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路透社:美众议院通过边境安全基金法案
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U.S. House passes border-security funding bill to speed deportations
美众议院通过边境安全基金法案
The House of Representatives votes to crack down on Central American migrants, who are flooding to the U.S. border with Mexico. House Republicans passed a $694 million border security bill by 223 - 189. The bill would deploy National Guard troops at the southern border and speed up deportations. The vote comes despite a veto threat by the White House and the measure won't advance further until September as the Senate is on recess. Later on Friday, the Republican led House also passed a separate bill that reverses President Barack Obama's policy of deferring action against minors brought to the US illegally by their parents. It was passed by a vote of 216-192. This bill would also stop Obama from expanding his policy to other groups of undocumented immigrants. But the Democratic-controlled Senate is not expected to consider it.
美国众议院投票抑制蜂拥至美国和墨西哥边境的中美洲移民。众议院共和党人以223:189的选票通过了价值6.94亿美元的边境安全法案。该法案将在南部边境部署国防警卫队，加快驱逐的速度。尽管面临白宫否决的威胁，投票依然进行，而且该措施不会进一步推进，直到九月份参议院休假归来。周五晚些时候，共和党人领导的众议院通过了一项单独的法案，反对奥巴马总统推迟对家长非法带来美国的青少年采取行动的政策。该法案以216:192的票数通过。该法案还将制止奥巴马总统拓展对其他未注册移民群体的政策。但是民主党控制的参议院可能不会予以考虑。
Netanyahu: Hamas will pay "intolerable" price
内塔尼亚胡称哈马斯将付出惨重代价
And with that, a cross-border tunnel is detonated. Israeli TV reports Saturday that the military is close to achieving its main war goal -- destroying Hamas tunnels. But even after they're destroyed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will continue its fight against Hamas.
一条穿越边境的隧道被摧毁。周六，以色列电视台报道称，军队即将达成最要的战斗目标——摧毁哈马斯的隧道。但是即使隧道被摧毁之后，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡表示，以色列将继续打击哈马斯。
(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SAYING: "The IDF will prepare to act for our continued action, according to our defense needs and only according to our defense needs, until we reach our objective restoring security to you, Israel's citizens."
以色列总理内塔尼亚胡：“基于我们的国防需要，也只会根据国防需要，以色列国防军将做好准备继续进行军事行动，直到达成为以色列公民重新带来和平的目标。”
He says Israel will protect its people at all costs. And Hamas will pay a -- quote -- "intolerable price" if it continues to fire rockets. But a Hamas spokesman says Netanyahu's speech was aimed at -- quote -- "repairing the spirit" of the Israeli public:
他表示，以色列将不惜一切代价保护民众。哈马斯如果继续发射火箭弹将付出惨痛代价。但是哈马斯一名发言人表示，内塔尼亚胡的讲话目的是修补以色列公众的灵魂。
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HAMAS SPOKESMAN SAMI ABU ZUHRI, SAYING: "The targets Netanyahu claimed to have bombed were hundreds of women and children who he had killed and the buildings of Gaza that they destroyed."
哈马斯发言人SAMI ABU ZUHRI：“内塔尼亚胡宣称轰炸的是他杀害的数百名妇女儿童和他摧毁的加沙地带的建筑。”
Shelling exchanges continue into the 25th day. More than 1,600 Palestinians, and more than 60 Israeli soldiers have been killed. But the war will rage on.
交火已经进入第25天。超过1,600名巴勒斯坦人和超过60名以色列士兵已经遇难。但是战争仍在肆虐。
"The state did not care" -- Nepal landslide victim
山体滑坡灾民控诉政府不作为
A massive landslide in northeastern Nepal kills at least 8 people and buries dozens of homes. It's created a mud damn blocking the Sunkoshi river, prompting fears of flash flooding. Officials are calling on residents downstream to evacuate while they still can. 40 people were injured in the mudslide that was triggered by heavy rainfall. One victim says not enough is being done to help those in harm's way.
尼泊尔东北部一起巨大的山体滑坡造成至少8人死亡，数十座房屋被掩埋。山体滑坡造成的巨大土坝堵塞了森科西河，导致人们担忧突发洪水。官员们呼吁下游居民在来得及的情况下立即疏散。40人在暴雨引发的泥石流中受伤。一名受害者表示，灾民没有得到足够的帮助。
(SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) LANDSLIDE VICTIM, DURGA LAL SHRESTHA, SAYING: "All of a sudden, it came and still the Sunkoshi River is flowing. Lots of houses were gutted, the state did not care."
