PBS NewsHour; January 19, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- ♪ - HE "WSJUHO" GOTONI: GHVET DY-- - THE TRANSFER OF POWER. ACE - WASHINGTON AS AT LEAST A DOZEN - NATIONAL GUARD ARE REMOVED FROM - DUTY BECAUSE OF "INAPPROPRIATE - COMMENTS OR TEXTS." - THEN -- - BIAGEN. - THE SENATE HOLDS CONFIRMATION - HEARINGS FOR THE TREASURY - SECRETARY AND CRITICAL NATIONAL - SECURITY OFFICIALS AMID A TIME - OF INSTABILITY. - PLUS -- - THE TRUMP LEGACY. ON - DINHEF AYAL O - ON, WE LOOK BACK AT - STMINIESIDANT HIIMD S - AND -- RA - RETHINKING CLESTGE. TS' MENTAL . - >> BEFORE COVID, STUDENTS WERE - ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY,

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- AND KAMALA HARRIS. - THE U.S. PASSES A GRIM MILESTONE - OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DEATHS - FROM COVID-19. - WE WILL SEE HOW THOSE DEATHS ARE - BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT IN THE - NATION'S CAPITOL. - AND, A MARATHON OF CONFIRMATION - HEARINGS FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT - BIDEN'S INCOMING CABINET BEGAN - TODAY. - SENATORS HEARD FROM FIVE CRUCIAL - NOMINEES, AMID SECURITY CONCERNS - ON THE EVE OF THE INAUGURATION. - THE CHOICE TO HEAD THE - DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, - ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, VOWED TO - PREVENT A REPEAT OF THE ATTACK - THAT GRIPPED THE U.S. CAPITOL. - ALEJANDRO MAYORK IF I SHOULD - HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING - CONFIRMED, I WILL DO EVERYTHING - I CAN TO ENSURE THAT THE TRAGIC - LOSS OF LIFE, THE ASSAULT ON LAW - ENFORCEMENT, THE DESECRATION OF - DIBUTHHANGILANT TS DSST A - DEMOCRACY, THE TRO YERATFELTTHY, - AND EVERYONE PRESENT, WILL NOT - HAPPEN AGAIN. - JUDY: MEANTIME ENSURING THE - , SECURITY OF AN INAUGURATION

- LIKE NO OTHER CONTINUES ON AN - UNPRECEDENTED SCALE. - TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NATIONAL - GUARD MEMBERS AND SECURITY - WASHINGTON INTO A FORTRESS, LESS - THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER A MOB OF - INSURRECTIONISTS ATTACKED THE - U.S. CAPITOL, AND ALL OF THIS - AMID A RAGING PANDEMIC. - HOW THE CAPITOL COMPLEX IS BEING - MADE SECURE FOR THE INAUGURATION - OF THE 46TH PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES. - AMNA: BEYOND THE FLAGS AND THE - BUNTING, THE U.S. CAPITOL LOOKS - MORE FORTRESS THAN FESTIVITIES. - A SEVEN-FOOT METAL FENCE - NATIONAL MALL IS CLOSED TOE - VISITORS. - IN AND AROUND THE COMPLEX, - NATIONAL GUARDSMEN KEEP WATCH, - ALL TO AVOID IS - IT IS OVER. - YOU BETTER ANOTHER JANUARY 6, WN - THOUSANDS OF RIOTERS, INCITED BY - PRESIDENT TRUMP, BREACHED POLICE

- BARRICADES AND BROKE INTO THETOI - CA - THE INAUGURATION PRESENTS A - HIGH-PROFILE OPPORTUNITY FOR - THOSE SEEKING TO DO MORE HARM. - HEIDI BEIRICH: AND THERE ARE - PROBABLY SOME OUT THERE WHO - THINK THAT THERE IS NO BIGGER - MOMENT IN AMERICAN POLITICS WITH - MORE CAMERAS TURNED ON TO COMMIT - AN ACT OF VIOLENCE. - AMNA: HEIDI BEIRICH IS THE - CO-FOUNDER OF THE GLOBAL PROJECT - THE PITOL ASSAT, SHE SAYS, - BROUGHT TOGETHER PREVIOUSLY - DISPARATE GROUPS, LIKE WHITE - SUPREMACISTS, CONSPIRACY - THEORISTS, AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT - MILITANTS, ALL FINDING COMMON - CAUSE IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR - PRESIDENT TRUMP. - AND THE PRESIDENT SPURRED THEM - TO ACTION, SAID SENA MAJORITY - LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL. - SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL: THE MOB - WAS FED LIES. - THEY WERE PROVOKED BY THE - PRESIDENT AND OTHER POWERFUL - PEOPLE. - HEIDI BEIRICH: THE NATURE OF - THE THREAT THAT WE FACE IN THE - UNITED STATES NOW, WITH ALL - THESE EXTREME RIGHT FACTIONS - JOINING UP TOGETHER, IS, WE HAVE - A MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY THAT - DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE - DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, DOESN'T - BELIEVE IN VOTING, AND BASICALLY - IS AGAINST OUR FORM OF - GOVERNMENT. - SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE VIOLENT.

- AMNA: THE FBI HAS FIELDED MORE - THAN 140,000 TIPS, OPENED MORE - THAN 200 SUSPECT FILES, AND - ARRESTED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. - FBI DIRECTOR CHRIS WRAY BRIEFED - VICE PRESIDENT PENCE LAST WEEK. - CHRIS WRAY: RIGHT NOW, WE'RE - TRACKING CALLS FOR POTENTIAL - ARMED PROTESTS AND ACTIVITY - LEADING UP TO THE INAUGURATION. - TIM GALLAGHER: GET THESE PEOPLE - OFF THE STREET. - THAT IS A GREAT DISRUPTION - STRATEGY. - AMNA: FORMER FBI SPECIAL AGENT - TIM GALLAGHER IS NOW MANAGING - DIRECTOR AT KROLL, A RISK - MANAGEMENT FIRM. - HE LED INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING - FOR THE 2009 INAUGURATION OF - BARACK OBAMA. - TIM GALLAGHER: THE DIFFERENCE - BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENED ON THE 6TH - AND THE INAUGURATION IS THAT THE - INAUGURATION IS A NATIONAL - SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT, AND THIS - HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR SEVERAL - MONTHS. - BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE ARE MANY - RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE - WHICH WERE NOT AVAILABLE ON THE - 6TH, THE NATIONAL GUARD - PRESENCE, THE CONCENTRIC RINGS - OF SECURITY, THE CHECKPOINTS - THAT ARE BEING SET UP RIGHT NOW. - THEY WERE SET UP AN EXTRA WEEK - IN ADVANCE TO NOT GIVE BAD - ACTORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO - PRE-STAGE AND TO PUT THEIR PLANS - INTO PLACE. - AMNA: THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE

- HAS ESSENTIALLY CUT OFF ACCESS - TO DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON, - INCLUDING THE WHITHOUSE AND - THE CAPITOL. - EXPERTS SAY ALL OF THESE - MEASURES, THE ARRE T TSTROHEOP - WILL ALL HELP TO DETER - INAUGURATION THREATS HERE IN - MEASURES COULD PUSH THE THREAT - TO OTHER PLACES. - TIM GALLAGHER: BAD ACTORS WILL - FIGURE OUT WHERE THE EVENT IS - GOING TO TAKE PALACE, WHERE THE - PERIMETERS WILL BE PUT UP, AND - PRE-STAGING WEAPONS, WHETHER - GHT TSIDE THE PERIMETER TOMERS, - CREATE A DIVERSIONARY DEVICE, - WHERE THEY COULD POSSIBLE DRAW - OUT FORCES THAT SHOULD BE ON THE - RITER. - CONCERN OF A SO-CALLED INSIDER - ATTACK BY A MEMBER OF THE ARMED - SERVICES, AFTER SEVERAL WERE - ARRESTED FOLLOWING THE CAPITOL - ATTACK. - THE FBI ANNOUNCED IT'S VETTING - EACH OF THE 25,000 NATIONAL - GUARDSMEN DEPLOYED FOR - INAUGURATION SECURITY. - TUESDAY MORNING, TWO NATIONAL - GUARD MEMBERS WERE REMOVED FROM - THE POST, REPORTEDLY BECAUSE OF

