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U(D54G1D)y+z!&!.!?!" Bret Stephens PAGE A22 EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23 FORT DODGE, Iowa — Demo- crats have always represented a cacophonous array of individuals and interests, but the so-called big tent is now stretching over a con- stituency so unwieldy that it’s easy to understand why voters re- main torn this close to Iowa, where no clear front-runner has emerged. The party’s voters are splin- tered across generational, racial and ideological lines, prompting some liberals to express reluc- tance about rallying behind a moderate presidential nominee, and those closer to the political middle to voice unease with a pro- gressive standard-bearer. The lack of a united front has many party leaders anxious — and for good reason. In more than 50 interviews across three early- voting states — Iowa, New Hamp- shire and South Carolina — a number of Democratic primary voters expressed grave reserva- tions about the current field of candidates, and in some cases a clear reluctance to vote for a nom- inee who was too liberal or too centrist for their tastes. As she walked out of a cam- paign event for former Vice Presi- dent Joseph R. Biden Jr. in Fort Dodge this week, Barbara Birkett said she was leaning toward cau- cusing for Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and dis- missed the notion of even consid- ering the two progressives in the race: Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. “No, I’m more of a Republican, and that’s just a little bit too far to the left for me,” said Ms. Birkett, a retiree. She said that she’d like to support a Democrat this Novem- ber because of her disdain for President Trump but that Mr. Sanders would “be a hard one.” Elsewhere on the increasingly broad Democratic spectrum, Pete Doyle, who attended a Sanders rally in Manchester, N.H., last weekend, had a ready answer when asked about voting for Mr. Biden: “Never in a million years.” He said that if Mr. Biden won the nomination, he would vote for a third-party nominee or sit out the Fear for Party: Divisions Tear Big Tent Apart By JONATHAN MARTIN Continued on Page A16 The Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for cit- ies to keep dumping raw sewage into rivers by letting them delay or otherwise change federally im- posed fixes to their sewer sys- tems, according to interviews with local officials, water utilities and their lobbyists. Cities have long complained about the cost of meeting federal requirements to upgrade aging sewer systems, many of which re- lease untreated waste directly into waterways during heavy rains — a problem worsened by climate change as it intensifies rainstorms. These complaints have gained new traction with the Trump administration, which has been more willing to renegotiate the agreements that dictate how, and how quickly, cities must over- haul their sewers. The actions are the latest exam- ple of the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back nearly 95 envi- ronmental rules that it has said are too costly for industry or tax- payers. That list grew on Thurs- day, when the administration stripped clean-water protections from wetlands, streams and other waterways. “When you walk into the cur- rent E.P.A., as a local government, you’re not treated as evil,” said Paul Calamita, a lawyer who rep- resents cities seeking to change their agreements. “Which we’d gotten, quite frankly, from prior administrations.” Cities that say they are renego- tiating their sewage agreements with the agency include Cleve- land; Seattle; Kansas City, Mo.; South Bend, Ind.; and Chatta- nooga, Tenn. Other cities, includ- ing Pittsburgh, Louisville and St. Louis, have already concluded talks for new terms. The scale of many of the up- grades required by prior adminis- trations is enormous. For instance, Washington, D.C., which is considering whether to renegotiate its own deal with the E.P.A., is currently drilling the second of three mammoth tunnels designed for one thing: to hold 190 While E.P.A. Strips Protections, Raw Sewage Can Keep Flowing By CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE Sewage-containment tunnels are being built in Washington. TING SHEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Continued on Page A15 WUHAN, China — The Lunar New Year festivities were just hours away, but instead of helping to prepare a joyous family ban- quet, Chen Yanming stood anx- iously outside a hospital where her father was being tested for a dangerous new