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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NATO Ambassador Julianne Smith about the alliance's annual summit, and how the U.S. plans to reassure allies that Ukraine funding will continue.

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

Also: Amazon Studios' leader resigns after allegations of sexual harassment; Houston reservoirs finally release the last of hurricane floodwaters; and Chinese leaders hold a major congress.

Also: A national anthem singer takes a knee in Sacramento; Clinton's campaign manager alleges Russian meddling in the campaign; and Alaskans ask tourists to leave walruses alone.

Also: Storms and heavy snow blanket much of the U.S.; President Obama meets Mexico's president at the White House today; and 2 members of the U.S. Ski Team are killed.

Also: International space station astronauts are safe while a potential problem is checked out; Uganda now holds an African rebel leader; and the Razzie nominations are out for the worst in films.

Also: Frigid temperatures grip the eastern U.S.; striking oil refinery workers reject the latest contract offer; and San Diego and Oakland are thinking about sharing an NFL stadium outside L.A.

Also: Prosecutors may rest their case in the Boston Marathon bombing trial; Saudi-led airstrikes continue in Yemen; and the owner of two pink chickens is found in Oregon.

Also: Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies; Secretary Clinton is expected back at work next week; death toll from this week's winter weather reaches 17; former President George H.W. Bush wishes folks would "put the harps back in the closet."

Also: Peace envoy meets with Assad; woman in police uniform kills U.S. contractor in Kabul; snow could make post-Christmas travel tough in much of the nation; Sen. Mike Crapo, D-Idaho, faces drunk driving charge.