- TIES TO RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST - GROUPS. - LT. GEN. DANIEL HOKANSON: LET - ME BE CLEAR. - EXTREMISM IS NOT TOLERATED IN - ANY BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES - MILITARY. - AMNA: BUT BEIRICH SAYS TH - PENTAGON, LIKE MANY - INSTITUTIONS, HAS LONG FAILED TO - TAKE SERIOUSLY EXTREMISM IN ITS - RANKS. - HEIDI BEIRICH: IT'S PRETTY LATE - IN THE GAME TO BE FIGURING OUT - IF YOU HAVE GOT A COMMITTED - WHITE SUPREMACIST WHO'A'READ - INSIDE THE SECURITY BARRIERS. - AMNA: FEARS OF INAUGURATION DAY - VIOLENCE ALSO HAVE STATE - CAPITOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON - HIGH ALERT. - MORE THAN A DOZEN HAVE ACTIVATED - THEIR OWN NATIONAL GUARD. - BUT THE FBI'S PREVIOUS WARNING - OF POTENTIALLY VIOLENT ACTIVITY - ATADING UP TO THE TIGUIN - D BYHABOASS ATTENDE - HEAVILY ARMED MEMBERS OF THE - BOOGALOO BOYS, A RIGHT-WING - EXTREMIST GROUP, BUT REMAINED - PEACUL. - HERE'S ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS, - 22-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY TEAGAN. - TIMOTHY TEAGAN: THE 6TH CHANGED - EVERYTHING FOR US. - IT MADE US WORRIED ABOUT COMING - OUT HERE. - THE FBI STOPPED BY MY WORK THREE - DAYS AGO TO TALKO ME ABOUT

- COMING OUT HERE. - AMNA:EIRICH SAYS ONLINE - CHATTER SHOWS MANY OF THESE - GROUPS ARE NOW HESITANT TO - MOBILIZE FOR INAUGURATION DAY - WITH THE SAME FORCE THEY DID ON - JANUARY 6. - HEIDI BEIRICH: ON THE ONE HAND, - IT'S A POSITIVE THAT LOTS AND - LOTS OF THESE GROUPS ARE - PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SHOW UP ON - YET THE BIG THREAT, JUST LIKE IT - JANUARY 20. - WAS IN PITTSBURGH AT THE TREE OF - LIFE SYNAGOGUE OR THE EL PASO AT - THE WALMART, IS A LONE SHOOTER. - BUT THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT WE - HAVE A LOT OF RADICALIZED PEOPLE - IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF - YEARS AND YEARS OF BEING EXPOSED - TO THESE IDEAS. - THE THREAT IS NOT GOING TO GO - BEAMCANAUSAV' HE WER' FOR GALLA0 - YEARS AGO WAS ON THE FBI TEAM - RESPONDING TO THE FLIGHT 93 - CRASH SITE, TODAY'S THREAT IS - M RD TO PROCESS. - GALLHER: IN - FAST-FORWARD 20 YEARS, WE HAVE - U.S. CITIZENS, AMERICANS, - ATTACKING THAT VERY CAPITOL THAT - WAS SAVED BY THOSE INDIVIDUALS - WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES ON - 9/11. - AMNA: THE BIDEN/HARRIS TEAM HAS - BEEN GETTING REGULAR BRIEFINGS - ON INAUGURATION DAY THREATS AND,

- DESPITE CONCERNS, ARE COMMITTED - TO MAINTAINING MUCH OF THE - TRADITION. - IN A VIDEO MESSAGE, HARRIS URGED - SUPPORTERS TO SAVOR THE - CEREMONY. - SEN. KAMALA HARRIS: SO, I KNOW - THIS INAUGURATION DAY MAY LOOK A - LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM YEARS - PAST, A LOT DIFFERENT, BUT LET'S - TAKE MOMENT, LET'S ALL TAKE A - MOMENT TO CELEBRATE, AND THEN - LET'S GET TO WORK BUILDING THE - AMERICA WE KNOW IS POSSIBLE. - AMNA:LIEV OF - THEIR INAUGURATION-RELATED - DUTIES HAVE BEEN SENT HOME FROM - HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND - OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE REMOVED - BECAUSE OF INAPPROPRIATE TEXTS - AND COMMENTS. - ONE OF THOSE HAD BEEN FLAGGED - WITHIN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, - ANOTHER BY AN ANONYMOUS TIP. - ON TOP OF THAT, OUR COLLEAGUE - NICK SCHIFRIN HAS CONFIRMED THAT - 10 ADDITIONAL NATIONAL GUARD - TROOPS HAVE ALSO BEEN REMOVED - FROM THEIR INAUGURATION-RELATED - DUTIES, NOT, OFFICIALS SAY, - BECAUSE ANY OF - INAUGURATION-SPECIFIC THREAT, - BUT, RATHER, THEY SAY, BECAUSE - OF OTHER REASONS, SUGGESTING - PERHAPS THE FBI VETTING PROCESS - REVEALED SOME KIND OF CONCERNS.

- JUDY, ALL OF THIS, THOUGH, SHOWS - JUST HOW SERIOUSLY THEY'RE - TAKING SECURITY HERE AND HOW - SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE NOT - WILLING TO TAKE ANY CHANCEN - THE EVE OF THE HISTORICINRATI T. - JUDY: CERTAINLY VERY DIFFERENT - FROM THE JANUARY 6. - THANK YOU, AND YOU WILL BE - REPORTING FOR US TOMORROW ON THE - OF THESEWASHINGTON. - VE BEEN SAYING PRESIDENT-ELECT - BIDEN FOCUSES ON OTHER CRISES - LIKE THE COVID PANDEMIC WHICH - HAS CLAIMED 400,000 LIVES IN - THISOUNTRY AND CONTINUES T - INFLICT MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE - ECONOMY. - THOSE CONCERNS WERE THE PRIMARYR - JANET YELLEN, MR. BIDEN'S CHOICE - FOR TREASURY SECRETARY. - THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL - RESERVE TOLD SOME SKEPTICAL - REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHY SHE - BELIEVES IT I $1.9 TRILLION - ECONOMIC PACKAGE.

- >> WE NEED MORE AID TO - DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINE, TO - REOPEN SCHOOLS, TO HELP STATES - KEEP FIREFIGHTERS AND TEACHERS - ON THE JOB. - WITH INTEREST RATES AT HISTORIC - LOWS, THE SMARTEST THING WE CAN - DO IS ACT BIG. - IN THE LONG RUN, I BELIEVE THE - BENEFITS WILL FAR OUTWEIGH - COSTS, ESPECIALLY IF WE CARE - ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE - BEEN STRUGGLING FOR A VERY LONG - .TI - MEANTIME, THE TOP THREE - NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS - NODTEMIY PR BIDENESELEC,T-T TOO. - FOR THIS, I WANT TO BRING IN - NICK SCHIFRIN. - TELL US HOW FEARS OF EXTREMISM - WE HAVE HEARD AMNA REPORTING ON - AUSTIN'S?AGO, EXTREMISM IN - ENOUK:LD:NSEE ATTH SN FISSRSE TK - SECRETARY OF THE FIRST LACK

