9PM ET 02/04/2026 Newscast

Summary

Fox News Hourly Update – 9PM ET 02/04/2026 Newscast

Date: February 5, 2026
Host: Fox News Podcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode delivers a brisk roundup of major national news stories, with a central focus on the high-profile disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona. Listeners also get updates on nuclear negotiations between Iran and the US, a key moment in Donald Trump's hush money trial, a Maine immigration investigation, significant layoffs at the Washington Post, and the end of an era for Cape Cod potato chips. Financial market closing data rounds out the broadcast.

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Main Story: Nancy Guthrie Disappearance

• Savannah Guthrie's Family Issues Plea
  • Savannah Guthrie released a heartfelt social media video, appealing for her missing mother's return amidst reports of a ransom note.
    • "We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her." – Savannah Guthrie (via host Lisa Lacera, 00:06)
  • Law enforcement, including the Pima County Sheriff's Office and federal agents, returned to Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home for renewed forensic searches.
    • "There was a team at the back of the house searching through the cactus and the landscape there. There was a team in the house and a team that was going through the garage, all of them wearing the kind of gloves you see during these sort of forensic examinations..." – Field report (00:31)
  • The home was later returned to the Guthrie family, though law enforcement also visited Annie Guthrie, Savannah's sister, and her husband—the last known people to see Nancy.

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International Affairs: US-Iran Nuclear Talks

• Updates on Nuclear Negotiations
  • Talks between Iran and the US are set to resume on Friday in Oman. This comes after earlier signs that negotiations were faltering.
  • President Trump issued another "blunt warning" to Tehran, but specifics were not provided.

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Legal Update: Trump Hush Money Trial

• Federal Judge Reviews Case Jurisdiction
  • U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein is considering whether the payment to Stormy Daniels, originally a state case, could have been moved to federal court.
  • The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled the President’s request for federal transfer had not been properly evaluated.
    • "Judge did not immediately issue a ruling." – Fox's Colonel Scott (01:49)

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Immigration: Maine Sheriff's Department Investigation

• ICE Targets Sheriff’s Department Records
  • Federal authorities are seeking broader employment documentation from Cumberland County, Maine, after the arrest of corrections officer Emmanuel Landila, an Angolan immigrant.
    • "They wanted information about everyone who has worked at the jail since January 2025." – Tanya J. Powers (02:36)
  • ICE has withdrawn all detainees from the facility over concerns of employing an undocumented immigrant.

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Media Industry: Washington Post Layoffs

• Major Restructuring Announced
  • The Washington Post is laying off about a third of its staff, including its sports department, several foreign bureaus, and its books coverage.
    • Executive Editor Matt Murray called it "painful but necessary to put the paper on stronger footing and deal with changes in technology and user habits." (03:18)

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Business & Economy: Cape Cod Chips Closes Hyannis Plant

• Cape Cod Chips Production Relocates
  • Campbell’s Snacks is moving Cape Cod Chips production out of Hyannis, Massachusetts, where the iconic snack’s branding originated.
    • "Campbell says the Hyannis plant already produces only 4% of Cape Cod chips." – Therese Crowley (03:36)
  • 49 workers will lose their jobs when the plant closes in April.
    • Memorable moment: "But is a Cape Cod chip the same without the 'Cod'?"

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Market Wrap-Up

• Wall Street Closing Numbers (04:10)
  • Dow: +260
  • NASDAQ: -350
  • S&P 500: -35

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Guthrie Case:

  • "We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her." – Savannah Guthrie (00:06)
  • "All of them wearing the kind of gloves you see during these sort of forensic examinations..." (00:39)

• On the Cape Cod Chips Plant Closure:

  • "But is a Cape Cod chip the same without the 'Cod'?" – Therese Crowley (03:56)

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This summary captures the fast-paced, fact-focused tone of the Fox News broadcast, emphasizing key updates and quotes from the episode’s primary segments.

Transcript

[A]

This is a FOX News alert, a plea for her return. I'm Lisa Lacera.

[B]

We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her.

[A]

Savannah Guthrie just releasing a video on social media a short time ago saying her family is ready to talk after hearing reports of a ransom note. As the Pima County Sheriff's Office and federal law enforcement back at the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing Sunday morning, all of these law.

[C]

Enforcement agents descend on the home, tape it off once again and conduct searches both inside and outside. There was a team at the back of the house searching through the cactus and the landscape there. There was a team in the house and a team that was going through the garage, all of them wearing the kind of gloves you see during these sort of forensic examinations of scenes of evidence.

[A]

Knox says. Jonathan Hunt in Tucson earlier today, the sheriff said they turn the home back over to the Guthrie family. Law enforcement is also at the home of Annie Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie's sister. She and her husband are believed to be the last people to see Nancy Guthrie when they dropped her off Saturday night. Nuclear talks between Iran and the US Are set for Friday in Oman after indications earlier today that talks were faltering. And another blunt warning for Tehran from President Trump. A federal judge now weighing new arguments in the hush money trial of President Trump.

[D]

U.S. district Judge Alvin Hellerstein heard arguments on the case of money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels should have remained a state case. The 2nd U.S. circuit Court of Appeals ruled last November that Hellerstein did not properly consider the president's request to move it to a federal court.

[A]

Fox's Colonel Scott the judge did not immediately issue a ruling. America is listening to FOX News.

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[A]

Immigration authorities are demanding employment records from a sheriff's department in Maine.

[E]

Weeks after Cumberland County, Maine Sheriff Kevin Joyce criticized ICE agents for arresting one of his guards. His department is now the target of a federal investigation. ICE served the county with a subpoena on January 23, two days after ICE arrested corrections officer Emmanuel Landila according to the Bangor Daily News. Joyce said they wanted information about everyone who has worked at the jail since January 2025. That's when Landila, an Angolan immigrant, was hired. He said last month that the guard had passed multiple background checks for the job and had a work permit. ICE removed detainees it had been housing at the jail, with a spokesperson saying it could no longer partner with a jail that employed an undocumented immigrant. Tanya J. Powers, Fox News the Washington Post has.

[A]

Laid off about one third of its staff, eliminating its sports section and cutting several foreign bureaus and its books coverage. Executive editor Matt Murray called the move painful but necessary to put the paper on stronger footing and deal with changes in technology and user habits. A popular potato chip is losing its lighthouse.

[F]

It's a Hyannis tradition Cape Cod chips under the famed Nauset Lighthouse, pictured right there on the bag and even used to promote lighthouse preservation. But now the one time small business brand founded in Hyannis is being taken off the Cape. The giant Campbell's Snacks announces production of Cape Cod chips will be transferred to more modern and efficient plants Hanover, Pennsylvania Beloit, Wisconsin and Charlotte, North Carolina. But is a Cape Cod chip the same without the code? Campbell says the Hyannis plant already produces only 4% of Cape Cod chips.

[A]

Fox's Therese Crowley 49 workers will be let go when the Cape Cod chip plant closes in April. On Wall street, The Dow gained 260, the NASDAQ off 350. The S&P lost 35. I'm Lisa Licera. This is Fox News.

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