Michelle Martin

And this is Up First from NPR News.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent six hours on Thursday in a closed-door deposition tied to Congress's Epstein investigation.

Today, former President Bill Clinton answers questions.

What are lawmakers trying to accomplish?

That was the president at his State of the Union address earlier this week.

Talks between the two are supposed to continue next week.

The Republican-led committee subpoenaed Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton as part of their investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Clintons initially resisted testifying, then agreed after being threatened with contempt of Congress.

Hillary Clinton has said she did not know Epstein and repeated that to the committee.

Former President Bill Clinton, who was friends with Epstein, appeared in the files a number of times, including in photos with Epstein.

He is set to answer questions today.

In a stunning turnaround, Warner Brothers Discovery dropped a deal it had already struck with the streaming giant Netflix for an improved offer from Paramount, and Netflix walked away.

And I'm Michelle Martin.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Rebecca Metzler, Megan Pratt, Jerry Holmes, Mohamed El-Bardisi, and Alice Wolfley.

It was produced by Ziad Butch and Nia Dumas.

Our director is Christopher Thomas.

We get engineering support from Misha Hynes.

Our technical director is Carly Strange.

And our executive producer is Jay Shaler.

We hope you'll join us again on Monday.