Eric Deggans
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 21 May
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Well, I want to turn quickly to the other incident we saw on New Year's Day, the Cybertruck explosion outside a Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. Now, was that connected to what happened in New Orleans?
Well, that's NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas. Ryan, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you.
Oh, things got tense. Republican Mike Johnson had to fight attempts to oust him before he was re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh was at the Capitol for opening day and joins us now. Good morning. Good morning, Eric. So we saw in real time the House Republicans' narrow majority.
How did Mike Johnson keep his party together to get a second term as Speaker?
So what did Johnson say will be his top priority?
So speaking of the Senate, there's a new Senate majority leader, John Thune. What are his plans?
So what is Thune saying about what legislation he wants to move?
Well, that's NPR's Deidre Walsh. Thanks so much for joining us, Deidre.
Grant Blankenship of Georgia Public Broadcasting is covering those events, starting with a motorcade in the town of Americus, Georgia. Good morning, Grant. Yeah, good morning. So as I mentioned, the procession begins in the town of Americus at the medical center where Carter's body's been held. And then it heads to Plains?
Now, of course, it's ringing 39 times because Carter was the 39th president of the United States. And there's some symbolism in the tolling of a bell.
So there will be a lot of ceremony and a lot of symbolism along this route.
That's Grant Blankenship of Georgia Public Broadcasting. Grant, thank you so much for those details about the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
That's Up First for Saturday, January 4th, 2025. I'm Eric Deggans.
Our producer is Michael Radcliffe with help from Gabe O'Connor and Andrew Craig, who's also our director today.
Andy Huther is our technical director with engineering support from Jay Ciz, David Greenberg, and Arthur Halliday-Lorent.
Jim Cain is our deputy managing editor. Tomorrow on The Sunday Story, does the U.S. military have an extremism problem? We look back at the January 6th Capitol riots and at the many participants who had a military background.
Yeah, it's always a good thing.
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