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This is Eric Glass. In this American life, sometimes we just show up somewhere, turn on our tape recorders, and see what happens. If you can't get seven cars in 12 days, you gotta look yourself in the mirror and say, holy, what are you kidding me? This car dealership trying to sell its monthly quota of cars and it is not going well. I just don't want one balloon to a car. Balloon the whole freaking place so it looks like I'm circus.

Real life stories every week. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Herbst. The U.S. and Colombia are facing off on trade after President Trump's hardline migration policies. It comes amid a dispute over deportation flights. Trump announced import tariffs on Colombia, which responded by imposing tariffs on U.S. goods. Reporter John Otis has more. The Trump administration tried to send two military aircraft loaded with 160 deportees back to Colombia, but Colombian President Gustavo Petro revoked their landing rights, claiming the migrants were being mistreated. Trump on social media announced 25 percent tariffs on Colombian imports, which he said

would be raised to 50 percent in a week, as well as financial sanctions and visa restrictions on Colombian government officials. Maria Claudia Lacatur, who heads the Colombian-American Chamber of Commerce, said this could have a devastating impact on Colombia. But instead of backing down, Petro announced reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods and said, in a message to Trump, quote, Your blockade doesn't frighten me. For NPR News, I'm John Otis in Bogota, Colombia. Some Republican lawmakers are defending President Trump's decision to fire multiple

independent inspectors general Friday night roles tasked with overseeing government agencies. As NPR's Elena Moore reports, it comes even as Trump may have sidestepped oversight law by failing to notify Congress 30 days in advance. GOP allies like South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham acknowledged Trump should have notified Congress before firing the Inspector General. Still, he told CNN's State of the Union that he backs the president's move. The question is, is it okay for him to put people in place that he thinks can carry out his agenda? Yeah.

He won the election. What do you expect him to do? Just leave everybody in place in Washington before he got elected? This makes perfect sense to me. It comes a day after Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, demanded more information from Trump on the firings, saying in a statement, quote, there may be good reason the IGs were fired. We need to know that if so. Elena Moore, NPR News, Washington. we need to know that if so. Elena Moore and PR News Washington. Rain has arrived in Southern California. Welcome after the devastating wildfires in and around Los Angeles destroyed thousands of homes and buildings and left at least 28 people dead. But there are concerns about flooding leading to mudslides with toxic ash in the burnscarred landscape. The National Weather Service has issued a

flood watch for the Los Angeles area through tomorrow. This is crews continue to work on fires in the area. The Super Bowl is set. The Kansas City Chiefs will play the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, February 9th at the Superdome in New Orleans. The Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills tonight and the Eagles beat Washington commanders earlier today. This is NPR. Tomorrow around 50 survivors of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau will return to the site to commemorate the day it was liberated on January 27th, 1945. 1.1 million people, most of them Jewish, died at the camp. The survivors will be joined by heads of state, including King Charles, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier and French President Emmanuel Macron. Dutch authorities are seeking the public's help in finding the

individuals who broke into a museum using explosives yesterday and stole priceless artifacts. Terry Schultz reports the Netherlands has also asked Interpol to help in the search. Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol Interpol artifacts, including a helmet dating from 500 BC within three minutes. The items were part of an exhibition of pre-Roman gold and silver pieces on loan from the National History Museum of Romania. A delegation from Bucharest will arrive in Austin Sunday to try to ascertain if anything else was stolen in the heist. Experts speaking in Dutch media expressed concern the items might be melted down by the robbers as they would be too recognizable to sell.

For NPR News, I'm Terri Schultz. In South Korea, prosecutors today indicted impeached President Yoon Sung-yol on rebellion, this in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law. It's a criminal charge and it could lead to the death penalty or life in prison if convicted. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington. Usher, Yo-Yo Ma, Boy Genius, Shaka Khan, Billie Eilish, Weird Al. Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.