STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Did you actually say good morning yesterday?
A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:
I did.
INSKEEP: Wait a minute.
MARTÍNEZ: Just because Leila constantly wants one, so I figured on GivingTuesday would be the best day to do it.
INSKEEP: Well, hold on. I want to hear this before we - I want to hear how this went.
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MARTÍNEZ: Good morning, Leila.
LEILA FADEL: What? Did you just say good morning?
MARTÍNEZ: Yeah. It's GivingTuesday. I figured I'd give you a good morning.
FADEL: Thank you. And I'm glad you remembered.
INSKEEP: (Laughter) Congratulations. You did it.
MARTÍNEZ: I did it, I think hopefully, sarcastically.
INSKEEP: Yes.
MARTÍNEZ: I hope everyone heard it...
INSKEEP: Yes.
MARTÍNEZ: ...The sarcasm.
INSKEEP: It was a nice good morning.
MARTÍNEZ: (Laughter).
INSKEEP: I could hear the eye roll. So that was GivingTuesday for you.
MARTÍNEZ: Yes, handing out good mornings all over the world.
INSKEEP: OK.
MARTÍNEZ: That's what I did, yes.
INSKEEP: Congratulations. Well done.
MARTÍNEZ: Yeah.
INSKEEP: (Laughter) So let's think of this now as GivingWednesday.
MARTÍNEZ: Yeah.
INSKEEP: It's not too late to support UP FIRST and everything that you love from NPR News.
MARTÍNEZ: Yeah. And we're also thanking UP FIRST listeners who have already stepped up to donate, listeners just like Lauren (ph) in Maryland. Lauren says, I listen to UP FIRST every morning. Public radio connects so much of our country to the news they need, and I can't imagine losing it. Thank you for your resilience through this challenging time.
INSKEEP: Losing it. I like that phrase because sometimes I hear from people who say, this keeps me from losing it.
MARTÍNEZ: (Laughter).
INSKEEP: NPR News keeps me from losing it. So thanks to Lauren and everybody else. We're thankful for supporters like you who help us stay strong after federal funding for public media was eliminated earlier this year, hurting a lot of local stations.
MARTÍNEZ: Yeah. And you can join Lauren and the growing community of public radio supporters by signing up for NPR+. Sign up today.
INSKEEP: It's a simple recurring donation that gets you perks when you're listening to NPR podcasts. You can join us at plus.npr.org.
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MARTÍNEZ: U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, sat with Russia's president for five hours.
INSKEEP: They came away with no deal. So what is the United States gaining from its repeated appeals to Vladimir Putin?
MARTÍNEZ: I'm A Martínez.
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