PBS NewsHour; Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 3:00pm-4:00pm PST

♪ JUDY: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON "THE NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT... A CONVICTION -- FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S COMPANY IS FOUND GUILTY OF TAX FRAUD. THEN... GEORGIA VOTES -- THE RUNOFF ELECTION FOR A U.S. SENATE SEAT COMES TO AN END AFTER CONTENTIOUS CAMPAIGN. AND... FIGHTING FENTANYL -- DEATHS FROM THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID RISE DRATICALLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, PROMPTING SCHOOLS TO STOCKPILE MEDICATION TO REVERSE OVERDOSES. KRTEL: EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE SEEING PILL WISE, 98%, 99% OF THEM ARE NOT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. THEY ARE FENTANYL. IF YOU'RE GETTING IT OFF THE STREET, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING. JUDY: ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR." ♪ >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY

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POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. THANK YOU. JUDY: A NEW YORK JURY HAS FOUND THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION GUILTY OF 17 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL TAX FRAUD FOR A SCHEME TOP EXECUTIVES USED TO DODGE PERSONAL INCOME TAXES. AS JOHN YANG REPORTS, THE VERDICT COMES AS A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ILLEGITIMATE ATTEMPTS TO REMAIN IN POWER APPEARS TO BE ENTERING A NEW PHASE. JOHN: JUDY, OFFICIALS IN

WISCONSIN AND ARIZONA SAY THEY HAVE RECEIVED SUBPOENAS FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKING POTENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS THEY MAY HAVE HAD WITH TRUMP, HIS CAMPAIGN AND AIDES AS THEY TRIED TO REVERSE THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 ELECTION. THE SUBPOENAS -- THAT ARE PART OF THE INVESTIGATION HEADED BY SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH -- WERE FIRST REPORTED BY THE WASHINGTON POST, WHICH SAID MICHIGAN OFFICIALS WERE ALSO GIVEN A SUBPOENA. AND IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT TODAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL SAID THE PANEL WILL MAKE CRIMINAL REFERRALS TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BASED ON ITS FINDINGS. INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR ANDREA BERNSTEIN IS PART OF THE PROPUBLICA TEAM COVERING DEMOCRACY AND HAS BEEN COVERING THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION TRIAL FOR NPR. TODAY'S GUILTY VERDICT IN THAT TRIAL, WHAT WAS IT EXACTLY THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION WAS ACCUSED OF DOING? ANDREA: THE TWO CORPORATE

ENTITIES WERE CHARGED WITH AND TRIED FOR SCHEME TO DEFRAUD, CONSPIRACY AND FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS, ESSENTIALLY ENGAGING IN A LONG-RUNNING SCHEME WHEREBY TOP EXECUTIVES WOULD BE COMPENSATED WITH THINGS LIKE LUXURY APARTMENTS, OR SADIE'S BINSS, PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION, ALL OF WHICH THEY DID NOT CLEAR ON THEIR PERSONAL TAXES, WHICH ALLOWED THEM AND THE COMPANY TO SAVE MONEY. THE JURY FOUND THE TRUMP CORPORATION WERE CRIMINALLY LIABLE, PUTTING US IN THIS NOVEL SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE WHO WAS PRESIDENT, W WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT AGAIN, HAS HISOMPANY CONVICTED OF CRIMES. JOHN: IS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AFFECTED AT ALL BY THIS PERSONALLY? ANDREA: HE IS NOT PERSONALLY CHARGED. OF COURSE THIS IS HIS UPON A MS. COMPANY AND COULD SUFFER BUSINESS CONSEQUENCES. -- HIS EPONYMOUS COMPANY AND

COULD SUFFER BUSINESS CONSEQUENCES. I THINK IT'S MORE PSYCHIC CONSEQUENCES, HERE IS SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS HE'S DONE NOTHING WRONG, WHOSE COMPANY WAS FOUND GUILTY BY A MANHATTAN JURY OF 17 COUNTS OF CHEATING TH GOVERNMENT THAT HE HEADED, INCLUDING WHILE HE WAS THE HEAD OF IT. JOHN: ATMOSPHERIC CONSEQUENCES, BUT ALSO ON A DAY WHEN WE LEARNED ABOUT SOME CONCRETE ACTIONS BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE SUBPOENAS FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL? ANDREA: WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEMS TO BE AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING INTO CRIMINALITY INVOLVING TRUMP'S ATTEMPTS TO AVOID THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER, AND WHERE THE GENEROUS SIX COMMITTEE SAYS THEY MAY HAVE FOUND SOME CRIMINAL ELEMENTS THEY WANT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT. WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IT IS

NOT A MONTH THAN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CLEARED HIS INTENTION TO RUN FOR AHIRD TIME, AND HE IS FACING CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS BUSINESS AND INTENTIONALLY FOR HIS PRESIDENCY AS WELL. JOHN: THERE WAS SPECULATION WHEN JACK SMITH WAS NAMED SPECIAL COUNSEL THAT THIS WOULD DELAY THE INVESTIGATION AND IT WOULD TAKE HIM TIME TO GET UP TO SPEED, BUT HE SEEMS TO BE ACTING FAIRLY QUICKLY. ANDREA: YEAH. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DID SAY HE WOULD TAKE OVER AND CONTINUE WITH THE EXISTING INVESTIGATION, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING. I THINK WHAT THE OVERALL PICTURE IS TODAY, HERE IS A FORMER WHOSE COMPANY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIME, WHO IS FACING MORE CHARGES, POTENTIALLY PERSONALLY FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, OF THE GOVERNMENT HE ONCE HEADED -- THAT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY. JOHN: THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE SAID THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED ON WHAT THE DETAILS OF THE REFERRAL WILL BE. WHAT IS THE RANGE OF

POSSIBILITIES? WHAT MIGHT THEY BE REFERRING TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT? ANDREA: THEY REFERRED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THEIR HEARINGS TO A FINDING BY A FEDERAL COURT JUDGE THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO HAVE VIOLATED VARIOUS STATUTES IN REGARDS TO HIS ATTEMPT TO HOLD ONTO POWER AND IT WAS CLEAR HE HAD NO FURTHER RECOURSE. THEY HAVE SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE PRESIDENT -- THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN HAVE SAID IT. THAT IS CLEARLY TOP OF MIND BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE SEE THE REPORT LATER THIS MONTH, AND UNTIL THEY'VE MADE A DECISION ON WHETHER TO REFER A. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS ITS OWN INVESTIGATION AND CAN LOOK AT THEIR MATERIALS. IT IS A SENSE OF ACCUMULATION OF THESE CHARGES OF FRAUD ALL AROUND THAT TRUMP IS NOW FACING. JOHN: ANDREA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANDREA: THANK YOU. ♪ JUDY: IN THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS...

THE LAST U.S. SENATE CONTEST OF THE 2022 MID-TERM ELECTIONS IS FINALLY COMING TO AN END. TODAY'S RUN-OFF IN GEORGIA PITS INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK AGAINST REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER HERSCHEL WALKER. THE OUTCOME WILL DECIDE IF DEMOCRATS CONTROL A TIED 50/50 SENATE -- OR HAVE A 51 SEAT MAJORITY. WE'LL EXAMINE ALL OF THIS, AFTER THE NEWS SUMMARY. CONGRESS PAUSED TODAY TO HONOR THE POLICE WHO DEFENDETHE U.S. CAPITOL AGAINST THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK. LISA DESJARDINS S THAT STORY. >> ♪ FOR BEAUTIFUL, FOR SPACIOUS SKIES ♪ LISA: IN THE ROTUNDA WHERE CAPITOL POLICE BATTLED A VIOLENT MOB, TODAY, ECHOING RECOGNITION. REP. PELOSI: JANUARY 6 WAS A DAY OF HORROR AND HEARTBREAK. YET IT'S ALSO A MOMENT OF EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM. MR. MANGER: I CANNOT THANK OUR OFFICERS ENOUGH.