virus. “Today should be the Chinese people’s happiest day,” Ms. Chen, 47, said here in Wuhan, the river- side city of 11 million in central China where the outbreak began. “But this sickness has destroyed that feeling. It came suddenly and unexpectedly. We should have been better prepared.” The emergence of the mysteri- ous coronavirus could hardly come at a worse time for China, turning its biggest holiday into a time of deepening fear, restric- tions and frustration. The pneumonia-like illness linked to the virus has, by official count, stricken nearly 1,300 peo- ple in mainland China. At least 41 Dangerous Virus Mutes China’s ‘Happiest Day’ By CHRIS BUCKLEY Officials in Wuhan, China, on Friday ordered the construction of a new hospital to treat victims. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES Tightening Restrictions as Casualties Rise Continued on Page A9 WASHINGTON — House Dem- ocrats concluded their arguments against President Trump on Fri- day by portraying his pressure campaign on Ukraine as part of a dangerous pattern of Russian ap- peasement that demanded his re- moval from office. Ending their three-day presen- tation in the Senate, the impeach- ment managers summoned the ghosts of the Cold War and the re- alities of geopolitical tensions with Russia to argue that Mr. Trump’s abuse of power had slowly shredded delicate foreign alliances to suit his own interests. “This is Trump first, not Amer- ica first, not American ideals first,” said Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the lead House manager. “And the result has been, and will continue to be, grave harm to our nation if this chamber does not stand up and say this is wrong.” Hours later, as his allotted time ticked down, Mr. Schiff also ap- pealed to the consciences of Re- publican senators weighing whether to hear from witnesses and seek more documents that Mr. Trump suppressed. “I ask you — I implore you,” Mr. Schiff said. “Give America a fair trial. She’s worth it.” But Republican senators ap- peared unmoved — not just on the question of whether to acquit Mr. Trump, which they were expected to do, but also on the crucial ques- tion concerning witnesses and documents. “We have heard plenty,” said Senator John Barrasso of Wyo- ming, the No. 3 Senate Republi- can. Mr. Schiff’s fiery final oration appeared to alienate the very Re- publicans he was trying to win over. When he referred to an anon- ymously sourced news report that Republican senators had been warned that their heads would be “on a pike” if they voted against Mr. Trump, several of them vig- orously shook their heads and broke their sworn silence: “not DEMOCRATS PRESS CASE OF OBSTRUCTION BY TRUMP 3 Days of Arguments Wrap Up With a Dire Warning Continued on Page A12 By NICHOLAS FANDOS WASHINGTON — House Dem- ocrats were prepared and pas- sionate as they laid out over three draining days in the Senate a de- tailed argument for impeaching and removing President Trump. What they do not appear to have been is persuasive to the critical handful of Republicans who hold the key to their immediate objec- tive: gaining access to witnesses and documents that could cement their case. While Senate Republicans com- mended Democrats for a thor- ough and mainly respectful pre- sentation, they gave no indication as the arguments drew to a close that they were ready to expand the scope of the trial, let alone to vote to remove Mr. Trump from of- fice at the end of it. The sense in the Capitol was that the trial was heading toward its predictable conclusion, Mr. Trump’s acquittal, as early as next week. It has always been only a small group of Republicans who were truly considered possible defec- tors who might join Democrats on the volatile issue of seeking wit- nesses in the trial. Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah have been the most for- ward-leaning of the Republicans who have expressed openness to the idea. But their ranks appeared to be thinning this week. Senator Lamar Alexander, Re- publican of Tennessee, who had signaled potential interest in con- sidering new evidence, said on Friday he would wait until after the president’s defense and sena- tors have time to question the law- yers to make his decision, but he did not sound eager to push the proceeding into the unknown. “As the House managers have said many times, they’ve presented us with a mountain of overwhelming evidence, so we have a lot to consider already,” he told reporters. Another possible vote for wit- nesses, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, also