PBS NewsHour; January 6, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm PST

- THANK YOU BOH VERY, VERY - MUCH FOR BEING HERE. - WE NOW TURN BACK TO THE - PB "NEWSHOUR." I'M WILL - WILLIAM BRANGHAM, THANK - YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING - US. - RIGGED." - YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITHHAT - ASSESSMENT, BUT IT I

- NONETHELESS A REALITY FOR NEARLY - >> Yang: DEMOCRATSED THOSE - OBJECTING OF CASTING DOUBT ON - THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. - >> THE CONGRESS DOES NOT - DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF - ECTIONS, THE PEOPLE DO. - THE CONGRESS IS NOT ENDOWED WITH - THE POWER TO ADMINISTER - ELECTIONS. - OUR STATES ARE GIVEN THAT POWER. - >> Yang: ACROSS THE CAPITOL IN - THE HOUSE CHAMBER, MANY OF THE - SAME ARGUMENTS WERE MADE. - COLORADO REPUBLICAN - REPRESENTATIVE LAUREN BOEBERT. - >> 10 EXTRA DAYS WERE ADDED VIA - JUDICIAL FIAT TO ALLOW VOTER - REGISTRATION. - THESE 10 DAYS WERE ADDED AFTER - VOTING HAD ALREADY BEGUN. - THIS IS COMPLETELY INDEFENSIBLE. - YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE RULES OF - AN ELECTION WHILE IT IS UNDERWAY - TO TRUST IT.HE AMERICAN PEOPLE - >> Yang: BUT DEMOCRATS LIKE - CONGRESSMAN JOE NEGUSE O - COLORADO DISMISSED THEIR CLAIMS. - >> TODAY WE HEAR FROM IN THIS A - CHAMBER, N, BUT SOME OF MY - COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF

- THE AISLE VAGUE CLAIMS OF FRAUD. - NO SUBSTANCE. - NO EVIDENCE. - NO FACTS. - NO ELANATION FOR WHY OVER 88 - JUDGES ACROSS THIS LAND HAVE - REJECTED T VERY SAME CLAIMS. - >> Yang: WHEN ORDER HAD NOT BEEN - RESTORED IN THE CAPITOL BY DAY'S - END, HOUSE LEADERS DECIDED TO - CAIS IQUITS AND TRY TO FIN - DEALING WITH THE ARIZONA - OBJECTION TOMORROW.EN - WHEN THEY RECO REPUBLICAN - LAWMAKERS PLAN TO OBJECT TO - RESULTS IN TWO MORE STATES, - GEORGIA AND PENNSYLVANIA; - OBJECTIONS AT THE ROOT OF THEHA - EMOTIONSFUELED THE - PROTESTS THAT DISRUPTED THE - PROCESS TODAY. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOURI'M JOHN - YANG.f: - >> WoodrND WE HAVE TWO - NEW UPDATES AS THIS STORY - UNFOLDS. - WE HAVE LEARNED THAT LAWMAKERS - WILL CRUSH TONIGHT TO COUNT THE - OFFICIAL ELECTORAL VOTES AND - THERE HAS NOW BEEN CONRMATION - FROM TWO S WS ORGANIZATIAT - THE WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT INSIDE - THE CAPITOL HAS DD.

- IT HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY AND - NOTRAGIC DAY. - OUR LISA DESJARDINS WAS INSIDE - THE CAPITOL WHEN IT WAS STORMED - BY PROTESTERS. - OUR YAMICHE ALCINDOR HAS BEEN AT - THE WHITE HOUSE THROUOUTHIS - DAY.LI - , TO YOU FIRST, THIS NEWS - THAT THE WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT HAS - DIED CASTS AN EVEN GRATER PALL - OVER WHAT WAS ALREADY ANHO - IFIC SEASES SET OAF - DEVELOPMENTS. - >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT AND - I BELIEVE THE CAPITOL HASN'T - BEGUN TO RECKON WITH THE EVENTST - OFAY. - AS I'M TALKING YOU CAN SEE NEXT - TO ME THEAGENT OF ARMS OF THE - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSING - ME ON HIS WAY INTO THE HOUSE - CHAMBER AND I SAW HIGH-RANKING - AIDES TO NANCY PELOSI MOVING IN. - IT LOOKS TO M LIKE THEY'RE - GETTING READY TO ALLOW PEOPLE - BACK INTO THE CAPITOL. - I MAY BE ABLE TO GET THAT WAY - MYSELF SOON. - WE KNOW THEY HAVE SECURED, - ACCORDING TO CAPITOL POLICE, THE - U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING AND AIN,

- AS YOU SAY, JUDY, OFFICIALS ARE - PLANNING TO MEET AND CONTINUE - AND FINISH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE - COUNT, THE DCISIVE - CERTIFICATION OF JOE BIDEN AS - PRESIDENT TONHT. - THERE IS CURFEW IN PLACE, AS - YOU'VE SAID, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - WE'VE HAD ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE. - I DON'T - FOR US.SE WERE MEANT - THOSE WERE MEANT FOR PROTESTORS. - I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS KIND OF - ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE, A SORT OF - SIREN AND BELL SOUND THAT WARNED - PEOPLE IF TEY DID NOTGET HOME - BEFORE THIS HOUR, THEY WOULD BE - SUBJECT TO ARREST IF THEY WERE - OUTSIDE. - I BELIEVE THAT WAS MEANT FORTO - PROTES, AND NOW IT DOES LOOK - LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO - SHORTLY MAKE IT BACK INTO THE - ECAPITOL, AT LEAST THE LADING - OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE HOUSE ARE - ON -- OFFICIALS OF THE HOUSE ARE - ON THEIR WAY IN THERE NOW. - >> Woodruff: LISA, WE'RE - TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER - THEY PLAN -- THEYPLAN TO GO - FORWARD. - WE'VE HEARD -- WE'VE JUST SEEN A - STATEMENT BY WHIP CLYBURN WHO - OF COURSE, VERY CLOSE TO SPEAKER - PELOSI SAYING THEY PLANTO GET - THE BUSINESS DONE OF COUNTING - THESE ELECTORAL VOTES, BUT WE

- DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE OBJECTIONS - THAT HAD BEEN ENTERTAINED, THAT - HAD BEEN PLANNED ARE GOING - WFORWARD GIVENAT'S HAPPENED. - >> NO, WE DON'TNOW AND IT'S A - VERY WIFED UNIVERSE OF - PUBLICANS WHO WERE -- WIDE - UNIVERSE OF REPUBLICANS WHO WERE - OBJECTORS. - EEY DON'T ALL FEEL THE S WAY - ABOUT WHY THEY WERE OBJECTING. - SOME FELT THE ELECTION WAS - FRAUDULENT. - OTHERS SAID THEY WANT TO MAKE A - POINST TO HAVE A DAY OF - DEBATE. - THAT IS A QUESTION, THEN, THAT - LEADS TO HOW MUCH TIME WILL BE - USED UP, HOW MANY REPUBLICANS - WILL SPEAK TO ACTUALLY AND TRY - RAND DEBATE THIS ISSUE - BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE, - THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SORT OF - THISHDEPARTURE FROM REALITYT - WE SAW WITH THE ELECTION AND NOW - WE'VE SEEN MANIFHET PHYSICALLY - IN THE CAPITOL, WILL THATY - CHANGE HOW MPUBLICANS WANT - TO SPEAK UP TONIGHT OBJECTING TO - THE ELECTIONS. - >> Woodruff: WELL, WE WILL - SEE. - WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING IT - CLOSELY, WATCHING IT VEY - CLOSELY. - NOW TO YOU, YAMICHE, AT THE

- EWHITE HOUSE, WHERE RESIDENT - WENT, LEFT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE - THIS MORNING TO GO SPEAK TO - THESE PROTESTERS WHO LATER ENDED - UP MOBBING E CITOL AND, NOW, - YAMICHE, HE'S MADE SOME - STATEMENTS BBY HE STAND HIS - VIEW THAT E ELECTION WAS - STOLEN. - Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT - TODAY, WE SAW THE PHYSICAL - MANIFESTATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES - OF THE PRESIDENT CONTINUING TO D - SPREINFORMATION ABOUT THE - ELECTION AND HIS LOSS IN THE - 2020 ELECTION. - THE PRIDENT IS NOT BACKING - DOWN FROTHAT, EVEN THOUGH, AS - YOU NOTED AND AS WE HAVE NOTED, - SOMEONE HAS DIED, SOMEONE HAS -- - THE PELE HAVE BEEN TERRORIZED - INSIDE THE U.S. CAPITOL, VIONT - PROTESTORS BREACHED THE WALLS - AND, STILL, THE PRESIDENT - PERSISTS WITH MIS - WITH DISINFORMATION. - WHAT WE SAW TODAY WAS THAT - CONSEQUENCES OF CONSPIRACY - THEORIES AND ITS REALLY THAT - CONSPIRACY THEORIES HAVE - CONSEQUENCES, THAT FALSE - ALLEGAONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES, - THAT DELUSIONAL AND AT TIMES - DEBUNKED CLAIMS HAVE - CONSEQUENCES, AND I WANT TO