FOR THEIR COURAGE. FOR THE RESOLVE. SENATOR MCCONNELL: THE CAPITOL POLICE FOUGHT TO DEFEND NOT JUST THIS INSTITUTION BUT OUR SYSTEM OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. LISA: A RARE CEREMONY FOR THOSE USUALLY IN THE BACKGROUND AS OFFICERS TODAY RECEIVED CONGRESS'S HIGHEST AWARD -- THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. CHAPLAIN BLACK: FOR THOSE WHO COURAGEOUSLY DEFENDED THIS CATHEDRAL OF FREEDOM. LISA: FOR MANY LISTENING, THE HIGH HONOR MIXED WITH DEEP MEMORY, OF BEING OUTNUMBERED BY THOUSANDS ON JANUARY 6 WITH WAVE UPON WAVE OF VIOLENCE FOR HOURS. METROPOLITAN POLICE CHIEF ROBERT CONTEE -- CHIEF CONTEE: THE AIR STILL THICK WITH BEAR SPRAY AND OTHER CHEMICALS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR OUR OFFICERS TO SEE AND BREATHE. LISA: SGT. AQUILINO GONNELL, NOW CLOSE TO RETIREMENT. SGT. GONNELL: UNLESS YOU WERE HERE THAT DAY, YOU WILL NOT

UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WE WENT THROUGH. THAT ACKNOWLEDGMENT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE THIS FOR SOME OF THE OFFICES THIS IS THE FIRST TIME , WE HEAR THAT. LISA: AFTERWARD, REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL REACHED OUT, BUT THE FAMILY OF OFFICER BRIAN SICKNICK, WHO DIED OF STROKE AFTER THE ATTACK, POINTEDLY DID NOT SHAKE HANDS WITH HIM OR HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY. FOR THCAPITOL, SOLEMN RECOGNITION OF BOTH THE SACRIFICES OF JANUARY 6 AND ITS PRESENCE IN MANY LIVES STILL TODAY. FOR "THE PBS NEWSHOUR," I'M LISA DESJARDINS. JUDY: THE SUSPECT IN LAST MONTH'S NIGHTCLUB SHOOTINGS IN COLORADO SPRINGS WAS CHARGED TODAY TH MURDER AND HATE CRIMES. THE ATTACK ON LGBTQ PATRONS LEFT 5 DEAD AND 17 WOUNDED. TODAY, ANDERSON ALDRICH APPEARED IN COURT TO FACE 305 CRIMINAL COUNTS. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID INCLUDING THE HATE CRIME CHARGES WAS IMPORTANT. DA ALLEN: WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE ACTIONS AGAINST

COMMUNITY MEMBERS BASED ON THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN HARASSED, INTIMIDATED AND ABUSED FOR TOO LONG, AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO OCCUR IN THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. JUDY: THE STATE MURDER CHARGES CARRY THE TOUGHEST PENALTIES -- LIKELY, LIFE IN PRISON. THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE PORTS CHINESE HACKERS HAVE STOLEN AT LEAST $20 MILLION IN U.S. COVI RELIEF FUNDS SINCE 2020. THE AGENCY SAYS THE HACKERS BELONG TO A GROUP WITH TIES TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. THEY ALLEGEDLY STOLE PANDEMIC FUNDS FROM UNEMPLOYMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS LOAN FUNDS IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES. THE PARLIAMENT OF INDONESIA UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A SWEEPING REVISION OF ITS CRIMINAL CODE TODAY, BANNING SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE AND INSULTS TO THE PRESIDENT, AMONG OTHER THINGS. IN JAKARTA, OPPONENTS OF THE NEW CODE GATHERED OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT TO PROTEST CHANGES THAT THEY CALLED DRACONIAN AND OVERLY BROAD. ADHITIYA: THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD FOCUS ON FULFILLING PEOPLE'S

CIVIL RIGHTS, THE ECONOMY AND CULTURE, SUCH AS JOB VACANCIES AND HEALTHCARE. INSTEAD, THEY PASSED A LAW THAT ISN'T DEMOCRATIC AND CONTROLS OUR PRIVATE LIVES. IT'S A SETBACK FOR OUR COUNTRY. JUDY: THE LAWS WILL TAKE ABOUT 3 YEARS TO FULLY ROLL OUT. A UNITED NATIONS REPORT HAS CONCLUDED THAT WORKPLACE ABUSE IS PERVASIVE, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, MIGRANTS AND WOMEN. IT'S THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO GAUGE THE EXTENT OF ON-THE-JOB VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT AROUND THE WORLD. NEARLY 75,000 WORKERS WERE SURVEYED. MORE THAN 20 PERCENT REPORTED FACING ABUSE AT WORK. AN OVERSIGHT BOARD SAYS FACEBOOK'S CONTENT MODERATION SYSTEM NEEDS A MAJOR OVERHAUL. THE BOARD TODAY CRITICIZED EXEMPTIONS GIVEN TO HIGH-PROFILE USERS. IT SAID THE RESULT HAS BEEN UNEQUAL TREATMENT AND LENGTHY DELAYS IN TAKING DOWN IMPROPER CONTENT. AND ON WALL STREET -- INFLATION WORRIES SENT THE STOCK MARKET SLIDING AGAIN, WITH MAJOR INDEXES DOWN 1 TO 2 PERCENT. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE LOST 350 POINTS TO CLOSE AT

33,596. THE NASDAQ FELL 225 POINTS. THE S&P 500 SLID 57. STILL TO COME ON "THE NEWSHOUR"... A UKRAINIAN NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER WORKS TO LD RUSSIAN FORCES ACCOUNTABLE FOR INVADG HER COUNTRY... A NEWLY-ELECTED REPUBLAN REFLECTS ON THE GOP'S PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDTERMS... THE LARGEST EVER STRIKE BY HIGHER EDUCATION WORKERS DISRUPTS CLASSES AT THE UNERSITY OF CALIFORNIA... PLUS MUCH MORE. >> THIS IS "THE PBS NEWSHOUR" FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON, AND IN THE WEST FROM THE WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. JUDY: TODAY MARKS THE END OF A TIGHT AND BITTER RUN-OFF RACE BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK AND REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER HERSCHEL WALKER IN GEORGIA -- THESE DAYS, ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED SWING STATES IN THE COUNTRY. LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ JOINS ME TO

-- I MISSPOKE EARLIER AND SAID REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE A MAJORITY. LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ JOINS ME TO DISCUSS WHAT TO WATCH AS POLLS CLOSE IN THE NEXT HOUR. DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE THE MAJORITY REGARDLESS. YOU SPENT SEVERAL DAYS IN GEORGIA AND YOU WATCHED THE CAMPAIGNS, THESE CANDIDATES. TELL US ABOUT THE FINAL MESSAGES. LAURA: ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT HAS LOOMED OVER THIS RACE IS HERSCHEL WALKER'S SCANDALS AND COMPETENCY AND CHARACTER, AND BOTH CANDIDATES WERE ASKED ABOUT CHARACTER AND COMPETENCY TODAY IN THEIR STOPS IN GEORGIA. MR. WALKER: GEORGIA VOTERS VOTED. RIGHT NOW I PUT MY CHARACTER AGAINST RAPHAEL WARNOCK ANY DAY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, GEORGIA IS LOOKING FOR A SENATOR WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK FOR THEM. RAPHAEL WARNOCK HAS NOT SPOKEN FOR GEORGIA. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. SEN. WARNOCK: GEORGIA IS BETTER THAN HERSCHEL WALKER.