sounded reluctant on Thursday, citing an argument being made by the president’s le- Continued on Page A14 A FIRST President Trump attended the March for Life rally on Friday in Washington, the first sitting president to do so. Page A15. PETE MAROVICH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Key G.O.P. Senators Display Few Hints of Being Swayed By CARL HULSE The Pentagon said that 34 Americans had sustained traumatic injuries, con- tradicting President Trump. PAGE A10 INTERNATIONAL A4-10 Brain Injuries in Iran Attack The police are adopting technology that can immediately spot people on a watch list, raising privacy concerns. PAGE B1 BUSINESS B1-7 London’s Watchful Eye The Mexican authorities broke up a caravan of Central American migrants, drawing White House praise. PAGE A4 Mexico’s Hard Line at Border With activists mobilized and dug in on the left and the right, there is increasing pressure on people in the middle to choose sides. PAGE A11 NATIONAL A11-19 3 Rallies, 2 Cities, Poles Apart Senator Kamala Harris is said to be weighing an endorsement of Joseph R. Biden Jr., which could represent a U- turn in their relationship. PAGE A16 Harris May Back Biden It lasts four months, like a college se- mester. All but one person will flunk out. This and other facts about the long primary season. PAGE A18 A Primer for the Primaries Serena Williams stumbled badly in a third-round loss at the Australian Open but said she had no plans to end her quest for a 24th major title. PAGE B8 SPORTSSATURDAY B8-12 Williams Isn’t Quitting Yet The city’s subway made great strides under Andy Byford, but his resignation may mean two steps back. PAGE A20 NEW YORK A20-21 Trains in Turmoil Some Scottish-Americans circumvent a federal ban on the sale of sheep lungs to enjoy haggis, a traditional dish. PAGE B1 Smuggling Sheep Innards Forgers are increasingly selling unau- thorized copies of famous artworks on the internet, and elsewhere. PAGE C1 ARTS C1-7 Is That Warhol Print a Fake? Movement matters in Greta Gerwig’s film. Some secret ingredients? James Brown and David Bowie. PAGE C1 Dancing Spirit of ‘Little Women’ WASHINGTON — A former as- sociate of Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal law- yer, said on Friday that he had turned over to congressional Democrats a recording from 2018 of the president ordering the re- moval of Marie L. Yovanovitch as the United States ambassador to Ukraine. The associate, Lev Parnas, who worked with Mr. Giuliani to oust the ambassador and to pressure the Ukrainian government to pur- sue investigations to help Mr. Trump, located the recording on Friday after its existence was first reported by ABC News, said Jo- seph A. Bondy, Mr. Parnas’s law- yer. Mr. Bondy said the recording was “of high materiality to the im- peachment inquiry” of Mr. Trump and that he had provided it to the House Intelligence Committee, whose chairman, Representative Adam B. Schiff, is leading the im- peachment managers in their pre- sentation of the case. The recording emerged as Democrats continued to press the Senate to call more witnesses and seek additional evidence for the trial. While it does not appear to pro- vide any substantive new infor- mation about the effort to oust Ms. Yovanovitch, the possibility of the recording being played in public could provide a powerful political moment for Democrats by ham- mering home Mr. Trump’s person- al involvement. It also illustrates that there could be more revela- tions from untapped evidence, even as Democrats are wrapping up their case in the Senate. That was precisely the argu- ment they made on Friday as they sought to overcome Republican resistance to seeking new infor- Recording Is Said to Show Trump Ousted Envoy By KENNETH P. VOGEL and BEN PROTESS Comments Captured on a Phone, Parnas Says Continued on Page A12 Coco Gauff, 15, in defeating Naomi Osaka, seeded third, again displayed precocious moxie and talent. PAGE B9 Cocomania Reaches Australia VOL. CLXIX . . . No. 58,583 © 2020 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020 Late Edition Today, morning drizzle, afternoon heavy rain, high 50. 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Bret Stephens PAGE A22
EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23
FORT DODGE, Iowa — Demo-crats have always represented acacophonous array of individualsand interests, but the so-called bigtent is now stretching over a con-stituency so unwieldy that it’seasy to understand why voters re-main torn this close to Iowa,where no clear front-runner hasemerged.