- POINT OUT A TWEET THAT THE - PRESIDENT SENT JUST W - MINUTES AGO. - HERE'S WHAT HE SAID, JUSTIFYING, - PROTESTERS.HE ACTIONS OF THESE - HE SAID THESE ARE THE THINGS AND - LANDSLIDE ELECTION VICTORY IS SO - MONIESOUSLY AND VICIOUS - STRIPPED AWAY FROM GREAT - PATRIOTS WHO HAVE BEEN BADLY AND - UNFAIRLY TREATED FOR SO LONG. - REMEMBER THIS DAY FOREVER. - THAT IS THE PRESIDENT LENDING - STS VOICE, IN SOME WAYS - JUSTIFYING PROS' ACTIONS, - PROTESTORS. - WHO ENTITLED TO COMEHE U.S. - ALL THE THINGS THAT MADE THISO - DAY EXTRAORDINARY, AND WE SEE - THE PRESIDENT CONTINUTO DOUBLE - DOWN AS PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE - BIDEN IS TELLING PRESIDENT TRUMP - TONIGHT TO STEP UP, SAYING HE - KNEADS TO GET ON NATIONAL - TELEVISION AND CONDEMN THIS AND - TELL PEOPLE THAT THIS WAS WRONG. - THE ESIDENT HAS SAD THAT - THERE SHOULD BE CALM, BUT HE HAS - NOT DONE THAT, HE HAS NOT DONE - TO TAKE QUESTIONS, HE HAS NOT - GONE BEFORE TELEVISION CAMERAS - AS OF NOW. - HE'S BEEN WATCHING ALL THI - UNFOLD FROM THE SAFETY OF THE - WHITE HOUSE THAT ALL DAY HASM

- REMAINED CILE THE REST OF - THE CITY HAS BEEN CHAOTIC. - >> Woodruff: THE REST OF THE - CITY CHAOTIC ANDV THINGS HAE - GOTTEN SO OUT OF HAND, YAMICHE. - WE ARE NOT ONLY SEEING DEMOCRATS - CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE - IMPEACHED WHEN HE ONLY HAS TWO - EKS LEFT IN OFFICE. - WE SAW THE STUNNING STATEMENT - FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF - MANUFACTURERS, ONE OF THE MAJOR - ASSOCIIONS HERE IN WASHINGTON, - NORMAL REPUBLICAN-LEANING,HE - CALLING ON VICE PRESIDENT - THEE PENCE TO CONSULT WIT - CABINET ON HAVING THE PRESIDENT - REMOVED FROM OFFICE. - AND AGAW, THIS WAS ONLY TO - WEEKS LEFT. - WHERE DO THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW - BETWEEN THE PRESIDENAND THE - VICE PRESIDENT? - THE PRESIDENT WAS CRITICIZING - HIS OWN NUMBER TWO TODAY FOR NOT - GOINROUGH WITH REJECTING THE - ELECTION RESULTS. - >> Reporter: LL, THE RIFF IN - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GREW WIDER - TODAY WITH THE PRESIDENT LASHING - OUT ATHE VICE PRESIDENT, - SAYING THAT HE DID NOT DO WHAT - THE PRESIDENT WANTED HIM TO DO,P - WHICH ISND THE COUNT. - HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO HAVES - A CEREMONIAL ROLE, SO RIGHT NOW - THINGS ARE TENSE BETWEEN THE

- VICE PRESIDENT AND THE - PRESIDENT. - THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS ALSO BEEN - MORE POINTED IN HIS CRITICISM OF - PROTESTORS WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP - HAS JUSTIFIED SOME OF THEIR - ACTIONS. - ANOTHER THING TO NOTE, AS YOU - SAID, THERE ARE MANUFACTURING - GROUPS, OTHER ALLIES OF THE - PRESIDENT, OPENLY TALKING ABOUT - THE 25th AMENDMENT, OPENINGHA - SAYINGTHE PRESIDENT MIGHT - NOT BE ABLE TO BE TRUSTED WITH - THE NEXT 14 DAYS, WHICH IS ALL - THAT REMAINS IN HISDE PREY, - BUT LOOK AT ALL THAT HAPPENED, - JUDY, IN JUST ONE DA. - IN JUST ONE DAY SOMEONE LOST - THEIR LIFE, SO A LOT OF PEOPLER - ARE ED PRESIDENT TRUMP - SIMPLY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE - AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCITE - VIOLENCE, IN THEIR EYES. - >> Woodruff: AN, YAMICHE, - JUST QUICKLY, DO WE KNOW WHAT - THE PRESIDENT'S PLANS ARE FORT - THE R THE EVENING, FOR - TOMORROW? - IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING - ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? - >> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE - ISOT SAYING WHAT THE - PRESIDENT'S PLANS ARE. - IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR, BASED ON - PEOPLETHHAT I'M TALKING TO,T - THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO - CONTINUE TO WATCH TELEVISION, - GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE TO - TWITTER, GOING TO CONTINUE TO - SEND TWEETS LIKELY TO BE LABELED - AS MANY WERE TODAY BY TWITTER AS - MISINFORMATION, AS

- DISINFORMATION. - THAT, BUT THERE IS CLEARO DO - COMMUNICATIONS PLAN HERE. - THIS, OF COURSE, OA DAY WHERE - AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR - LEADERSHIP, WHERE AMERICANS ARE - WONDERING HOW CAN WE ALLSTAY - SAFE IN THIS MOMENT. - THE PRESIDENT IS NOT OFFERING - ANY OF THAT. - WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ISORMER - WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS INCLUDING - FORMER CHIEF OFFSTAFF MICK - MULVANEY AS WELL AS THE FORMER - WHITE HOE COMIEWRN CASES - DIRECTOR -- COMMUNICATIONSOR - DIREAYING THIS HAS TO STOP - AND BE:DEEMED BY THE PRESIDENT - STRONGER TERMS. - AN OFFICIAL IN GEORGIA, GABRIELI - STERLING, SOMEONE WOULD GET - KILL AND THE PRESIDENT SHOULD - THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T DO THATITY. - WEEKS AGO AND NOW WE'RE HERE - TODAY WITH THE PRESIDENT - CONTINUING NOT TO D WTHAT. - odruff: REPORT AL ALL RIGHT, - YAMICHE ALCINDOR AT THE WHITE - HOUSE, LISA DESJARDINS AT THE - CAPITOL. - LISA, LAST WE SPOKE WITH YOU, - YOU WERE MAKING YOUR WAY BACKAP - INTO THEOL BUILDING, - HOPING YOU GET THERE AS SOON AS - POSSIBLE, AS THEY CLET ART. - LISA, YAMICHE, THANK YOU BOTH, - AND WE'LL BETO COMING BACOU

- THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. - AS LISA REPTED, IT WAS A - CHAOTIC SCENE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE - THE CAPITOL, OUR AMNA NAWAZ WAS - ON THE OUTSIDE. - SHE WAS THERE AD JOINS ME NOW. - AMNA, TELL US, YOU HAD TO MOVE A - LITTLE BIT FRTHER AWAY. - TELL US WHERE THINGS STAND. - >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, - JUDY. - AS YOU KNOW HERE IN - WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT CURFEW HAS - GONE INTO PLACE SO THE STREIGHTS - ARE VERY QUIET. - THE D.C. MAYOR MURAL BROWSER - SAID UNLESS YOU ARE AN ESSENTIAL - PERSON MEANT TO BE OUTSIDE NOW - EVERYONE SHOULD BE OFF THE - STREETS, AND D.C. POICE HAVE - BEEN DOING THEIR JOBS MOVING - PEOPLE AND ASKING PEOPLE TO MOVE - AWAY FROM THE CAPITOL GROUNDS - AND OFF THE ST, SO THINGS - ARE QUIET NOW. - AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE TO - MOVE WHROAKSES A COUPLE OF - TIMES, ONCE EARLIER FROM THE - THCAPITOL GROUNDS BECAUS - PROTESTORS THAT HAD BEEN OUT - THERE AS THE HOURS WENT BY AND - THAT AS TIE WENT ON AND THEY - REALIZED THEY WEREN'T GOING TO - BE ABLE TO BREACH ANYMORE AND - WERE IN A STANDOFF WITH THE - CAPITOL POLICE, THEY BASICALLY - TURNED ON THE MEDIA THERE AND A - NUMBER OF THE PROTESTORS WENT - TOWARDS THE MEDIA PEN WHERE A