THAT'S IT. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT HIS HUMANITY, I'M TALKING ABOUT HIS FITNESS TO SERVE. GEORGIA IS BETTER THAN THAT. LAURA: WARNOCK HAS REPEATEDLY QUESTIONED WALKER'S FITNESS TO SERVE DUE TO A LOT OF THESE SCANDALS, WHETHER IT IS ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, AS WELL AS ALLEGATIONS THAT WALKER PAID FOR ABORTIONS FOR EX-PARTNERS. ON THE STUMP, TIR SPEECHES ARE VERY DIFFERENT. WALKER HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON CULTURAL ISSUES, HE'S TALKED A LOT ABOUT -- HIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN VERY ANTI-TRANSGENDER ATHLETES. HE ASKS ON THE STUMP SPEECH REGULARLY, WHAT ARE PRONOUNS? CLEARLY REFERRING TO GENDER IDENTITY AND DEMOCRATS SAYING THAT CORRECT PRONOUNS SHOULD BE USED FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE THEM. BY CONTRAST, WARNOCK HAS FOCUSED ON HEALTH CARE, HE IS FOCUSED ON SAYING HE THINKS GEORGIA SHOULD

EXPAND MEDICAID, AND HE HAS ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT ACCESS TO ABORTION. AGAIN, MAKING THAT A BIG ISSUE IN THE FINAL DAYS GOOD -- FINAL DAYS. JUDY: YOU WERE TELLING US THAT BOTH HAVE RELIED ON HIGH-PROFILE FIGURES TO BE ON THE TRAIL CAMPAIGNING. WHAT EFFECT HAS THAT HAD? LAURA: THE DIFFERENCE FOR WALKER IS THIS TIME AROUND IS HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP. BRIAN KEMP DID NOT GIVE HIM A FULL THROATED ENDORSEMENT INITIALLY. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE CAMP VOTERS AS WELL AS SOME LIBERTARIANS. WARNOCK HAD FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA COME OUT IN THE FINAL DAYS, REALLY TRYING TO BOOST DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AGAIN AMONG KEY GROUPS LIKE BLACK VOTERS, YOUNG VOTERS, ASIAN AMERICANS, TO TELL THEM THAT I KNOW WARNOCK HAS

SAID, THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME TO VOTE FOR ME IN ABOUT TWO YEARS BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO DO IT AGAIN. NOTABLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT GO PHYSICALLY TO GEORGIA THIS TIME AROUND THE WAY HE DID IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. HE HELD A TELE RALLY FOR WALKER LAST NIGHT. PRESIDENT BIDEN DID NOT GO TO GEORGIA. HE HAS SAID HE WOULD DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO HELP WARNOCK, EVEN IF THAT MEANS STAYING AWAY. JUDY: WE KNOW THE LENGTH OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION IS 28 DAYS, LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT WE SAW IN THE LAST ELECTION. A BIG RUNOFF A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WHAT EFFECT DOES THE SHORTENED TIMEFRAME HAVE? LAURA: IT HAS HAD AN EFFECT BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, THE RUNOFF WAS A LOT SHORTER THIS TI AROUND, ABOUT HALF. IN THE 2021 RUNOFF, CANDIDATES WEREBLE TO REGISTER MORE NEW VOTERS. THIS TIME, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REGISTER NEW VOTERS. THEY HAD ONLY ONE WEEK OF EARLY WEEK -- ONE WEEK OF EARLY VOTING INSTEAD OF THREE, AND THERE IS A

REDUCED NUMBER OF DROP BOXES. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE TODAY WAS SAYING THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THAT LAW DID NOT RESTRICT VOTERS ABILITY TO CAST A BALLOT IN ANY WAY AND THEY ARGUE THE LONG LINES, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN IN THE EARLY VOTE, NOT AS MUCH TODAY --THAT IT WASN'T SUPPRESSION. THE SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE HAVE ALSO SAID THEY ARE TRYING TO TELL COUNTIES, DON'T SEND US YOUR VOTE TOTALS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT ALL AT ONCE. WHEN YOU HAVE COUNTED VOTES, SEND THEM IN, THEY ARE TRYING TO DISPEL CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT THE ELECTION BEING RIGGED. JUDY: BIG STAKES EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW DEMOCRATS WILL CONTROL THE SENATE EITHER WAY, BUT THAT ONE VOTE CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. LAURA, THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN FIND UP TO THE MINUTE ELECTION RESULTS FOR GEORGIA'S RUNOFF ONLINE AT PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR. KEEP YOUR EYE ON IT TONIGHT. ♪

MEANTIME, REPUBLICANS ARE LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM TAKING OVER CONTROL OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH A SLIM MAJORITY. OUR LISA DESJARDINS HAS MORE. LISA: HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE STEPPING INTO POWER IN PART BECAUSE OF WINS FROM CANDIDATES OF COLOR AS WELL AS IN SOME HARD-FOUGHT SWING DISTRICTS. THOSE WHO WON NOW HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE OVER THE FUTURE OF THEIR PARTY. ONE OF THEM IS OUR GUEST, CONGRESSMAN-ELECT JOHN JAMES FROM MICHIGAN. HE WILL BE THE FIRST BLACK REPUBLICAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN THE STATE. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS. MR. JAMES: THANK YOU SO MUCH. LISA: I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO, AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT BILLS DO YOU THINK REPUBLICAN SHOULD PASS IN THE HOUSE NEXT YEAR? MR. JAMES: FRANCA, RECOGNIZING THAT THE ONLY COLORS THAT MATTER ARE RED, WHITE AND BLUE IN MY DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BRING BACK OUR JOBS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT AND AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE DESPERATE FOR. MAKING IT A MORE PERMISSIVE AREA TO INNOVATE AND CREATE JOBS. I AM EXCITED TO BRING MY BACKGROUND TO HELP SECURE OUR COUNTRY AND MAKE OUR COUNTY STRONGER AS WELL. LISA: THAT SOUNDS LIKE DEREGULATION? TAXES? MR. JAMES: WE NEED TAX OR FORM, REGULATORY REFORM AND TORT REFORM. I AM NOT ANTIGOVERNMENT BUT I AM PRO-LIMITED GOVERNMENT. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I BELIEVE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES NO BETTER THAN THE GOVERNMENT. I BELIEVE GETTING MONEY BACK TO WHERE IT IS MADE. FRANKLY, MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GROW BUSINESSES AND KEEP BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT AND STATE, AND BRING JOBS BACK FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. COMMON SENSE REGULATORY REFORM. MAKE SURE OUR ENVIRONMENT IS SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE, BUT ALSO

