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| 0:00.0 | What's in store for the music, TV, and film industries for 2025? We don't know, but we're making some fun, bold predictions for the new year. Listen now to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR. |
| 0:14.7 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rom. Six days of observances for former president, Jimmy Carter, |
| 0:22.3 | began today in Georgia. The funeral procession, on its way to Atlanta, passed by Carter's |
| 0:27.8 | boyhood home, where the old farm bell was rung 39 times for the 39th president. |
| 0:45.4 | Carter's remains will lie and repose at the Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta around the clock from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday to allow the public to pay final respects. His grand |
| 0:52.9 | niece Cameron Carter says she'll miss him terribly. |
| 0:56.3 | Things won't feel the same as they used to because you were just so used to him being a part of |
| 1:00.7 | everything, seeing the Secret Service all the time. And so it's going to be a lot different knowing |
| 1:05.3 | that he's not around and you can't just call him up or ask if you can go see him. So it's going to be tough. |
| 1:12.0 | Carter's remains will lie in state next week at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. |
| 1:16.6 | His funeral will be held Thursday morning at the Washington National Cathedral. |
| 1:21.3 | All the living former presidents are invited. |
| 1:23.9 | President Biden is to deliver a eulogy. |
| 1:26.4 | The 119th Congress convened yesterday, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, |
| 1:31.4 | was re-elected as the Speaker of the House. He said he intends to make border security a top priority. |
| 1:38.3 | On the other side of the capital, John Thune of South Dakota, is the new Senate Majority Leader. |
| 1:43.8 | He says his top priority will be to confirm |
| 1:46.4 | President-elect Trump's choices for his cabinet. NPR's Deidre Walsh has more. First, Thune is focused |
| 1:52.7 | on getting Trump's cabinet nominees confirmed in the Senate. So far, there's been no Republican |
| 1:57.8 | senator who's come out publicly as a no for any nominee. But if any four |
| 2:03.0 | Republicans did break, you know, one of Trump's nominees couldn't get confirmed. You know, |
| 2:08.3 | there are some controversial nominees that we've talked about before, like Pete Hegseth, to be the |
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