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Up First from NPR

Monday, February 6, 2023

Up First from NPR

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4.659K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The death toll continues to rise after a massive earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria, President Biden to deliver State of the Union to a new Congress, Beyoncé breaks records during the 2023 Grammys.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Video shows people in Syria fleeing collapsed buildings.

0:05.6

An earthquake, Senator in Turkey, had a magnitude of 7.8th of the region's worst in generations,

0:11.0

our correspondent felt it hundreds of miles away.

0:13.3

I'm Steve Innskeep with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.

0:17.8

President Biden hasn't quite said that he plans to run for a second term, but if he

0:25.6

goes ahead, his state of the Union address would likely signal the themes of his campaign.

0:30.6

How will the president address a divided Congress this week?

0:33.6

She's been called Sasha Fierce, and of course Queen B.

0:36.1

Now, Beyonce reigns over the Grammys, Earth's only alien superstar won her 30 second Grammy

0:42.0

last night.

0:43.0

No other artist has more, so why does her beehive say she was robbed?

0:47.0

Stay with us, we've got the news.

0:48.1

You need to start your day.

1:12.7

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Southeast Turkey and parts of Syria while many were sleeping

1:18.4

last night.

1:19.6

In one video posted by a local journalist in Northern Syria, people are running in darkness

1:24.3

and rain surrounded by flattened buildings.

1:31.5

NPR's Ruth Sherlock joins us now from Lebanon, Ruth.

1:34.0

Do you feel the earthquake where you are?

1:37.0

Hi, I did.

1:38.0

It was about 320m.

1:39.2

I woke up because our whole building was swaying, so my husband and I grabbed our children

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