OUR ECONOMY CAN GROW AS WELL. I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME. LISA: WHILE YOU HAVE THOSE ASPIRATIONS, YOU HAVA DIVIDED HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE. SOME ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION, STILL TALKING ABOUT LIES THAT IT WAS SOMEHOW FRAUDULENT. SOME SAY THEY WON'T SUPPORT MR. MCCARTHY AS THE POTENTIAL HOUSE SPEAKER. YOU ARE ALSO ON AN AUDIT COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT THE 2022 COMMITTEE -- 2022 ELECTION. HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THE INFIGHTING DOESN'T GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? MR. JAMES: I HAVE VERY LITTLE TOLERANCE FOR POLITICAL INFIGHTING. THE 8000 FOLKS WHO SIT ME HERE SENT ME HERE TO DO A JOB. TO BE WORTHY OF THE POST WE HAVE AND WORTHY OF THEIR TRUST AND SUPPORT, WE NEED TO WORK THERE ARE DIFFERENCES AND RECOGNIZE WE NEED TO START AND BUILD WHERE WE ARE OF THE SAME VOICE. I BELIEVE THAT 95% OF THE ISSUES

WE FACE ARE NONPARTISAN. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BRING MY SKILL SET TO BEAR, REPRESENTING MY CONSTITUENCY AND COUNTRY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND CUTTING THROUGH, WORKING WITH BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR AMERICANS. LISA: YOU SAID RED, WHITE AND BLUE ARE THE ONLY COLORS THAT MATTER, BUT IT IS NOTABLE, IS IT NOT, THAT REPUBLICANS HAD THE MOST DIVERSE SLATE OF CANDIDATES EVER FOR NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS THIS YEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, NOT ALL OF THEM WON AS YOU DID. I THINK NO BLACK WOMEN. YOU'VE BEEN STOMACH FOR HERSCHEL WALKER IN GEORGIA. IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOING ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SPEAKING TO EVERYONE AND ACCORDING CANDIDATES OF COLOR? MR. JAMES: WHAT A GREAT QUESTION. I HAVE SAID TIME AND AGAIN, WE CANNOT EXPECT A RETURN WHERE WE HAVE NOT MADE AN INVESTMENT. REPUBLICANS NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS ISSUES ALL OVER THE

COUNTRY. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. BUT WE ARE NOT PRIORITIZING IDENTITY. WE ARE PRIORITIZING ABILITY. I BELIEVE THAT BY GETTING THE RIGHT MESSAGES INTO EVERY CORNER OF THE NATION, WE WILL BEGIN TO WIN ON IDEAS AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THE TALK IN WASHINGTON, AND BACK IN OUR DISTRICTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF COLOR, WHO NEED HELP. LISA: YOU YOURSELF HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION AND IRREGULARITIES I BELIEVE IS THE WORD YOU'VE USED IN MICHIGAN. ALL OF THE SERIOUS CONCERNS IN MICHIGAN WERE THROWN OUT. WANT TO ASK YOU A STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION -- DO YOU BELIEVE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DULY ELECTED? MRJAMES: I'M GOING TO CHECK IN ON THAT. WITHIN THREE WEEKS O GOING THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, AFTER THREE WEEKS, ONCE THE CANVASSERS, ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL PROCESS IN THE STATE, I CONGRATULATED MY OPPONENT WITHIN THREE WEEKS. THAT IS HOW THE LAW IS RUN IN MICHIGAN AND I AM A RULE OF LAW GUY.

JOE BIDEN IS OUR PRESIDENT. LISA: I NEED TO CHECK YOUR LANGUAGE. HE IS OUR PRESIDENT, WAS HE DULY ELECTED? MR. JAMES: OF COURSE. LISA: I NEED TO ASK YOU ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STATEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND. HE SAID ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL ACCOUNT THAT ESSENTIALLY THERE WAS ENOUGH FRAUD IN THE 2020 ELECTION THAT, IN HIS WORDS, IT ALLOWED FOR THE TERMINATION OF RULES, REGULATIONS AND ARTICLES, INCLUDING THE CONSTITUTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THOSE WORDS? MR. MES: I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THAT STATEMENT. I SWORE AN OATH TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND I DID NOT QUIT THAT OATH WHEN I TOOK MY UNIFORM OFF AS A COMBAT VETERAN. ANYONE WHO WOULD DESTROY THE CONSTITUTION CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO DEFEND IT. I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, I CAN AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT WORSHIPING HIM, AND DISAGREE WITHOUT ATTACKING HIM. MY FOCUS IS NOT ON WHAT IS GOING ON OUTSIDE ANYWHERE OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT. MY FOCUS IS SERVING THE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT.

PLENTY OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRUMP. I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE OBSESSED WITH DRUM. I'M OBSESSED WITH THE FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT. LISA: DOES A STATEMENT LIKE THAT DISQUALIFY HIM FROM BEING PRESIDENT, WHICH IS A JOB THAT IS TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION? MR. JAMES: THAT IS A DECISION FOR THE VOTERS. I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN SWORN IN, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING A TO DO LIST. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT PALACE INTRIGUE AND 2024 BUT I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO FOR MY DISTRICT. LISA: JOHN JAMES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE MR. JAMES:. -- YOUR TIME. MR. JAMES: THANK YOU. ♪ JUDY: TODAY FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 24 HOURS, A MILITARY BASE IN RUSSIA WAS ATTACKED. MOSCOW BLAMED UKRAINE. MEANTIME, THE DRIVE FOR

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RUSSIAN WAR CRIMES IN UKRAINE CONTINUES. IN A MOMENT, NICK SCHIFRIN WILL SPEAK WITH A LEADING UKRAINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, BUT FIRST HE JOINS ME HERE. NICK, HELLO. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE TARGETS THAT WERE STRUCK INSIDE RUSSIA, AND WHAT ABOUT THE WEAPONS USED? NICK: THE TARGET TODAY WAS AN OIL FIELD NEAR AN AIRFIELD IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA. THE RUSSIAN GOVERNOR SAID MULTIPLE DRONES STRUCK IT, YOU CAN SEE IT ON FIRE. THE LOCATION IS ABOUT 50 MILES FROM THE UKRAINE-RUSSIA BORDER. WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT IS THE PATTERN AND LOCATION OF THE ATTACKS YESTERDAY ON A RUSSIAN BASE 372 MILES FROM THE UKRAINIAN BORDER. THAT BASE HOSTS NUCLEAR CAPABLE, LONG-RANGE BOMBERS THAT HAVE BOMBED UKRAINE P AND ANOTHER RUSSIAN BASE IS 350 MILES FROM THE UKRAINE BORDER. UKRAINE IS NOT TAKING PUBLIC

CREDIT FOR THESE BUT IT IS GIVING ANDS. -- HINTS. THE DEFENSE MINISTER JOKED THAT MAYBE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WERE SMOKING NEAR FLAMMABLE OBJECTS. >> THE ENEMY OFTEN KEEPS VIOLATING SAFETY RULES. THEY SMOKE IN DIFFERENT DANGEROUS PLACES, AND OFTEN WE HEAR A WORD THAT IS SWEET TO EVERY UKRAINIAN'S EAR -- COTTON. NICK: HE SAID THAT REMIND HIM OF THE SMOKE THAT APPEAR ABOVE THE BASES THAT WERE ATTACKED IN RUSSIA. A TAUNT BUT NOT CONFIRMING OR DENYING. THE OFFICIALS I TALKED TO SAID UKRAINE DID CONDUCT THESE ATTACKS WITH DRONES THAT THEY ESSENTIALLY CREATE WITH TECHNOLOGY THEY PATCH TOGETHER. NOT WITH ANY KIND OF U.S. WEAPON. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS REFUSED UKRAINE'S REQUESTS TO SEND THEM THE LONGEST RANGE MY BEST WEAPONS THEY HAVE FOR FEAR OF ESCALATION, FOR FEAR OF THESE

