Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Corva Coleman. President Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term tomorrow night. A new NPR-PBS News Marist poll shows that Americans are skeptical of how things are going in the country.
Chapter 2: What are Americans' views on the upcoming State of the Union address?
NPR's Domenico Montanaro explains.
Fifty-seven percent of the more than 1,400 people that Marist surveyed say the State of the Union is not strong. That's a four-point increase from a year ago and includes eight in ten Democrats and two-thirds of independents. Republicans largely take the opposite view. With Trump in office, 73% of Republicans say the State of the Union is strong.
The splits by education and gender are also notable. 69% of college degree holders say the State of the Union is weak. while those without degrees are split 50-50. What's more, 6 in 10 say the country is worse off than a year ago, and most describe the direction that Trump is moving the country as change for the worse.
That presents a political challenge for Trump's State of the Union address in this midterm election year. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
Blizzard warnings are still in effect from Maryland's eastern shore to Maine. The National Weather Service says a nor'easter is dumping one to two feet of snow widely across the region. From member station WNYC in New York, Catalina Canela has more.
It's shaping up to be one of those winters New Yorkers will remember. Snow from a storm last month has lingered for weeks due to freezing temperatures. 31-year-old private chef Sydney Buck says it's already worse than 2016, when a blizzard left her without electricity.
Everything was shut down. I remember the streets were shut down. We couldn't take the subway anywhere.
But 49-year-old Tom Chernish says he's seen worse.
96, that was the big one. Blizzard of 96. People skiing down Fifth Avenue, I remember. This one, you know, I'll survive it.
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