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Also: Congress approves a disaster aid package for hurricane and wildfire relief; China's new ruling Politburo is announced; and the World Series opens in Los Angeles in record heat.

Also: Retiring GOP Sen. Corker could oppose his party's tax plan; President Trump says this could be the "calm before the storm" but won't explain; and questions on Catalonia's independence efforts.

Also: The Senate continues to debate health care legislation; the Philippines' president threatens to bomb schools that he claims train communists; and NASA's inflatable space module is doing well.

Also: New Orleans recovers from weekend flooding; a tornado strikes mid-town Tulsa; and a group of people in North Carolina reported a possible Bigfoot sighting over the weekend.

Also: Fighting continues near Mosul, Iraq; South Korea's embattled president will let lawmakers choose her prime minister; and a huge sinkhole appears in a Japanese intersection.

Also: Officials look for foreigners who have children in U.S. for citizenship reasons; much of the U.S. is under winter storm warning; and Nepal says Everest climbers must pack out their waste.

Four of the Pentagon's top civilian officials, including the defense secretary, resigned or were fired this week. The timing of these moves is raising questions and concerns about national security.

Also: The U.S. carries out airstrikes in Syria; Australia's prime minister will give a national apology to victims of institutional child abuse; and today is Philadelphia's Super Bowl victory parade.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jon Finer, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to the president, on how the United States feels about Israel's ground assault in Gaza.

The alligator is made of bronze. The sculpture, by Swedish Artist Alexander Klingspor, is an homage to the legend that alligators roam the city's sewers.