KIND OF ATTACKS THAT COULD ESCALATE THE WAR. TODAY, SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN WAS VERY CLEAR, HE SAID THESE ATTACKS IN RUSSIA NEED TO BE SEEN IN CONTEXT. SECRETARY LBLINKEN: WE HAVE NOT ENCOURAGED THE UKRAINIANS TO STRIKE INSIDE RUSSIA, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO UNDERSTAND THEY ARE LIVING WITH EVERYDAY. NICK: TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW IMPORTANT THE STRIKES ARE, BRITISH INTELLIGENCE IN THE U.K. SAID TODAY THEY ARE THE MOST STRATEGICALLY SIGNIFICANT FAILURES OF FORCE PROTECTION SINCE THE ART OF THE WAR. JUDY: HOW ARE THE RUSSIANS RESPONDING? NICK: TRYING TO CREATE THE SAME TERROR THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE FOR MONTHS. THEY LAUNCHED NEARLY ONE OFFICIAL STRIKE OFF HOMES AND HEATING INFRASTRUCTURE. ODESSA HAD TO RELY ON GENERATORS AND BACKGROUND OF SPOKESMAN TODAY PROSPECTSOR PEACE AND

RUSSIA MUST ACHIEVE ITS STATED GOALS. TODAY IN UKRAINE, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WAS DEFIANT, HE WAS GIVING UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS AWARDS. HE SAID THE COUNTRY DESERVED TO GAIN VICTORY AND JUSTICE. ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS HOPING DUTCH HELPING UKRAINE ACHIEVE JUSTICE IS THE KYIV-BASED CENTRE FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, ONE OF THE GROUPS SEEKING JUSTICE, WILL RECEIVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE THIS SATURDAY IN OSLO, NORWAY. ITS HEAD IS OLEKSANDRA MATVIICHUK. I SPOKE WITH HER JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, AND BEGAN BY ASKING HER WHY A HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT, WAS CALLING FOR UKRAINE TO BE GIVEN MORE WEAPONS. OLEKSANDRA: I AM A HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER THE FITTING PEOPLE FOR MANY YEARS. BUT I AND MANY HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS HAVE OCCULT CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN THE LAW DOESN'T WORK AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS UNABLE TO STOP THE RUSSIANS DID WE HAVE NO LEGAL INSTRUMENT. THE TRUTH IS, IF WE WANT TO STOP

MURDER AND TORTURE IN THESE TERRITORIES, WE NEED WEAPONS. NICK: WHEN I WAS IN KHARKIV A FEW MONTH AGO, I SAW RUSSIAN TORTURE CHAMBERS, AND RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HAD LEFT BEHIND THE DEVICES OF DEHUMANIZATION. THE WIRE THEY USED THE STRUGGLE UKRAINIANS, THE ELECTRICITY THEY USED TO TORTURE UKRAINIANS. HAVE THESE CRIMES OCCURRED NEARLY EVERYWHERE RUSSIA HAS OCCUPIED? OLEKSANDRA: YES, AND FOR ALL THESE EIGHT YEARS -- NICK: SINCEE 14? OLEKSANDRA: YES. I HAVE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE, THEY'VE TOLD ME HORRIBLE STORIES, HOW THE WERE BEATEN AND RAPED, HOW HER FINGERS WERE CAUGHT, NAILS DRILLED, TORTURED WITH ELECTRICITY, COMPELLED TO WRITE WITH THEIR OWN BLOOD. ONE WOMAN TOLD ME HER EYES WERE

DUG OUT WITH A SPOON. NICK: YOU'VE BEEN DOCUMENTING THESE HORRORS FOR MANY YEARS. CREATED AN INITIATIVE THAT HAS DOCUMENTED MORE THAN 24,000 ALLEGED WAR CRIMES. HOW SHOCKING IS THAT SCALE? OLEKSANDRA: IT IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CRIMES, MEANING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PAIN. WE ARE DOCUMENTING NOT JUST VIOLATIONS TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS, WE DOCUMENT PAIN. THE RUSSIANS ARE ATTACKING CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS. THEY COMMIT MURDER, RAPE, TORTURE, OBJECTIONS, AND OTHER KINDS OF OFFENSES. NICK: YOU AND SENIOR UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS HAVE CONSISTENTLY TALKED ABOUT CREATING A SPECIAL TRIBUNAL IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE. WHY IS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT NOT ENOUGH?

OLEKSANDRA: IT HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER CRIMES OF AGGRESSION. WE NEED ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS TO PROSECUTE FOR SUCH KIND OF CRIMES. BUT WE NEED EVEN MORE. WE NEED AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL THAT CAN COVER THE WAR CRIMES, CRIMES AGAINST AMENITY, AND GENOCIDE. NOW WE ARE FACED WITH ACCOUNTABILITY IN UKRAINE. THE NATIONAL SYSTEM IS OVERLOADED WITH CRIMES. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WILL LIMIT ITS INVESTIGATION ONLY TO SEVERAL SELECT CASES. THE QUESTION IS, WHO WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR JUSTICE FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS WHO ARE NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE SELECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT? NICK: IS THE GOAL AND A SPECIAL TRIBUNAL, SPECIFICALLY THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION, WHICH THE ICC DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER, IS THE GOAL TO HOLD SENIOR OFFIALS TO ACCOUNT, INCLUDING

VLADIMIR PUTIN HIMSELF? OLEKSANDRA: PUTIN AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP, AND HIGH MILITARY COMMAND. NICK: FOR THE FIRST TIME THE EUROPEAN MISSION HAS ENDORSED YOUR CALL FOR A SPECIAL TRIBUNAL, BUT THE U.S. HAS STILL NOT ENDORSED A SPECIAL TRIBUNAL, AND OFFICIALS I SPEAK TO HERE ARE WORRIED IT COULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO CREATE A SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FROM SCRATCH, AND IT COULD DILUTE THE WORK OF THE ICC. WHAT DO YOU SAY? OLEKSANDRA: THEY ARE INTERCONNECTED, COMPLEX. OK, BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL TAKES TOO MUCH TIME, WE HAVE LESSONS LEARNED TO DO IT FASTER. NICK: MEANING YOU WANT JUSTICE TO BE ACHIEVED DURING THE WAR ITSELF? OLEKSANDRA: YES. WHY ARE WE LOOKING THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE TRIBUNAL, CRIMINALS WERE TRIED AFTER THE NAZI REGIME COLLAPSED. NICK: DO YOU THINK THE WEST HAS

FAILED TO HOLD FOOD INTO ACCOUNT IN THE PAST, LONG BEFORE 2014 -- HOLD PUTIN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE PAST, LONG BEFORE 2014? OLEKSANDRA: ALL OF THIS IN UKRAINE IS THE TOTAL IMPUNITY OF RUSSIAN TROOPS IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD . THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PUNISHED. THE RUSSIANS BELIEVE THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. NICK: LAST WEEK AND WE HEARD SOMETHING FROM THE FRENCH PRESIDENT. HE SAID THE END OF THE WAR WOUL REQUIRE RUSSIAN SECURITY GUARANTEES. ARE YOU CONCERNED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS MORE CONCERNED IN PEACE THAN JUSTICE? OLEKSANDRA: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS TO TAKE THE TRUTH AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL NOT BE SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN THE REGION WITHOUT JUSTICE. WE SPEAK ABOUT A CULTURE OF IMPUNITY, WE SPEAK ABOUT A SITUATION WHEN RUSSIA PREDICATES THE USE WAR AS A TOOL.

