PBS NewsHour; December 27, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- Captioning sponsored by - NEWSHOUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Nawaz: GOOD EVENING, I'M AMNA - NAWAZ. - JUDY WOODRUFF IS AWAY. - ON THE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT, THE - PANDEMIC PERSISTS-- AMID HOLIDAY - TRAVEL, HOSPITALS BATTLE A SURGE - IN OMICRON CASES AROUND THE - COUNTRY. - AND, MASSACRE IN MYANMAR-- A - CHRISTMAS EVE ATTACK LEAVES - DOZENS DEAD, WITH AID GROUPS - CLAIMING GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE - TO BLAME. - THEN, THE YEAR IN TV AND MOVIES. - WHAT TO WATCH THIS HOLIDAY - SEASON WITH A LOOK BACK AT THE - BEST ENTERTAINMENT OFFERS OF - 2021. - >> THE FIRST SERIES THAT COMES - TO MIND IS "HACKS." - IT'S KIND OF A GENERATIONAL LOOK - AT HOW WOMEN HAVE BEEN TREATED - IN THE COMEDY WORLD, IN THE - ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. - >> Nawaz: ALL THAT AND MORE ON - TONIGHT'S PBS NEWSHOUR. - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY:

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- WORKING TO BUILD A MORE HEALTHY, - JUST AND INCLUSIVE FUTURE FOR - EVERYONE. - AT czi.org. - >> AND WITH THE ONGOING SUPPORT - OF THESE INSTITUTIONS: - AND INDIVIDUALS. - >> HIS PROGRAM WAS ME - POSSIBLE BY THE CORPORATION FOR - PUBLIC BROADCASTING. - AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. - THANK YOU. - >> Nawaz: PRESIDENT BIDEN IS - PROMISING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - WILL DO MORE TO HELP STATES - FACING THE NEW OMICRON WAVE OF - COVID-19 INFECTIONS. - HE SPOKE TODAY AS FRESH DATA - SHOWED AVERAGE DAILY INFECTIONS - ARE UP 80% IN TWO WEEKS.

- AT THE SAME TIME, THE C.D.C. - ISSUED NEW GUIDANCE FOR THE - INFECTED, CUTTING QUARANTINE - TIME IN HALF, TO FIVE DA. - WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE - PANDEMIC, AFTER THE NEWS - SUMMARY. - SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEGUN A WEEK OF - PUBLIC MOURNING FOR THE LATE - ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP DESMOND - TUTU. - THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER - DIED SUNDAY AT 90 AFTER A - LIFETIME OF FIGHTING APARTHEID - AND WORKING FOR RACIAL UNITY. - TODAY, BELLS RANG AT MIDDAY FROM - ST. GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL IN CAPE - TOWN. - AND, PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA - HAILED TUTU'S LEGACY. - >> THIS IS A SAD MOMENT, BUT IT - IS ALSO A MOMENT OF CELEBRATION. - CELEBRATING A LIFE WELL LED AND - A LIFE THAT IS SO GIGANTIC. - HE WAS BRAVE, HE WAS FORTHRIGHT - AND WE LOVED HIM JUST FOR THAT - BECAUSE HE WAS A VOICE OF THE - VOICELESS. - >> Nawaz: WE'LL TAKE A LONGER - LOOK AT THE LIFE OF DESMOND - TUTU, LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

- IN NORTHERN BRAZIL, THOUSANDS OF - PEOPLE ARE BRACING FOR A NEW - ROUND OF FLOODING AFTER TWO DAMS - BURST SUNDAY. - TWO NORTHEASTERN CITIES WERE - ORDERED TO EVACUATE IN A REGION - ALREADY HIT BY WEEKS OF - TORRENTIAL RAIN. - EVEN BEFORE THE DAMS GAVE WAY, - FLOODING HAD DISPLACED NEARLY - 20,000 PEOPLE SINCE EARLY - NOVEMBER. - AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN - KILLED. - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, PARTS OF - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA - ARE BUED UNDER HEAVY SNOW - AFTER A MAJOR WINTER STORM OVER - THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND. - A 70-MILE STRETCH OF INTERSTATE - 80, CONNECTING RENO TO - SACRAMENTO, WAS CLOSED IN BOTH - DIRECTIONS DUE TO POOR - VISIBILITY. - THE STORM BROUGHT RECORD COLD - AND SNOWFALL. - PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - WERE HIT HARD BY RAIN AND HEAVY - WINDS. - PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED A DEFENSE - BILL TODAY THAT AUTHORIZES - $770 BILLION IN PENTAGON - SPENDING. - THAT'S FIVE PERCENT MORE THAN - LAST YEAR. - IT INCLUDES A PAY RAISE OF 2.7% - FOR TROOPS, PLUS AID FOR - UKRAINE.

- IT ALSO DIRECTS THAT INDEPENDENT - MILITARY PROSECUTORS TAKE OVER - SEXUAL ABUSE CASES FROM MILITARY - COMMANDERS. - IN ECONOMIC NEWS, THIS YEAR'S - HOLIDAY SPENDING SHOWED THE - BIGGEST INCREASE IN 17 YEARS, - DESPITE OMICRON'S DISRUPTIONS. - THE TRACKING SERVICE MASTERCARD- - SPENDING PULSE REPORTS SALES - THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE WERE UP - 8.5% FROM LAST YEAR. - ON WALL STREET, THAT STRONG - HOLIDAY SHOWING HELPED BOOST - MAJOR INDEXES BY ONE PERCENT OR - MORE. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED 351 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - 36,302. - THE NASDAQ ROSE NEARLY 218 - POINTS. - THE S&P 500 ADDED 65, FOR A NEW - RECORD CLOSE. - AND, TWO MORE PASSINGS OF NOTE: - THE WORLD-RENOWNED HARVARD - BIOLOGIST EDWARD O. WILSON HAS - DIED. - HE WAS KNOWN AS DARWIN'S NATURAL - HEIR, ARGUING THAT A LINK - EXISTED BETWEEN HUMAN BEHAVIOR - AND GENETICS. - FROM THERE, HE WENT ON TO - PIONEERING STUDIES OF ANTS, AND - TO A FOCUS ON PRESERVING

- SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS. - WILSON SPOKE WITH THE NEWSHOUR - IN 2016. - >> THE STAKES ARE THE FUTURE OF - LIFE, THE FUTURE OF THE LIVING - PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT. - IF WE ALLOW THE LIVING PART OF - THE ENVIRONMENT TO DISAPPEAR, - FOR ME, IT WOULD BE BY FUTURE - GENERATIONS REGARDED AS ONE OF - THE MOST CATASTROPHIC, EVEN EVIL - PERIODS IN HUMAN HISTORY. - >> Nawaz: EDWARD O. WILSON WAS - 92 YEARS OLD. - AND, TEXAS LAWYER SARAH - WEDDINGTON DIED SUNDAY, IN - AUSTIN, HALF A CENTURY AFTER SHE - ARGUED THE LANDMARK ABORTION - RIGHTS CASE, "ROE VERSUS WADE". - SHE WAS JUST 26 YEARS OLD WHEN - SHE FIRST WENT BEFORE THE U.S. - SUPREME COURT. - THE JUSTICES' ULTIMATE DECISION, - IN 1973, LEGALIZED ABORTION - NATIONWIDE. - SARAH WEDDINGTON WAS 76 YEARS - OLD. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - REFLECTING ON THE LIFE AND - LEGACY OF ARCHBISHOP DESMOND - TUTU. - AMY WALTER AND ASMA KHALID BREAK

- DOWN THE MAJOR POLITICAL ISSUES - OF THIS PAST YEAR. - HOW STUDENTS CAN FEEL SAFER FROM - THE THREAT OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. - AND MUCH MORE. - >> Nawaz: WE TURN FIRST TO - OMICRON, THE COVID VARIANT - THAT'S UPENDED PLANS TO PUT THE - PANDEMIC BEHIND US. - INSTEAD, INFECTIONS ARE SOARING, - HOSPITALS ARE HUNKERING DOWN, - AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS WORKING - TO REGAIN THE INITIATIVE. - STEPHANIE SY HAS OUR REPORT. - >> Sy: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF - AMERICANS ARE NOW TESTING - POSITIVE FOR COVID EACH DAY, AND - THAT IS THOSE WHO CAN GET A - TEST, MANY SPENT CHRISTMAS - WEEKEND WAITING IN LINE FOR - HOURS. - >> OUT OF PRECAUTION, AN - ABUNDANCE OF PRECAUTION REALLY - AND JUST TO KEEP EVERYONE AROUND - US SAFE, I FEEL IT IS BEST TO

- GET TESTED PERIODICALLY HERE. - >> Sy: THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - HAS PLEDGED TO PROVIDE 500 - MILLION AT-HOME RAPID TESTS FOR - FREE, BUT THEY WON'T BECOME - AVAILABLE UNTIL NEXT MONTH. - HIS COVID-19 TASK FORCE MET - VIRTUALLY WITH GOVERNORS TODAY. - HE DEFENDED HIS ACTIONS TO DATE, - WHILE PROMISING MORE FEDERAL - SUPPORT FOR THE STATES. - >> I KNOW THE LINES HAVE GOTTEN - VERY LONG IN SOME STATES, THAT - IS WHY I ORDERED FEMA TO SET UP - POP-UP SITES IN PLACES WITH HIGH - DEMAND, TO SHORTEN THE WAIT. - WE WENT FROM NO OVER THE COUNTER - TESTS IN JANUARY TO 46 MILLION - IN OCTOBER, 100 MILLION IN - NOVEMBER AND ALMOST 200 MILLION - IN DECEMBER. - BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH, IT'S - >> Sy: ALL OF THIS AS NEW - INFECTIONS HAVE SURGED 80% IN - THE PAST TWO WEEKS, TO WELL OVER - IF - WOULD CUT THE TIME IT RIMS - PEOPLE ISOLATE THAT HAVE COVID - IN HALF FROM TEN DAYS TO FIVE - DAYS, OR NO LONGER - >> Sy: ALL OF THIS AS NEW

- INFECTIONS HAVE SURGED 80% IN - THE PAST TWO WEEKS, TOELL OVER - 200,000 A DAY, DUE TO THE HIGHLY - CONTAGIOUS OMICRON VARIANT. - AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN - INFECTED HAS JUMPED 28% IN TWO - WEEKS. - IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE 50,000 - PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE ON - CHRISTMAS EVE, COVID - HOSPITALIZATIONS AMONG CHILDREN - INCREASED FIVE-FOLD IN RECENT - WEEKS; HALF OF THOSE ARE UNDER - THE AGE OF FIVE. - NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL - PRESSED TODAY FOR WIDENING - VACCINATIONS. - >> WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE F.D.A. - TO GIVE APPROVAL FOR CHILDREN - UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE TO BE - VACCINATED, OBVIOUSLY AT A LOWER - DOSE, BUT WE WANT TO PROTECT - THIS YOUNGER POPULATION, AND - >> Sy: MEANWHILE, NEW YORK - CITY'S VACCINE MANDATE FOR - PRIVATE EMPLOYERS WENT INTO - EFFECT TODAY, AFFECTING NEARLY - ALL BUSINESSES. - AROUND THE WORLD - ANOTHER 2300 FLIGHTS WERE - CANCELLED TODAY INCLUDING AT - LEAST 800 IN THE U.S. IN LARGE - PART DUE TO EMPLOYEES CALLING - OUT SICK.