- SECRETARY TO DEFEND IN COMBAT - AND A THEATER OF WAR. - HE SAID HE WOULD COMBAT - EXTREMISM AND DISCRIMINATION. - >> WE ALSO OWE OUR PEOPLE A - WORKING ENVIRONMENT FREE OF - DISCRIMINATION, HATE AND - HARASSMENT. - EDFI CWI, RMONIF - TO RID OUR RANKS OF RACISTS AND - EXTREMISTS, AND TO CREATE A - CLIMATE WHERE EVERYONE FIT AND - WILLING HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO - SERVE THIS COUNTRY WITH DIGNITY. - THE JOB OF THE DEPARTMENT OF - DEFENSE IS TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE - FROM OUR ENEMIES BUT WE CAN'T DO - , THAT IF SOME OF THOSE ENEMIES - LIE WITHIN OUR OWN RANKS. - NICK: ATIN TOLD THERY S OF - WHEN HE WAS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL - HIS UNIT FOUND SOMEBODY WHO WAS - AN EXTREMIST. - HE SAID THE SIGNS WERE THERE ALL - T LNG, WE JUST DID NOT KNOW W - KOO APPLY LESSONS - HE LEARNED AT THAT POINT TO - TODAY. - JUDY: WE KNOW LLOYD AUSTIN WAS A

- FOUR STAR GENERAL UNTIL HE - RETIRED IN 2016. - HE WOULD NEED A TO SERVE - AS CIVILIAN SECRETARY OF - DEFENSE. - HOW DID HE ADDRESS THAT TODAY? - NICK: DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND - SENATE OPPOSED THE LAST WAIVER - TO RETIRE GENERAL JAMES MATTIS. - TO ASSUAGE THOSE FEARS, AUSTIN - TODAY SAID HE WOULD WORK HAND IN - GLOVE WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT, - AND APPOINT CIVILIANS TO SENIOR - ROLES AND EMWER THEM TO MAKE - DECISIS.ON - THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF - OUR DEMOCRACY DEMANDS COMPETENT - CIVILIAN CTROL OF OUR ARMED - FORCES, THE SUBORDINATION OF - I INTEND TO SURROUND MYSELF WITH - CIVIAN LEADERS WHO WILL ENABLE - HEALTHY CIVIL-MILITARY - RELATIONS, GROUNDED IN - MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT.

- I THINK THE PEO IN THE ROOM - AND CONTRIBUTING TO - DECISION-MAKING, IT MAKES ALL - THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. - NICK: MANY DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED - AGAINST THE LAST WAIVER - INDICATED THEY WOULD VOTE FOR - THIS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND - SENATE. - JUDY:EARI TODAY FOR - NATIONAL SECURITY - IC OIAFFL, HAINES, NOMINATED TOE - DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL - INTELLIGENCE. - TELL US HOW THAT CAME IN. - NICK: HAINESMPHASIZED A - CENTRIST APPROACH TO - INTELLIGENCE, AS EVIDENCED BY - WHO SHE HAD INTRODUCE HER. - FORMER DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL - INTELLIGENCE AND FORMER - REPUBLICAN SENATOR DAN COATS. - HAINES IS A LAWYER, FORMER - SENIOR OFFICIAL IN THE OBAMA - ADMINISTRATION, AND SHE SAID - INTELLIGENCE BEEN - POLITICIZED UNDER THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION AND SHEAD H WOULD - TURN THAT AROUND. - >> THAT WE PROVIDE OBJECTIVE - ANALYSIS THAT WE DON'T LET - , POLITICS PLAY A ROLE IN OUR

- WORK IS CRITICAL. - IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT - THAT IS WHAT THE INSTITUTION IS - DESIGNED TO DO AND INTENDED TO - DO. - IT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO GOOD POLICY - DECISION-MAKING. - IF POLICYMAKERS LIKE YOURSELF - AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE - GOVERNMENT DON'T HAVE THAT - UNVARNISHED ANALYSIS, THEY DON'T - HAVE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION, - THEY DON'T HAVE THE BEST - INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE - THEM IN ORDER TO MAKE THE - DECISIONS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE - IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY - AND PURSUE OUR INTERESTS. - NICK: HAINES ALSO SAID WHILE - IT'S NOT THE INTELLIGENCE - COMMUNITY'S PRIMARY JOB, SHE - WOULD ASSIST THE FBI AND DHS IN - ASSESSING THE THREAT POSED BY - QANON. - JUDY: A THIRD IMPORTANT HEARING - TODAY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE - TONY BLINKEN. WHAT DID HE - , -- TELL US WHAT WAS - EMPHASIZED? - NICK: BLINKEN EMPHASIZED - REBUILDING ALLIANCES. - HE CHANNELED HIS BOSS. - HE'S BEEN WITH BIDEN FOR

- DECADES, IN THE SENATE AND THE - WHITE HOUSE, AND THEN BECAME - DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER - OBAMA. - HE REITERATED THE PLAN TO - REENTER THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL, - SO LONG AS IRAN FOLLOWED THROUGH - ON ITS PROMISE TO REVERSE RECENT - NUCLEAR DECISIONS. - >> - IFRAN COMES BACK INTO - COMPLIANCE, WE WOULD, TOO. - BUT, WE WOULD USE THAT AS A - PLATFORM WITH OUR ALLIES AND - PARTNERS, ON THE SAME SIDE AS - US, TO SEEK A LONGER AND - STRONGER AGREEMENT, AND ALSO AS - YOU AND THE CHAIRMAN HAVE - RIGHTLY POINTED OUT, TO CAPTURE - THESE OTHER ISSUES, PARTICULARLY - WITH REGARD TO MISSILES AND - IRAN'S DESTABILIZING ACTIVITIESL - BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. - ON OTHER TOPICS HE PRAISED TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION POLICIES SUCH AS - CONFRONTING BEIJING AS HE - REITERATED WITH LINDSAY GRAHAM. - >> SECRETARY POMPEO DESIGNATED - THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY - HAVING ENGAGED IN GENOCIDE

- REGARDING THE UYGHUR MUSLIM - POPULATION. - DO YOU AGREE? - >> THAT IS MY JUDGMENT AS WELL. - YOU AGREE? - . Y>>ES TO GOTART - I APPRECIATE THAT. - DO YOU BELIEVE THE CHINESE - COMMUNIST PARTY MISLED THE WORLD - ABOUTHE CORONAVIRUS? - >> I DO. - >> WHAT PRICE IF ANY SHOULD THEY - PAY? - >> THEY DID NOT GIVE ACCESS WHEN - IT MATTERED MOST, IN THE EARLY - DAYS OF THIS VIRUS. HAD THEY - DONE SO, IT'S POSSIBLE THE - COURSE OF THE VIRUS WOULD HAVE - EN DFE, ANWELD - HAVE DEALT WITH IT SOONER AND - MORE EFFECTIVELY. - MY SENSE SENATOR GOING FORWARD, - N WONGULCUD KBE V OERY FOCUSEDN - PREVENTATIVE. - NICK: ON THAT FIRST TOPIC THE - STATE DEPARTMENT TODAY - DESIGNATED BEIJING HAD COMMITTED - GENOCIDE AGAINST THE UIGHURS, A - MUSLIM MINORITY IN WESTERN - CHINA.