AND WERE CRIMES, METHODS TO WIN THE WAR. NICK: DO YOU THINK THIS IS A GLOBAL FIGHT? HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THE FIGHT OVERALL AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM, THAT UKRAINE FIND JUSTICE? OLEKSANDRA: IT IS A GLOBAL FIGHT. THIS WAR HAS A DISTANT VALUE DIMENSION. PUTIN TRIED TO CONVINCE NOT ONLY UKRAINIANS BUT THE WHOLE WORLD THAT THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRACY ARE FAKE VALUES. OTHER AUTHORITARIAN LEADERS IN THE WORLD CAN BE INSPIRED BY THIS EXAMPLE. NICK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUDY: OVERDOSE DEATHS CAUSED BY FENTANYL ARE ON THE RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND IT'S ESPECIALLY GRIM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - MORE THAN 75 PERCENT OF ADOLESCENT OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2021 INVOLVED THE

POWERFUL SYNTHETIC OPIOID. SCHOOLS IN CITIES FROM BALTIMORE TO TUCSON ARE STOCKING UP ON NARCAN, MEDICATION USED TO REVERSE OVERDOSES. STEPHANIE SY REPORTS FROM SACRAMENTO, WHERE NARCAN IS NOW AVAILABLE AT ALL K-12 SCHOOLS. STEPHANIE: WE MET THIS MOM IN A PARK IN SACRAMENTO. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED BECAUSE HER 15-YEAR OLD SON IS STILL BATTLING DRUG ADDICTION. HE WAS TAKING COUNTERFEIT PERCOCETS. >> WHAT THEY DO IS THEY CRUSH THE PILL AND PUT IT ON FOIL AND LIGHT IT AND INHALE THE SMOKE. AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY GET THE HIGH. STEPHANIE: SHE CAUGHT IT EARLY AND INTERVENED. HE'S ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. >> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROMINENT STORIES IN THE AREA OF TEENS WHO WERE DOING EXACTLY WHAT MY SON WAS DOING, EXCEPT THEY ARE NOT ALIVE ANYMORE. STEPHANIE: PICTURES OF THOSE TEENS WERE PUT UP IN THIS HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, AS A HANDFUL OF PARENTS LISTENED TO AN INFORMATION SESSION ABT FENTANYL, A SYNTHETIC OPIOID THAT IS UP TO 100 TIMES MORE

POTENT THAN MORPHINE. KRISTEL: OVER 16,000 GRAMS JUST IN A SACRAMENTO COUNTY. STEPHANIE: KRISTEL SUCHLAND, A CRIMINALIST FOR THE COUNTY, HAS RUN TESTS ON STREET DRUGS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SEIZED IN THE AREA. KRISTEL: EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE SEEING PILL WISE, 98%, 99% OF THEM ARE NOT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. THEY ARE FENTANYL. THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO TELL THE KIDS IS IF YOU'RE GETTING IT OFF THE STREET, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING BECAUSE IT IS SHOWING UP IN EVERYTHING YOU -- IN EVERYTHING. YOU THINK YOU ARE GETTING, YOU KNOW, AN OXYCODONE TABLET. IT'S FENTANYL. STEPHANIE: ORGANIZED BY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GROUP ARRIVE ALIVE CALIFORNIA AND SACRAMENTO COUNTY HEALTH AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, THE PRESENTATION WAS AS MUCH ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL AS IT WAS A PITCH FOR NARCAN, A MEDICATION THAT CAN REVERSE OPIOID OVERDOSES. ROMAIN: CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS... STEPHANIE: ROMAINE JONES, A FATHER OF A HIGH SCHOOL WAS

AMONG THE CONCERNED PARENTS LISTENING IN. ROMAINE: THEY CAN PUT THE POWDER ON WHATEVER AND THE KIDS CAN GET ADDICTED. I THINK THEY SHOULD STRESS THAT A LOT MORE THAN THE PILL, BECAUSE IT IS BASICALLY ON EVERYTHING. STEPHANIE: JONES TOOK A DOSE OF THE NARCAN NASAL SPRAY MADE AVAILABLE FOR PARENTS WITH HIM AS HE LEFT. FATAL DRUG OVERDOSES AMONG TNS NEARLY DOUBLED BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020 -- FROM 492 DEATHS TO 954 DEATHS. LAST YEAR, THERE WE 1,146 ADOLESCENTS WHO DIED, THE ALARMING RISE LARGELY DUE TO ILLICIT FENTANYL. THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SAYS THE INFLUX OF RAINBOW FENTANYL, MULTI-COLORED PILLS THAT LOOK LIKE CANDY, HAS BEEN A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT BY DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO DRIVE ADDICTION IN KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS. IN SEPTEMBER, A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL, MELANIE RAMOS, WAS FOUND DEAD OF AN OVERDOSE IN THE BATHROOM OF A SOUTHERN CALIRNIA HIGH SCHOOL. HER DEATH SET OFF ALARMS IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE, AND

MANY, LIKE CK MCCLATCHY HIGH SCHOOL IN SACRAMENTO, ARE NOW PUTTING NARCAN ON CAMPUS. STUDENTS WE TALKED HAD MIXED REACTIONS TO MAKING NARCAN MORE AVAILABLE. ELI ATEN IS THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT. ELI: IF THERE ARE KIDS DOING DRUGS LIKE THAT, YOU NEED SOME WAY TO HELP THEM, YOU CAN'T JUST LET THEM DIE ON THE SCENE. BUT I GET THAT IT COULD JUST BE HELPING THE PROBLEM BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD GET THEIR HANDS ON NARCAN TO HELP FACILITATE THEIR DRUG USE. STEPHANIE: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT MAKING NARCAN AVAILABLE IN SCHOOLS WOULD INCREASE OPIOID USE. SENIOR MYCAH REA THINKS HAVING NARCAN AROUND IS A GOOD IDEA, ADDING THAT MANY STUDENTS MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE REALLY GETTING WHEN THEY BUY PILLS. MYCAH: I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S EASY TO GET. I THINK MORE SO IT'S EASY TO MISTAKE. BECAUSE IF THERE'S A STUDENT THAT SAYS I WANT TO GO GET THIS THIS WEEKEND, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S LACED WITH FENTANYL AND THEN THEY TAKE IT WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND SOMEONE COULD OD.

I THINK THAT'S HOW IT COULD BE MORE POPULAR, MORE COMMON. STEPHANIE: WE WERE AT CK MCCLATCHY AS THE SCHOOL NURSE, CAROLINE SCHRADER, PREPARED THE CAMPUS FOR NARCAN. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SIGNS HERE? CAROLINE: EXACTLY, WE STARTED PUTTING THESE UP TO NOTIFY ANYBODY THE HALLWAYS THAT WE HAVE THE NARCAN HERE READILY AVAILABLE. WE PICKED THE WELLNESS CENTER AND STUDENT CENTER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC. A LOT OF KIDS COME THROUGH AND THEY KNOW IT. IT IS A GENERAL AREA TO COME TO. STEPHANIE: SCHRADER, A FORMER ICU NURSE, SAYS STREET FENTANYL IS UNPREDICTABLE, AND HAVING NARCAN IS AS IMPORTANT FOR SAVING LIVES AS HAVING EPI-PENS FOR KIDS WITH DEADLY ALLERGIES. CAROLINE: A LOT OF YOUR OVERDOSES DON'T HAPPEN WITH YOUR ADDICTS. THEY HAPPEN MORE WITH THE FIRST TIME USERS. THEY ARE TAKING ONE DOSE AND DYING. STEPHANIE: 27 STATES, HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN GREEN, HAVE AMENDED LAWS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS TO CARRY NARCAN. AND SCHOOL STAFF WHO HAVE TO ADMINISTER THE ANTIDOTE ARE GENERALLY PROTECTED FROM LIABILITY BY EXISTING LAWS. HAVING NARCAN READILY AVAILABLE IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS REFLECTS THE

