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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 |
| 0:06.6 | some fun, bold predictions for the new year. Listen now to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR. |
| 0:15.3 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Congress has certified the 2024 election for Donald Trump. |
| 0:24.5 | NPR's Miles Parks reports the proceedings were routine and calm, a clear contrast to four years ago. |
| 0:30.7 | In 2021, more than 100 Republican lawmakers objected to the presidential election results, all motivated by Donald Trump's |
| 0:37.7 | lives about the election process. This time around, not a single lawmaker objected during the |
| 0:43.0 | certification. As president of the Senate, Vice President Kamala Harris oversaw the counting of the |
| 0:48.3 | electoral votes and the certification of the election she lost. Donald J. Trump of the state of Florida has received 312 votes. |
| 0:58.0 | Kamala D. Harris of the state of California has received 226 votes. |
| 1:09.4 | Trump will be inaugurated in two weeks on January 20th. |
| 1:13.0 | Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington. |
| 1:16.3 | As Trump's victory was certified, the Washington, D.C. area was busy digging out of heavy snow. |
| 1:23.9 | Snow plows, like the sound of this, when courtesy of Kevin Donahue, were in full four. |
| 1:28.5 | So was snow play. |
| 1:34.2 | That's amazing. |
| 1:35.9 | D.C. resident Michael Lippen getting pelted in a snowball fight. |
| 1:40.0 | Snow totals could reach up to a foot by tonight. |
| 1:42.8 | Hundreds of thousands of people from Missouri to Virginia |
| 1:45.0 | were hit with power outages. At least four deaths were reported as well. Many public and private |
| 1:50.9 | sector employees were advised to remain home. Schools were closed. President Biden will carry out |
| 1:57.0 | one of his final duties as Consular-in-Chief. This hour, the outgoing leader visits New Orleans to meet with families directly affected by the New Year's Day terror attack in the city. A man plowed his vehicle into a crowd. Authorities say the ISIS-inspired U.S. National killed 14 people before he was killed by police. TikTok will be going to the Supreme Court this week. |
| 2:20.2 | NPR's Bobby Allen reports the viral video app is asking the court to overturn a law that could ban the service in two weeks. |
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