- I SPOKE TO THE CURRENT STATE - DEPARTMENT AMBASSADOR, KELLY - CURRY. - I STARTED BY ASKING HER IF THE - STATE DEPARTMENT COULD PROVE - BEIJING'S ACTIONS CONSTITUTED - GENOCIDE, AND THE LEGLY - REQUIRED INTENT TO DESTROY THE - UIGHURS. - >> WE HAVE SEEN WHAT THEY DO - WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY - A GROUP. - THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT - BECAUSE IT DOES NOT INVOLVE THE - MASS KILLINGS YOU WOULD SEE IN - RWANDA. - THIS IS TRUE, BUT WE ARE SEEING - AN INTENTION TO DESTROY A GROUP. - WE HAVE SEEN THE CHINESE - COMMUNIST RTY OFFICIALS TALK - ABOUT THE UIGHURS AND THESE - OTHER GROUPS AS TUMORS, - MALIGNANT TUMORS THAT HAVE TO BE - REMOVED. - TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT HOW YOU - CAN'T JUST PLUCK ALL THE WEEDS - U OM THE FIELD ONEHAYO B - THEM ALL, WHEN TALKING ABOUT - UIGHURS WITHIN THE CHINESE

- STATE. - THE LANGUAGE FROM THE CHINESE - COMMUNIST PARTY'S LEADERSHIP HAS - BEEN PRETTY IC - THESE FRONTS. - WHEN YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH - THE ACTS THAT THEY HAVE - COMMITTED, SPECIFICALLY THE - FORCED STERILIZATION, THE FORCED - ABORTION, THECED EARTH FOR WOMEE - SYSTEMATIC EFFORTS THEY HAVE - TAKEN TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH - THESE COERCIVE POPULATION - CONTROL MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN - IN PLACE FOR THE PAST THREE - THE SECRETARY CAME TO THE - CONCLUSION GENOCIDE WAS THE - APPROPRIATE DESIGNATION. - NICK: WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ARE - THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF - USING THESE TERMS, GENOCIDE, - CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AFTER, - AS YOU SAID, THERE'S BEEN SO - MUCH DOCUMENTATION OF WHAT'S - BEEN HAPPENING IN CHINA? - >> WHILE THERE IS TREMENDOUS - DOCUMENTATION AND MOST OF IT IS - IN OPEN SOURCE MATERIAL, BUT - WHAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IS WHAT WE - BELIEVE IS THE APPROPRIATE - RESPONSE ON THE PART OF THE - INTERNATIONAL COITMMY.

- THE UNITED STATES HAS LEVELED - SANCTIONS AGAINST PERPETRATORS - IN THIS CONTEXT. - DUMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERS. - WE HAVE SANCTIONED ENTITIES SUCH - AS THE PRODUCTION AND - CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, WHICH - WE BELIEVE SUPPORT THE - ARCHITECTURE OF REPRESSION IN - CHINA. - WE HAVE TAKEN ACTIONS SUCH AS - THE RECENT WITHHOLD RELEASE - ORDER, WHICH ESSENTIALLY BANS - THE IMPORT OF COTTON AND TOMATO - PRODUCTS INTO THE UNITED STATES - WE BELIEVE BY MAKING THESE. - DETERMINATIONS AND THE SECRETARY - BELIEVES THAT BY MAKING THESE - DETERMINATIONS, WE CAN HELP TO - GET THE WORLD'S ATTENTION AND - GET THEM TO RESPOND IN SIMILAR - WAYS TO WHAT WE HA DONE HERE - IN THE UNITED STATES. - NICK: WHY TODAY OF ALL DAYS? - IF THE GOAL IS TO GALVANIZE - INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,ANNOUNCE - 24 INAUGURATION COULD LEAD SOME - PEOPLE TO SAY THIS IS MORE ABOUT

- POLITICS THAN POLICY? - >> WE HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD TO - KEEP THESE DECISIONS ABOVE - POLITICS AND OUTSIDE OF POLITICS - BY FOCUSING ON THE FACTS AND ON - THE INFORMATION. UNFORTUNATELY, - THESE ARE LENGTHY AND EXHAUSTIVE - PROCESSES AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO - COMPLETE THEM IN RELATIVELY - RECENT DAYS AND TAKE DECISIONS - FOR THE SECRETARY. - BELIEVE ME, IF WE CLD - MADEHESE DECISIONS SOONER, WE - WOEULD H HAVE. - WE ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS AN ISSUE - THAT HAS STRONG BIPARTISAN - SUPPORT. - WE BELIEVE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT - WILL CONTINUE TO RESONATE AND - SHOULD RESONATE OUTSIDE OF - POLITICS. - NICK: DO YOU BELIEVE THAT BY - DOING THIS THE DAY BEFORE - INAUGURATION, YOU ARE BOXING THE - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN OR - HELPING THEM GALVANIZE - INTERNATIONAL OPINION? - IT'S UP TO THE BIDEN - >> IT'S UP TO THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION HOW THEY TAKE - THIS DETERMINATION AND WHAT THEY - DO WITH IT. - NICK: HAS THE STATE DEPARTMENT - N ATSISEIMIOY POODAY'S - REQUIREMENTS ON THE U.S. - GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD?

- >> THESE ARE NOT LEGAL - DECISIONS. - LAST WEEK, IF THE DEPARTMENT OF - HOMELAND SECURITY WANTED TO - EXCLUDE SOMEONE THAT THEY - BELIEVED WAS GUILTY OF GENOCIDE, - THEY HAD THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO - DO THAT, WHETHER IT WAS IN TSTHF - JUSTICE. - IF THEY WANTED TO BRING UP - CHARGES UNDER U.S. STATUTES, - THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT. - WHAT THIS DOES IS GIVE US AN - ADDITIONAL TOOL TO USE IN THE - IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR FOREIGN - POLICY OBJECTIVES AND AND THE - ABILITY TO ADVANCE THOSE - OBJECTIVES, PARTICULARLY WITH - OUR PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD - WHO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TO - TRY TO BUILD OUT THE COALITION - OF COUNTRIES THAT HAVE - RECOGNIZED THE GRAVITY OF THE - SITUATION IN XINJIANG AND ARE - MOVING TO AC - NICK: AMBASSADOR, THANK YOU. - >> THANK YOU. - ♪ - STEPHANIE: I AM STEPHANI SY - WITH NEWSHOUR WEST.

- WE WILL RETURN TEO THE SHOW AFTR - THE REST OF THESE HEADLINES. - WITH ONLY A FEW HOURS REMAINING - IN THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, HIS - FINAL DECISIONS MAY BEAR LSES - COVERING 685 SQUARE MILES IN THE - ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. - IN CYBERSECURITY THE PRESIDENT - ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER HIS - ADVISOR SAYS CLOSES A LOOPHOLE - TAT MADE U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE - VULNERABLE TO FOREIGN ATTACKS. - THE PRESIDENT ORDERED THE - DECLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS - RELATED TO THE FBI'S PRESSURE - PROBE DURING THE 2016 - PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. - THE U.S. REACHED 400,000 DEATHS - FROM COVID-19, 1/4 OF THOSE - OCCURRING IN THE LAST MONTH. - A PANEL COMMISSIONED BY THE - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - CRITICIZED THE AGENCY FOR NOT - DECLARING A GLOBAL EMERGENCY - SOONER. - ONE PANEL MEMBER, FORMER - SI PRIDERENT THE

- W.H.O. NEEDS MORE ENFORCEMENT - POWER. - >> STATES ARE LOOKING AT W.H.O., - FOR COORDINATION AND - GUIDANCE, BUT ARE NOT EQUIPPING - IT WITTHH - ACCESS, OR THE FUNDING NEEDED TO - PROVIDE THAT. - STEPHANIE: PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN - HAD AN EMOTIONAL DEPARTURE FROM - HIS HOME STATE OF DELAWARE TODAY - ON THE EVE OF HIS INAUGURATION - AT AATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS - NAMED FOR HIS OLDER SON BEAU, - WHO DIED OF BRAIN CANCER IN - 2015. - PRES.- ELECT BIDEN: IT IS DEEPLY - PERSONAL THAT OUR NEXT JOURNEY - TO WASHINGTON STARTS HERE, A - PLACE THAT DEFINES THE VERY BEST - OF WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. - EXCUSE THE EMOTION, BUT WHEN I - DIE, DELAWARE WILL BE WRITTEN ON - MY HEART.

