Ohio Opioid Settlement; Canada Elections; Andrew Yang On Trump Impeachment

Plus, the “blob” that’s fascinating Paris. by Jill Hudson and Korva Coleman First Up [On Saturday, President Trump abandoned his plan to host the next G-7 summit at his golf resort in Doral, Fla.]( Alex Sanz/AP Here's what we're following today. President Trump fired off late-night tweets Saturday, announcing next year’s G-7 summit wouldn’t be held at his Miami-area golf club. Trump blamed the reversal on [Democrats and the media](. Three drug distributors and one drugmaker have reached a tentative settlement in a landmark opioid trial in Ohio. News of [the last-minute deal]( emerged just hours before the first federal trial on liability for the opioid crisis was set to begin Monday morning. Canadians are going to the polls Monday to decide whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party will get another term. Trudeau is locked in a virtual tie with the opposition Conservative Party in [a race that has some distinctly American overtones](. President Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, on Sunday again tried to control the damage from his earlier acknowledgment that the White House pressured Ukraine to investigate the 2016 presidential election. Mulvaney said his words were [taken out of context](. Defense Secretary Mark Esper traveled to Afghanistan on Saturday in an effort to restart peace talks with the Taliban after President Trump scrapped plans for negotiations at Camp David last month. Esper also announced U.S. troops being withdrawn from northern Syria will be [redeployed to Iraq to help fight ISIS]( even though Trump has insisted that ISIS is completely defeated. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Video Andrew Yang says there’s no guarantee impeaching Trump will be successful. [Entrepreneur and presidential hopeful Andrew Yang prepares for a meeting with undecided voters in Manhattan.]( A.J. Chavar for NPR In an interview with NPR’s Noel King, entrepreneur and Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang says while he supports the impeachment inquiry against President Trump, [Democrats should be working on their own vision to attract new voters](. Yang says Democrats need to articulate a vision for the country. "When we're talking about Donald Trump, we are losing to Donald Trump, even if it's in the context of talking about impeaching him." --------------------------------------------------------------- The Daily Good Bangkok’s “happy” snake wrangler. Michael Sullivan for NPR During the rainy season, Bangkok's firefighters spend more time answering snake removal calls than fighting fires. And when pythons, cobras and pit vipers show up in Bangkok homes, Pinyo Pukpinyo, a sergeant in the city's fire department, is the expert who catches them. By his own count, [he's been bitten more than 20 times]( mostly by pythons, which are nonvenomous but can still hurt. Pinyo is clearly comfortable with all of them; his work, he says, "makes me happy." --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listens One McDonald's in France has become a social justice cause. [Kamel Guemari is a manager of a McDonald's in a neighborhood in Marseille, France, that's known for crime and drug gangs.]( Dan Charles/NPR In France, McDonald's is often a symbol of everything that's despised about American capitalism and fast-food culture. But McDonald's employees in Marseille are fighting to save their restaurant. For them, McD's isn't a capitalist giant; it's a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immigrant neighborhood. (Listening time, 7:13) [► LISTEN]( George RR Martin really does know you want him to write faster. Martin, who's working on the long-awaited sixth volume of his series A Song of Ice and Fire, rarely gives interviews — but NPR's Scott Simon recently caught up with him onstage at an awards ceremony. (Listening time, 6:59) [► LISTEN]( A crash victim’s family pushes to keep the Boeing 737 Max from flying again too soon. [Michael Stumo and his wife Nadia Milleron, whose daughter was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight crash, attend a House committee hearing June 19.]( Mark Wilson/Getty Images The death of Samya Stumo in an Ethiopian Airlines crash stirred her parents to take action against regulators and Boeing. Victims' families want regulators to order a complete review of the 737 Max. (Listening time, 4:45) [► LISTEN]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Picture Show Occupying an ancient forest in Germany to save it. [An activist who goes by Sasha rests. Most of the activists prefer to use a forest name to hide their identity.]( Néha Hirve Images by photographer Néha Hirve document how activists squatting in the 12,000-year-old Hambach Forest are [fighting an energy company's encroachment](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [Though complications from the flu can be deadly for people who are especially vulnerable, including pregnant women and their newborns, typically only about half of pregnant women get the needed vaccination, U.S. statistics show.]( BSIP/Getty Images - October marks the start of a new flu season, and doctors are advising patients to [get the flu vaccine]( as soon as possible, especially if you're pregnant or have asthma. - The “blob” takes Paris: [The star of a new exhibit]( at the city zoo is an amorphous, brainless "slime mold." - Healing with steel: [sculptor Mark di Suvero]( has created a new work for New York’s Hudson Valley. --------------------------------------------------------------- We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: [dailynewsletter@npr.org](mailto:dailynewsletter@npr.org?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback) Enjoying this newsletter? 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