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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Winter Johnston. In coming, President Donald Trump has been working to fill out his administration before he takes office in January. NPR's Mara Eliason reports some of his nominees have been seen as extremely controversial, including his initial choice for Attorney General Matt Gaetz, who withdrew his name from consideration for the job last week. Donald Trump had started the week out pretty defiant, daring the Senate to reject Gaetz. And if they couldn't have the votes for Gaetz, he said he was just going to push Gaetz through as a recess appointment, which would have undercut the Senate's constitutional role as a

co-equal branch of government. But it turns out that the laws of political gravity have not been abolished completely. Gaetz didn't have the votes and instead of pushing him through as a recess appointment, Donald Trump decided to accept the will of the Senate. That's NPR's Mara Liason reporting. Hundreds of people showed up at a high school in East Los Angeles this weekend to get help becoming American citizens. It's all part of a larger effort by the school district and the city to protect people from deportation that

has been promised by the incoming Trump administration. NPR's Kelly McEvers reports. Refugio Sanchez has citizenship. Like an estimated 800,000 other people in LA, his wife Cheryl Sanchez is undocumented. They say people are panicking. I don't want to be separated from my kids, my family. Refugio and Cheryl Sanchez have three kids.

They say people they know on social media are already talking about how there could be checkpoints and how they might get rounded up. The family signed up to get legal help for Cheryl through a nonprofit. School board officials say there will be more events like this in the coming weeks. The LA school district and the city recently voted to become sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants.

Kelly McEvers, NPR News, Los Angeles. Contentious negotiations at the climate conference in Azerbaijan ended this weekend with wealthy countries agreeing to triple a previous pledge to help developing nations cope with a hotter climate. But NPR's Jeff Brady reports many of those developing countries are not happy. Under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, rich countries that mostly created climate change by burning fossil fuels agreed to pay developing nations that are disproportionately suffering

the consequences. India's representative called the $300 billion a year by 2035 a paltry sum considering the damage. Johnnie Raina said her country was not even allowed to make a statement before the decision was finalized. We are extremely disappointed with this incident. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to pull the U.S. from the U.N. climate accord for a second time. Jeff Brady, NPR News.

This is NPR. This will be a shortened trading week on Wall Street because of the Thanksgiving holiday, but investors will still have new information to consider. Earnings and data on new home sales will be released, and a report on inflation is also due out. Crab fishermen in California are frustrated, but not surprised that the state's commercial Dungeness crab season has been pushed back once again. Billy Cruz from member station KQED has more. For the second time this year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has delayed commercial crab fishing. The reason? A high presence of endangered humpback whales at

risk of net entanglement, and a high concentration of toxins and crabs found in the northern part of the state. Matt Wanus is a local fisherman who relies on crab to make a living. He says these delays are causing people to leave the industry and find more consistent work. Your job is to do fishing and it's really tough sometimes to relate that over to a land job. I can't speak for the whole fleet, but I can almost guarantee you everyone's going to say the same thing. It's very frustrating to see our industry die like this. The Golden State's commercial crabbing season has been delayed each of the past six years. For NPR News, I'm Billy Cruz in San Francisco.

Forecasters are predicting another round of winter weather in the coming days, just as travelers hit the road for Thanksgiving. Forecasters say another another round of winter weather in the coming days, just as travelers hit the road for Thanksgiving. Forecasters say another round of snow and heavy rain is expected in California, as well as in the Midwest and Great Lakes region this week. This is NPR News.