- STEPHANIE: LATER, THE BIDENS - ARRIVED OUTSIDE WASHINGTON. - THEY WILL SPEND THE NIGHT AT - BLAIR HOUSE BEFORE MOVING INTO - THE WHITE HOUSE TOMORROW. - MR. BIDEN WILL OFFER A SWEEPING - IMMIGRATION BILL AFTER BEING - SWORN IN, EXPECTED TO PROVIDE AN - EIGHT YEAR PATH TO CITIZENSHIP - TO SOME 11 MILLION AMERICANS - LIVING IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. - ONE SAID THE PLAN WOULD FIX A - BROKEN SYSTEM. - THE INCOMING SENATE MAJORITY - LEADER SAYS AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL - OF PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE A - PRIORITY ONCE DEMOCRATS TAKE - CONTROL TOMORROW. - BY THEN, MR. TRUMP WILL BE OUT - OF OFFICE AND SENATOR CHUCK - SCHUMER CONFIRMED TODAY HE WANTS - TO KEEP IT THAT W. - >> THERE WILL BE AN IMPEACHMENT - TRIAL IN THE U.S. SENATE. - THERE BE A VOTE ON CONVICTING - THE PRESIDENT OF HIGH CRIMES AND - MISDEMEANORS. - IF CONVICTED, THERE WILL BE A - VOTE ON BARRING HIM FROM RUNNING - AGAIN.

- STEPHANIE: A FEDERAL APPEALS - COURT TODAY STRUCK DOWN - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ROLLBACK OF - EMISSIONS CURBS FOR -- COAL - FIRE POWER PLANTS. - THEY SAID IT WAS A MISREADING OF - THE LAW. - STILTED,, WE EXAMINE -- STILL TO - COME, WE EXAMINE THE LASTING - LEGACY OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. - AND THOSE LOST TO COVID-19 ARE - MEMORIALIZED AT THE NATIONAL - MALL. - HEALTHALMENT STRUGGLES AMONG - COLLEGE STUDENTS RISE - DRAMATICALLY AMID THE PANDEMIC. - >> THIS IS THE PBS NEWSHOUR FROM - WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON AND - FROM THE WEST AT THE WALTER - CRONKITE BUREAU AT ARIZONA STATE - UNIVERSITY. - JUDY CONGRESS LOOKED AHEAD - TODAY, TALK OF PARDONS WAS A - PERMANENT PART OF THE FINAL DAY - OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

- OUR YAMICHE ALCINDOR AND LISA - DESJARDINS JOIN ME NOW. - SO, HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU. YOUIR. - TE KNOW, TRADITIONALLY,RSATN ABU - ESON AUT - WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY DO. - WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT - THAT? - YAMICHE: WASHINGTON AND THE - NATION SITS ON EDGE WAITING TO - E S SE ICTATPEO EX TED ABE - I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO WHITE - HOUSE OFFICIALS ALL DAY. THEY - TELL ME THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE - PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO - PARDON HIMSELF OR MEMBERS OF HIS - FAMILY, BUT HE IS LOOKING AT AN - ARRAY OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING STEVE - BANNON, A FORMER TOP WHITE HOUSE - OFFICIAL AND SOMEONE WHO HELPED - TRUMP WIN IN 2016, AS WELL AS - SHELDON SILVER, A DISGRACED NEW - YORK ASSEMBLYMAN, AND EVEN - RAPPER LIL WAYNE, WHO WAS - CONVICTED OF A GUN CHARGE. - ANOTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT - THE PRESIDENT, EXPERTS SAY, HAS - REALLY BROKEN WITH TRADITION - WHEN IT COMES TO PARDONS. - HE HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE - TRADITIONAL PROCESS OF GOING

- THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF - JUSTICE TO VET PARDONS OFTEN. - THEY ALSO SAY THAT HE'S BEEN A - PRESIDENT, MORE THAN OTHER - PRESIDENTS, WHO'S LEANED IN ON - PARDONING PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE - TO HIM OR WHO SERVE SOME SORT OF - POLITICAL MESSAGING. - HE HAS PARDONED BORDER PATROL - AGENTS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF - UNJUSTIFIABLY SHOOTING - UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. - HE HAS ALSO PARDONED CHARLES - KUSHNER, THE FATHER OF JARED - KUSHNER, HIS SON-IN-LAW. - ANOTHER THING, THE PRESIDENT - COULD ALSO ISSUE PARDONS THAT - ARE NOT REVEALED. - EXPERTS CALL THEM IN SOME WAYS - SECRET PARDONS. - CONSTITUTION SAYS Y-- THE PRESE - TO REVEAL WHO HE'S PARDONED, - THERE'S SOME FEELING, SOME WORRY - THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD PARDON - HIMSELF, AND WE WOULDN'T KNOW. - LEGAL EXPERTS AREN'T SURE - WHETHER OR NOT THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE ABLE TO - SEE IF THAT PARDON WAS ACTUALLY - ISSUED. - THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE - PRESIDENT IS GOING TO ISSUE SOME - SORT OF PARDONS LIKE THAT, BUT - IT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH AS WE - AWAIT THIS PARDONS LIST. - JUDY: AND, YAMICHE, WE KNOW THE - PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO BE - ATTENDING THE INAUGURATION OF - PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN - TOMORROW, BUT HE IS PLANNING HIS

- OWN CELEBRATION AS HE LEAVES - OFFICE. - TELL US ABOUT THAT. - YAMICHE: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS - LEAVING OFFICE MUCH LIKE HE - STARTED OFFICE, AND THAT'S - STEEPED IN CONTROVERSY AND - BREAKING TRADITIONS. - THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE THE - FIRST PRESIDENT SINCE 1869 NOT - TO GO TO HIS SUCCESSOR'S - SWEARING-IN. THE LAST PRESIDENT - TO DO SO WAS ANDREW JOHNSON, WHO - SKIPPED ULYSSES S. GRANT'S - INAUGURATION. - THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT HE'S - GOING TO HAVE HIS SORT OF OWN - DEPARTURE PARTY AT JOINT BASE - ANDREWS. - THERE IS TALK OF THERE POSSIBLY - BEING A 21-GUN SALUTE, A COLOR - GUARD, A RED CARPET, ALL SORTS - OF POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. - ONE PERSON THAT WON'T BE THERE, - EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE A LOT OF - PEOPLE INVITED, INCLUDING PEOPLE - WHO HAVE CRITICIZED THE - PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT PENCE. - NOS OFFICE CONFIRMED TONIGHTTHD - G TO H PREISSI GDEOINTO - TRUMP'S PARTY. - THAT IS A WINDOW INTO THE LAST - DAYS HERE OF THE TRUMP - PRESIDENCY, WHERE PENCE HAS HAD - TO DO THINGS, LIKE TALK ABOUT - THE CORONAVIRUS AND VISIT - TROOPS, WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP - HAS NOT TAKEN QUESTIONS OR BEEN

- SEEN IN PUBLIC IN DAYS. - ONE OTHER THING. - PRESIDENT TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE - WITH HIS LEGACY REALLY, REALLY - TARNISHED. - IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, HE HAS NOT - APOLOGIZED OR SAID ANYTHING - ABOUT THE CAPITOL HILL SIEGE. - THERE ARE PEOPLE ANGRY AT THE - PRESIDENT LEAVING THE OFFICE - LIKE THIS. - JUDY: FINALLY, TO YOU, LISA, WE - KNOW THE SENATE TOMORROW IS - GOING TO CHANGE HANDS, AS WE'RE - REPORTING. - DEMOCRATS WILL BE IN THE - MAJORITY. - THEY HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE. - ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS IS - IMPEACHMENT. - WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THAT - WILL WORK? - LISA: THERE ARE MANY DECISIONS - TO BE MADE. - FIRST, WHETHER IMPEACHMENT WILL - HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH, - BEFORE OR AFTER CONFIRMATION OF - MANY OF THE BIDEN APPOINTEES. - THERE IS A CHANCE SOME CABINET - OFFICIALS COULD BE CONFIRMED AS - SOON TOMORROW IN THE SENATE. BUT - THAT WOULD TAKE UNANIMOUS - CONSENT AND WE DO NOT EXPE - THAT. - TONIGHT, THE LEADERS OF THE

- REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY - IN THE SENATE, CHUCK SCHUMER AND - MITCH MCCONNELL, HAVE BEEN - MEETING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A - POWER-SHARING DEAL, BECAUSE, - TOMORROW, STARTING THEN, THE - SENATE WILL BE 50/50, WITH THE - DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE ONLY BECAUSE - PRICOFE ENESIDECT- - THE TRUTH IS, A LOT OF THIS HAS - TO BE WORKED OUT. - JUDY: FASCINATING. - A LOT OF CHANGE AT THE SAME - TIME. - LISA DESJARDINS, YAMICHE - ALCINDOR, THANK YOU BOTH. - ♪ - JUDY: AS THE SUN SETS ON - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FINAL FULL DAY - IN OFFICE, A NEW POLL SHOWS HE - LEAVES WITH JUST 37% OF - AMERICANS APPROVING OF HIS - PRESIDENCY, WHILE 57% - DISAPPROVED OF HIS PERFORMANCE, - NEARLY A RECORD. - TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP REMAINS - DEFIANT.