- THE NATION'S LEADING INFECTIOUS - D - THE NATION'S LEADING INFECTIOUS - DISEASE EXPERT, DR. ANTHONY - FAUCI, SUGGESTED TODAY A - POSSIBLE VACCINE MANDATE FOR - DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL. - >> WHEN YOU MAKE VACCINATION A - REQUIREMENT, THAT'S ANOTHER - INCENTIVE TO GET MORE PEOPLE - VACCINATED. - IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT WITH - DOMESTIC FLIGHTS, I THINK THAT'S - SOMETHING THAT SERIOUSLY SHOULD - BE CONSIDERED. - >> Sy: MANY COUNTRIES ALREADY - REQUIRE VACCINATION DOCUMENTS - FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS - ISRAEL, WHICH HAS SOME OF THE - STRICTEST COVID POLICIES IS ALSO - ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF - VACCINATIONS. - TODAY IT BEGAN TESTING THE - EFFECTS OF A FOURTH SHOT OF THE - PFIZER VACCINE IN HEALTH CARE - WORKERS, A MOVE PUBLIC HEALTH - EXPERTS ARE WEIGHING ELSEWHERE. - FOR A DEEPER LOOK AT THE RAPIDLY - SPREADING OMICRON VARIANT, AND - ITS IMPACT, I'M JOINED BY DR. - MEGAN RANNEY. - SHE'S AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN AND - ACADEMIC DEAN AT BROWN - UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC - HEALTH. - DR. RANNEY, I - KNOW YOU WERE WORKING IN THE ER - ALL DAY SO I ESPECIALLY THANK - YOU FOR JOINING US WITH YOUR - TIME.

- SO CASE LLOYDS, AS YOU KNOW - PERSONALLY AT HOSPITALS ARE - SURPASSING WHAT WE SAW LAST - WINTER. - BUT SO FAR DEATH AND - HOSPITALIZATION AREN'T TRACKING - AS CLOSELY WITH THE CASE RATES - WE HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS SURGES, - DOES THAT JIVE WITH WHAT YOU ARE - SEEING ON THE GROUND? - >> IT DOES. - LISTEN, EVEN TODAY THE ONLY - PEOPLE THAT I ADMITTED TO THE - HOSPITAL FOR COVID WERE PEOPLE - WHO WERE UNVACCINATED. - AND THANKS TO OUR TREMENDOUS - VACCINATION CAMPAIGN ACROSS THE - U.S. OVER THE LAST YEAR, ABOUT - 60 PERCENT OF US HAVE RECEIVED - BOTH SHOTS AND A SIGNIFICANT - PERCENTAGE HAVE GOTTEN THE - BOOSTERS. - THAT IS PROTECTING US EVEN IN - THE MIDST OF THIS SURGE. - ON TOP OF THAT THERE IS SOME - PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE THAT - OMICRON ITSELF MAY BE SLIGHTLY - MORE MILD. - BUT LET'S NOT KID OURSELVES. - EVEN A MILD COVID INFECTION - PARTICULARLY FOR THE - UNVACCINATED IS STILL REALLY - UNPLEASANT. - YOU ARE STILL LOOKING AT DAYS - OUT OF WORK, ALTHOUGH FEWER DAYS - THAN PRIOR C SINCE THE CDC IS - ANNOUNCEMENT.

- ARE YOU LOOKING AT FEELING - COMPLETELY UNDER THE WEATHER. - YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT LONG COVID - SYMPTOMS - AGAIN VACCINES PROTECT AGAINST - ALL OF THOSE THINGS BUT FOR THE - UNVACCINATED, COVID REMAINS - POTENTIALLY DEADLY. - >> Nawaz: AND GIVEN THAT - DR. FAUCI HAS CALLED IT - EXTRAORDINARILY CONTAGIOUS YOU - ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT JUST A - SMALL PERCENTAGE OF A REALLY BIG - NUMBER CAN BE A THE LOT OF - PEOPLE. - IS YOUR HOSPITAL OVERWHELMED? - IS IT OVERRUN WITH COVID - PATIENTS? - BECAUSE YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY - DESCRIBED RHODE ISLAND AS HAVING - ENTERED A QUOTE DISASTER LEVEL - OF CARE. - >> RHODE ISLAND IS IN AN - EXTRAORDINARY BAD SITUATION. - THIS IS NOT PURELY BECAUSE OF - COVID, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT - HAS BEEN BREWING FOR MONTHS AND - MONTHS. - >> WE HAVE FOLKS THAT PUT OFF - NORMAL PREVENTIVE CARE OVER THE - LAST YEAR AND A HALF BECAUSE OF - FEARS OF COVID OR DOCTORS OFFICE - BEING CLOSED. - WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT OFF - NEEDED SURGERIES BECAUSE OF - DELAYS IN ANYTHING THAT WAS - NONEMERGENT. - AND WE HAVE A HUGE STAFF - VANCIES BECAUSE OF BURNOUT AND - MORAL INJURIES, AS WELL AS OF

- COURSE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE CAN - GO AND MAKE MORE MONEY WORKING - IN OTHER STATES. - OUR HOSPITAL SHUTDOWN ANY - ELECTIVE SURGERIES A COUPLE OF - WEEKS AGO. - AND TODAY SHUT DOWN ANY - NONEMERGENT SURGERIES. - WE ARE OUT OF ICU BEDS. - OUR WAITING TIME IN THE ER ARE - TRULY THROUGH THE ROOF. - I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE - WHAT IT IS LIKE RIGHT NOW - WORKING AS AN ER DOC, AGAIN NOT - JUST BECAUSE OF COVID BUT - BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING AND HOW - BROKEN THE HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM - REALLY IS. - >> AND THAT IS IN A STATE RDE - ISLAND THAT HAS MORE THAN A 75 - PERCENT VACCINATION RATE WHICH I - UNDERSTAND IS AMONG THE HIGHEST - IN THE COUNTRY. - U SAID THAT MOST OF THE FOLKS - THAT YOU SAW IN THE ER ARE - UNVACCINATED. - IN FACT, I THINK YOU SAID ALL - BUT WE DO KNOW THAT OMICRON IS - AFFECTING THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN - VACCINATED AND BOOTIONED. - IS THAT HAPPENING AMONG THE - STAFF? - IS THAT CONTRIBUTING TO THE - STAFF SHORTAGE? - ARE YOU SEEING NURSES AND - DOCTORS ALSO COME DOWN WITH THIS - VARIANT?

