Michelle Martin

NPR's international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam has been following these developments and she's with us now to tell us more about it.

Good morning, Jackie.

Good morning, Michelle.

So first, could you just describe these protests and what prompted them?

How is the regime reacting to these protests so far?

And Jackie, given what's going on in Iran right now, is there a sense that this could threaten the regime?

Before we let you go, President Trump said on Monday that the U.S.

would back an Israeli attack if Iran appeared to be building up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

How has Iran reacted to that?

That is NPR international affairs correspondent Jackie Northam.

Jackie, thank you.

Thank you.

This year's flu season is shaping up to be a particularly bad one.

And here's Gabriela Emanuel is with us now to tell us more about this.

Gabriela, thank you so much for joining us.

Hi.

How bad is it?

Okay, so it doesn't keep you from getting the flu, but it does keep you from getting so sick.

Right.

Okay.