SEVERITY OF THE CONTINUING OPIOID CRISIS AND MANY TOLD US THE CONTINUING FALLOUT FROM THE PANDEMIC. AARON: THE ABILITY TO COPE WENT AWAY. THE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SPIKED AND I DO THINK WE'RE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS BECAUSE THE AVERAGE PERSON EXPERIENCES ANXIETY MORE THAN THEY DID THREE YEARS AGO. STEPHANIE: STUDENT SUPPORT CENTER COORDINATOR AARON PERRY OFTEN DEALS DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WITH SUBSTANCES. PERRY SAYS SINCE THE PANDEMIC HE'S NOTICED MORE KIDS SELF-DIAGNOSING AND SELF-MEDICATING. AARON: SOMEONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE. YOU MIGHT HAVE IT, TOO. THE STUDENT WOULD PICK UP ON IT, SAY I KIND OF EXHIBIT THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS. THEY WOULD SAY HATTAWAY TREAT THIS? THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD START. STEPHANIE: HAVE YOU HAD ANY OVERDOSES HERE? AARON: NOT AS OF YET. THE'S BEEN SOME CLOSE CALLS.

STEPHANIE: TEENS DIDN'T START USING MORE DRUGS DURING THE PANDEMIC. IN FACT, RESEARCH SHOWS THEY USED THEM LESS FREQUENTLY. THE HIGH RE OF DEATHS ARE EVIDENCE OF FENTANYL'S POTENCYAS LITTLE AS 2 MILLIGRAMS CAN BE FATAL, AND IT IS BEING SPRINKLED INTO OTHER DRUGS, INCLUDING HEROIN, COCAINE AND METH. IN FACT, THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SAYS THE DANGER IS GROWING FOR TEENS BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS LIKE FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT, TWITTER AND YOUTUBE. ONLINE DEALERS, KNOWN AS PLUGS, PUT UP DRUG-THEMED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT MAY CONTAIN CODED EMOJIS TO LET SOMEONE KNOW THEY'RE SELLING PRESCRIPTION PILLS OR OTHER DRUGS AND TO GET PAST COMMUNITY GUIDELINES. THE TEENS CAN DIRECTLY MESSAGE THE DEALERS THROUGH THE IN-APP CHAT FUNCTION. BACK AT THE PARK, THE MOM WHOSE SON FELL INTO SUBSTANCE ADDICTION SAYS THAT WAS HOW HER SON OBTAINED PILLS. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE DRUG DEALERS SHOWING HIS PRODUCT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. STEPHANIE: SHE SAYS NARCAN IS ONLY A BAND-AID. AND THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. >> IT IS NOT THE ANSWER. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE AT A CRIS

POINT, GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THIS PROBLEM, WHETHER IT IS CARTEL PILLS GETTING ACROSS THE BORDER OR, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS, YOU KNOW, MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A VILLAGE. STEPHANIE: HER SON IS CURRENTLY ATTENDING AN INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR TEENS STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. >> IT'S ALSO NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS OVERNIGHT. IT IS A LONG JOURNEY, A LONG ROAD THAT WILL CONTINUE. STEPHANIE: A LONG ROAD THAT MANY PARENTS, TEENS, AND NOW SCHOOLS ARE FACING, WITH NO CLEAR DESTINATION IN SIGHT. FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M STEPHANIE SY IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. JUDY: THE LARGEST STRIKE OF THE YEAR IN THE U.S., AND THE LARGEST STKE IN HIGHER EDUCATION EVER, IS NOW IN ITS FOURTH WEEK IN CALIFORNIA. THIS BATTLE IS PLAYING OUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

AND AT ITS CORE IS A FIGHT OVER COMPENSATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS, TEACHING ASSISTANTS AND POSTDOCTORAL WORKERS WHO DO MUCH OF THE RESEARCH AND TEACHING ON CAMPUS. WILLIAM BRANGHAM LOOKS AT THE STAKES OF THIS SHOWDOWN. WILLIAM: JUDY, SINCE MID-NOVEMBER, MORE THAN 48,000 OF THESE ACADEMIC WORKERS ACROSS TEN CAMPUSES IN THE U.C. SYSTEM HAVE LEFT THE CLASSROOM. THEY HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS AND AIRWAVES ADVOCATING FOR HIGHER WAGES, IMPROVED HOUSING, AND MORE GENEROUS LEAVE FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS. THIS GROUP DOES NOT INCLUDE TENURED PROFESSORS. THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SOME WORKERS LAST WEE BUT THE STRIKE CONTINUES -- AS MOST OF THE WORKERS ARE SAYING THEY'LL STAY OUT FOR AS LONG AS TAKES UNTIL THEIR DEMANDS ARE MET. TIM CAIN IS WATCHING ALL OF THIS CLOSELY. HE IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION. VERY NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.

COULD YOU LAY OUT THE STAKES HERE? WHO IS STRIKING AND WHAT ARE THEY DEMANDING? TIM: SURE. THERE ARE FOUR GROUPS OF WORKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ON STRIKE CURRENTLY. AS YOU MENTIONED, TWO OF THE GROUPS HAVE REACHED TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS, THOSE ARE BEING VOTED UPON RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS, GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING ASSISTANTS, AND ACADEMIC REARCHERS. THESE ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, T NOT TENURED FACULTY MEMBERS. THE CENTRAL ISSUE IS SALARIES, WHICH ARE ACCORDING TO THE UNIONS, WILLFULLY LOW. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE COST OF HOUSING. MANY ARE RENT BURDEN, PAYING MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THEIR SALARY ON HOUSING PER MONTH. MANY PAY MORE THAN HALF.

THE ON SALARIES, THE UNION IS NEGOTIATING FOR INCREASES IN CHILDCARE BENEFITS, PARENTAL LEAVE, BENEFITS TO SUPPORT ECO-FRIENDLY TRANSIT AND A RESPECTFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT. WILLIAM: CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE FOR THOSE NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH HIGHER EDUCATION AND HOW IT IS STRUCTURED AND HOW WORK IS DIVIDED, WHO ARE THESE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THAT ECOSYSTEM? TIM: I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. WE HAVE THESE PICTURES OF TENURED FACULTY MEMORIES DOING THE TEACHING AND RESEARCHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT IN THE MODERN ERA, THAT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF IT INSTRUCTIONAL WORKERS, IT IS ABOUT 25% ON THE TENURE. 75% OF THOSE DOING THE ACADEMIC WORK AND TEACHING OF UNDERGRADS, ABOUT 75% ARE NOT TENURED FACULTY MEMBERS. THEY ARE GRADUATE STUDENTS, PEOPLE ON SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS. THEY ARE AMONG THE MOST PRECARIOUS WORKERS IN HIGHER

EDUCATION. MANY TIMES THEY ARE HIRED ON A SEMESTER OR YEARLY BASIS. ONE OF THE THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE POSTDOCTORAL WORKERS HAVE NEGOTIATED FOR, IS A TWO YEAR APPOINTMENT RATHER THAN ONE YEAR APPOINTMENT, TO PROVIDE SOME STABILITY SO WORK CAN BE IMPROVED ALSO SO THEY CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE. WILLIAM: WHEN THESE WORKERS SAY TO THE UNIVERSITY, WE ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF YOUR EDUCATIONAL MISSION AND WE ARE THE WORKERS IN THIS BIG STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY SYST AND WE NEED BETTER PAY AND BETTER WAGES AND CONDITIONS, WHAT HAS THE UNIVERSITY BEEN SAYING IN RESPONSE? TIM: THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN SAYING THE CONDITIONS ARE GOOD RELATIVE TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS. THEY'VE SAID THEIR CURRENT OFFER WOULD PUT THE GRADUATE STUDENTS ON PAR WITH GRADUATE STUDENTS AT SOME OF THE MOST ELITE FIVE IT INSTITUTIONS, AND THAT FOR A

