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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) about allegations that aides shielded President Biden from high-ranking officials and the public due to concern about his fitness for office.

Also: Fresno police allege yesterday's slaying of three people was a hate crime; former president George H.W. Bush is hospitalized for pneumonia; and a relatively large asteroid will zoom by Earth.

Also: There's been another death in the U.S. linked to Takata airbags; South Africa wants to leave the International Criminal Court; and church bells toll worldwide for Aleppo.

Also: A Mississippi black church is burned and 'Vote Trump' is written on the wall; the suspected Iowa police killer has a history of racial incidents; and the leader of ISIS issues a rare statement.

Also: President-elect Trump meets tech industry leaders today; the president of the Philippines says he killed suspects to show police it could be done; and civilians can't escape Aleppo, Syria.

Also: A presidential ballot recount starts in Michigan today; a South Carolina shooting suspect wants his death penalty lawyers back - partially; and a popular Aleppo girl's Twitter is deleted.

Also: Two Chinese astronauts are on a long space mission; full rail service returns today in Hoboken, N.J. after last month's crash; and a panel examines legal abdication by Japan's emperor.

Also: Julian Assange discusses his confinement; Puerto Rico will import blood supplies due to the concern over Zika; and several lions roam a Kenyan neighborhood.

Also: Republican Senate leaders are ready to release health care legislation; GOP lawmakers consider privatizing air traffic control; and the U.N. says there'll be nearly 10 billion people by 2050.

Also: A real estate firm with ties to President Trump may build the new FBI building; Tropical Storm Cindy's remnants rain on the South; and the world's ugliest dog contest is underway in California.

Also: Violence breaks out at the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C. during a protest; a T-Rex's bite was incredibly powerful; and can you copyright a stupid joke? How do you prove it's yours?

Also: President Trump will lunch with GOP senators and discuss health care legislation; fresh violence displaces thousands in Central African Republic; and the annual Comic-Con opens in San Diego.

Also: Vice President Joe Biden's Asia trip is trickier after China's moves; a federal judge is to rule whether Detroit's bankruptcy can proceed; Venezuela is hit with another massive power outage; and an alleged joyrider wanted to steal a Seattle ferry to ride to Canada for his birthday.

Also: The latest round of Iranian nuclear talks opens; a gunman opens fire in a Los Angeles police station; and vandals tip over SmartCars in San Francisco.

Also: The website of the New York Times' is still out for many users; the Ft. Hood shooter has a last chance to offer a closing argument in the penalty phase of his trial; and the online Oxford English Dictionary adds 'twerking" and "selfie" to its word list.

Also: The Supreme Court will examine gay marriage and benefits; President Obama explains his view of the 'fiscal cliff' to workers at a toy factory; one of two Powerball winners could come forward today; and a man who tattooed Mitt Romney's campaign sign on his face decides to get it removed.

Also: Obama to talk sequester dangers at Virginia shipbuilder; Benedict XVI will receive a new title after he resigns; a rocket from Gaza lands in Israel; and there's a sudden increase in the number of teenagers killed in motor vehicle accidents.

Also: North Korea ends its armistice with South Korea and cuts the phone hotline to South Korea; a European snow storm snarls travel; five Americans are killed in an Afghan helicopter crash; and NASA will unveil the makeup of Martian soil discovered by the Curiosity Rover's recent drilling effort.

Also: A huge bomb kills dozens in Syria's capital; a new report alleges Mexican authorities "disappeared" hundreds of people; a body is discovered in the Kansas City restaurant destroyed by an explosion; the Curiosity rover digs a sample of dirt from Martian soil.

Also: Cypriot lawmakers debate their country's future solvency; South Korea says China wasn't behind this week's cyberattack; Chicago will close at least 52 elementary schools; and an Ohio prosecutor 'indicts' Punxsutawney Phil for misleading everyone on Groundhog Day about when spring will arrive.