Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hirst. President Trump continues to press allies

to join U.S. efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz. That's the passage off the coast of Iran

that helps transport oil throughout the world. But as NPR's Deepa Shiverram reports, so far,

no other countries have publicly committed to helping.

Trump says, quote, numerous countries have told him they're on the way to help the U.S.

police the Strait of Hormuz, but he didn't specify which countries.

Despite the president insisting that U.S. attacks on Iran have been successful so far,

the strait still poses a concern.

Literally a single terrorist can put something in the water or shoot something or shoot a missile,

a small missile, and it's fairly close range because it is a tight area, which is one of the

reasons they've always used that as a weapon.

Iran's ability to threaten

slow-moving oil tankers in the strait has become a headache for the Trump administration.

20% of the world's oil supply relies on the passage and prices have increased since the war began.

Deepa Shiverram, NPR News, the White House.

A line of powerful storms is moving across the eastern half of the U.S., potentially spawning tornadoes,

and a major snowstorm hit the Upper Midwest over the weekend.

NPR's Rebecca Herscher reports the severe weather is drawing attention to the federal government's hobbled emergency agency.

The Federal Emergency management agency is

supposed to help respond to weather disasters, including assisting with search and rescue operations

and debris removal. But the agency is struggling to get disaster assistance money out the door,

with millions of dollars in promised disaster funding delayed. That includes large grants that local governments

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