- >> SO THE STAFF SHORTAGE - PREDATED THE OMICRON SURGE. - WE HAVE ABOUT THREE TIMES AS - MANY VACANCIES IN MY HEALTH-CARE - SYSTEM RIGHT NOW AS WE NORMALLY - WOULD THIS TIME OF YEAR, AGAIN - BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS LEFT - BEDSIDE CARE, RETIRED EARLY - BECAUSE COVID TOOK S MUCH OUT - OF THEM. - WE ARE SEEING SOME-- AMONG THE - VACCINATED BUT THEY ARE BY AND - LARGE QUITE MILD. - I HAVE SIX FELLOW PHYSICIAN - COLLEAGUES THAT WERE OUT TODAY - ALONE BECAUSE OF CASES CAUGHT IN - THE LAST WEEK. - BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE - VACCINATED, THIS REALLY IS MORE - LIKE A COLD. - IT IS SOMETHING SHORT LIVED, - QUITE SURVIVABLE AND YOU ARE - GOING TO IT BE ABLE TO GET BACK - TO WORK QUICKLY. - OUR STAFFING SHORTAGES ARE USED - TO MUCH MORE THAN JUST OMICRON. - >> Nawaz: SO DO YOU AGREE THE - CDC LAST WEEK SHORTENED THE - ISOLATION TIME FOR THOSE - HOSPITAL STAFF THAT DO TEST - POSITIVE FOR COVID FROM TEN DAYS - TO FIVE DAYS WITH A NEGATIVE - TEST T AND TODAY THEY DID THAT - FOR THE WIDER PUBLIC, IS THAT - GOING TO HELP?

- DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? - >> SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT - THAT WE FOLLOW THE SCIENCE. - AND THERE IS EMERGING STRONG - EVIDENCE THAT PARTICULARLY FOR - THOSE OF US WHO ARE VACCINATED, - IF WE ARE ASYMPTOMATIC AFTER - FIVE DAYS, WE'RE NO LONGER - INFECTIOUS. - IT IS RIGHT TO ALLOW THOSE FOLKS - TO GET BACK OUT INTO THE WORLD. - NOT JUST TO WORK BUT ALSO TO - PLAY, TO SCHOOL, TO FAMILY - GATHERINGS. - TO THE GROCERY STORE, RIGHT, - DON'T KEEP PEOPLE AT HOME FOR - NOTHING. - THE THING ABOUT THE NEW CDC - GUIDANCE IT DOES GIVE ME A A - LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE IS IT - APPLIES EQUALLY TO THE - UNVACCINATED AND VACCINATED. - IT STAYS VERY SPECIFICALLY THAT - YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAR A - MASK FOR ANOTHER FIVE DAYS AFTER - YOU FINISH THAT ISOLATION - PERIOD. - WE NO THE UNVACCINATED ARE LESS - LIKELY TO MASK. - THAT DOES UNFORTUNATELY PUT THE - REST OF US A BIT AT RISK. - >> A QUICK QUESTION AS WE HEAD - INTO THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY, ANY - ADVICE THERE AS YOU SEE THE ER - CONTINUE TO FLOOD WITH PATIENTS. - AND IS THERE ENOUGH TESTING IN - RHODE ISLAND.

- >> THERE ISN'T ENOUGH TESTING - ANYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY. - I HAVE A FRIEND, A FELLOW - PHYSICIAN WHO GOT SICK OVER THE - WEEKEND. - SHE AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY WITH - THE EXCEPTION OF ONE FAMILY - MEMBER HAVE TESTED POSITIVE ON - RAPID TESTS. - THEY ARE LITERALLY UNABLE TO GET - A PCR RIGHT NOW. - THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AT THIS - POINT IN THE PANDEMIC. - THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAT NEEDS - TO BE DONE BOTH ON STATE AND - FEDERAL LEVELS TO SHORE UP THE - HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM, TO SHORE UP - TESTING AND HELP US GET THROUGH - TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SURGE. - >> DR. MEGAN RANNEY, AN - EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN IN RHODE - ISLAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR - JOINING US ON THE NEWSHOUR. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Nawaz: IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN - 10 MONTHS SINCE MYANMAR'S - MILITARY SEIZED POWER IN A COUP. - SINCE THEN SOLDIERS HAVE FOUGHT - WITH URBAN PROTESTORS AND RURAL - MILITIAS USING VIOLENCE - ACTIVISTS CALL BRUTAL: THEY - ACCUSE THE MILITARY OF KILLING - MORE THAN 1300 AND DETAINING

- MORE THAN 11,000. - AND TODAY THE U.N. CALLED FOR AN - INVESTIGATION INTO A NEW - MASSACRE THAT THE U.S. DESCRIBED - AS "BARBARIC." - NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTS. - >> Schifrin: IN EASTERN MYANMAR - A LINE OF CARS WAS TRYING TO - ESCAPE NEARBY VIOLENCE. - BUT SOLDIERS TORCHED THE - VEHICLES AND BURNED 35 PEOPLE - HOPING TO FLEE, POSSIBLY - INCLUDING TWO STAFF OF SAVE THE - CHILDREN. - OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE - CHRISTMAS EVE MASSACRE, TOO - HORRIFIC TO SHOW. - IT'S THE SECOND TIME IN FOUR - WEEKS, SOLDIERS ARE ACCUSED OF - BURNING THEIR ENEMIES' BODIES. - THE JUNTA THAT RE-SEIZED POWER - IN FEBRUARY HAS RULED THROUGH - HORROR AND FEAR. - IT'S HELPED SPARK AN EXODUS. ON - CHRISTMAS DAY, FAMILIES IN THE - SOUTHEAST SAVED ONLY WHAT THEY - COULD CARRY AND FLED TO - NEIGHBORING THAILAND. - THOUSANDS HAVE BECOME REFUGEES - TO ESCAPE MILITARY AIRPOWER, - EVEN IF THEY HAD TO WALK ACROSS - RIVERS. - MYANMAR'S MILITARY RULED THE - COUNTRY FOR HALF A CENTURY - BEFORE CIVILIAN LEADER AUNG SUNG