- RNALISTSF FOREIGN JOU - AND DOMESTIC JOURNALISTS WERE - HOUSED BEGAN TAKING AY THE - BARRICADES, THROWING THEIR GEAR - AND THROWING WATEROTTLES. - AT THAT TIME THE "PBS NEWSHOUR" - TEAM WENT TO A DIFFENT - LOCATION. - WE WERE CONFRONTED BY ANOTHER - GROUP OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS - LEAVING THE GROUNDS RALLY AND - CALLING US FAKE NEWS, SO WE - RELOCATE ONCE AGAIN.SAFETY TO - THE STREETS ARE QUIET, AS WE - KNOW THE CAPITOL IS NOW SECURE,E - BUT WE HAO WONDER WHAT IT - TOOK FOR THE CAPITOL TO GET - THERE, AND IT TOK THE - INVOLVEMENT OF CC CAPITOL - POLICE, OF RIOT GEAR, OF RIOT - POLICE, OF S.W.A.T. TEAMS, OF - NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS - JUST TO SUPPORT THOSE FORCES ON - THE GROUND, BECAUSE WHAT WE ALL - SAW TOS JUST A REMARKABLE - SCENE UNFOLD ON THE STEPS OF THE - CAPITOL AND, TO BE CLEAR, THE - PEOPLE WHO WEREHERE WERE THERE - BECAUSE THEY HEARD THE - PRIDENT'S MESSAGE LOUD AND - CLEAR AND THEY RESPONDED AND - ACTED ON IT. - EVERY SINGLE PROTESTORS SPOKE

- TO STAYED THEY WERE THERE - BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THE - ELECTION WAS STOLEN, BECAUSE - EY BELIEVED THT - PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN WAS - NOT DUAL ELECTED AND BECAUSE, I - THEIR MINDS, TULD NOT SEE - THIS PROCESS MOVE FORWARD. - THEY FELT IT WAS UNDEMOCRATIC - AND THEIR COUNTRY WAS BEING - STOLEN FROM THEM. - THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T TRUSS - ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES AND THE - PRESIDENT. - NO ONE WA WEANG MASKS AND - MANY WERE PACKED TIGHT TOGETHER - IN CLOSE GROHES. - SO ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE - BEEN VERY CLOSELY LISTENING TO - THE PREAGSIDENT'S MEG FOR A - LONG TIME, HAVE INTERNALIZED AND - BELIEVES ALL THE FALSE CLAIMS - AND LIES HE'S REPEATED AND TAD - THEY ACTED ON IT ANDHAT'S WHATAW - WENFOLD ON THE STEPS OF - THE CAPITOL TODAY. - JUDY. - >> Woodruff: TULY STUNNING - TURN OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE - DAY. - AMNA, ANY SENSE OF LOOKING AT - THESE PROTESTORS ATHER BY WHT - THEY SAID OR HOW THEY WERE - STRESSED OR WHATEVER THEY SAWED - THE YOU THAT SUGGEST THEY WERE - ORGANIZED IN SOME WAY, THAT THEY - CAMEOGETHER AS A GROUP? - WHAT DID YOU SEE IN TERMS OF - THAT?

- >> Reporter: THERE WERE A - NUMBER OF SORT OF DISPARATE - GROUPS WHO RALLIED TOETHER. - A GROUP OF VERBS FOR TRUMP AND - WOMEN FOR TRUMP. - WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUAY - FLEW INOM CALIFORNIA, FAMILY - MEMBERS, SISTERS AND HUSBANDS - WHO HAD FLWN IN TOGETHER JUST - TO COME AND BE LEER AS - SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. - BUT WE ALSO HERD FROM A NUMBER - OF PEOPLE WHO REPEATED A NUMBER - OF CORE STATEMENTS WE'VE HEARD - FROM CONSPIRACY THEORISTS. - WOE SAW Q Anon FLAGS AND - MEMORABILIA, SOME WHITE - NATIONALIST IMAGES AND MESSAGES - AS WELL. - SO THESE ARE ALL GROUPS THAT WE - KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL COVERED FOR - A VERY LONG TIMTHAT HAVE VERY - STRONG MESSAGING A CIRCLES ON - SOCIAL MEDIA AND ELSEWHERE, AND - ONCE A MESSA GETS SEEDED INTO - THAT COMMUNITY IT SPREADS - QUICKLY AND IS DEEPLY - INTERNALIZED, AND PEOPLE WERE - OUT THERE REPEATING A LOT O - THOSE SAME MESSAGES. - A LOT OF THEM HAD THOSE THINGS - TO SAY. - DIDN'T SESEM THERE WNE - OVERARCHING THING BRINGING THEM - TOGETHER OTHER THAN THE FACT - THAT THEY WERE THERE TO SUPPORT - PRESIDENT TRUMP. - THAT'S THE MESAGE THEY HAD FOR

- US. - I ALSO HAVE TO SAY, JUDY, A - POINT WE HAVEN'T REPORTED - ENOUGH, THIS WAS AN - OVERWHELNGLY WHITE GROUP. - THERE WERE VERY FEW PEOPLE OF - COLOR. - WE KNOW IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE - SEEN THE PRESIDENT RESPOND TOIV - THE "BLACK MATTER" - PROTEST, FOR EXAMPLE, CALLING - PEOPLE THUGS WHOEACEFULLY TOOK - TO THE SREETS IN PROTEST OF - RACIAL INJUSTICE, THAT WAS NOT - THE SPONSE WE HEARD FROM HIM - TODAY. - JUDY. - Woodruff: AMNA NAWAZ - REPORTING ON TODAY'S EVENTS FROM - OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL. - NTOWN WASHINGTO - PROTESTERS -- AS THE NIGHT - BEGINS IN THIS CITY AND AS TCU - EW HAS GOTTEN UNDERWAY IN - JUST THE LAST 20 MINUTES. - AMNA, THANK YO - AND WE STEP BACK NOW TO REFLECT - A LITTLE MORE ON THIS REMARKABLE - MOMENT WITH MARY McCORD, SHE - WAS ACTING ASSISTANT ATTORNEY - GENERAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AT - THE PARTMENT OF JUSTICE. - SHE NOW TEACHES AT GEORGETOWN - LAW SCHOOL. - MARY McCORD, WECI APPE - YOUR BEING WITH US. - LISTENING TO AMNA LK ABOUT THE - MAKEUP OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED - UP IN WASHINGTON TODAY, WHO - SHOWED UP AT THE CAPITOL.

- YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO HAS STUDIEDT - SOME OESE EXTREMIST GROUPS, - INCLING PRIM PRIME WHITE SUPREMD - OTHERS. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHO THESE - PEOPLE AREWHAT MOVATED THEM - TO COME DO WHAT THEY WERE DOING - TODAY? - >> WELL, IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO - SEE THESE GROUPS SHOWING UP.NG - THIS IS SOMETE HAVE SEEN - IN THE MAKING FOR SOME TIME NOW, - AND WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF - EXTREMISTS, FAR RIGHT EXTREMISTS - INCLUDING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS - WHO BUY INTO DEKEBFALSE - CLAIMS FROM ELECTION FRAUD TO - Q Anon THEORIES ABOUT VARUS - ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEMOCRAT AND - REPUBLICAN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE - UNLAWFUL CRIMINAL STREET GANGS - AND MILM ITIAS FROFFERENT - STATES. - NOW, D.C., OF COURSE, IS NOT AN - OPEN CARRY JURISDICTION AND, IN - FACT, DOESN'T EVEN ALLOW - CONCEALED CARRY UNLESS YOU HAVE - A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT FROM

- D.C. - THEY DON'T REOGNIZE PERMITS - FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS, BUT - THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE - HAVEN'T BEEN CONCEALING WEAPONS - ON THEIR PERSON, UNDER THEIR - COATS, ET CETERA, ANDHESE ARE - FAR RIGHT, UNLAWFUL, PRIVATE - MILITIAS WHO ARE BIG TMP - SUPPORTERS. - I THINK WE ALSO HAVE PROBABLY - SEEN SOME MORE MAINSTREAM - REPUBLICANS WHO LEGITIMATELY ARE - CONCERNED THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE - BEEN SOME FRAUD IN THE ELECTION, - BUT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, IN WITH - THESE MUCH MORE EXTREME - INDIVIDUALS WHO, I THINK, ARE - CONTRIBUTING TO A REAL - RADICALIZATION AND THE TYPE OF - VIOLENCE AND REBELLIONHAT WE - SAW TODAY AT THE CAPITOL. - >> Woodruff: WELL, FROM THE - WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, WHEN THE - GROUP GOT TO THE POINT TODAY - WHERE THEY WENT TO THE CAPITOL - AND THEY WEREN'T SIMPLY CONTENT - TO PROTEST OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL, - THEY BREACHED THE PERIMETERS, - THEY GOT TO TH DOORS, THEY - STARTED BREAKING WINDOWS, - BREAKING THROUGH THE DOORS,IN - INSIDE, RANSACKING OR - WALKING THROUGH, BASICALLY - TAKING OVER THE BUILDING, WHAT

