Live from NPR News in Washington, and Janine Herbst.
The U.N.'s top humanitarian official says the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran is costing
about a billion dollars a day.
“This at a time when countries are scaling back humanitarian assistance, and he says he's”
worried about the fallout of this latest conflict, as Empire's Michelle Kalman reports. President Trump says there will be no deal with Iran, but only in his words unconditional surrender, and he says in the aftermath, partners in allies will bring Iran back from the brink. The U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher is calling for de-escalation now, saying he's
worried about the knock-on effects. "Word doesn't stay neatly, within borders, or on desktop military plans. It tears through markets, supply chains, food prices."
And he says when that happens, the world's most vulnerable people tend to suffer the consequences.
Michelle Kalman and PR News, the State Department. And a new NPR-PDS news, Marist Pol is out today, revealing a majority of Americans are against military action in Iran.
“And here's Demenico Montanaro, he's more.”
56% of the almost 1,600 people interviewed say they oppose military action in Iran. And a similar number, 55% say they believe Iran only presents a minor threat or no threat at all to the United States. And Trump only gets a 36% approval rating for his handling of the war. Democrats and independents are largely aligned in opposition to the military action in disapproving
of Trump's handling and in viewing Iran as not a major threat. But Republicans continue to heavily support the President with 810 supporting the military action and Trump's handling of it, Domenico Montanaro and PR News, Washington. A public funeral for the Reverend Jesse Jackson is under way with three former presidents Biden-Obominant Clinton, Chicago's current mayor and Illinois Governor, along with thousands
of others in attendance, for a mix of songs and speeches to celebrate his life.
His activism and oratory arguing for racial equality and opportunity made him a powerful
civil rights leader. President Obama says Jackson experienced both accomplishment and hardship, inspiring everyone to take a harder path. Jesse didn't just speak to black folks. He spoke to white folks and Latinos and Asian Americans and the first Americans.
He spoke to family farmers and environmentalists. He spoke to gay rights activists when nobody was talking to gay rights activists. And blue collar workers. Homegoing service at House of Hope and Arena that seats 10,000 kept two weeks of memorials to the two-time presidential candidate who died last month at the age of 84.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A weaker than expected monthly government jobs report shows the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%. The numbers are consistent with a broader decline, the numbers for December were revised down for a loss of 17,000 jobs rather than the estimated gain of 48,000.
Losses were registered in nearly all major sectors, including manufacturing, which lost 12,000 jobs. The Formula One season begins this weekend, and as NPR's Adam Bearn reports, there's a new American team joining the Global Motor Sport Series. As a new team, Cadillac's expected to have two of the slower cars in Sunday's race in
Australia, but Tyrus believes Cadillac will eventually win. "We certainly hope before the end of the decade. We're not here to call our shot.
“I think we're just here to put our heads down to our work, and we're going to improve”
as quickly as we can." With experienced drivers and Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac is hoping not to finish last in Melbourne. That honor might go to Asston Martin, which looks miles off the pace in practice. Adam Bearn and PR News
While street lower by the closing bell, the Dow Down 453 points the Nasdaq down 361 S&P 500 down 90. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