- SUU KYI CAME TO POWER IN 2015. - HER NATIONAL LEAGUE OF DEMOCRACY - RTY EASILY WON THE 2020 - ELECTION. - BUT ON FEBRUARY 1st, WHETHE - NEW PARLIAMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO - SIT, GENERAL MIN AUNG HLAING - DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY - AND ARRESTED SUU KYI AND - HUNDREDS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY - ACTIVISTS. - EARLIER THIS MONTH SUU KYI WAS - SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN - PRISON. - THAT DAY, PROTESTORS TOOK TO THE - STREETS IN MYANMAR'S CAPITAL, - CONTINUING THEIR RESISTANCE TO - MILITARY RULE. - ALL YEAR, THEY HAVE - DEMONSTRATED. - A MASSIVCIVIL DISOBEDIENCE - MOVEMENT HAS PARALYZED BASIC - SERVICES. - IN RESPONSE, THE MILITARY HAS - TURNED URBAN STREETS INTO - BATTLEGROUNDS. - BUT THE SISTANCE EXTENDS TO - THE COUNTRYSIDE WHERE ETHNIC - MILITIAS ATTACK ARMY - CHECKPOINTS. - FOR DECADES, ETHNIC MINORITIES - HAVE FOUGHT WHAT THEY CONSIDER - CENTRAL AUTHORITIES' POLITICAL - MYANMAR HAS ABOUT 20 ETHNIC - ARMED GROUPS THAT CONTROL ABOUT - A THD OF THE COUNTRY'S - TERRITORY. - THE CHRISTMAS EVE ATTACK TOOK

- PLACE IN KAYAH STATE, WHERE THE - KARENNI ETHNIC ARMY HAS BEEN - FIGHTING THE MILITARY ON AND OFF - FOR YEARS. - BUT SINCE THE COUP URBAN - CIVILIANS HAVE TEAMED UP WITH - ETHNIC MILITIAS, UNITED TO - RESIST MILITARY RULE. - >> ( translated ): EVERYONE CAME - HERE WITH THEIR RESENTMENT AND - REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT. - SO THAT IS WHY THEY CAN ONLY - FOCUS ON FIGHTING FOR - REVOLUTION. - >> Schifrin: TO HELP FIGURE OUT - WHAT'S GOI ON IN MYANMAR, I'M - JOINED BY PRISCILLA CLAPP. - SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHIEF - OF MISSION IN MYANMAR AND IS NOW - A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE U.S. - INSTITUTE OF PEACE, A WASHINGTON - THINK TANK ESTABLISHED BY - CONGRESS. - WELCOME BACK TO THE THE - NEWSHOUR. - THIS ATTACK WAS BRUTAL BUT WE - HAVE SEEN OTHE ATTACKS JUST AS - BRUTAL OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS - FROM THE MILITARY, WHY? - >> THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR, IN - FACT. - MANY MONTHS. - THEY HAVE RUN INTO VERY, VERY - SERIOUS POPULAR OPPOSITION IN - THE COUNTRY THAT THEY DID NOT - EXPECT WHEN THEY TOOK OVER IN A

- COUPON FEBRUARY 1 OF THIS PAST - YEAR. - THE ORIGINAL DEMONSTRATIONS - AGAINST THE COUP MAKERS HAVE - TURNED INTO VIOLENT OPPOSITION - AND SO THE MILITARY IS FIGHTING - FOR ITS LIFE NOW AND - PARTICULARLY ATTACKING AREAS OF - THE COUNTRY WHERE THE RESISTANCE - IS THE STRONGESTMENT AND THE - AREA THAT THEY ATTACKED ON - CHRISTMAS DAY IS ONE OF THOSE. - >> Schifrin: AND SO YOU - FERRED TO THOSE ORIGINAL - PROTESTORS, THE CIVIL - DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT IN THE - CITIES. - WE'VE ALSO GOT ETHNIC MILITIASK - PEOPLE'S DEFENSE FORCES AS WELL - ARE EXPANDING. - HOW UNPRECEDENTED IS THAT - WIDESPREAD WITH THIS, AND WHAT - IS THE IMPLICATION OF IT? - >> IT'S QUITE UNPRECEDENTED. - IT HAS NOT HAPPENED BEFORE, WHEN - THERE HAVE BEEN REBELLIONS - AGAINST MILITARY RULE, THEY HAVE - BEEN LARGELY URBAN. - THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE FORM OF - PROTESTS, IN THE STREET - PROTESTS, THEY HAVE NOT RELLY - TURNED VIOLENT. - SEPARATELY THE ARMY HAS BEEN - FIGHTING ETHNIC MILLISH

- AYE-- MILITIAS AND ARMIES FOR - 7-- 70 YEARS, UNSUCCESSFULLY. - THEY HAVEN'T WON ANY BATTLES - AGAINST THEM. - IN FACT, DOORING THAT TIME THIS - THEY HAVE BECOME MORE ORGANIZED, - BETTER FUNDED, BETTER ARMED AND - STRONGER CONTROL OVER THEIR - TERRITORY. - SO THE ARMY IS ACTUALLY IN A - LOSING BATTLE OVERALL OVER TIME. - AND THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR - LIFE. - >> Schifrin: AND SO WE HAVE - SEEN AS YOU JUST SAID THESE - ETHNIC MILITIAS CONFRONTING THE - ARMY, FIGHTING THE ARMY, EVEN - GRABBING A LITTLE BIT OF - SELF-GOVERNANCE IN THEIR - TERRITORY. - BUT COULD THIS GO FURTHER THAN - SE-GOVERNANCE, IS THE VERY - STATE AT RISK-- RISK OF - FRACTURE? - >> I BELIEVE IT IS. - THAT IS A DEBATABLE POINT. - BUT IT IS GOING IN THAT - DIRECTION. - THERE IS NO QUESTION. - THE AREA ALONG THE CHINA BORDER - WHERE THERE ARE SOME VERY STRONG - ARMIES AND MILITIAS AND ON THE - WEST ALONG THE BANGLADESH - ORDERER, THE ARMY WHICH HAS