山体滑坡受害者DURGA LAL SHRESTHA：“山体滑坡的速度非常快，森科西河水仍在流动。许多房屋被吞没，而政府根本不在乎。”
The injured have been taken by Army helicopters for treatment in Kathmandu. Among those is a Belgian national. Search and rescue operations are still underway in the affected area. Nepal has warned India to remain alert in case the floodgates along Nepal's borders need to be opened.
伤者被军用直升机运往加德满都医院接受治疗。其中一名伤者是比利时公民。受灾地区搜救工作仍在继续。尼泊尔警告印度保持警惕，以防尼泊尔边境水闸需要打开。
路透社财经:标普500遭遇两年来最差表现
The S&P 500 suffers worst week in 2 years
标普500遭遇两年来最差表现
Markets ended the day lower across U.S. indexes - and sectors - Friday - but avoided the kind of steep selloff we saw Thursday. The S&P 500 saw its steepest weekly drop in two years. The Dow and the Nasdaq also finished lower. On this jobs report Friday - job growth in July showing a slowdown but the recovery appears robust. The economy added 209,000 jobs -marking six months of strong gains. But the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher as well - giving way to chatter that the Fed may keep interest rates low for longer. Geoff Hoffmann is CEO of executive hiring firm DHR International. He says the jobs market recovery still feels fragile.
SOUNDBITE: GEOFF HOFFMANN, CEO, DHR INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) SAYING: "It doesn't feel like we're on a definitive growth path. Maybe that's some overhang from weak first quarter which I think was driven largely by the bad weather the country experienced. But we'll see. I mean the second quarter was a great snapback. Hopefully that continues into the third quarter. That's certainly what we're anticipating and what we've seen so far." The improving job market keeping consumer sentiment steady in late July. And the economic data kept on coming Friday. U.S. auto sales growth slowing down slightly in July - despite heavy discounting by automakers. The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded last month at the fastest pace in more than three years thanks to new orders. World oil prices fell to a two-week low on oversupply and slowing demand. Major markets in Europe - from the UK to Germany to France - also finishing lower Friday. John Canally of LPL Financial says European woes had a sour impact on world markets.
SOUNDBITE: JOHN CANALLY, SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST, LPL FINANCIAL (ENGLISH) SAYING: "Their Consumer Price inflation year-over-year in the month of July was up just 4/10ths or 5/10ths. That's pretty close to deflation. The ECB meets next week. I think the ECB can help give the market a big boost if it hints more strongly that they're going to take some more action to help combat the deflation in the Eurozone." In company news: Friday's gainers include: Procter and Gamble. The world's largest household products maker reporting a sizable jump in quarterly profit. P&G also said it will sell off more than half its brands. Travel booking site Expedia shares -flying high - on better-than-expected quarterly results. And Tesla saw its share price speed higher after the electric carmaker announced plans to build more than 60,000 cars next year. Not such a good Friday for wearable camera maker GoPro which reported a large quarterly loss as costs almost doubled.
白宫发言:奥巴马欢迎住房和城市发展部新部长
Remarks by the President at HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, D.C.3:50 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Now, let me start off by making two points. The first is, clearly, HUD has the rowdiest employees. (Applause.) I now realize that. The second point is that before I came out here, Shaun Donovan made a point of saying that this wasn’t as exciting to people as Michelle coming. (Laughter.) Now, I know that. (Laughter.) I hear that everywhere I go. (Laughter.) There’s no reason to remind me, to rub it in. (Laughter.) That's why I married her. (Laughter and applause.) To improve the gene pool.
I am here today because I stole one terrific Secretary of HUD from you, but I've delivered another terrific Secretary of HUD to you. (Applause.) And I want to thank all of you for the great job that you're doing day in and day out. And we appreciate the members of Congress who are here -- although I have to say that Joaquin never had a choice. (Laughter.) The other two, obviously they care. (Laughter.) The brother, he’s like, okay, I've got to show up. (Laughter.) But I appreciate them being here.
Let me just say a few words about Shaun. From his first day when he got here, Shaun knew he had his work cut out for him. You will recall that the housing market was the epicenter of the crisis that went through in 2008-2009. There were millions of families whose homes were underwater. Hundreds of thousands of construction workers were out of a job. Too many veterans lived out on the street.
But we were very fortunate because Shaun is just one of those people where he sees a problem he’s going to work to solve it. And if what he tries the first time doesn’t work he's going to try something else. And he’s a geek, he’s a wonk. (Laughter.) He studies the spreadsheets. He recruited top talent. He promised that if everyone here at HUD worked just a little bit harder, you could really turn things around for struggling families. And all of you accepted that challenge.
We’ve still got work to do, but think about the progress that we've made. Home prices, home sales, construction all up. Veterans homelessness down by nearly 25 percent. (Applause.) Millions of families are now seeing their home values above water, which obviously is a huge relief for them. When natural disasters strike, like the Colorado floods or Hurricane Sandy, you are right in there helping the families rebuild.
