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NPR News: 02-08-2026 8PM EST

09 Feb 2026

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

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19.083 - 36.366 Janine Herbst

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's taking a sudden trip to Washington to meet with President Trump this week. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports it comes as the U.S. holds talks with Iran.

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36.346 - 50.545 Daniel Estrin

Netanyahu says he'll meet Trump on Wednesday. That's a week earlier than when Netanyahu had initially planned to travel to Washington. The U.S. and Iran held their first round of negotiations Friday since the U.S. attacked Iran's nuclear sites last June.

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51.026 - 66.848 Daniel Estrin

Iran's foreign minister says its nuclear program can be negotiated, but that its missile program is for defense purposes and is not up for negotiation. But Iran's missile program is what worries Israel. Iranian missiles hit civilian and military sites in Israel during the June war.

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67.349 - 80.189 Daniel Estrin

Netanyahu says any negotiations with Iran must include limitations on its ballistic missiles and ending support for militant proxy groups in the region. Israeli officials believe despite the U.S. talks with Iran, a U.S.

Chapter 2: What recent developments are happening between Israel and the U.S.?

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attack on Iran is inevitable. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

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Health officials are warning that confirmed cases of measles may have spread at this year's National March for Life in Washington, D.C., as thousands of anti-abortion rights demonstrators converged on the nation's capital at the end of January. NPR's Kristen Wright reports.

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D.C. 's health department says it's trying to identify people at risk. Besides the March for Life, potential exposure sites include Reagan National Airport, Union Station, Amtrak, and the D.C. subway. Officials say contagious people with measles also visited the Basilica and Catholic University.

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Meanwhile, Children's National Hospital issued a public health notice warning of potential exposure in its emergency department. The U.S. is dealing with its biggest measles outbreak in decades. The CDC reports 733 confirmed cases so far this year. South Carolina's outbreak has grown since October, with cases nearing 1,000. The U.S.

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is in danger of losing its status as a country that has eradicated the disease.

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Kristen Wright, NPR News. Investors will get some fresh information on the job market this week with an update on January jobs that's due out Wednesday. NPR's Scott Horsley has more.

151.94 - 169.402 Scott Horsley

The January jobs report was supposed to come out last Friday, but its release was delayed because Labor Department number crunchers were briefly sent home last week during the government shutdown. Wednesday's report will show whether the anemic pace of job growth in recent months picked up at all in January and what happened to the unemployment rate.

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An annual revision in the report is expected to show job growth last year was weaker than initially shown. Investors will also keep an eye out this week for a report on retail sales for the month of December. Personal spending is the biggest driver of the U.S. economy. It's remained strong, thanks in large part to spending by upper-income households. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

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U.S. futures contracts are trading higher at this hour. You're listening to NPR News. Maryland's Governor Wes Moore says President Trump's decision not to invite Democratic governors to a dinner at the White House is confusing. On social media, he says he was, quote, uninvited to the National Governors Association dinner, which is typically a bipartisan event.

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