- IN HIS PRERECORDED FAREWELL - ADDRESS, HE -- - PRES. TRUMP: ALL AMERICANS WERE - HORRIFIED BY THE ASSAULT ON OUR - CAPITOL. - POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS AN ATTACK - EVERYTHING WE CHERISH AS - AMERICANS. - IT CAN NEVER BE TOLERATED. - WE MUST UNIFY AROUND SHARED - VALUES AND RISE ABOVE PARTISAN - RANCOR AND FORGE COMMON DESTINY. - WHILE I HAND WER OVER TO A NEW - ADMINISTRATION WEDNESDAY, I WANT - YOU TO KNOW THE MOVEMENT WE - STARTED IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING. - THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING - LIKE IT. - THE BELIEF A NATION MUST SERVE - ITS CITIZENS WILL NOT DWINDLE, - BUT ONLY GROW STRONGER BY THE - DAY. - JUDY: FOR A BIGGER LOOK AT MR. - TRUMP'S FOUR YEARS AND THE WHITE - HOUSE, WE TURN TO PETER, A - SENIOR FELLOW AT A POLICY CENTER - IN WASHINGTON AND CONTRIBUTING

- OPINION WRITER FOR "THE NEW YORK - TIMES." - HE SERVED IN THE LAST THREE - REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS, - PRESIDENT REAGAN AND BOTH - PRESIDENTS BUSH. - THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN - ON THE "WSHOUR." - WE ARE HEARING PRESIDENT TRUMP - GOING OUT OF OFFICE SAYI IT IS - A BIG SUCCESS, DEPLORING WHAT - HAPPENED AT THE CAPITOL TWO - WEEKS AGO. - WHAT IS THE LEGACY HE IS - LEAVING? - PETER: TNKS FOR HAVING ME. - THE LEGACY IS CARNAGE, DEATH AND - RUIN. - IT HAS NOT BEEN A SUCCESS. - IT HAS BEEN ALMOST - ACROSS-THE-BOARD OF FAILURE. - OUR HISTOR - OL AFT H INCITED - POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON JANUARY 6O - PRESIDENT HAS BREACHED BEFORE. - IT WILL LEAVE A SEARING - IMPRESSION ON THE MORAL

- IMAGINATION OFHE CLIAP P T STORN - INEVITABILITY OF IT ENDING THIS - WAY. - JUDY: YOU WROTE A FOUR YEARS AGY - WHE EREU IS UNLIKELY TO - BE CONTAINED BY NORMS AND - CUSTOMS OR EVEN LAWS AND THE - CONSTITUTION. - HOW DID THAT BEAR ITSELF? O - PETER: THINK IT BORE ITSELF - T ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY. - E - IMPEACHMENT. - HE VIOLATED NORMS IN EVERY - SINGLE DIRECTION, CIVIC, - POLITICAL. - THERE WAS A SAVAGERY TO OUR - POLITICS BECAUSE OF HIM. - HE WAS A BATTERING RAM AGAINST - REALITY AND OUR INSTITUTIONS. - HE HAS LEFT OUR NATION RIVEN, - BROKEN INTO WARRING POLITICAL - TRIBES.

- WI WRE THAT, IT - WAS ONE OF THE EASIER THINGS TO - SEE. - HE WAS A PERSON WHO WAS SO - EASY-TO-READ. - THIS WAS A PERSON WITH - SOCIOPATHIC TENDENCIES. - OF PEOPLE, - PARTICULARLY IN THE REPUICAN - PARTY, WHICH I HAVE BEEN A PART - OF MY ENTIRE LIFE, I SERVED IN - THREE REPUBLICAN - ADMINISTRATIONS, THE DEGREE TO - WHICH REPUBLICANS WERE BLINDED - TO HIM AND HIS MALIGNANCY, - WILLFULLY OR SIMPLY BLIND, IT - WILL LEAVE A STAIN ON THE PARTY. - CERTAINLY THERE IS A STAIN ON - THE TRUMP LEGACY. - JUDY: YOU ARE VERY MUCH A - CONSERVATIVE. - YOU WERE TELLING US TODAY YOU - AGREE WITH MANY OFIS H - IN TPOTSENE ECONOMIC POLICY, SF - HIS FOREIGN-POLICY. - YOU ARE GIVING HIM CREDIT FOR - SOME OF THE CHANGES HE MADE IN - POLICY AND THE LAW. - PETER: IN SOME AREAS.

- HIS RECORD IS NOT WHAT HIS - SUPPORTERS INSIST ON. - I AM OF A CONSERVAT - PHILOSOPHY. - THEY CHOSE HIVISE ALDICI APPOINT - THE SUPREME COURT AND FEDERAL - LEVEL. - I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD. - PEOPLE I TRUST, DEREGULATION - POLICIES WERE SUCCESSFUL. - I AGREED WITH HIM WHEN HE MOVED - TO THE EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV TO - JERUSALEM. - ISRAEL WAS RECOGNIZED. - I WOULD SAY OPERATION WARP SPEED - IN TERMS OF VACCINATIONS. - IT WAS NOT TRUMP HIMSELF, BUT - FRANCIS COLLINS, ANDE OTH - AUTIL NTIF MIN. - THEY OVERSAW THAT ALONG WITH - PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. - THERE WAS SOME SUCCESS. - THERE W OVERWHELM I - MISHANDLING IN EVERY OTHER AREA - OF THE PANDEMIC.

- 400,000 DEATHS. - BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, PROBABLY - HALF A MILLION. - MAYBE HALF OF THOSE DEATHS WERE - UNNECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE WAY - TRUMP HANDLED IT. - THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN - CARNAGE. - IT DID NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. - JUDY: IERESTING YOU SHOULD USE - THE WORD CARNAGE BECAUSE - PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS INAUGURAL - ADDRESS SPOKE OF AMERICAN - CARNAGE, HOW HE VIEWED THE - COUNTRY AS HE WAS PREPARING TO - TAKE OVER. - WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WILL BE - MOST REMEMBERED FOR? - THE PANDEMIC AND THIS ATTACK ON - THE U.S. CAPITOL? - PETER: I THINK SO. - THE CAPITOL WILL BE THE SINGLE - PL PDEEMEEOR.EM RBE CAPSTONE TOS - PRESIDENCY. - THERE WAS NOTHING UNEXPECTED - ABOUT THAT. - HE EGGED THEM ON. - IN TERMS OF A SINGLE POLICY, IT - WOULD HAVE TO BE THE PANDEMIC. - NO PRESIDENT COULD HAVE ESCAPED