- TAKEN OVER THE AR A CON STATE IS - VERY STRONG AND THEY ARE BEATING - THE MILITARY AT THEIR OWN GAME - THERE AND HAVE VIRTUAL CONTROL - OVER MOST OF THAT STATE. - THE MILITARY DOESN'T DARE TO - ATTACK EITHER OF THOSE AREAS - BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WOULD - LOSE. - >> AS THE MILITARY STRUGGLES - WITH THOSE FIGHTS THAT YOU JUST - IDENTIFIED, WHAT IS THE MORAL - INSIDE THE MILITARY? - MANY SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN ASKED IT - TO FIGHT T IS VERY COLD, THERE - IS SOME TRENCH WARFARE AND - ATTEMPTS TO ACTUALLY GET - SOLDIERS TO DEFECT. - WHAT IS THE MORALE INSIDE THE - MILITARY. - >> AT THE LOWER LEVEL THE - MILITARY IS SUFFERING SOME VERY - BAD MORALE. - THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES - FIGHTING ARE LOSING. - THEY'RE LOSING A LOT OF PEOPLE. - THEY'RE GETTING KILLED, AND - THERE ARE MANY DE FEKSES. - AND THE DIHE PECSES ARE GOING - OFF INTO THE PEOPLE'S DEFENSE. - AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE - MILITARY, AND HELPING THE - PEOPLE'S DEFENSE, LEARNING HOW - TO FIGHT, ARMING THEM WITH - WEAPONS AND SO FORLT. - SO IT IS BECOMING A REAL CIVIL

- WAR. - >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE UNITED - STATES GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO? - THERE ARE EXPERTS I TALK TO WHO - SAY SQUEEZE THE MILITARY SOURCES - OF REVENUE, MORE, THAT IS OIL & - GAS. - PRESSURE THE U.N. TO SUPPORT THE - OPPOSITION GROUP, EVEN DECLARE - WHAT THE MILITARY DID AGAINST - ROHINGA GENOCIDE, DO YOU THINK - THOSE STEPS COULD HELP? - >> ALL OF THOSE STEPS ARE GOOD - STEPS BUT THERE ARE MORE AS - WELL. - AND THE U.S. GOFT WILL BE COMING - UP WITH A NEW STRATEGY SOON AT - THE REQUEST OF THE CONGRESS. - SO WE WILL SEE MANY MORE THINGS - HAPPEN. - I BELIEVE THEY ARE LOOKING VERY - HARD AT HOW TO QUUT OFF SOME OF - THE REVENUES FROM OIL & GAS AND - OTHER THINGS, IT IS IS NOT THAT - SIMPLE. - SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. - BUT THERE ARE WAYS, AND THAT IS - DEFINITELY THE MAIN THREAT OF - THE U.S. POLICY, IS IT EXCLUDES - THE MILITARY MORE AND MORE. - BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD - REFUSE THE GENOCIDE BUT I DON'T

- THINK IT IS JUST ROHINGAT IS NOT - ONLY ETHNIC CLEANSING, THEY ARE - GOING AFTER ALL-- INCLUDING - THEIR OWN. - >> Schifrin: IN THE BRIEF TIME - LEFT LET ME ASK ABOUT THE - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION THAT THE - U.N. WARNS THEY COULD FALL INTO - POVERTY, AND MILLIONS DIE OF - HUNGER, HOW DIRE IS THE - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. - >> ABSOLUTELY DIRE. - THAT HAS ALREADY COME IT TO - PASSING I WOULD SAY HALF OR MORE - OF THE POPULATION IS ALREADY - FACING ENORMOUS HUNGER. - BUT PART OF THE STRATEGY OF THE - OPPOSITION IS TO DESTROY THE - ECONOMY. - THEY ARE WILLING TO TAKE THIS IN - HAND JUST TO BRING THE ARMY DOWN - AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO - PREDICT WHAT THE END WILL BE. - BUT IT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR - QUITE A LONG TIME UNFORNATELY. - AND PEOPLE WILL SUFFER BADLY. - >> PRISCILLA CLAPP, THANK YOU - VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU - >> Nawaz: NOW, THE LIFE AND - LEGACY OF DESMOND TUTU,

- ARCHBISHOP, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE - WINNER AND A CONSCIENCE FOR - SOUTH AFRICA. - HIS LIFE SPANNED 90 YEARS, MOST - OF IT SPENT IN STRIVING AGAINST - SEGREGATION AND THEN, IN - RECONCILING THE RACES. - >> WE SAY WE ARE THE RAINBOW - PEOPLE. - WE ARE THE NEW PEOPLE OF A NEW - SOUTH AFRICA. - >> Nawaz: CAPE TOWN, 1989: A - CLARION CALL TO FREEDOM. - BEFORE MORE THAN 20,000 - PROTESTERS, ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP - DESMOND TUTU APPEALED FOR THE - BIRTH OF A NEW NATION, AND AN - END TO THE IRON GRIP OF - APTHEID. - >> I WANT YOU TO LIFT YOUR - HANDS. - I WANT YOU TO SAY, OUR MARCH TO - FREEDOM, OUR MCH TO FREEDOM IS - UNSTOPPABLE. - >> Nawaz: NEARLY FIVE YEARS - LATER, IN 1994, TUTU HELPED - INTRODUCE THE WORLD TO SOUTH

- AFRICA'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT, - NELSON MANDELA, AND, IN THE - PROCESS, HE WITNESSED THE - FULFILLMENT OF A LIFELONG DREAM. - DESMOND TUTU WAS BORN IN 1931 IN - A SMALL MINING TOWN, BEFORE HIS - FAMILY MOVED TO JOHANNESBURG. - IT WAS AN ERA WHEN SOUTH - AFRICA'S WHITE MINORITY CODIFIED - LONG-STANDING RACIAL SEGREGATION - INTO RIGIDLY ENFORCED APARTHEID, - AND DELIBERATELY DE-EMPHASIZED - EDUCATION FOR BLACK PEOPLE. - THAT PROMPTED TUTU TO ABANDON A - TEACHING CAREER FOR THE CLERGY. - HE JOINED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH - AND QUICKLY ROSE THROUGH THE - RANKS, GAINING NOTICE AS HE - SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE WHITE - GOVERNMENT AND CONDEMNED - APARTHEID. - IN 1976, UNRT IN THE BLACK - TOWNSHIP OF SOWETO BOILED OVER - INTO RIOTS. - THE GOVERNMENT'S BRUTAL RESPONSE - LEFT HUNDREDS DEAD, MOSTLY YOUNG - AND BLACK, AND SPARKED AN - INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY. - THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED SAW TUTU - RISE TO BECOME ARCHBISHOP OF - CAPE TOWN, AND GAIN

- INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AS ONE - OF THE ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT'S - STRONGEST ADVOCATES, BEHIND THE - PULPIT AND ON THE STREETS. - >> THE DAY ANYBODY CAN SHOW ME - THE BIBLE SUPPORTS APARTHEID, - THAT DAY I WILL TAKE MY BIBLE - AND TEAR INTO LITTLE STRIPS AND - I WILL STOP BEING A CHRISTIAN. - >> Nawaz: HE REJECTED THE U.S. - POLICY OF "CONSTRUCTIVE - ENGAGEMENT" WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S - WHITE REGIME, AND INSTEAD - VIGOROUSLY SUPPORTED ECONOMIC - BOYCOTTS OF HIS COUNTRY. - THOSE EFFORTS EARNED HIM THE - NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IN 1984. - AFTERWARD, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH - THE NEWSHOUR, MUSED ON THE - MEANING OF THE AWARD. - >> IT IS SAYING THAT THE WORLD - CARES ABOUT OPPRESSION AND - INJUSTICE, AND IT IS SAYING TO - OUR PEOPLE-- AND THIS IS THEIR - PRIZE-- DON'T GIVE UP. - DON'T GIVE UP THE STRUGGLE.

- THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF - THE TUNNEL. - >> Nawaz: THE LIGHT GREW EVER - BRIGHTER: AS APARTHEID CRUMBLED, - MANDELA WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON - AND ULTIMATELY ELECTED - PRESIDENT. - TOGETHER, THEY WORKED TO USHER - IN A NEW ERA FOR SOUTH AFRICA. - MANDELA WOULD LATER CALL TUTU - THE "VOICE OF THE VOICELESS," - AND HE NAMED THE ARCHBISHOP TO - LEAD THE COUNTRY'S “TRUTH AND - RECONCILIATION COMMISSION”. - IN HIS 1999 NEWSHOUR INTERVIEW, - THE ARCHBISHOP TALKED ABOUT THAT - DESIRE FOR RECONCILIATION, EVEN - IN THE FACE OF DECADES OF - BRUTALITY: - >> I AM HUMAN BECAUSE YOU ARE - HUMAN. - MY HUMANITY IS CAUGHT UP IN - YOURS AND IF YOU ARE - DEHUMANIZED, I AM DEHUMANIZED, - AND ANGER AND RESENTMENT AND - RETRIBUTION ARE CORROSIVE OF - THIS GREAT GOOD, THE HARMONY - THAT HAS GOT TO EXIST BETWEEN - PEOPLE. - AND THAT IS WHY OUR PEOPLE HAVE - BEEN COMMITTED TO THE - RECONCILIATION WHERE WE USE

- RESTORATIVE RATHER THAN - RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. - >> Nawaz: TUTU BECAME ARCHBISHOP - EMERITUS IN 1996, BUT EXPANDED - HIS OUTREACH, TACKLING ISSUES - OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME BORDERS. - HE VISITED RWANDA AFTER THE - HORRIFIC ETHNIC GENOCIDE IN THE - EARLY '90S, AND HE WEIGHED IN ON - THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN - CONFLICT, AT TIMES LIKENING - ISRAELI ACTIONS TO APARTHEID-ERA - SOUTH AFRICA. - HE LATER CRITICIZED THE POST - 9-11 U.S.-LED WAR IN IRAQ, - CALLING IT "IMMORAL." - IN 2009, PRESIDENT OBAMA AWARDED - TUTU THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF - FREEDOM, AMERICA'S HIGHEST - CIVILIAN HONOR. - A YEAR LATER, ON HIS 79th - BIRTHDAY, HE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD - STEP AWAY FROM PUBLIC LIFE, - OPTING TO SPEND HIS DAYS WITH - HIS FAMILY. - >> I REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE IN - THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE BECAUSE - YOU KNOW, OFTEN WH PEOPLE ARE

- IN LOVE THEY JUST WANT TO SIT - AND BE TOGETHER AND I WANT TO - TRY TO BE A BIT MORE OF THAT - WITH GOD, BUT ALSO HAVE SOME - QUALITY TIME WITH THE MOTHER OF - MY CHILDREN. - >> Nawaz: STILL, HE MAINTAINED - HIS INTEREST IN HUMAN RIGHTS AT - HOME AND ABROAD, DESPITE BOUTS - OF ILLNESS THAT HAD HIM IN AND - OUT OF HOSPITALS IN HIS FINAL - YEARS. - >> Nawaz: FOR THE LAST TWELVE - MONTHS, TWO POLITICAL ISSUES - HAVE REMAINED DOMINANT FOR - AMERICANS AND THE WHITE HOUSE, - COVID-19 AND THE ECONOMY. - HERE TO DISSECT THE PROGRESS AND - CHALLENGES FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN - ON BOTH FRONTS ARE AMY WALTER OF - THE "COOK POLITICAL REPORT WITH - AMY WALTER."

