meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
NPR News Now

NPR News: 01-04-2026 7PM EST

NPR News Now

NPR

Daily News, News

4.313.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

NPR News: 01-04-2026 7PM EST

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

0:05.1

Nicholas Maduro is expected to appear in federal court in New York tomorrow for arraignment on a four-count indictment,

0:11.6

charging him with leading a 25-year narco-terrorism conspiracy.

0:16.1

He's being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

0:19.4

Dozens of Venezuelans celebrated outside that building when he arrived last night.

0:24.1

Today, it was the site of a protest.

0:26.6

Steve Kassimbaum has more.

0:30.5

Protesters chanted anti-war slogans as they paraded outside the facility.

0:35.5

Some, including Carla Reyes, called for the immediate release of

0:39.2

Maduro. We're standing here for the self-determination and the sovereignty of all people all over

0:44.0

Latin America, and today, it's Venezuela, tomorrow may be someone else. Nearby, a few Venezuelans

0:48.9

expressed hope for the future of their homeland. 39-year-old Cynthia De Davila came to the U.S. eight years ago.

0:55.4

I am feeling very good. As for those protesting Maduro's capture...

0:59.2

This is ridiculous, because these people, you'll see the face. It's not the Venezuelan people.

1:04.2

Protest organizers said they'll keep up their actions as long as the intervention in Venezuela

1:08.9

continues. For NPR news, I'm Steve Kastenbaum in Brooklyn.

1:14.1

President Trump today threatened Venezuela's interim leader, Delsey Rodriguez, telling the Atlantic

1:19.8

that if she doesn't do what's right, she's going to, quote, pay a very big price, probably bigger than

1:25.3

Maduro. Rodriguez, a Maduro loyalist, has strongly condemned Trump's actions.

1:31.3

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U.S. won't govern Venezuela, but it will press for changes

1:36.6

through enforcing an oil quarantine that was already in place on sanctioned tankers.

1:43.3

Denmark's defending its authority over Greenland after President

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 18 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

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.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.