PUBLIC INSTITUTION, THE CONDITIONS ARE GOOD. THE UNIVERSITY DOES RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES AROUND HOUSING AT UC INSTITUTIONS AND THEY ARGUE THAT THE HOUSING THEY PROVIDE IS SUBSIDIZED. AND 25% OR SO BELOW WHAT THE LARGER MARKET WOULD BEAR. THEY ARGUE THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE REAL, BUT THEY ARE WORKING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MEET NEEDS FOOD WILLIAM: -- MEET NEEDS. WILLIAM: THIS IS A HUGE STRIKE. DO YOU HAVE A SINCE THIS WILL RESONATE OUTSIDE THE STATE? TIM: I THINK IT IS RESONATING IN HIGHER EDUCATION SPECIFICALLY. OTHER INSTITUTIONS ARE LOOKING TO CALIFORNIA TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. THE OTHER WORKERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION ARE LOOKING AT THIS TO SEE HOW IT WILL PLAY OUT INTO THEIR OPTIONS MOVING FORWARD, WHETHER TO UNIONIZE. I THINK THIS IS PART OF THE LABOR UNREST WE'VE SEEN IN THE

UNITED STATES IN THE LAST YEAR-PLUS. COMING OUT OF COVID, WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE DISCONTENTED WITH WORKING CONDITIONS, ALSO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE DISCONTENTED WITH DISCOMFORT -- WITH DISPARITIES IN SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS WITH THOSE THAT OWN AND MANAGE BUSINESSES AND THOSE THAT DO THE WORK. RIGHT NOW I THINK WE ARE AT AN IMPORTANT LABOR MOMENT IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT BOTH IN HIGHER EDUCATION WRIT LARGE, AND THE LARGER ECONOMY WRIT LARGE. WILLIAM: TIM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. TIM: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. ♪ JUDY: BILL MCKIBBEN IS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST AND FOUNDER OF THIRD ACT, AN ORGANIZATION THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE OVER 60 TO TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. TONIGHT, MCKIBBEN SHARES HIS "BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR" TAKE ON

WORKING TOGETHER ON CLIMATE ACTION. ♪ BILL: I WENT TO GREENLAND BECAUSE I WANTED TO TAKE A YOUNG POET FROM THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, A WOMAN NAMED CATHY JINA. I WANTED HER RECITING ONE OF HER POEMS UP ON THE ICE SHELF THAT WHEN IT MELTED, WOULD DROWN THE COUNTRY THAT SHE'D BEEN BORN ON. AND WHILE WE WERE HOVERING AROUND IN A HELICOPTER ON THE WAY HOME, A 20 STORY HIGH CHUNK OF THIS ICE SHELF JUST BROKE OFF AND FELL INTO THE OCEAN. I WAS, YOU KNOW, DANGLING UP THE SIDE OF THE HELICOPTER WITH MY STUPID CELL PHONE. JUST TRYING SOMEHOW TO CAPTURE SOME SENSE OF, OF WHAT THIS WAS LIKE. ON THE ONE HAND, IT'S DREADFUL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. THE SEA HAS JUST RISEN ANOTHER FRACTION OF A MILLIMETER, AND SOMEBODY'S LIFE HAS BEEN MADE MUCH HARDER. BUT IT'S ALSO A REMINDER OF WHAT AN INSANELY BEAUTIFUL PLANET WE WERE BORN ONTO. EVEN AS YOU LOOK ON IN A CERTAIN KIND OF HORROR, YOU ALSO LOOK ON

IN A CERTAIN KIND OF AWE. W'RE USED TO THINKING OF CHANGE ON THE PLANET HAPPENING IN GEOLOGIC TIME, THAT IT TAKES A VERY LONG TIME FOR GLACIERS TO MOVE OR OCEANS TO SHIFT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S HAPPENING VERY MUCH IN REAL TIME. EVERYBODY'S SEEN THOSE PICTURES THAT CAME BACK FROM THE FIRST APOLLO MISSIONS OUT TO SPACE IN THE 1960S. THOSE PICTURES ARE AS OUT OF DATE AS MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK PICTURE. WE'VE MELTED HALF THE SEA ICE IN THE SUMMER ARCTIC IN MY LIFETIME. IN 1970, THERE WERE 70% MORE WILD ANIMALS WANDERING AROUND THIS EARTH THAN THERE ARE NOW. IT MUST BE SAID KIDS ARE DOING EXTRAORDINARY WORK ORGANIZING AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING A LITTLE UNDIGNIFIED ABOUT TAKING THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT THE WORLD'S EVER GOTTEN INTO AND ASKING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO SOLVE IT FOR YOU. THIRD ACT IS A NEW ORGANIZATN WHO DESIGNED TO GET PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 60 WORKING TO DEFEND

OUR CLIMATE AND TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY. WE STARTED ORGANIZING THIRD ACT BECAUSE WE STARTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH POWER. -- HOW MUCH POWER THOSE OF US OVER THE AGE OF 60 POSSESS. A, THERE'S A LOT OF US, 70 MILLION PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 60. B, WE PUNCH WAY ABOVE OUR NUMBERS POLITICALLY BECAUSE WE ALL VOTE. AND C, FAIR OR NOT, WE ENDED UP WITH MOST OF THE MONEY. BABY BOOMERS AND THE SILENT GENERATION HAVE ABOUT 70% OF AMERICA'S FINANCIAL ASSETS. SO IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE WASHINGTON OR YOU NTED TO MOVE WALL STREET, IT HELPS TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH HAIRLINES LIKE MINE ENGAGED IN THIS WORK. IF YOU'RE IN YOUR SIXTIES OR SEVENTIES OR EIGHTIES, YOUR FIRST ACT WAS IN THAT PERIOD OF RAPID SOCIAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES. OUR SECOND ACT WAS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CONSUMERISM THAN IT WAS

ABOUT CITIZENSHIP. THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE. NOW, PEOPLE EMERGE IN THEIR THIRD ACT WITH SKILLS, RESOURCES, WITH TIME, WHICH THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD BEFORE, AND WITH KIDS OR GRANDKIDS, I MEAN, YOUR LEGACY IS THE PLANET YOU LEAVE BEHIND FOR THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE THE MOST. AND THE PLANET WE'RE GONNA LEAVE BEHIND AND THE DEMOCRACY WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE BEHIND AT THE MOMENT SEEM LIKELY TO BE MUCH SHABBIER THAN THE ONES WE WERE BORN INTO. MOST OLDER PEOPLE REALIZE THAT AND THAT THERE'S REAL MEANING IN CONTINUING TO TRY THE PROJECT OF BUILDING A BETTER SOCIETY. MY NAME IS BILL MCKIBBEN, AND THIS IS MY "BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR" TAKE ON WORKING TOGETHER. JUDY: YOU CAN WATCH MORE "BRIEF BUT SPECTACULAR" VIDEOS ONLINE AT PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR/BRIEF. THAT IS THE NEWSHOUR FOR TONIGHT.

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