wait for the U.S. or another country to accept them. President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim countries and suspension of the U.S. refugee pro- gram has now made their tenuous situation even more uncertain. Indonesia is home to nearly 14,000 men, women and children seeking resettlement in other countries, according to UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency. About 7,500 have been recognized as refu- gees, giving them the prized U.N. card that inches them closer to realizing their dreams of a better life. But last year just 610 were resettled in other countries such as the U.S., Canada, Germany and New Zealand. Evening listings WEDNESDAY F EBRUARY 1 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune The Goldbergs Speechless Modern Family Black-ish Match Game KATU News at 11 (:35) Jimmy Kimmel KOMO 4 News Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! The Goldbergs Speechless Modern Family Black-ish Match Game KOMO 4 News (:35) Jimmy Kimmel NBC Nightly News KING 5 News KING 5 News Evening Law & Order: S.V.U. "Broken Rhymes" Law & Order: S.V.U. "Terrorized" Chicago P.D. KING 5 News (:35) Tonight Show KOIN Local 6 at 6 CBS Evening News Extra Ent. Tonight Hunted "Operation Cupid's Revenge" (N) Criminal Minds "Surface Tension" (N) Code Black "The Devil's Workshop" (N) KOIN 6 News @ 11 (:35) S. Colbert KIRO 7 News CBS Evening News The Insider Ent. Tonight Hunted "Operation Cupid's Revenge" (N) Criminal Minds "Surface Tension" (N) Code Black "The Devil's Workshop" (N) KIRO News (:35) S. Colbert KGW News at 6:00 p.m. Live at Seven Inside Edition Law & Order: S.V.U. "Broken Rhymes" Law & Order: S.V.U. "Terrorized" Chicago P.D. KGW News at 11 (:35) Tonight Show Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Modern Family Modern Family Arrow "Second Chances" (N) The 100 "Echoes" (SP) (N) KGW News at 10 Two and a Half 1/2 Two and a Half 2/2 Met Your Mother Journeys in Japan Business (N) PBS NewsHour Nature "Spy in the Wild: Love" (N) Nova "Search for the Super Battery" (N) Secrets of Dead "The Alcatraz Escape" Aurora: Fire in the Sky (N) 6 O'Clock News Family Feud Family Feud Showtime at the Apollo (N) Star "Infamous" (N) 10 O'Clock News 11 O'Clock News 2 Broke Girls Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory FOX 12's 8 O'Clock News on PDX-TV FOX 12's 9 O'Clock News on PDX-TV Family Guy Family Guy American Dad Cleveland Show Modern Family Modern Family Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Showtime at the Apollo (N) Star "Infamous" (N) Q13 News at 10 Q13 News The Simpsons Seinfeld Pt. 1 of 2 Seinfeld Pt. 2 of 2 Seinfeld Seinfeld Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Full Frontal (N) Conan (N) Two and a Half 1/2 Two and a Half 2/2 Last Man Standng Last Man Standng Modern Family Modern Family Q13 News at 9 Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Friends Friends (4:00) NBA Basketb. NBA Basketball Chicago Bulls at Oklahoma City Thunder Site: Chesapeake Energy Arena (L) SportsCenter SportsCenter SportsCenter NCAA Basketball Baylor at Kansas (L) SportsCenter NFL Live E:60 Profile "The Brothers Bennett" NBA Basketball Minnesota vs Cleveland Henry Danger Henry Danger The Thundermans The Thundermans Ride (N) Game Shakers Full House Full House Full House Full House Friends Friends Girl Meets World Bizaardvark K.C. Undercover Good Luck Charlie Stuck in Middle Good Luck Charlie Liv and Maddie Liv and Maddie Bunk'd Bunk'd Jessie Jessie Days of Thunder (1990, Sport) Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Tom Cruise. The 700 Club (5:30) The Notebook (2004, Romance) Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Gosling. (5:00) Star Trek: Into Darkness (‘13) Chris Pine. (:40) Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, Sci-Fi) Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine. (:20) FXM Presents Evil Dead (2013, Thriller) Shiloh Fernandez, Jane Levy. Little Women Atlanta "The Truth Hurts" LW Atlanta "Masquerade Ballers" Little Women: Atlanta "Just a Friend" LW Atlanta "Mama Drama" (N) Black Magic "Ready for Vegas?" (N) Vivica "Everyone's Replaceable" (N) Mark Few In Depth (N) NCAA Basketball Air Force vs. Fresno State (L) In the Spotlight The Game 365 NCAA Basketball Marquette vs. St. John's NCAA Basketball Seton Hall at Xavier (L) Fox College Hoops NFL Films Special TMZ Sports Skip and Shannon: Undisputed The Waterboy (1998, Comedy) Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Adam Sandler. (4:30) The Goonies (‘85, Adv) Sean Astin. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (‘13) Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Logan Lerman. The Waterboy (5:55) South Park (:55) South Park "Gnomes" (:25) South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park Workaholics (N) Jeff & Aliens (N) The Daily Show (N) @midnight (N) Pickers "Who's the Rarest of Them All?" American Pickers "Divide and Conquer" Vikings "On the Eve" Vikings "The Reckoning" (N) Six "Tour of Duty" (N) Six "Tour of Duty" First 48 "House of Pain/ Into the Night" Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty (:05) Duck Dynasty "RV There Yet?" My 600-lb Life: Extended "Kirsten's Story" (N) My 600-lb Life "Doug's Story" (N) Too Close Home "A Surprising Visit" (N) My 600-lb Life "Doug's Story" Alaskan Bush People "Bear With Us" Bush People "Browntown Boom" Alaskan Bush "Dead in the Water" Alaskan Bush People (N) Sea Gold "Uncharted Waters" (SP) (N) Alaskan Bush People Border Wars "Weed Warehouse" Alaska Troopers "Midnight Poachers" Alaska Troopers "Backwoods Bust" Alaska State Troopers "Hairy Threat" Trooper "Blacked Out and Belligerent" Alaska State Troopers "Smell of Death" Limitless (2011, Mystery) Anna Friel, Bradley Cooper. Bones "The Jewel in the Crown" Bones (:15) Draft Day (2014, Sport) Jennifer Garner, Tom Welling, Kevin Costner. (5:00) Forrest Gump (‘94, Comedy/Drama) Sally Field, Gary Sinise, Tom Hanks. Pearl Harbor (2001, War) Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck. Goodfellas (‘90, Crime Story) Ray Liotta. NCIS "16 Years" NCIS "Saviors" NCIS "Day in Court" NCIS "Sister City" Pt. 1 of 2 Suits "The Painting" (N) Modern Family Modern Family Chopped Chopped Cuthroat "Fry-Day Night Bites" (N) Cook vs. Con "Tailgate Takedown" (N) Bakers vs. Fakers "Brownie Points" (N) Cooks vs. Cons Buying and Selling "Lesson in Location" Buying & Selling "Suburban to Urban" Property Brothers Property Brothers (N) House Hunters House Hunters Property Brothers The Croods (2013, Animated) Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage. Penguins of Madagascar (‘14) Voices of Chris Miller, Tom McGrath. Penguins of Madagascar (‘14) Voices of Chris Miller, Tom McGrath. Anderson Cooper 360 (L) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon CNN Tonight With Don Lemon Anderson Cooper 360 Anderson Cooper 360 CNN Tonight With Don Lemon Tucker Carlson Tonight Hannity The O'Reilly Factor Tucker Carlson Tonight Hannity The First 100 Days Shark Tank Blue Collar (N) Blue Collar Shark Tank Shark Tank Blue Collar Blue Collar Paid Program Paid Program Housewives Atlanta "Into the Woods" Beverly Hills "It's Expensive to Be Me" Beverly "Boys, Blades, and Bag of Pills" The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (N) WatchWhat (N) Beverly Hills An American in Paris (‘51, Mus) Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Gene Kelly. Annie Hall (‘77, Comedy) Diane Keaton, Woody Allen. (:15) Around the World in 80 Days (5:00) All About Eve (‘50) Anne Baxter, Bette Davis. (5:00) The Legend of Hercules (:55) Captain America: The First Avenger (‘11) Chris Evans. The Magicians "Hotel Spa Potions" (N) The Expanse "Safe/ Doors & Corners" (SP) (N) (:35) The Magicians Cowboy TV (N) Noble Outfitters W. Rodeo (N) Equestrian Nation Total Team Roping Rural Eve. News The Final Spin Road/American Cowboy TV Noble Outfitters Product Showcase