The party’s voters are splin-tered across generational, racialand ideological lines, promptingsome liberals to express reluc-tance about rallying behind amoderate presidential nominee,and those closer to the politicalmiddle to voice unease with a pro-gressive standard-bearer.
The lack of a united front hasmany party leaders anxious —and for good reason. In more than50 interviews across three early-voting states — Iowa, New Hamp-shire and South Carolina — anumber of Democratic primaryvoters expressed grave reserva-tions about the current field ofcandidates, and in some cases aclear reluctance to vote for a nom-inee who was too liberal or toocentrist for their tastes.
As she walked out of a cam-paign event for former Vice Presi-dent Joseph R. Biden Jr. in FortDodge this week, Barbara Birkettsaid she was leaning toward cau-cusing for Senator AmyKlobuchar of Minnesota, and dis-missed the notion of even consid-ering the two progressives in therace: Senators Bernie Sanders ofVermont and Elizabeth Warren ofMassachusetts.
“No, I’m more of a Republican,and that’s just a little bit too far tothe left for me,” said Ms. Birkett, aretiree. She said that she’d like tosupport a Democrat this Novem-ber because of her disdain forPresident Trump but that Mr.Sanders would “be a hard one.”
Elsewhere on the increasinglybroad Democratic spectrum, PeteDoyle, who attended a Sandersrally in Manchester, N.H., lastweekend, had a ready answerwhen asked about voting for Mr.Biden: “Never in a million years.”He said that if Mr. Biden won thenomination, he would vote for athird-party nominee or sit out the
Fear for Party:Divisions TearBig Tent Apart
By JONATHAN MARTIN
Continued on Page A16
The Environmental ProtectionAgency has made it easier for cit-ies to keep dumping raw sewageinto rivers by letting them delayor otherwise change federally im-posed fixes to their sewer sys-tems, according to interviewswith local officials, water utilitiesand their lobbyists.
Cities have long complainedabout the cost of meeting federalrequirements to upgrade agingsewer systems, many of which re-lease untreated waste directlyinto waterways during heavyrains — a problem worsened byclimate change as it intensifiesrainstorms. These complaintshave gained new traction with theTrump administration, which hasbeen more willing to renegotiatethe agreements that dictate how,and how quickly, cities must over-haul their sewers.
The actions are the latest exam-ple of the Trump administration’sefforts to roll back nearly 95 envi-ronmental rules that it has saidare too costly for industry or tax-payers. That list grew on Thurs-day, when the administrationstripped clean-water protectionsfrom wetlands, streams and otherwaterways.
“When you walk into the cur-rent E.P.A., as a local government,you’re not treated as evil,” saidPaul Calamita, a lawyer who rep-
resents cities seeking to changetheir agreements. “Which we’dgotten, quite frankly, from prioradministrations.”
Cities that say they are renego-tiating their sewage agreementswith the agency include Cleve-land; Seattle; Kansas City, Mo.;South Bend, Ind.; and Chatta-nooga, Tenn. Other cities, includ-ing Pittsburgh, Louisville and St.Louis, have already concludedtalks for new terms.
The scale of many of the up-grades required by prior adminis-trations is enormous.
For instance, Washington, D.C.,which is considering whether torenegotiate its own deal with theE.P.A., is currently drilling thesecond of three mammoth tunnelsdesigned for one thing: to hold 190
While E.P.A. Strips Protections,Raw Sewage Can Keep Flowing
By CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE
Sewage-containment tunnelsare being built in Washington.
TING SHEN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Continued on Page A15
WUHAN, China — The LunarNew Year festivities were justhours away, but instead of helpingto prepare a joyous family ban-quet, Chen Yanming stood anx-iously outside a hospital whereher father was being tested for adangerous new virus.
“Today should be the Chinesepeople’s happiest day,” Ms. Chen,
47, said here in Wuhan, the river-side city of 11 million in centralChina where the outbreak began.“But this sickness has destroyedthat feeling. It came suddenly andunexpectedly. We should have
been better prepared.”The emergence of the mysteri-
ous coronavirus could hardlycome at a worse time for China,turning its biggest holiday into atime of deepening fear, restric-tions and frustration.
