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Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. Most recently, she was NPR's international correspondent based in Cairo and ...

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.

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 ...

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?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Oh, I've heard about this, Leila. People say Broadway in New York City follows an old trail, for example. FADEL ... looked something like the Florida Keys today.

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Maybe you remember Brooke Shields as the face of Calvin Klein Jeans, the sexually exploited child in "Pretty Baby" or the funny lead in the sitcom "Suddenly Susan." ...

Good morning. AARON DAVID MILLER: Good morning, Leila. Thanks for having me. FADEL: Thank you for being here. With this news, Aaron, does this make you think this deal might be dead? MILLER ...

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.

On "Morning Edition" before Donald Trump was sworn in, co-host Leila Fadel interviewed Rep ... I asked Republican Congressman Byron Donalds of Florida in the House about these preemptive pardons.