- UNSCATHED BECAUSE OF THIS - PANDEMIC. - EVERY COUNTRY HAS LOST LIVES. - BUT I THINK HE SO EPICALLY - MISHANDLED IT IN SO MANY WAYS, - ATTACKING SCIENTISTS, MASKS, - SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE - HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE INSANITY. - BEYOND THAT, I WANTED TO SAY ONE - OTHER THING. - THIS WILL BE WITH US FOR A LONG - TIME. - WE ARE IN AN EPISTEMIC CRISIS. - THERE HAS BEEN AN ASSAULT ON - TRUTH AND REALITY. - THAT TRUMP HAS LED, AND HIS - PARTY HAS BEEN A PART OF. - WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE - ARE LIVING IN DIFFERENT MORAL - UNSEIVS. - WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMON SET OF - FACTS OR REALITY. - WHEN YOU LOSE THAT, IT IS - DIFFICULT TO PUT IT TOGETHER - AGAIN. - IF YOU DON'T, A FREE COUNTRY - CANNOT CONTINUE. - ULTIMATELY, YOUR POLITICS

- BREAKDOWN AND SOCIETY BREAKS - DOWN BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMMON - GROUND, NO ABILITY TO PERSUADE - PEOPLE OR HAVE DIALOGUE. - TRUMP DID THAT WITH HIS - CONSPIRACY THEORIES. - IT WAS NOT JUST ALLIES. - IT WAS THIINTENTIONAL ASSAULT - ON REALITY WHICH NOT ONLY - SPREADS LIES BUT CREATES - DISORIENTATION IN THE PUBLIC - THAT HAS TREMENDOUSLY DAMAGING - LONG-TERM EFFECTS. - I WORRY ABOUT THAT. - JOE BIDEN HAS A LOT OF TASKS - BEFORE HIM. - FIGURING OUT HOW TO PUT THAT - BACK TOGETHER SEEMS TO BE HIGH - ON THE LIST. - JUDY: LOOKING BACK AND AHEAD, - THANK YOU. - PETER: THANKS FOR HAVING ME. - ♪ - JUDY: DAY'S EVENTS AT THE - NATION'S CAPITOL CONCLUDED WITH - A CEREMONY TO RECOGNIZE THE

- HUMAN TOLL OF THE PANDEMIC. - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND VICE - PRESIDENT-ELECT HARRIS SPOKE AT - THE NATIONAL MALL TO HONOR THE - LIVES LOST FROM THE PANDEMIC. - IT FEATURED MUSIC, REMARKS AND - LIGHTS AROUND THE REFLECTING - POOLTH AE - >> TWILIGHT HOU AR,IST TH OUR - BELOVED NATION REVERENTLY PAUSES - IN SUPPLICATION TO REMEMBER AND - PRAY FOR THE MANY THOUSANDS OF - PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM THE - CORONAVIRUS DURING THIS PAST - YEAR. - WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED - AND THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES - THEY HAVE LEFT BEHIND. - MAY IT BE A RESOUNDING GESTURE - OF GRATITUDE FOR ALL THOSE WHO - HAVE CARED V T FMSICHE OTIF

- TTHHEIR LOVED ONES. - OUR SORROW UNITES US TO ONE - ANOTHER AS A SINGLE PEOPLE WITH - COMPASSIONATE HEARTS. - >> THOUGH WE MAY BE PHYSICALLY - SEPARATED, WE THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE ARE UNITED IN SPIRIT. - MY ABIDING HOPE, MY ABIDING - PRAYER, IS THAT WE EMERGE FROM - THIS ORDEAL WITH A NEW WISM, - TO CHERISH SIMPLE MOMENTS, TO - IMAGINE NEW POSSIBITIES, AND - TO OPEN OUR HEARTS JUST A LITTLE - BIT MORE, TO ONE ANOTHER. - IT IS NOW MY GREAT HONOR TO - INTRODUCE LORI MARIE KEY. - LORI IS A NURSE AT SAINT MERCY - CHURCH OUTSIDE DETROIT. - HER COMMUNITY WAS HIT HARD WHEN

- THE VIRUS STRUCK. - LORI WAS ASSIGNED TO THE COVID - UNIT. - LORI IS KNOWN FOR SINGING ON THE - HOSPITAL FLOOR AND A VIDEO OF - HER SINGING A CERTAIN HYMN - INSPIRED OUR NATION. - SHE JOINS US THIS EVENING TO - HONOR THEIR LOSS WITH THAT SAME - HYMN, AMAZING GRACE. - LORI: ♪ AMAZING GRACE - HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A - WRETCH LIKE ME - I ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW I AM - FOUND - WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE ♪

- PRES.- ELECT BIDEN: TO HEAL, WE - MUST REMEMBER, SOMETIMES IT IS - HARD TO REMEMBER, BUT THAT IS - HOW WE HEAL. - IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT AS A - NATION. - THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. - USET US - SHINE THE LIGHTS IN THE DARKNESS - ALONG THE SACRED POOL OF - REFLECTION, REMEMBER ALL WE - LOST. - >> ♪ I HEARD THERE WAS A SECRET - CHORD THAT DAVID PLAYED AND IT - PLEASED THE LORD - YOU DON'T REALLY CARE FOR MUSIC, - DO YA - IT GOES LIKE THIS, THE FOURTH, - THE FIFTH, THE MINOR FALL, THE

- MAJOR LIFT, THE BAFFLED KING - COMPOSING HALLELUJAH - HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, - HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ - JUDY: WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT. - WHAT BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. - BUT SUCH A PAINFUL MOMENT. - ♪ - JUDY: FINALLY TONIGHT, WE LOOK - AT HOW THE PANDEMIC IS AFFECTING - THE MENTAL HEALTH OF COLLEGE - STUDENTS.

- STUDENTS HAVE LONG BEEN PRONE TO - STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. - FOUR AMERICANS BETWEEN THE - AGES OF 18 AND 24 REPORT POOR - MENTAL HEALTH DUE TO THE - PANDEMIC. - THIS IS PART OF OUR ONGOING - SERIES, RETHINKING COLLEGE. - A WARNING,THSUECT OF SUICIHIDE.T - >> THE NIGHTS LEADING UP TO IT - HAD SHOWN THERE WOULD BE A - CULMINATION. - THAT NIGHT I WAS WORRIED I WAS - GOING TO DO SOMETHING I MIGHT - REGRET. - REPORTER: 19-YEAR-OLD VICTORIA - WAS ALONE THE NIGHT SHE ALMOST - GAVE UP EVERYTHING. - ALONE IN A THREE BEDROOM - APARTMENT IN AUSTIN NEAR THE - UNIVERTY OF TEXAS CAMPUS. - NO FRIENDS, HER ROOMMATES STAYED - HOME FALL SEMESTER, NO FAMILY, - HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY. - PANIC LED HER TO STOP TAKING HER - ANTIDEPRESNT, AND HER GOOD - GRADES WERE SLIPPING AWAY. - UNSURE WHERE TO TURN, SHE DIALED

- HER SCHOOL'S CRISIS HOTLINE. - >> I TOLD THEM I AM FEELING BAD, - NOT DOING WELL IN CLASSES, I - WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO LK TO. - REPO: ON THE - SHE H TOLDALHOUR - ME, I WOULD LIKE TO - HANG UP AND KNOW EVERYTHING WILL - BE OK, BUT BASED ON WHAT WE WERE - TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, I WOULD - LIKE TO SEND THE CAMPUS MENTAL - HEALTH OFFICERS OVER JUST TO - CHECK AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING - IS OK. - SHE DECIDED TO MAKE SOME - CHANGES BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT OK. - MANY STUDENTS ARE NOT RIGHT NOW. - DROP A PIN ON A MAP OF THE U.S. - AND THE STORY IS THE SAME, - HEIGHTENED DIET -- ISOLATION, - ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, UNTIL - HEALTH CRISES, COURTESY OF A - COLLEGE EXPERIENCE STRIPPED OF - TRADITION, CAMPUS LIFE AND - STRUCTURE, ON TOP OF A PANDEMIC.

