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What are President Trump's latest statements on military plans regarding Iran?
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
I think it's going to be kind of a historical snow.
Meteorologist Brian Hurley with the National Weather Service says the Arctic air mass entrenched over the eastern U.S. is behind it.
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?
Going into this week, the cold will ease in the east, Hurley says, but temperatures will stay stuck below average. Amy Held, NPR News.
Journalists John Lemon and Georgia Ford say they plan to keep reporting despite their arrests in Minnesota last week. NPR's Shondalise Duster reports they were taken into custody after covering an anti-ice protest at a church in St. Paul.
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were released from federal custody on Friday. Both Fort and Lemon say they were not participating in the anti-ice protest at the Minnesota church, but were reporting on the incident as journalists. After his release, Lemon, a former CNN anchor, said on his YouTube show it is time for all journalists to stand up for each other.
It may have started with people having their due process rights violated on the streets, violently violated on the streets. But now they're trying to silence journalists, and I will not be silenced.
Fort, a Minnesota journalist who filmed her arrest as federal agents showed up to her home, says she will, quote, continue to tell the stories of my community. Shondalese Duster, NPR News. It's NPR.
Carlos Alvarez has won the Australian Open, becoming the youngest player ever to complete a career Grand Slam. The 22-year-old beat Novak Djokovic in Melbourne today to claim his first Australian Open title. The Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles tonight. Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny are among the top nominated artists. If the Puerto Rican superstar wins, he could make Grammys history. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports.
Bad Bunny's nominated for six Grammys this year, including in the three major categories. Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year. If Bad Bunny wins in any of these categories, it will be the first time a Spanish-language song or album takes home the award. The 31-year-old is in the middle of a career-defining victory lap. In November, he won Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys.
Next week, he's scheduled to headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
Tuxetani Phil is gearing up for his annual weather prediction at Gobbler's Knob in Pennsylvania. The groundhog will emerge just after Sunrise Monday to forecast either six more weeks of winter or an early spring. It's a custom that dates back to the 1800s.
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