Your Monday Evening Briefing

Your nightly rundown of the day's top stories delivered straight to your inbox. View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Monday, October 9, 2017 [NYTimes.com »]( [Your Monday Evening Briefing]( By KAREN ZRAICK AND SANDRA STEVENSON Good evening. Here’s the latest. Stephan Savoia/Associated Press 1. The Trump administration announced plans to [repeal President Barack Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan]( which will make it nearly impossible for the U.S. to fulfill its commitments under the Paris climate accord. The move is unlikely to halt the decline of coal, since many utilities are already shifting to renewable energy, like solar panels, above. The White House is also dealing with the president’s [feud with Senator Bob Corker]( which has raised fears for Mr. Trump’s entire legislative agenda and drawn previously private Republican criticism out into the open. (On Sunday, Mr. Corker accused Mr. Trump of treating his office like “a reality show,” among other comments.) No chance for reporters to corner other, conspicuously silent Republican senators on Capitol Hill though; the Senate’s not in session this week. _____ Al Drago for The New York Times 2. The hard-line immigration demands that President Trump said he needs to back protections for young undocumented immigrants triggered [a furious response from Democrats and immigration activists](. And we did a deep dive on the driving force behind the proposal — [the 32-year-old presidential adviser, Stephen Miller](. In high school in progressive Santa Monica, Calif., he was scorned and dismissed as a conservative gadfly. [Melania Trump, meanwhile, took Mr. Trump’s first wife]( to task for referring to herself as the first lady. _____ Jim Wilson/The New York Times 3. Fast-moving [wildfires in Northern California]( killed at least one person and forced up to 20,000 residents and two hospitals to evacuate. Firefighters are battling 14 blazes in eight counties: Napa, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Yuba, Nevada, Calaveras and Butte. At least 1,500 residential and commercial structures have been destroyed, and 57,000 acres have burned. “The heat, the lack of humidity and the winds are all driving a very dangerous situation and making it worse,” said Gov. Jerry Brown, who declared emergencies in three counties. _____ Eduardo Munoz/Reuters 4. Today is [Columbus Day, which was declared a federal holiday]( by F.D.R. in 1934. It had often been a celebration for Italian-Americans and Catholics. But in recent decades, Columbus has come to be seen less as an explorer representing Italians and more as a European colonizer whose journeys led to the decimation of American indigenous populations. Some municipalities, including Salt Lake City and Los Angeles County, have decided to recognize Indigenous People’s Day on the second Monday of every October. Above, such a celebration in New York. _____ Christopher Polk/Getty Images 5. Public criticism of Harvey Weinstein has begun to emerge. Powerful actresses including Judi Dench, Glenn Close and [Meryl Streep, above, joined an increasingly vocal group of Hollywood stars]( in condemning the movie mogul’s reported sexual harassment. Most of the [late-night comedy shows have avoided the matter]( and “Saturday Night Live” was criticized by conservatives who said that the show was covering up for a prominent liberal. _____ Drew Angerer/Getty Images 6. The Las Vegas sheriff, Joseph Lombardo, has found himself in charge of one of the most frustrating criminal investigations in memory. He gave us one of his first interviews since the mass shooting on Oct. 1, and his frustration over the lack of an evident motive was palpable. “How did we miss this, in the see-something-say-something era?” [Sheriff Lombardo asked](. “Was there housekeeping personnel that hadn’t received training? Maybe it was a new person? I don’t know the answers to those questions yet.” _____ Victor J. Blue for The New York Times 7. We checked in with [Puerto Ricans who hold elected offices]( on the mainland. They’ve long felt a duty to represent the island, since it has no voting member of its own in Washington. Now they are working around the clock to send desperately needed hurricane aid. “I’ve often said that I represent two districts: one in the Bronx and one that’s Puerto Rico,” said Rep. José E. Serrano. “This time, the effort is bigger than ever.” Wealthy investors who bet big on the [real estate market in Puerto Rico]( are now gambling that insurance payouts and aid from Washington will speed the recovery and increase the value of their investments. _____ Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times 8. Fifty years ago today, the news spread rapidly around the world: Che Guevara was dead. And this time, the report was true. The Argentine doctor, famed as a guerrilla fighter in Cuba, had been fomenting revolution in Bolivia when he was captured and killed by a C.I.A.-assisted army unit. The secret location of his burial was found 30 years later. [Here’s how The Times covered his life and death](. [We went back to the tiny Bolivian village]( where he was executed in a school, and where the memory remains vivid. “There haven’t been classes there since,” said Irma Rosales, above, who served him soup shortly before he was shot. “The children didn’t want to go there.” _____ Scott Olson/Getty Images 9. The Nobel Prize in economics went to [Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago](. His work has incorporated a more realistic understanding of human behavior into economic theory and driven a wide range of public policy improvements. A big one: the shift toward automatic enrollment of workers in retirement savings programs. He said he would try to spend the prize money “as irrationally as possible.” _____ Bruce Yeung/NBA Entertainment, via Getty Images 10. Finally, this week in the N.F.L.: another blow for the Cowboys on the field, and more controversy over the national anthem. [ESPN suspended the SportsCenter host Jemele Hill]( above right, for violating its social media policy. Responding to a vow by the Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to bench any player who “disrespects the flag,” she tweeted that fans who disagreed should boycott Cowboy advertisers. The Cowboys are off until Oct. 22, when they play the winless 49ers. [Our reporter said to look on the bright side]( “At least they will not score four touchdowns at home and lose. The game is in San Francisco.” Tonight, the Vikings play the Bears — and one of the ads will be a trailer for the next Star Wars movie. (8:30 p.m. Eastern, ESPN) Have a great night. _____ Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. And don’t miss [Your Morning Briefing]( posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. Want to catch up on past briefings? [You can browse them here](. If photographs appear out of order, please download the updated New York Times app [from iTunes]( or [Google Play](. What did you like? What do you want to see here? 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