NPR News: 04-04-2026 6PM EDT
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🗓️ 4 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Midoah-Li-Caoutal. For the fourth time since the start of the U.S. |
| 0:09.1 | Israeli war in Iran, a nuclear power plant on the southwestern coast of the country has been struck, |
| 0:15.4 | according to Iranian media. NPR's D-PARVaz reports the plant remains functioning and a possible radiation leak would not be |
| 0:22.9 | limited to Iran. |
| 0:24.3 | The nuclear power plant in Boucher, which is on the country's coastline on the Persian Gulf, |
| 0:28.8 | was struck by a projectile from a strike to its perimeter on Saturday, killing one of the |
| 0:33.2 | plant's security personnel. |
| 0:35.1 | The International Atomic Energy Agency says that no increase in radiation |
| 0:39.2 | levels have been detected in the area. But in a statement posted on X, the agency's director |
| 0:44.2 | general, Rafael Grossi, said that the nuclear power plants and surrounding areas must never be |
| 0:49.7 | attacked. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Adorchi noted on X that any radioactive fallout from the plant |
| 0:55.5 | will quote, end life in neighboring Gulf Arab countries. |
| 0:59.4 | Radioactive material from the damaged plant could leak into the Gulf, |
| 1:02.9 | contaminating waters vital to states like Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. |
| 1:08.5 | Deep Harvaz, NPR News, Vaugh, von Turkey. Staffing at airports across the country |
| 1:13.7 | are beginning to improve, but NPR's Windsor-Johnson reports wait times remain uncertain. Hundreds of TSA workers |
| 1:20.7 | resigned during the recent pay disruption, and experts say it can take months to hire and train |
| 1:26.5 | replacements. That means staffing levels can vary by airport and even by the time of day, creating unpredictable wait times for travelers. |
| 1:36.3 | Aviation analyst Henry Hardfeld says the progress so far is uneven. |
| 1:41.3 | Some of the airports where we saw the worst lines, such as at Houston-Bush |
| 1:45.5 | Intercontinental, Atlanta-Hartsfield, Jackson International, are performing much better. But this is a |
| 1:51.8 | day-to-day situation. President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to pay all DHS workers, |
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