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NPR News: 02-01-2026 8AM EST

01 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

1.077 - 4.821 Windsor Johnston

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

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Chapter 2: What are President Trump's latest statements on military plans regarding Iran?

5.482 - 23.743 Windsor Johnston

President Trump says he refuses to share military plans with Gulf allies on potential U.S. intervention in Iran, saying doing so could impede negotiations. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One last night, Trump said talks with Tehran are progressing.

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make a negotiated deal that would be satisfactory with no nuclear weapons. They should do that, but I don't know that they will. But they are talking to us, seriously talking to us.

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34.966 - 59.668 Windsor Johnston

Trump says he'll continue to push Iran to agree to a deal that includes no nuclear weapons. The president has considered a possible military strike on Iran amid widespread protests and a violent crackdown on protesters in the country. Thousands of people have been killed in recent demonstrations. A powerful winter storm is sweeping across large parts of the southern U.S.

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today, bringing heavy snow and icy conditions. It's the second major storm to hit the eastern U.S. in a week. And as NPR's Amy Held reports, unusually cold temperatures are expected to remain in place for the coming days.

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From sand to snow. Several inches in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area where crews were pre-treating roadways. Snow topped a foot around Charlotte, North Carolina. Firefighters there successfully fished a pickup driver out of a pond after the vehicle lost control, one among hundreds of crashes in the region.

94.066 - 96.931 Brian Hurley

I think it's going to be kind of a historical snow.

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Meteorologist Brian Hurley with the National Weather Service says the Arctic air mass entrenched over the eastern U.S. is behind it.

103.441 - 111.392 Brian Hurley

along the beaches over there in eastern North Carolina. Temperatures were in the upper teens last night with the heavy snow. How unusual is that?

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Going into this week, the cold will ease in the east, Hurley says, but temperatures will stay stuck below average. Amy Held, NPR News.

Chapter 3: How is the winter storm affecting the southern U.S.?

266.129 - 279.501 Windsor Johnston

Last year, Phil predicted more winter, which is historically his most common call. The nearly 140-year tradition in the state often draws tens of thousands of people to watch the forecast. This is NPR.

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