Government Shutdown Day 4, US-Iran Nuclear Talks, Guthrie Investigation
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🗓️ 3 February 2026
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Summary
The U.S. is set to reopen nuclear talks with Iran, as regional powers push diplomacy even while President Trump warns military action remains on the table.
And investigators in Arizona say 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, may have been abducted from her home as an urgent search continues.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:54) Government Shutdown Day 4
(05:31) US-Iran Nuclear Talks
(09:06) Guthrie Investigation
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| 0:00.0 | If everything goes according to plan in the House, the partial government shutdown could end today. |
| 0:07.0 | Will Republicans in the House of Representatives support a deal President Trump brokered with Senate Democrats? |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez. And this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.0 | U.S. Envoy Steve Whitkov is expected to reopen nuclear talks with Iran this week, even as President Trump threatens military action. |
| 0:27.7 | Qatar and Turkey will also be at the table. |
| 0:30.2 | How serious is Iran about making a deal or is the regime just biding its time? |
| 0:34.4 | And a host of NBC's today show, Savannah Guthrie is asking people to pray for her |
| 0:38.8 | missing mother. Investigators believe 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in Arizona. |
| 0:44.3 | We need to find her, and time is very critical. We'll find out what's the latest in the investigation. |
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| 1:14.3 | Today is day number four, the partial government shutdown. And if all goes according to plan in the |
| 1:19.8 | House, it could also be the last day. The Senate already approved legislation to fund most of the |
| 1:24.6 | government last week after President Trump struck a deal with Democrats to |
| 1:27.9 | avoid a prolonged shutdown. The deal would fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks |
| 1:33.1 | while Congress negotiates changes to federal immigration enforcement procedures following the |
| 1:38.1 | killing of two U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minnesota. But the plan to end the shutdown |
| 1:43.1 | all depends on whether the House agrees to |
| 1:45.5 | send that bill to President Trump. MPR congressional correspondent, Claudia Grisales, has been |
| 1:50.7 | following all this. All right, Claudia, so they're on the brink, right? It should happen today. |
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