Hurricane forecasting improved after Katrina. That could change.
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NPR’s Alejandra Borunda joins to talk about scientific advances in hurricane forecasting since Katrina, and how that progress might now be at risk.
It was a busy week in Washington that included a slew of new executive orders from President Trump and a heated battle over the firing of a Federal Reserve governor. New Yorker writer Susan B. Glasser discusses the latest, and how Trump is acting on his own perception of executive power in new ways.
The ICE detention center in Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz” could be completely empty in just a few days after a judge ordered its closure. Amy Green, Florida correspondent at Inside Climate News, breaks down how a Native American tribe was crucial in shutting it down.
Plus, more fallout from the firing of CDC director Susan Monarez, an NFL legend makes his college coaching debut, and ‘The Wizard of Oz’ has a unique premiere in Las Vegas.
Today’s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.
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