- >> IT SEEMS LIKE A FARAWAY - CONCEPT. - >> NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, IT - REALLY SUCKS. - >> IT HAS MESSED WITH MY HEAD. - >> IT IS HARD TO SLEEP AT NIGHT - BECAUSE YOU SIT IN YOUR - APARTMENT ALL DAY. - >> ALMOST ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE - GONE TO THERAPY SINCE THE - SEMESTER STARTED. - REPORTER: MORE THAN 560,000 - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS DID NOT - ENROLL THIS FALL. - EVEN IN NORMAL TIMES, THOSE WHO - REPORT MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES - ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DROP OUT - OF SCHOOL. - THERE ARE STRESSORS FOR THOSE - STUDYING REMOTELY. - >> IT IS EXHAUSTING. - ZOOM FATIGUE IS REAL. - REPORTER: FOR THOSE MAKING THE - TREK INTO CLASSROOMS -- - >> SINCE I COMMUTE A LOT, I - TRIED TO BE AS CAREFUL AS - POSSIBLE. - A FEW PEOPLE I KNOW WHO HAVE - GOTTEN THE VIRUS HAVE BEEN - REALLY SICK. - THEY WERE NEAR DEATH. - REPORTER: ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS - BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24 - REPORTED CONSIDERING SUICIDE IN

- THE LAST 30 DAYS. - NEARLY 70% OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS - SAY STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH RANKS - AMONG THEIR TOP CONCERNS. - OT OF L A US IT IS BEEN - ELFEING LIKE A L>> INCREDIBLE C. - REPORTER: THE VICE PROVOST FOR - CAMPUS WELLNESS AND CRISIS - INTERVENTION AT USC. - >> STUDENTS WERE ALREADY - STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY, - DEPRESSION AND LONELINESS. - THAT HAS ONLY BEEN EXACERBATED. - REPORTER: BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, - 65% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE - WRESTLING WITH ANXIETY, 30% WITH - A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION, 10% - WITH THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE. - THE STRING OF RECENT AMERICAN - CRISES COMBINED WITH AN OVER - RELIANCE ON TECHNOLOGY AND - SOCIAL MEDIA ARE MAKING TODAY'S - YOUNG PEOPLE MORE ANXIOUS THAN - BEFORE. - COVID ISOLATION HAS MADE IT - WORSE. - >> WE ARE A TRIMA BS. - COLLEGL

- E IS A PLACE WHERE MANY - PEOPLE FIND THEIR TRIBE. - 80% OF STUDENTS AROUND THE - COUNTRY SAY COVID HAS NEGATIVELY - IMPACTED THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, - SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND CAREER - ASPIRATIONS. - REPORTER: YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE - JASMINE, A JUNIOR AT UNIVERSITY - OF CALIFORNIA NORTHRIDGE, SAYS - STUDENTS FEEL THEY ARE IN THIS - ALONE, EMOTIONALLY AND - ACADEMICALLY. - >> IT HAS BEEN ROUGH THIS - SEMESTER. - >> I DON'T FEEL I AM LEARNING. - >> WE CAME TO LEARN AND NETWORK - AND NOW WE ARE ONLY GETTING - LEARNING. - PEOPLE ARE SAYING, I AM TURNING - IN ASSIGNMENTS WITHOUT KNOWING - IF THE INFORMATION IS STAYING - WITH ME. - REPORTER: OHIO UNIVERSITY - USUALLY PACKED WITH STUDENTS, - NOW DESERTED. - ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCHOOLS IN - THE NATION, STUDENT PLANS HAVE - BEEN ALTERED I THE TENS OF - THOUSANDS.

- THEY WILL NOT GET THOSE - EXPERIENCES BACK. - THCT TT HAD PLANS,M GET OVER - THE PLANS CHANGED? - >> THE FIRST THING WE DO IS - VALIDATE THE STUDENT'S FEELINGS - AS REAL. - WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS - LOSS. - I WOULD SAY TO THE STUDENT, - INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THINGS - BEING NORMAL AGAIN, FOCUS ON - CREATING YOUR NEW NORMAL. - WE CAN PROACTIVELY BE A PART OF - WHAT WE WANT THE FUTURE TO BE. - >> DID YOU MEET YOUR GOALS? - HOW DO YOU FEEL AFTER THIS - FULSOME MR. ONLINE? - REPORTER: MOST SCHOOLS OFFER - COUNSELING FOR STUDENTS, BUT - VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON VISITS - AGAINST EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN - FLAT OR DOWN FOR MANY SCHOOLS. - >>VERSIES ARE - CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS - HAPPENING IN HOME ENVIRONMENTS,

- REMOTE ENVIRONMENTS, A BROAD. - -- ABROAD. - WHAT ARE WE NOT SEEING? - REPORTER: VICTORIA SAYS SPRING - SEMESTER AT TEXAS COULD BE A - REPEAT OF FALL. - NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED ABOUT HER - SITUATION. - >> I HAVE BEEN SEEING MY - THERAPIST AND IT HAS BEEN A GOOD - EXPERIENCE. - I GOT BACK ON MY - ANTIDEPRESSANTS. - REPORTER: SHE PLANS TO TAKE - FEWER CLASSES AND FIND MORE TIME - FOR FUN. - >> I WANT TO SPEND TIME ON THE - THINGS I ENJOY. - I LOVE MUSIC, PLAYING - INSTRUMENTS. - HOPEFULLY NEXT SEMESTER I CAN - PUSH MYSELF TO DO THINGS I KNOW - I WILL ENJOY. - WE WILL SEE. - REPORTER: SHE WILL TAKE I - EASIER ON HERSELF AND TAKE THE - DAYS ONE AT A TIME UNTIL THINGS - CKT BA N TOL.OR - MA - JUDY: IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW - NEEDS HELP, THE NATIONAL SUICIDE - PREVENTION LIFELINE IS AVAILABLE - 24 HOURS A DAY.

- CALL 1-800-273-8255. - HEAL ITALLMENT NEXT - WEEK, WE LOOK AT HOW SCHOOLS AR - PROGRAMS TO BOOST - SKILLSE AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO GT - SHORT-TERM CREDENTIALS FOR WORK. - ONE OTHER IMPORTANT NOTE FROM - THE WORLD OF HIGHER EDUCATION, - THE COLLEGE BOARD ANNOUNCED THEY - WILL DROP THE OPTIONAL ESSAY - PART OF THE SAT'S AND END SAT - SUBJECT TESTS ALTOGETHER. - BOTH CHANGES TAKE EFFECT IN - JUNE. - ON AN UPLIFTING NOTE, WE WANT TO - WISH YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE - OF OUR "NEWSHOUR" FOUNDING - FATHERS. - ROBIN MCNEIL TURNS 90 YEARS - YOUNG TODAY. - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBIN. - WE LOVE YOU. - THAT IS THE "NEWSHOUR" FOR - TONIGHT. - IN 130 U AJO.S - EASTERN FOR LIVE COVERAGRE - NATHGA OF JOE BIDEN AND - KAMALA HARRIS -- INAUGURATION OF

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- is surrounded by - two of the most - bountiful bodies of water - in the world. - The Sea of Cortez - and the Pacific Ocean. - Up and down the peninsula, - people are doing amazingly - inventive things with anything - and everything they catch, - but the mecca for seafood on - the Baja peninsula is here - - just an hour drive south of - Tijuana on the Pacific Coast, - Fresh fish from all - over Baja is brought here, - just an hour drive south of - Tijuana on the Pacific Coast, - and then shipped - all over the world. - It's a town - with some history. - The oldest bar in Mexico, - the original margarita, - and they say the very rst - fish taco are all - part of the story. - Oh, mmm, mmm! - It's so fresh! - Pati: And because I know - you're dying to know how to - make the absolute perfect - beer battered fish taco,