The pneumonia-like illnesslinked to the virus has, by officialcount, stricken nearly 1,300 peo-ple in mainland China. At least 41
Dangerous Virus Mutes China’s ‘Happiest Day’By CHRIS BUCKLEY
Officials in Wuhan, China, on Friday ordered the construction of a new hospital to treat victims.AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
Tightening Restrictionsas Casualties Rise
Continued on Page A9
WASHINGTON — House Dem-ocrats concluded their argumentsagainst President Trump on Fri-day by portraying his pressurecampaign on Ukraine as part of adangerous pattern of Russian ap-peasement that demanded his re-moval from office.
Ending their three-day presen-tation in the Senate, the impeach-ment managers summoned theghosts of the Cold War and the re-alities of geopolitical tensionswith Russia to argue that Mr.Trump’s abuse of power hadslowly shredded delicate foreignalliances to suit his own interests.
“This is Trump first, not Amer-ica first, not American idealsfirst,” said Representative AdamB. Schiff of California, the leadHouse manager. “And the resulthas been, and will continue to be,grave harm to our nation if thischamber does not stand up andsay this is wrong.”
Hours later, as his allotted timeticked down, Mr. Schiff also ap-pealed to the consciences of Re-publican senators weighingwhether to hear from witnessesand seek more documents thatMr. Trump suppressed.
“I ask you — I implore you,” Mr.Schiff said. “Give America a fairtrial. She’s worth it.”
But Republican senators ap-peared unmoved — not just on thequestion of whether to acquit Mr.Trump, which they were expectedto do, but also on the crucial ques-tion concerning witnesses anddocuments.
“We have heard plenty,” saidSenator John Barrasso of Wyo-ming, the No. 3 Senate Republi-can.
Mr. Schiff’s fiery final orationappeared to alienate the very Re-publicans he was trying to winover. When he referred to an anon-ymously sourced news report thatRepublican senators had beenwarned that their heads would be“on a pike” if they voted againstMr. Trump, several of them vig-orously shook their heads andbroke their sworn silence: “not
DEMOCRATS PRESS CASE OF OBSTRUCTION BY TRUMP3 Days of Arguments
Wrap Up With aDire Warning
Continued on Page A12
By NICHOLAS FANDOS
WASHINGTON — House Dem-ocrats were prepared and pas-sionate as they laid out over threedraining days in the Senate a de-tailed argument for impeachingand removing President Trump.What they do not appear to havebeen is persuasive to the criticalhandful of Republicans who holdthe key to their immediate objec-tive: gaining access to witnessesand documents that could cementtheir case.
While Senate Republicans com-mended Democrats for a thor-ough and mainly respectful pre-sentation, they gave no indicationas the arguments drew to a closethat they were ready to expandthe scope of the trial, let alone tovote to remove Mr. Trump from of-fice at the end of it. The sense inthe Capitol was that the trial washeading toward its predictableconclusion, Mr. Trump’s acquittal,as early as next week.
It has always been only a smallgroup of Republicans who weretruly considered possible defec-tors who might join Democrats onthe volatile issue of seeking wit-nesses in the trial. Senators SusanCollins of Maine and Mitt Romneyof Utah have been the most for-ward-leaning of the Republicanswho have expressed openness tothe idea. But their ranks appearedto be thinning this week.
Senator Lamar Alexander, Re-publican of Tennessee, who hadsignaled potential interest in con-sidering new evidence, said onFriday he would wait until afterthe president’s defense and sena-tors have time to question the law-yers to make his decision, but hedid not sound eager to push theproceeding into the unknown.
“As the House managers havesaid many times, they’vepresented us with a mountain ofoverwhelming evidence, so wehave a lot to consider already,” hetold reporters.