- KIND OF LEADERSHIP DOES IT TAKE - FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO - HAPPEN? - IS IT SPONTANEOUS OR IS IT - SOMETHING AT YOU THI WAS - PROBABLY WORKED OUT AND PLANNED - AHEAD OF TIME? - >> SO I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS - DEVELOP R MONTHS NOW, EVEN - BEFORE THE ELECTION, AS THE - PRESIDENT WAS, EVEN PRIOR TO THE - ELECTION,ST SUGG MAIL-IN - BALLOTS WERE SUSCEPTIBLE TO - FRAUD AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO - TRUST THE RESULTS OF THE - ELECTION AND, OF COURSE, HE'S - DOUBLED DOWN ON THE - POST-ELECTION, AND THIS IS RED - MEAT FORESE GROUPS. - THE ONLINE ACTIVITY OF THEEX - FAR-RIGHREMIST MOVEMENT IS - EXTREMELY PROLIFIC, AND I IS, - IN SOME CASES, ENCOURAGING - VIOLENCE, IN OTHER CASES - ENCOURAGING OVERTHROW OF THE - GOVERNMENT, AND WHATEVER THEY - NEEDED TO DO TO DO WHAT THE - CONSIDER STOPPING THETEAL. - THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN EGGING IT - ON AT EVERY TURN. - NOT ONLY HAS HE HIMSELF 3R0E789D - CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND FALSE

- CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD TH BAT - HAEN DEBUNKED IN EVERY - SINGLE COURT AND OF COURSE - SECRETARY OF STATE RAFFENSPERGER - IN THE CALL SATURDAY TRIED TO - PUSH BACK POINT BY POINT ABOUT - THE FALSITY OF THE CLAIMS AND HE - AND THDEPRE AT THE SAME - TIME AS GIVING THIS RED MEAT TO - THE BASE, TO THE MOST EXTREMII - ELEMENTS OF SUPPORTERS, HAS - ALSO NOT ONLY REFUSED TO - DEANNOUNCE CIL UNREST BUT - ENCOWRNLINGSD IT. - WE SAW THAT COMING ENROUGH THE - WEAS HE WAS ENCOURAGING - PEOPLE COME TOGETHER BUT WE SAW - IT ALSO MORE SO IN TIS MORNING - AND EVENING WHEN HE WAS - ENCOURAGING THE MARCH ON THE - CAPITOL AND THIS EVENING WHILE - HE WAS TELLING PEOPLTO GO HOME - AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS SAYIN - I KNOW YOUR PAIN, THE ELECTION - WAS STOLEN, I WON IN A - TLANDSLIDE, IT WAS SOLEN. - YOU CAN'T TELL PEOPLE TO GO HOME - AND BE PEACEFUL WHILE YOU'RE - TELLING THEM THE ELECTION HAS - BEEN STOLEN. - SO THERE'S BEEN NO LEADERSHIP. - AND I WANT TO SAY, ALSO, I PUT - THIS ON THE HANDS OF THE

- PRESIDENT, BUT HE HAS BEEN - ENABLED BY THOSE IN THE WHITE - HOUSE AND THOSE IN CONGRESS WHO - REFUSE TO STAND UP TO HIM, AND - RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION, YOU - MIGHT REMEMBER THAT ME OF THEM - SAID WE'RE HUMORING HIM. - WELL, THE TIME FOR HUMOR HAS - NG PASSED, AND THIS VIOLENCE, - THIS WOMAN KILLED, TE OTHER - PEOPLE WHO WILL BE INJURED, THIS - >> Woodruff: AND NE - QUESTION A LOT OF US HAVE IS - WILL THE DEATH OF THIS WOMAN AND - WILL THE PLEAS FROM SO MANY - PEOPLE INCLUDING PROMINENT - REPUBLICANS AND SUPPORTERS OF - THE PRESIDENT THAT THIS - STAND-DOWN, THAT THIS STOP, WILV - THATANY EFFECT ON THESE - PEOPLE? - WE WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING TO - SEE. - MARY McCORD, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: IN THE MIDST OF THE - CHAOS AT THE CAPITOL, WE SAW A

- SHIFT OF POWER IN THE U.S. - SENATE AFTER THE VOTE IN - GEORGIA. - DEMOCRATS WON BOTH RUNOFF - ECTIONS AND WILLIAM BRANGHAM - HAS THE STORY. - >> Brangham: WITH THE BALANCE OF - POWER IN THE U.S. SENATE IN ITS - HANDS, HISTORY WAS MADE - GEORGIA. - DEMOCRAT REVEREND RAPHAEL - WARNOCK, NOW SENATOR-ELECT, - DEFEATED REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT - KELLY LOEFFLER, TO BECOME THE - RST BLACK SENATOR IN THE - STATE'S HISTORY. - JON OSSOFF, WHO CHALLENGED - DECLARED THE WINNER OF HIS RACE. - HEILL BE GEORGIA'S FIRST EVER - JEWISH SENATOR. - WARNOCK, WHO IS A POR AT - CHURCEBENEZER BAPTIST - WARNOCK, WHO'S A PASTOR AT - EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH IN - ATLANTA, CELEBRATED HIS VICTOR H - YESTERDAY, A PLACE IN - HISTORY. - >> BECAUSE THIS IS AMERICA THE - 82-YEAR-OLD HANDS THAT USED TO - PICK SOMEBODY ELSE'S COTTON WENT - TO THE POLLS AND PICKED HER - UNGEST SON TO BE A UNITE - STATES SENATOR. - >> Brangham: GABRIEL STERLING, A

- TOP ELECTION OFFICIAL IN GEORGIA - D A REPUBLICAN, SPOKE TO - REPORTERS THIS MORNING. - >> IT WAS AN IMPRESSIVE FEAT BY - WHOMEVER DID IT TO GET 100,000 - PEOPLE TO SHOW UP ON A JANUARY - ELECTION WHO DID NOT SHOW UP IN - A NOVEMBER ELECTION. - >> Brangham: IT WAS THE HIGHEST - TURNOUT FOR A GEORGIA RUNOFF - ELECTION ON RECORD. - SUBURBAN VOTERS IN THE GROWINGA - ATLATRO AREA DELIVERED A - LIONSHARE OF VOTES TO DEMOCRATS - OSSOFF AND WARNOCK. - AND ACROSS THE STATE, BLACK - VOTERS WERE KEY TO THEIR - SUCCESS. - FORMER GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATEBR - STACEYS HAS MADE BLACK - VOTER TURNOUT HER FOCUS. - YEARS OF ORGANIZING AGAINSTPP - VOTER SSION HAS INCREASED - ACCESS TO MARGINALIZED VOTERS - AND HAS TRANSFORMED GEORGIA FROM - A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD TO - COMPETITIVE POLITICAL - BATTLEGROUND. - OSSOFF, THANKED GEORGIA VOTERS - FOR ELECTING HIM TO THE SENATE. - >> WHETHER YOU WERE FOR ME OR - AGAINST ME I WILL BE FOR YOU IN - THE U.S. SENATE, I WILL SERVE - E ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE ST - WILL GIVE EVERYTHING I'VE GOT TO

- ENSURING GEORGIA'S INTERESTS ARE - REPRESENTED INHE U.S. SENATE. - >> Brangham: WHILE OSSOFF AND - WARNOCK'S WIN IS A MAJOR FEAT - FOR DEMOCRATS, LOEFFLER AND - PERDUE, BOTH STRONG TRUM - LOYALISTS, HAVE SIGNALED THEY - TOO PLAN TO FIGHT. - HAS SOUGHT TO SOW IN THE MONTHS - >> Brangham: LOEFFLER, WHO WAS - APPOINTED TO THE SENATE IN 2019, - HAS YET TO CONCEDE. - SHE ADDRESSED SUPPORTS LATE IN - THE NI ST. - >> WE'VE GE WORK TO DO - HERE, THIS IS A GAME OF INCHES - WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION - WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THIS - COUNTRY. - >> Brangham: IN A STATEMENT - EARLY THIS MORNING, PERDUE TOLD - SUPPORRS: "WE WILL MOBILI - EVERY AVAILABLE RESOURCE TO - ENSURE ALL LEGALLY CAST BALLOTS - ARE PROPERLY COUNTED." - BEYOND THE MARGIN WHERE A - CANDIDATE CAN REQUEST A FORMAL - RECOUNT. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - WILLIAM BRANGHAM. - >> Woodruff: EVEN FOR VETERANS - OF CAPITOL HILL, THIS IS A DAY - LIKE NO OTHER. - AND WITH THE RESULTS IN GEORGIAI - BOTH DEMOCRATS WINNING, WE - WANT TO TURN NOW TO TWO MEN WHO - LEAD THE SENATE FOR THEIR

