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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. More than 200 million Americans are in the path of a powerful winter storm. The National Weather Service says the impacts are likely to be felt in states from Texas to the East Coast. More than 8,000 flights have been canceled at airports across the nation. and emergency crews are on standby in more than 35 states.
Chapter 2: What impact will the powerful winter storm have across the U.S.?
Bruce Kahnweiser reports preparations are underway in cities across the Northeast.
With a powerful winter storm lurching closer, the governors of New York and New Jersey each declared a state of emergency. The declaration allows the governors to deploy the people and assets needed to combat the snow and ice. New York has more than 5,000 utility workers on hand ready to repair downed power lines.
The storm could dump as much as 18 inches of snow across the region Sunday and Monday.
That's Bruce Convisor reporting from New York. In frigid cold, large crowds took to the streets of Minneapolis on Friday to protest federal immigration enforcement. Demonstrators waved American flags and carried signs calling for the arrest of an ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good earlier this month. NPR's Sarah Ventry spoke with some of the protesters.
Demonstrators stretched for blocks through downtown Minneapolis to show support for their immigrant neighbors and demand that ICE end their operations in the area. Reverend Suzanne Intriligator is with a Unitarian Universalist church in Massachusetts. We need to stand up for people who are being disappeared, who are being beaten, who are being detained for no reason.
I mean, this is about deep religious values. The protest comes as many people in the Twin Cities are increasingly fearful of immigration officers' tactics against residents, and more than 2,500 federal agents remain. Sarah Ventry, NPR News, Minneapolis.
The military has carried out another lethal attack on an alleged drug smuggling boat. John Otis reports it was the first such strike since U.S. Special Forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The attack occurred in the eastern Pacific Ocean and killed two people, according to the U.S. Southern Command. A video of the operation shows a person on the deck of the boat as it speeds through the water, then a huge explosion. It was the 35th U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat since September. and brought the death toll to 125 people.
The strikes began as a way to put more pressure on Maduro, the now-ousted Venezuelan leader who the U.S. accuses of drug trafficking. But human rights groups describe the killings as unlawful executions. For NPR News, I'm John Otis.
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