Israel Expands Military Operation, SCOTUS Hears Purdue Pharma Case, Liz Cheney

Up First from NPR

NPR

Daily News, News

4.5 • 52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Israel says it expanded its ground offensive against Hamas to all parts of Gaza. This includes the occupied territory's southern areas, where people fled to in the early days of the war. What does this mean for the civilians in Gaza? The Supreme Court on Monday hears arguments for and against a bankruptcy settlement. It involves Purdue Pharma, maker of the pain medication OxyContin. And former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney warns about the threat of a second Trump presidency.

Up First was edited by Michael Sullivan, Krishnadev Calamur, Reena Advani and HJ Mai. It was produced by Lilly Quiroz, Mansee Khurana and Lindsay Totty. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Zac Coleman.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Israel says it expanded its ground defensive against Hamas to all parts of Gaza.
0:08.0	This includes the occupied territory southern areas where people fled to in the early days of the war.
0:13.0	So what does this mean for the civilians in Gaza?
0:15.0	I'm Stephen Scape with Michelle Martin,
0:17.0	and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.0	Today the Supreme Court hears arguments for and against a bankruptcy settlement.
0:26.0	It involves Purdue Pharma, maker of the pain medication OxyContin.
0:30.0	Can members of the Sackler family limit their liability?
0:34.0	And former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney warns our co-host Le Lafaudel
0:38.0	about the threat of a second Trump presidency.
0:40.0	I think the danger is that great, that that needs to be everybody's top priority.
0:44.8	She makes the case against the Trump-led Republican Party in her new book.
0:48.6	Stay with us.
0:49.6	We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
1:01.1	message comes from NPR sponsor, Capital One, the Capital One Quicksilver card.
1:06.0	What's in your wallet? Terms apply.
1:08.1	See Capital One.com for details.
1:11.4	Israel's military says it has expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and is now targeting Hamas
1:16.6	strongholds all across the Gaza Strip.
1:19.5	Israeli forces are telling people to flee some areas to avoid those strikes, and that is the hard part.
1:26.0	Many civilians have already moved from northern Gaza to the south and may now face demands
1:31.6	to leave the same areas to which they fled.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.