Another possible vote for wit-nesses, Senator Lisa Murkowskiof Alaska, also sounded reluctanton Thursday, citing an argumentbeing made by the president’s le-
Continued on Page A14
A FIRST President Trump attended the March for Life rally on Friday in Washington, the first sitting president to do so. Page A15.PETE MAROVICH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Key G.O.P. SenatorsDisplay Few Hintsof Being Swayed
By CARL HULSE
The Pentagon said that 34 Americanshad sustained traumatic injuries, con-tradicting President Trump. PAGE A10
INTERNATIONAL A4-10
Brain Injuries in Iran AttackThe police are adopting technology thatcan immediately spot people on a watchlist, raising privacy concerns. PAGE B1
BUSINESS B1-7
London’s Watchful Eye
The Mexican authorities broke up acaravan of Central American migrants,drawing White House praise. PAGE A4
Mexico’s Hard Line at Border
With activists mobilized and dug in onthe left and the right, there is increasingpressure on people in the middle tochoose sides. PAGE A11
NATIONAL A11-19
3 Rallies, 2 Cities, Poles Apart
Senator Kamala Harris is said to beweighing an endorsement of Joseph R.Biden Jr., which could represent a U-turn in their relationship. PAGE A16
Harris May Back Biden
It lasts four months, like a college se-mester. All but one person will flunkout. This and other facts about the longprimary season. PAGE A18
A Primer for the Primaries
Serena Williams stumbled badly in athird-round loss at the Australian Openbut said she had no plans to end herquest for a 24th major title. PAGE B8
SPORTSSATURDAY B8-12
Williams Isn’t Quitting Yet
The city’s subway made great stridesunder Andy Byford, but his resignationmay mean two steps back. PAGE A20
NEW YORK A20-21
Trains in TurmoilSome Scottish-Americans circumvent afederal ban on the sale of sheep lungs toenjoy haggis, a traditional dish. PAGE B1
Smuggling Sheep Innards
Forgers are increasingly selling unau-thorized copies of famous artworks onthe internet, and elsewhere. PAGE C1
ARTS C1-7
Is That Warhol Print a Fake?
Movement matters in Greta Gerwig’sfilm. Some secret ingredients? JamesBrown and David Bowie. PAGE C1
Dancing Spirit of ‘Little Women’
WASHINGTON — A former as-sociate of Rudolph W. Giuliani,President Trump’s personal law-yer, said on Friday that he hadturned over to congressionalDemocrats a recording from 2018of the president ordering the re-moval of Marie L. Yovanovitch asthe United States ambassador toUkraine.
The associate, Lev Parnas, whoworked with Mr. Giuliani to oustthe ambassador and to pressurethe Ukrainian government to pur-sue investigations to help Mr.Trump, located the recording onFriday after its existence was first
reported by ABC News, said Jo-seph A. Bondy, Mr. Parnas’s law-yer.
Mr. Bondy said the recordingwas “of high materiality to the im-peachment inquiry” of Mr. Trumpand that he had provided it to theHouse Intelligence Committee,whose chairman, RepresentativeAdam B. Schiff, is leading the im-peachment managers in their pre-sentation of the case.
The recording emerged asDemocrats continued to press the
Senate to call more witnesses andseek additional evidence for thetrial.
While it does not appear to pro-vide any substantive new infor-mation about the effort to oust Ms.Yovanovitch, the possibility of therecording being played in publiccould provide a powerful politicalmoment for Democrats by ham-mering home Mr. Trump’s person-al involvement. It also illustratesthat there could be more revela-tions from untapped evidence,even as Democrats are wrappingup their case in the Senate.
That was precisely the argu-ment they made on Friday as theysought to overcome Republicanresistance to seeking new infor-
Recording Is Said to Show Trump Ousted EnvoyBy KENNETH P. VOGEL
and BEN PROTESSComments Captured on
a Phone, Parnas Says
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Coco Gauff, 15, in defeating NaomiOsaka, seeded third, again displayedprecocious moxie and talent. PAGE B9
Cocomania Reaches Australia
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