After 20 terms, Rep. Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection
Here & Now Anytime
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🗓️ 6 November 2025
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And, Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey weighs in on the news of Pelosi’s retirement and how the record-long government shutdown is impacting his constituents.
Then, the Federal Aviation Administration is cutting flights by 10% at 40 airports across the country starting Friday in an attempt to keep the airspace safe amid shutdown-induced staffing shortages. David Slotnick, contributing aviation editor at The Points Guy, explains what this means.
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| 0:00.0 | Support for here and now anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design. |
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| 0:18.0 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:23.6 | I say to my colleagues in the house all the time, |
| 0:26.6 | no matter what title they had bestowed upon me, |
| 0:29.6 | speaker, leader, whip, |
| 0:32.6 | there has been no greater honor for me |
| 0:35.6 | than to stand on the House floor and say, |
| 0:38.9 | I speak for the people of San Francisco. |
| 0:43.5 | Representative Nancy Pelosi is retiring after a nearly four-decade-long career in Congress. It's Thursday, November 6th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR Boston. |
| 1:04.5 | I'm Shiko Theuri. |
| 1:07.1 | Today on the show, Democratic Senator Ed Markey reflects on Pelosi's groundbreaking career |
| 1:12.4 | and weighs in on the latest with the government shutdown. Also, the FAA is cutting flights |
| 1:18.2 | across 40 airports. This is about where is the pressure and how do we alleviate the pressure. |
| 1:24.9 | But first, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is bidding Congress farewell. |
| 1:30.2 | This morning, she announced she will not seek re-election, ending a nearly 40-year career in politics. |
| 1:36.2 | Pelosi has been a groundbreaking force in Washington. She was the first and only woman to become |
| 1:41.4 | Speaker of the House, and is still arguably the most powerful woman in American politics. |
| 1:47.8 | KQED's Scott Schaefer spoke to Deppaker about Pelosi's storied career. |
| 1:53.0 | First, I want to talk about this six-minute video she released today. |
| 1:56.6 | It really said more about San Francisco than about her. |
| 2:00.2 | What do you make of that? I think that's |
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