MARLON SORGE: Good morning, Leila. FADEL: So this was wild to me ... about a chunk of space debris that crashed into a house in Florida. Who is responsible when that happens?

SUSAN DAVIS, BYLINE: Hey, Leila. FADEL: So before we get into hearings ... At the top of that list, I would probably put Florida Senator Marco Rubio. He's Trump's nominee for secretary of state.

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Yeah. Pete Hegseth endured a round of questions about his past, as well as his qualifications and his nominations made it out of a Senate committee on a party line vote.

Even on Inauguration Day, you can count on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio to act like a hive of Democrats. It's not ...

LEILA FADEL, HOST: Yeah, the inauguration has moved indoors because of the cold. The temperature here in Washington was 20 degrees at sunrise and not expected to get much warmer. And, Steve ...

DETROW: Morning Edition host Leila Fadel is in Damascus, and she joins us on the line now. Hey, Leila. LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Hi. DETROW: What's Damascus like? Let's just start there. FADEL ...