- RESPECTIVE PARTIES, DURING THE - LAST TIME THE SENATE WAS SPLIT - 50-50 IN 2001. - MISSISSIPPI, AND TOM DASCHLE, - DEMOCRAT FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, - SHARED THE POWER. - SHARED THE POWER, AND WE ARE SO - GLAD TO WELCOME BOTH OF YOU BACK - TO T'S "NewsHour". - ERY GOOD TO SEE YOU. - TRENT LOTT, I'M GOING TO START - WITH YOU, AND ASK YOU ABUT THE - EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED TODAY AT - THE CAPITOL. - INSIST THE ELCTION WAS STOLEN, - HIS SUPPORTERS BASICALLY - OVERTOOK THE CAPITOL TODAY. - A WOMAN HAS DIED IN PART OF WHAT - HAPPENED AA RESULT. - WHAT ARE DO YOU TAKE AWAY FROM - THIS? - ' WELL, FIRST, JUDY, IS GOOD - TO BE BACK ON WITH YOU AGAIN. - I ENJOY ING WIH YOU OVER THE - YEARS WHILE I WAS STILL IN THE - SENATE. - BUT TODAY HAS JUST BEEN, TO ME, - A VERY SAYD DA. - I'VE JUST BEEN ALMOST TO THE - POINT OF TEARS, AND IT'S - DISGUSTING. - WHEN I SEE PEOPLE BREAKING IN TO

- THE ITED STATES CAPITOL, - BREAKING WINDOWS AND GOING ON - THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE AND - SITTING IN THE PRESIDING - TFFICER'S CHAIR, THAT IS JUS - DISGUSTING TO ME. - AND, SO, I HAVE NOTHING BUT JUST - SADNESS. - I' ALWAYS VIEWED THE CAPITOL - BUILDING AS THE CITADEL OF - FREEDOM AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS - GOING ON INSIDE THAT BUILDING - WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS. - EXPOSITION AND I HOPE WE DON'T - HAVE IT ANMORE. - >> Woodruff: TOM DASCHLE, - THAT BUILDING REPRESENTING THE - STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA. - WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT TODAY? - >> WELL, JUDY, I DON'T KNOW HOW - YOU COULD POSSIBLY ARTICULATE - THE FEELINGS THAT ALL OF US - HAVE, THE TRAGEDY, THE SHOCK, - THE SISCKNESS, THAT SO - CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED TODAY, - BREAKING WINDOWS GOING ON TO - DESTRUCTIVE WORK ACROSS THE - BUILDING. - THAT'S A SACRED TEMPLE TO - DEMOCRACY, AND IT WAS ABUSED - TODAY, UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE

- SEEN INELL OVER 100 YEARS. - IT TRAGIC. - IT'S TRAGIC, AND I HOPE THOSE - RESPONSIBLE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE - AND THAT WE NEVER SEE SOMETHING - LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN.GR - >>. - >> Woodruff: TOM DASCHLE, WHO - IS RESPONSIBLE? - >> WELL, IHINKRE THE A LOT - OF RESPONSIBILITY TO GO AROUND. - FRANKLY, I THINK THE PRESIDENT - HATO TAKE SOME OF THAT - RESPONSIBILITY HIMSELF WITH WHAT - HE SAID THIS MNING, WITH HIS - TWEETS THIS AFTERNOON. - I DON'T THINK YOU CAN AVOID - TAKING RESPONSIBILITY WHEN YOU - MAKE COMMENTS LIKE THAER - I THINK ARE OTHERS AS WELL - OF HAVE INCITED THIS KI - VIOLENCE - IT'S ALL THOSE WHO AREEHIND - THE CONSPIRACY THEORS, ALL OF - THE -- THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT - GOES ON BY THE DAY IS JUST -- I - THINK ALL OF THAT HAS NOW - REACHED A CRESCENDO HEAND - WE'VE SEEN THE RESULTS. - WE'VE SEEN A DEATH TRAGICALLY - DESTRUCTION OF PRPERTY, WE'VE - SEEN DESECRAON OF ONE OF THE - MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS IN THE

- ENTIRE COUNTRY, ALL OF THAT HAS - TO BE UNDERSTOOD ANTHOSE - RESPONSIBLE HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED - FOR. - >> Woodruff: TRENT LOTT, HOW - DO YOU SEE WHO'S RELEPONS - HERE AND HOW MUCH OF IT SHOULD - BE LAID AT THE FEET OF THE - PRESIDENT? - >> WELL, CERTAINLY, ES, TAKE - PART OF THE BLAME. - HIS REMARKS TODAY, CERTAINLY, I - THINK, CONTRIBUTED TO WHAENT - HA. - LOOK, I DON'T LIKE THE RESULTS - OF THE ELECTIONS, BUT I MUST SAY - HIS CONDUCT SINCE THECTION - AND TODAY EVEN IS NOT WHAT WE - ULD EXPECT FROM A PRESIDENT OF - THE UNITED STATES. - BUT HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK - ABOUT, JUDY -- HERE WE ARE, - WE'VE HAD A TERRIBLE DAY. - WE HAVE A 50/50 SENATE. - BUT THE COLOUNTRY HAS OF - NEEDS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED - TO BE DONE. - ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RISE - TO THE OCCASION? - ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE - A 50/50 SEATE WORK LIKE TOM - DASCHLE AND I FOUND A WAY TO DO - IN 2001? - THAT IS THE BIG QUN. - >> Woodruff: WELL, WHAT DO YOUK, - THENATOR LOTT? - RIGHT NOW THERE ARE REPUBLICAN

- SENATORS RAISINOBJECTIONS TO - THE VERY COUNTING OF THE - ELECTORAL VOTE THAT LED -- THAT - IS LEADING TO E BIDEN BENG - ELECTED, BEING NATIONAL GUARD -G - INAUGURATED PRESIDENT? - HOW D THAT GOING TO LENITSELF - TO THE TWO PARTIES WORKING - TOGETHER DOWN THE LINE IN THE - NTURE. - >> YOU, JUDY, IT TAKES - COMMUNICATION, RESPECT. - ONE OF THE WAYS WE'RE ABLTO - GET THINGS DONE IS THAT TOM - DASCHLE AND I TALKED A LOT,WE - HAD A FRIENDSHIP, I RESPECTED - HIM, I TRUSTED HIM, AND WE WERE - DETERMINED T WFIND AAY TO DEAL - WITH THE SITUATION AT HAND, AND - DO SOME THINGSOR THE COUNTRY. - IT'S CALLED COMMUNICATION AND - IT'S CALLED LEADERSHIP. - THIS IS A TERRIBLE DAY. - NOW, WT ARE WE GOING TO DO TOBE - GEND THIS? - I MEAN, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME - BLAME AND MAYBE SOME, YOU KNOW, - MAYBE EVEN SOME PROSECUTIONS - INVOIED, B WE'VE GOT TOND - A WAY TO GET THE CONGRESS, THE - SENATE AND THE HOUSE AND THE - PRESIDENT TO WORK TOGETHER.ID - JOE EN'S GOING TO BE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

- WE ONLY HAVE ONE PRESIDENT AT A - TIME. - WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT - WORK. - SO A LOT OF THAT G GO - DEPEND ON MITCH McCONNELL AND - CHUCK SCHUMER, CAN THEY MAKE IT - WORK. - >> Woodruff: SENATOR DASCHLE, - DO YOU THINK THE TWO SIDES CAN T - WOETHER? - >> WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO HOPE, - JUDY. - I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY NO - ALTERNATIVE. - OUR COUNTRY SO DESPERATELY NEEDS - LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP ACROSS - THE BOARD. - WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TO DO WITH - COVID AND WITH THE ECOMY AND - WITH ALL OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE - FACING BOTH DOMESTALLY AND - INTERNATIONALLY, THAT'S GOING TO - REQUIRE LEADERSHIP, IT'S GOING - TO REQUIRE PARTNERSHIP, IT'S - GOING TO REQUIRE A NEW LEVEL OF - UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES - WE'RE FACING AND WHAT HAPPENS IF - WE FAIL. - SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE HPEFUL AND, - U KNOW, FINK PERHAPS THIS - COULD BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL - MOMENT. - MAYBE PEOPLE COULD SEE THIS R - WHAT IT IS AND RECOGNIZE WE'VE - BOTTOMED OUT. - YOU CAN'T GET MUCH LOWER THAN - WHAT WE SAW TODAY. - LET'S CLIMB OUT OF THIS HOLE.