And a lot of that is thanks to Shaun; a lot of it is thanks to the fact that all of you under his leadership took up the challenge, and you remembered what it is that this agency is about.
I love the way that your new Secretary characterized it. This is -- this should be a department of opportunity. And housing, for so many people, is symbolic of the American Dream. It means that you’ve got something stable, something you can count on, something that you own. And to watch the transformation that has happened around the country, first and foremost because of the resiliency of the American people and their hard work, but also because that every step of the way you were in there trying to help them -- that really makes a difference.
So I could not be prouder of the work that Shaun did. But I can tell you that nobody is more passionate about these issues than Julián. He knows the difference between smart policy and investments that can make a difference and just talk. And he's all about action, not just talk.
He’s seen it firsthand in how he grew up. He’s seen it firsthand, as a mayor. He revitalized parts of San Antonio that had been neglected for a long time. He helped the Eastside Promise Zone take root and to grow. He championed the kind of investments that keep communities strong over the long term -- like economic development and expanded early childhood education. And most of all, he knows how to lead a team. And this is a big team and you guys have gotten some big things done. But we've got a lot more to do. Even bigger things need to get done.
So in talking to Julián and initially trying to persuade him to take this task, what I saw was that spirt of hard work that's reflected in how he was brought up and the values that were instilled in him. And he, every single day, wants to make sure that those values live out in the work that he does.
And I know everybody in this room, you’ve got a story to tell, too, about somebody who, along the way, gave you some opportunity; about somebody who -- maybe you were, like me, raised by a single mom and -- like that first apartment that really -- had your own bedroom and it was clean. (Laughter.) And it was in a decent neighborhood and there was a decent school district. And how happy everybody was, and the transformation that could take place in people’s lives. That's a story I want you to tap into every day that you come to work.
Sometimes work in Washington can be discouraging. Sometimes it seems as if the agenda that you're trying to pursue helping working families and middle-class families -- sometimes it seems that's not the priorities up on Capitol Hill. But if you remember why you got into this work in the first place, if you remember that this is not just a job but it should also be a passion -- (applause) -- that it should also be part of giving back, that you shouldn’t just be checking in and punching the clock, but every single day there’s somebody out there who could use your help -- and I know when they get that help -- and they write letters to me and they’ll tell me, you know what, you transformed my life -- there’s no better feeling on Earth than that feeling that you somehow played a small part in a family succeeding. (Applause.)
And that success then last generations, because some child or grandchild suddenly is feeling better and they start doing better in school, and maybe they avoided getting into trouble and ending up in the criminal justice system, or dropping out of school and not being able to find a job -- all because of what you did. What an incredible privilege that is. What an incredible honor.
And that’s the attitude I want you to have every single day that you’re here. I tell folks, I’ve now been President for more than five and a half years, and I’ve got two and a half years left, and I want to squeeze every single day -- I want to squeeze as much out of every single day. (Applause.) This is not just a job, this is a privilege that we have. And we’ve got to do -- we’ve got to take advantage of it. We’ve got to seize it. Because that’s what makes it worthwhile.
It’s something that when I travel around the country I try to describe because people are so inundated with cynicism and bad news, and I want to tell them a story of good news. There are people in agencies like HUD, every single day they care about you, and they want to help you. And big organizations are never going to be perfect, and there are always going to be some bureaucracies, there’s always going to be some red tape, there’s always going to be some things that don’t work quite as smoothly as we want. And your job is to fix that stuff, or work around that stuff.
And I want everybody here to -- when you’re working with this new Secretary, who’s got energy and drive, he’s young, he’s good-looking, he talks good -- (applause) -- you can’t let him down. (Laughter.) You’ve got to be open to try new things and doing things in a different way, and doing them better. But more importantly, you can’t let those families out there down, because they’re counting on you.
So I’m eager to work with him, but more importantly, I’m eager to work with you. And every single day when you come to work, I just want you to know that I can’t do my job unless you’re doing your job. Julian can’t do his job unless you’re doing your job. And whether you are managing a financing program to build low-income or affordable housing, or you are helping with some of our initiatives like Promise Zones, or you are coordinating with regional offices -- whatever your task, whether you are upper management or you’re the new kid on the block who’s coming in, you can really have an impact that lasts for generations.
Don’t squander that. Don’t succumb to the cynicism. Don’t start thinking that this is just a job. Remember the mission that you’ve got. And if you do that, I guarantee you, under Julian’s leadership, years from now you’re going to be able to look back and really be proud of everything that you’ve accomplished, because there are going to be a whole lot of people’s lives who are a lot better.
Thank you, everybody. God bless you. (Applause.)
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3:57 P.M. EDT
