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Consider This is a daily news podcast and lately the news is about a big question. How much can one guy change? They want change. What will change look like for energy? Drill, baby drill. Schools? Take the department of education, close it. Healthcare?

Better and less expensive. Follow coverage of a changing country. Promises made, promises kept. We're going to keep our promises. On Consider This, the afternoon news podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. We're now awaiting word on the start of the Gaza ceasefire. The initial deadline passed more than two hours ago, but a dispute with Hamas caused

a delay. Israel's military says it will continue to attack inside Gaza until Hamas provides the names of three hostages that are to be released later today. Hamas now says they've done that so a ceasefire could begin at any moment. Supporters of impeached South Korean President Jong-Song Yeol on Sunday attacked a courthouse which had issued an arrest warrant for him. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports that nine police officers were injured and 46 protesters arrested. The Western Seoul District Court issued the warrant around 3 a.m. after which protesters stormed the courthouse,

assaulting police, smashing windows, and destroying office equipment and furniture. It took some 1,400 riot police several hours to regain control of the scene. Acting President Choi Sang-mok expressed strong regret at the violence, which he called unimaginable in a democratic society. Choi ordered tighter security for government facilities and a police investigation into the attack. Yun himself called for his supporters

to express themselves peacefully and for police to be tolerant. Yun faces charges of insurrection for his brief imposition of martial law last month. Anthony Kuhn in PR News, Seoul. A blast of cold air is heading to the US.S. from Canada over the next few days. Sub-zero wind chills are expected in the Rockies and Northern Plains states while the Gulf Coast and the Southeast could see a mix of snow, sleet and rain, and major snowfall is

expected in parts of the Midwest and Northeast. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers who are treating hospitalized flu patients to test for bird flu within 24 hours of admission. Scott Macione of member station WYPR has more on our story. The CDC advisory underscores increasing concern over the potential for bird flu to spread. Earlier this month, a Louisiana man became the first person in the U.S. to die of the disease. There are also multiple reports of domestic cats contracting the virus after being exposed to raw milk or contaminated pet food. The bird flu has still not mutated to the point of human-to-human transmission and therefore remains a low threat to most of the U.S. population. However, a recent study from Scripps Research shows the virus may be getting close to that capability. The CDC's concern over bird flu rose after a child in California contracted the disease late last year without any known contact to infected animals.

For NPR News, I'm Scott Massione. Millions of TikTok users in the U.S. can no longer use the video app. The company shut down its U.S. servers overnight to comply with a federal ban. The popular app has also been removed from major app stores including those run by Google and Apple. President-elect Donald Trump, meanwhile, says he may consider delaying the law's implementation for 90 days to allow TikTok's parent company to find a buyer. The federal government has argued successfully that the app's Chinese owner presents a national security threat. You're listening to NPR News. U.S. homes and businesses are going to need a lot more electricity in the coming years. As NPR's Michael Copley reports,

that could make it harder to rein in climate change. Power demand is rising because companies are building new data centers and factories and because homes and businesses are buying things like cars and heat pumps that run on electricity and more homes need air conditioning. For utilities that have to keep the lights on, the fossil fuel and natural gas looks like a good way to meet that growing demand, and that could mean decades of additional emissions that are raising global temperatures. Market analysts say that may not lead to a spike in climate pollution since coal plants

keep retiring, but scientists say the world needs to move a lot faster to cut heat-trapping emissions to avoid even more extreme impacts from climate change. Michael Copley, NPR News. Drones launched by Ukrainian forces started fires at industrial sites in two Russian regions on Saturday. In the Tula region, the attack set a fuel storage tank on fire. A Russian missile barrage, meanwhile, killed at least three people in the capital of Kiev. Three others were injured, some of those killed were riding in a minibus when it was hit. Patrick Mahomes threw for 177 yards and a touchdown as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans Saturday night 23-14. The Chiefs now advance to the AFC Championship game for

the seventh straight season. They will play to the AFC Championship game for the seventh straight season. They will play the winner of Sunday's game between the Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Ravens. The Washington commanders meanwhile overpowered the Detroit Lions by a score of 45 to 31 to move into the AFC Championship game. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Lately on the NPR Politics Podcast, we're talking about a big question. How much can one guy change? They want change. What will change look like for energy? Drill, baby drill. Schools. Take the Department of Education close in. Healthcare. Better and less expensive. Follow coverage of a changing country. Promises made, promises kept. We're