- LET'S TRY TO PUT SOME PIECES - TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS COUNTRY - WORK BETTER AGAIN. - >> Woodruff: I THINK A LOT OF - PEOPLE AGREE WITH THAT, SENATOR - LOTT BUT THEY'RE WONDERING HOW - IT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU'VE - SEEN SUCH TRIOL SINCE THE - ELECTION AND, AGAIN, MOST - REPUBLICANS INHEHE HO - REPRESENTATIVES AND MOST - REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE, THE - VAST MAJORITY SPPORTING TESHE - ENT, IN HIS BELIEF THAT - THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, THAT IT - NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED AGAIN AND T - AGAIN, EVOUGH IT'S ALREADY - BEEN THROUGH THE COURTS. - I'M JUST STRUGGLINTO - UNDERSTAND HOW DO THE TWO SIDES - COME TOGETHER, GIVEN THE HARD - FEELINGS, THE STRONG BELIEFS - THAT HAVE KEPT THEM APART? - >> WELL, IT WON'T BE SEAS, AND I - SHOULD -- WELL, IT WON'T BE - EASY, AND I SHOULD NO THAT THE - MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICAN - SENATORS DID NOT SUPPORT, YOU - KNOW, DISPOSING, DOING AWAY OR - CHALLENGING THE ELECTORAL

- COLLEGE. - I'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THEM - ABOUT AND THEY ARE UPSE - WHAT WENT ON IN THE CAPITOL. - THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW - WE GET THINGS DONE. - I MEAN, WE STILL ARE FACING A - PANDEMIC M - WE NEED TO DRE ABOUT GETTING - THIS VIRUS UNDER CONTROL AND - DEALING WITH THE ECONOMY, AS TOM - SO APD.LY SAI - YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET - LEGISLATION ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN - AMERICA. - A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. - AND I'M HOPING THAT JOE BIDD, - WHEN HES GET INTO OFFICE, - WILL BE A HEALER BUT ALSO REACH - OUT TO SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN - IN BOTH PARTIES A SAY, OKAY, - LOOK, THE ELECTION IS OVER, - WE'VE GOT BIPROBLEMS WE'VE GOT - TO DEAL WITH, AND I WANT TO WORK - WITH YOU TO GET RESULTS. - YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP BEGINSTO3 - TH, IT REALLY BEGINS AT THE - WHITE HOUSE, AND WE'VE SEEN HOW - THAT LEADERSHIP CAN CREATE - PROBLEMS SOMETIMES AND, ALSO,CO - IT'S IN THGRESS, IN THE - HOUSE AND THE SENATE. - OUR LEADERSF BOTH PARTIES HAVE - FOR OUR COUNTRY.D DO SOMET - I THINK THEY WILL.

- I THINK TOM MAY BE RIGHT. - YOU KNOW, 9/11 WAS AN AWAKENING - EVENT FOR US, AND WE GOT A LOT - DONE IN THE AFTERMATH, IN THE - FALL AF WTER 9/11,E WORKED - TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY THE - APPROVAL OF THE SENATE WENT UP - TO AN HISTORIC HIGH BECAUSE THEY - SAW US WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP - OUR COUNTRY AT AIFFICULT TIME. - >> Woodruff: THAT'S TRUE, THE - COUNTRY DID COMTOGETHER UP - UNTIL THE DISPUTE OVER THE WAR - CH IRAQ. - BUT, SENATOR DA, EVEN IF - JOE BIDEN TRIES TO WORK WITH - STILL GOING TO HAUMABLY YOU'RE - PRESIDENT TRUMP OUT THERE, THE - ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING ELSE - AND STILL INSISTING THE ELECTION - WAS STOLEN. - >> WELL, THAT'S RIGHT, JUDY. - I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A - DECISION THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE - TO MAKE. - THE REPUBLICAN PAR LOOK LIKEDOES - GOING FORWARD? - IT COULD BE THE PARTY OF A TREN - LOU KNOW, A CONSTRUCTIVE - PARTY WITH CONSERVATIVE VALUES - THAT HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO - PLAY IN THIS COUNTRY, OR ITH - COULD BEE DESTRUCTIVE

- APPROACH THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP - HAS REFLECTED NOW FOR FOUR - YEARS. - THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHOICE - EVERY REPUBLICAN HAS TO MAKE. - HOW E WE DEFE PARTY GOING - FORWARD? - I'M JUST HOPEFUL THERE ARE - OUGH PEOPLE THAT WILFOLLOW - THE MODEL THAT TRENT HAS SO - EXEMPLIFIED IN ALL OF HIS PUBLIC - LIFE AND TAKE THAT APPROACH. - THIS IS A CRITIL MOMENT. - THEY'VE GOT A DECISION TO MAKE, - AND I WOULD HOPE THEY PUT THEIR - COUNTRY FIRST. - >> Woodruff: ANDENATOR LOTT, - VERY QUICKLY, YOU THI THE BIG - DIVIDE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY - CAN BE HEALED?>> - ELL, IT CAN BE, AND I KNOW - RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AND - UPSET AND A LOT OF ACCUSATIONS - BUT, AT SOME POINT, IN ELECTIONS - OR POLITICAL DECISIONS IN LIFE, - YOU HAVE TO SAY WE'VE GIVEN IT - OUR BEST SHOT, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT - TO MOVE FORWARD. - WE NEED TO BE THIING ABOUT - POSITIVE THINGS TO DO FOR THE - COUNTRY AND WORK TOGETHER, AND I - OW A LOT OF REPUBLICAN - SENATORS STILL, AND I KNOW THERE - THINKING ABOUT THAT. - IN FACT, I'VE ALREADY HAD TWO OF

- THEM TODAY REACH O TO ME AND - SAY HOW DID Y'ALL MAKE A 50/50 S - SENATE WORD US A MEMO ON - THAT, AND I'VE DONE THAT. - SO AT LEAST THEY'RE BEGINNING TO - THINK THAT WY, AND CERTAINLY I - WOULD BE GLAD TO TALK TO THEM AT - ANYTIME. - BUT A LOT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW,SE - YOTHE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP - THAT TOM DASCHLE AND I HAVE. - AND I TRUSTED HIM, AND THAT - FACILITATED US DOING A LOT OF - GOOD THINGS FOR THE COUNTRY, - EVEN WHEN WE WERE A 50/50 - SENATE. - >> Woodruff: WELL, WE ARE VERY - GLADO HAVE THE TWO OF Y - SPEAKING WITH US THIS EVENING. - THANK YOU SO MUCH.HA - >> YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: SENATOR TRENT - LOTT AND SENATOR TOM DASCHLE, WE - APPRECIATE IT - WE WISH YOU BOTH VERY WELL. - >> THANK YOU. - W - druff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDENPP

- TAPPED FEDERALLS COURT - JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND TO BE U.S. - ATTORNEY GENERAL. - THE NEWSHOUR CONFIRMED THAT MR. - BIDEN WILL ANNOUNCE THE - NOMINATION TOMORROW. - IN 2016, PRESIDENT OBAMA - NOMINATED GARLAND FOR THE U.S. - SUPREME COURT, BUT THE SENATE'S - REPUBLICAN MAJORITY REFUSED TOOM - CONSIDER THEATION. - OFFICIALS NATIONWIDE PRESSED TO - ACCELERATE COVID-19 - VACCINATIONS, AS THE U.S. DEATH - TOLL NEARED 360,000. - THE C.D.C. REPORTED ABOUT - 5.3 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN - SHOTS, OUT OF 17 MILLION DOSES - DISTRIBUTED. - ALEX AZAR,ECRETARY OF HEALTH - AND HUMAN SERVICES, SAID - VACCINATIONS SHOULD NOT BE - LIMITED TO PRIORITY GROUPS, IF - THOSE PEOPLE DON'T COME FORWARD - FAST ENOUGH. - >> THOSE ARE SIMPLY - RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY SHOULD - NEVER STAND IN THE WAY OF - GETTING SHOTS IN ARMS INSTEAD OF - KEEPING VACCINE IN THE FREEZER,H

- VEN FORBID WASTING A DOSE - OF VACNE IN A VIAL. - >> Woodruff: MEANWHILE, - ORDERED HOSPITALS IN HARD-HIT - FACILITIES THAT RUOFIENTS FROM - INTENSIVE CARE BEDS. H - G KONG, POLICE ARRESTED 53 - FORMER LAWMAKERS AND DEMOCRACY - ADVOCATES IN THE BIGGESTN - CRACKDNCE A NEW SECURITY - LAW WAS IMPOSED. - THEY'RE ACCUSED OF UNDERMINING - HONG KONG'S GOVERNMENT BY - ELECTION LAST YEAR. UNOFFICIAL - CHINA TODAY DENOUNCED PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, BANNING - ANY BUSINESS WITH EIGHT CHINESE - APPS. - THEY INCLUDE THE PAYMENT - SERVICES ALIPAAY AND WE-CHAT - THE ORDER SAID THEY MAY BE - FUNNELING PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL - DATA TO CHINA'S MMUNIST - GOVERNMENT. - UTIJING CHARGED THE U.S. IS JUST - TRYING TO FREEZEOMMERCIAL - COMPETITORS.

- NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG U - HAS MADE A RARE ADMISSION: THAT - HIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS - HAVE FAILED. - HE SPOKE AT THE OPENG OF THE - RULING PARTY CONGRESS THAT TAKES - PLACE ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. - KIM SAID HIS GOVERNMENT FACES - UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES. - >> ( transled ): THE - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIVE-YEAR - STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL ECONOMIC - DEVELOPMENT ENDED LAST YEAR, BUT - ALMOST ALL SECTORS FELL A LONG - WAY SHORT OF THEIR OBJECTIVES. - THE CURRENT CONGRESS IS GOING TO - MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS - AND JUDGEMENT OF THE LESSONS AND - MISTAKES WE HAVE MADE. - >> Woodruff: NORTH KOREA'S - ECONOMY HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY - PANDEMIC-RELATED CLOSINGS ON T - BORDER WITH CHINA, BY U.S. - SANCTIONS OVER ITS NUCLEARPR - RAM. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, - LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FIRED TWO P - MOICE OFFICERS IN BREONNA - TAYLOR'S FATAL SHOOTING, BACK IN - TE TWO WERE DETECTIVE MYLES - COSGROVE, WHO SHLOR; AND - DETECTIVE JOSHUA JAYNES, WHO - SOUGHT THE NO-KNOCK WARRANT FOR

- THE RAID ON TAYLOR'S APARTMENT. - A THIRD OFFICER WAS FIRED LAST - FALL. - KENOSHA, WISCONSIN STAYED - PEACEFUL LAST NIGHT AFTERS - PROSECUTCIDED AGAINST - CHARGING A WHITE POLICE OFFICER - WHO SHOT JACOB BLAKE LAST - AUGUST. - BLAKE WAS LEFT PARALYZED. - WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR HAD - MOBILIZED THE NATIONAL GUARD, - BRACING FOR UNREST FOLLOWING THE - DECISION. - BUT PROTESTS WERSMALL AND NON- - VIOLENT. - THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS - HE OPTED NOT TO FILE CHARGES - BECAUSE HE COULD NOT DISPROVE - THE OFFICER'S CLAIM OF SELF- - DEFENSE. - AND, ON WALL STREET, INVESTORS - BET ON BUSINESSES THAT MAY - BENEFIT IF DEMOCRATS CONTROL THO - E AND SENATE, AND PASS - MORE ECONOMIC STIMULUS. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED 437 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 30,829, A NEW RECORD. - THE NASDAQ FELL 78 POINTS, BUT, - THE S&P 500 ADDED 21. - S - >> AS SOME OF PRESTRUMP'S - SUPPORTERS STORMED THE U.S.

- CAPITOL TODAY, THE NEWEST - SENATOR ELECT WAS WATCHING FROM - HIS HOME IN GEORGIA. - JUST HOURS AFTER BEING DECLARED - THE WINNER IN - GEORGIA, JUST HOURS AFTER BEING - DECLARED THE WINNER IN - YESTERDAY'S RUNOFF ELECTION. - PASTOR THAT THE HI ALSO THE - EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH IN - ATLANTA WHERE MARTIN LUTHER KING - JUNIOR ONCE PREACHED. - AND SENATOR-ELECT WARNOCK JOINS - ME NOW. - WE WELCOME YOU NOW SENATOR ELECT - WARNOCK. - NNGRATULATIONS ON THIS - HAS IT SUNK IN? - AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT IT - AT THIS MOMENT? - >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. - IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE WITH - YOU, ANI'M DEEPLY HONORED TO - HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLERG - OF G TO REPRESENT THEM IN - I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS - STATE, CHILD OF SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA, GREW UP IPUBLIC - HOUSING. - I'M ONE OF 12 CHILDREN IN MY - FAMILY. - I'M NUMBER 11, THE FIRST COLLEGE - GRADUATE. - I KNOW PERSOLLY THE IPACT OF - GOOD PUBLIC POLICY. - WE HAVE BEEN MOVING ALL ACROSS - THIS STATE TALKING ABOUT THE

- IMPORTANCE OF LEARSHIP IN THIS - MORAL MOMENT IN OUR COUNTRY, AND - YEARS AS PASTOR OF EBENEZER 15 - BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE DR. KINGND - WORSHIPED, I CAN TF NOS - MORE CRITICAL TIME NOW FOR MORAL - LEADERSHIP THAN THIS MOENT. - >> Woodruff: NO QUESTION. - AND PASTOR WARNOCK, I HAVE TO - ASK YOU ABOUT EVENTS ON THISY, - HE DAY -- A DAY AFTER - YOU'RE DECLARED THE WINNER IN - TH RUNOFF, YOU SEE WHAT'S - TODAY.ED AT THE U.S. CAPITOL - OES THAT SAY TO YOU ABOUT - THE INSTITUTION WHERE YOU'RE - ABOUT TO SERVE AND REPRESENT THE - STATE OF GEORGIA? - >> WELL, WHAT WE NEED IN THIS - MOMENT IS FOLKS WHO ARE - COMMITTED -- LEADERS WHO ARE - COMMITTED TO THE PEOPLE. - THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU - HAVE LEADERS WHO DOE N'T H - MORAL COMPASS, WHO ARE WILLING - TO DO ANYTHING TO STAY IN POWER, - AND THIS IS THE EXTREME - EXPRESSION O THAT.

- BUT FOR TOO LONG IN WASHINGTON,V - HAD POLITICIANS WHO ARE SO - FOCUSED ONHE NEXT ELEION - THAT THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT - THE NEXT GENERATION, AND THIS IS - THE KIND OF CRAVEN ACT THAT - WE'VE WITNSING NOW FOR E - SAKE OF POSITIONING ONELF'S SE - FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOUR - YEARS FROM NOW IS SHAMEFUL. - IT'S WAY BEYTHOND E PALE, AND - THE FOLKS WHO HAVE RTICIPATED - IN THIS TODAY, WHO HAVE AIDED - AND ABETTED THIS KIND OF ACTIONB - WIREMEMBERED BY HISTORY. - LIFE OF OUR COUNTRY, IT'S A DARK - MOMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN - THE MIDST OF THAT DARKNESS, - THERE ARE GLIMPSES OF LIGHT, AND - I'M VERY PROUD OF THE PEOPLOF - GEORGIA. - THEY ELECTED AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN - PASTOR OF DR. KING'S CHURCH, THE - FIRST BLACK SENATOR FROM

- GEORGIA, AND A YOUNG JEWISH MAN, - THE SON OF AN IMMIGRANT, A - MENTEE OF JN LEWIS IN THIS - DEFINING MOMENT OF OUR STORY - RENDING US OF THE COVENANT - THAT WE HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER AS - >> Woodruff: I WANSK YOU - ABOUT THAT, BUT I FIRST WANT TO - ASK YOU, WE ASSUME THRAT PEOPLE - WHO ARE RPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF - THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AT THE - CAPITOL TODAY, THEY'RE GOING TO - BE -- THERE ARE GOING BE - PROSECUTIONS. - DO YOU THINK ANYTHING SHOULD - HAPPEN TOUMPRESIDENT - SHOULD THERE BE SOME SORT OF - EITHER PROSECUTION OR WHAT DO - YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN? - BECAUSE I THINK MANY PEOPLE - ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME TO - WASHINGTON IN SUPPORT OF HIS - BELIEF THAT HE WAS CHEATED OUT - OF HIS ELE--CTIOF THIS - ELECTION LED TO WHAT HAPPENED AT - THE CAPITOL. - >> WELL, THERE WILL BE TIME TO - THINK ABOUT THAT, AND, LOOK, I - THINK IT'S A MISTAKE FOR USS A - COUNTRY WHEN WE TAKE STOCK AT - WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST

- W YEARS, IF WE EXTRACT DONALD - TRUMP FROM THAT EQUATION, I - THINK WE MISS AN IMPORTANT - MOMENT OF THE COUNTRY. - WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT HIM WITHOUT - REGARD TO WHAT GAVE BIRTH TO - HIM. - IF WE REMOV HIM FROM THE - EQUATIONTHE TOXIC NATURE OF - WHAT'S OCCURRED OVER THE LAST - SEVERAL YEARS AIDED AND ABETTED - BY PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE - SERVING EVEN MY OPPONENT WHO - AGREED TO BE A PART OF THAT - CHLENGE TODAY OF THE ELECTORAL - COLLEGE, THAT'S WHAT HAS TO BE - ADDRESSED. - OTHERWISE, THE COUNTRY IS STILL - IN A PLA THAT LEAVES ALL OF US - IN PERIL. - BEV GOT BIG PROBLEMS -- WE'VE - GOT BIG PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY. - WE'RE FACED WITH A OL - PANDEMIC, THE LIKES OF WHICH WE - ECONOMIC TURNDOWN.CENTURY OF - PEOPLE IN MY STATE AND ALL - ACROSS THE COUNTRY AREFF - ING, AND WE'RE NOT SEEING - THE RESPONSE FROM OUR GOVERNMENT

