What impact does the latest snowstorm have on New York City?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Much of the northeastern U.S. is trying to get through another massive snowstorm that forced tens of millions of people to stay home. New York City still under a blizzard warning, and most of the city has received 16 and 19 inches of snow.
NPR's Sarah Ventry reports that while the travel ban has been lifted, there's still a travel advisory in place until midnight.
The streets of New York have been unusually quiet as residents were advised to stay inside. A few New Yorkers decided to brave the weather, like Alex Arias, who was shoveling the snow from around his car in lower Manhattan. He's lived in New York for more than 55 years.
Oh, I remember growing up. It was all the time. This isn't too bad.
New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani has declared a local state of emergency and a snow day.
I hope our students enjoy their snow day today and stay warm and safe throughout. But I do have some tough news to share. School will be in person tomorrow. You can still pelt me with snowballs when you see me.
Warming centers and buses have been set up throughout the city and shelters are operating under an open door policy. Sarah Ventry, NPR News, New York.
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. Here's NPR's Michael Montanaro.
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.
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