- THAT WE NEED, AND THAT IN AND OF - ITSELF IS ITS OWN -- IS ITS OWN - SHAME. - >> Woodruff: BUT HOW DO YOU GO - ABOUT ADDRESSING THAT? - AND, BY THEEN WAY, ATOR - LOEFFLER IS SAYING THAT SHE'S - NOT READY TO CONCEDE, SHE'S - GOING TO CONTINUE TO CONTEST - THIS. - I MEAN, HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT BOTH - DEALING WITH THE WRONG THAT HAVE - BEEN DONE AND TRYING TO BRING - PEOPLE TOGETHER AT THE SAME - TIME? - I MEAN, YOU HAVE A VERY DIVIDED - STATE OF GEORGIA RIGHT NOW JUST - AS YOU HAVE A VERY DIVID - UNITED STATES. - >> WELL, WE ARE A NATION OF - LAWS, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE - REMINDED OF THAT. - LA HAVE TO BENFORCED, AND - THERE WILL BE TIME TO TALK ABOUT - THATND WORK THROUGH THAT. - BUT AS I HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROS - ATE AS A CANDIDATE OVER - THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, I HAVE - HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TALKING TO - GEORGIANS, AND THEY'RE - WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE

- EY GOING TO GET SOME REAL - RELIEF. - I MEAN, SINCE THE SENATE WASAY - MEETING TOWE SHOULD HAVE - BEEN VOTING ON THE $2,000 - STIMULUS CHECK. - THERE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T SEEN - RELIEF IN MONTHS AND AREY - LITERARELY KEEPING THEIR - HEADS ABOVE WATER, AND THEN THEY - TURN ON THEIR TELEVISION, AND - WE'VE SEEN SUCH A VIOLENT AND - AWFUL DISPLAY TODAY, BUT IT IS A - PART OF AN ONGOING KIND OF - CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE THAT WE'SEVE - FAR TOO LONG IN WASHINGTON, - A BIG DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT'S - HAPPENING IN D.C. AND WHERE - PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVE. - DEE POLITICIAN ALSO HAVE MA - THE POLITICS ALL THAT - THEMSELVES, AND TODAY WE'VE SEEN - JUST THE WORST EXPREOFION - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT GOES - UNCHECKED. - >> Woodruff: AND DO YOU HAVE A - TANGIBLE SENSE RIGHT NOW OF HOW - YOU WORK ACROSS THE AISLE?AL - I E YOUR ELECTION JUST - ARE YOU ABLE TO THINK AT THISUT - POINT ABOUT HOW YOU WORK WI - THE OTHER PARTY TO GET ANYTN NG - DONE VERY 50/50 SENATE?

- >> WELH WE HAVE NO OTHEROICE - AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WORDS - OM DR. KING ARE PARTICULARLY - RELEVANT IN THIST. - HE SAID, EITHER WE'LL LEARN TO - LIVE TOGETHER AS SISTERS AND - BROTHERS, OR WE'LL PERISH AS - FOOLS. - AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THE COVE AND - IN THAT WE HAVE -- COVENANT THAH - WE HAVE NE ANOTHER AS AN - AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BE TATTERED - BY THIS -- THE WORST DEMONS IN - OUR NATURE, THIS KIND O - BIGOTRY, OLD TRIBALISM ALSO AND - RACIAL RESENTMENTS THAT RISUPE - AND, YOU KNOW, DEMAND THE -- YOU - KN, THAT SENT THE CONVERSATION - IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT HELPFUL. - AND, SO, I THINK, IN THIS - MOMENT, WE NEED FOLKS WHO - UNDERSTAND THAT, ATHE END OF - THE DAY, ALL WE HAVE IS ONE - ANOTHER. - AND I WAS SAYINTHAT DURING TH - COURSE OF MY CAMPAIGN THAT, YOU - KNOW, WE'VE GOT THESE - CONVERSATIONS AROUND PUBLIC

- POLICY THAT NEED TO HAPPEN - AROUND HEALTHCARE, AROUND VOT - RIGHTS, AROUND LIVABLE WAGE, - AROUND OUR NATIONAL SECEITY, - ALL OF T ISSUES. - BUT ATOOT, THERE'S A MORE - FUAMENTAL QUESTION ABOUT THE - SOUL OF THE NATION, THE - CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY, AND I - MENTALTHAT THE FUN - QUESTION BEFORE AMERICA IN THIS - MOMENT, AND WE'RE SEEING IT PLAY - OUT LITERALLY ON OUR TELEVISIO - SET, IS DO WE WANT TO BECOME A - MORE DIVIDED NATION, - INCREASINGLY HOSTILE, EVERYONE - IN THEIR OWN SILOS, WHETHER - THOSE ARE PARTISAN SILOS OR - ETHNIC AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS - SILOS, EVER ONE ARMED AND AAID - THAT THEY NEED AND THEN SOME, - AND THEN THERE ARE THE MASSES OF

- FOLK WHO ARE SUFFERING - DISCONNECT.WEALTH INEQUALITY, A - THAT'S NOT AMERICA. - THE AMERICAN SPIRIT AND TOST - REMIND EACH OTHER AND OURSELVES - THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE - ARE ALL WE'VE GOT, DEMOCRAT AND - REPUBLICAN, RED, YELLOW, BRO - BLACK AND WHITE, WE ARE ALL - WE'VE GOT, AND IN SOME WAS, YOU - KNOW, I THINK THIS DEADLY - PANDEMIC HALLS REMINDED US OF - THAT. - ULD HAVE KNOWN BEFORE THE - PANDEMIC THAT WE NEED TO HAVE - EACH OTHER'S BACK, BUT ALL OF A - SUEN WE'RE DEALING WITH AN - AIRBORNE, DEADLY DISEASE. - MY NEIGHBOR COUGHS, TMIGHT - BE SICK TODAY, BUT BECAUSE - THEY'RE MY NEIGHBOR AND THEHE - CO I MIGHT BE IMPERILLED. - THAT DOESN'T MAKE MY NEIGHBOR MY - ENEMY. - THAT MEANS I'VE GOT TO HAVE MY - NEIGHBOR'S BACK. - THAT IF THEY'RE UNCOVERED, - PERHAPS I'MUNPROTECTED. - I SHOULD WANT THEM TO HAVE - HEALTHCARE, I SHOULD WANT THEIR - CHILDREN TO HAVE ACCESSO A - QUALITY EDUCATION, I SHOULD WANT - THEM TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH - DIGNITY AND EARN A LIVABLE WAGE - AND TO RETIRE, I SHOULD WANT FOR

- THEM EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE - LAW. - AND TONIGHT, AS WE WATCH THESE - RIOTERS STORM OUR CAPITOL - THOUT -- AND WE WATCH TH - RESPONSE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND - JUXTAPOSE THAT TO WHAT HAPPENS - WHEN BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, - WHETHER THEY'RE IN FERGUSON OR - BALTIMORE OR OTHER PLACES, HAVE - RISEN UP NONVIOLENTLY TO GIVE - VOICE TO ENCERNS, IT'S A - MARKET STUDY IN CONTRAST THAT'S - HARD TO IGNORE, A ID THILLS US S - US IN THIS MOMENT TO BUIL A - MULTI-RACIAL COALITION OF - CONSCIENCE THAT WE SAW THIS - SUMMER IN THE FLASHPOINT OF - GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHERS, WE SAW - ALL COLORS MULTI-GENERATIONALLYI - MARCH OUO THE STREETS, - MASKED UP AGAINST ONE VIRUS, - COVID 19, IN ORDER TO WAGE WAR

- AGAINST THE VIRUS OF BIGOTRY AND - RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA,WE NEED - THAT KIND OF SPIRIT AND NEED IT - NOW MORE THAN EVER. - >> Woodruff: REVEREND RAPHAEL - BY BECOMING THE FIRST BLACKODAY - AMERICAN ELECTED UNITED STATES - SENATOR FROM THE STATE O - GEORGIA. - CONGRATULATIONS, SENATOR, ON - YOUR HARD-FOUGHT WIN. - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOING - . - >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. - TO OUR LISA DESJARDINS, NOW, AT - THE CAPITOL WHERE WE ARE HEARING - THAT LAWMAKERS WILL RESUME THE - ELECTORAL COLLEGE COUNT PROCESS - TONIGH - SO, LISA, TELL US MOR IE. - F YOU LOOK BEHIND ME, JUDY, - YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUST SEE - THE HOUSE WHIP CLYBUON GETTING - HE ELEVATOR. - I JUST SAW SPEAKER PELOSI PASS - ME, GO DOWN THIS HALLWAY. - NOT CLEAR THAT SHE'S GOING TO - THE CAPITOL YET, BUT MY - UNDERSTANDING, JUDY, IS THEY - COULD COME BACK INTO SESSION AS - SOON AS 8:00 OR 9:00.

- WE'LL SEE. - THEY HAVE TO CLEAN THE ENTIRE - HOUSE AND SENATE CHAMBER BEFORE - THEY CAN DO THAT. - >> Woodruff: ALL RIGHT. - LISA, WE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO - KEEP ON WATCHING, AND WE'RE - GOING TO CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE. - LISA DJARDINS AT THE CAPITOL - THANK YOU. - IT IS AN -- IT IS AN