- AND ASMA KHALID OF NPR. - TAMARA KEITH IS AWAY. - AMY, ASMA, THIS IS THE LAST - "POLITICS MONDAY" OF 2021. - IT IS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE TAYE - STEP BACK AND EXAMINE THOSE TWO - BIG ISSUES. - SO AMY, WHEN FOR SURE AT THE - WHITE HOUSE, YOU LOOK AT THE - IMPRESSIVE VACCINE ROLLOUT, MORE - THAN 70 PERCENT OF AMERICANS NOW - HAVE A SHOT. - MILLIONS OF JOBS BACK IN THE - ECONOMY. - UNEMPLOYMENT AT HISTORIC LOWS - ANDES,-- AND YET OMICRON AND - INFLATION PERSIST. - DO YOU THINK MOST AMERICANS FEEL - LIKE THEY'RE BETTER OFF TODAY - THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO? - >> YEAH, AMNA T IS THE QUESTION, - GO BACK IT TO A QUOTE THAT - FORMER GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI - HALEY BARBOUR USED TO SAY ABOUT - GOVERNING. - THE KEY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN - GOVERNING IS TO NAKE THE MAIN - THING THE MAINTAINING THING. - AND THE MAIN THING SINCE JOE - BIDEN TOOK OFFICE HAS BEEN - COVID.

- AND PERCEPTION OF HOW WELL HE IS - DOING ON TACKLING OVID OR HOW - CONFIDENT PEOPLE FEEL THAT WE - ARE REALLY TURNING THE CORNER ON - THE PANDEMIC, WE'RE GOING TO - DETERMINE IS THE FATE OF HIS - PRESIDENCY. - AND EARLY ON WE SAW THAT PEOPLE - WE FEELING MUCH MORE CONFIDENT - ABOUT HOW WE MR. DOING IN - BATTLING COVID. - I WAS LOOKING BACK AT GAL OP - DATA AND AS WE WENT FROM - FEBRUARY, MARCH THROUGH THE - EARLY SPRING AND INTO THE - SUMMER, MORE AND MORE AMERICANS - SAYING YES, I AM FEELING BETTER - ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH COVID. - BY THE TIME WE HIT JULY, ALMOST - 90 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SAID - THEY FELTS BETTER ABOUT THE - SITUATION WITH COVID. - AND THEN THE DELTA SITUATION HIT - THAT CONFIDENCE JUST COLLAPSED. - AND TODAY OR REALLY EARLY - DECEMBER FEELINGS OF CONFIDENCE - ABOUT TURNING THE CORNER ON - COVID OR AS GAL UP CALLS IT, - ELING LIKE THE SITUATION IS - GETTING BETTER IS BASICALLY - WHERE WE WERE IN JANUARY AT 30

- PRCENT OF AMERICANS FEELING - GOOD ABOUT THIS. - SO ULTIMATELY IT IS LIKE WE HAD - AN ENTIRE YEAR WHERE IF YOU JUST - KNEW WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE IN - JANUARY AND DEETION YOU WOULD - THINK NOTHING HAPPENED. - BUT WHAT DID HAPPEN OF COURSE IS - AN INCREDIBLE RISE IN OPTIMISM - AND THEN THE REALITY HIT. - AND OF COURSE AS THE NUMBER OF - AMERICANS SAID THEY FELT WORSE - ABOUT THE SITUATION FROM COVID, - THE CONFIDENCE IN THE ECONOMY - DROPPED, AND CONFIDENCE IN THE - PRESIDENT OVERALL DROPPED. - HERE IS THE THING, WE ARE - STILL VERY MU IN IT, DR. FAUCI - SAID IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE - BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. - ECONOMIC SUGGESTIONS SAY PRIESES - WILL CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE - NEW YEAR. - WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF HOW THE - WHITE HOUSE IS GOING TO RESPOND - TO THIS? - IS IT STAY THE COURSE OR CHANGE - UP HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING? - >> WELL, I THINK TO DATE WHAT WE - HAVE SEEN IS THE ECONOMIC - RESPONSE, IS AN SENSE - OF-- EMPATHY ABOUT INFLATION, I - REMEMBER GOING TO PENNSYLVANIA,

- JUNE, JULY, AT THAT POINT YOU - COULD SPEND HOURS TO THE GROCERY - STORE AND JUST TALKING AND THE - NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS THE RISING - COST OF GAS, THE RISING COST OF - MEAT. - IN THE BEGINNING THE WHITE HOUSE - KEPT TELLING FOLKS THS IS - TRANSTORE. - I WOULD ARGUE THAT IS A WORD OR - PHRASE THAT DIDN'T MEAN MUCH TO - PEOPLE BUT INCREASINGLY WE HAVE, - I THINK, SEEN A GREATER SENSE OF - EMPATHY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, AN - ACKNOWLEDGMENT. - INFLATION AND RECOGNITION THAT - IT IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO - GO AWAY AS QUICKLY AS YOU WOULD - EXPECT. - WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COVID, I - THINK THAT IS TRICKIER, BECAUSE - AS THE WHITE HOUSE SAID, - ACCURATELY AS WELL, THE - SITUATION HAS IMPROVED. - MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN THIS - COUNTRY ARE VACCINATED SO EVEN - IF THEY DO CATCH COVID THEY ARE - LESS LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED - OR DIE FROM IT. - THE CHALLENGE IS THAT HE WITH - ALL, MYSELF INCLUDED HAVE THIS - EXTREME COVID FATIGUE THAT THE - SITUATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL - DOING THIS VIRTUALLY AGAIN, YET - AGAIN ON ZOOM. - I THINK THAT HAS LEAD TO A-- BUT - AT THIS POINT THE WHITE HOUSE - SAY THE WAY OUT IS LARGELY TO

- GET VACCINATED, BOOSTERRIZED. - THE CHALLENGE IS THERE IS A - SUBSET OF THE POPULATION - RESISTANT TO GETTING VACCINAD. - >> WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT COVID - FATIGUE FEELS LIKE, HERE IS THE - OTHER THING, THERE HAVE BEEN - SOME BIG LEGISLATIVE WINS, - RIGHT. - THEY PUSH THROUGH THE AMERICAN - RESCUE PLAN, THE EMERGENCY COVID - FUNDS OUT THERE. - SHOW NARROW MARGINS GOT THAT - BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL - THROUGH, BUT OF COURSE BUILD - BACK BETTER, THE BIG ONE, IS NOT - YET■ ACROSS THE FINISHINE. - I WANT TO TREAD A QUOTE FROM AN - OP ED TODAY THAT CAME FROM THE - CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL - PROGRESSIVE KK. - HERE IS WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE - NEGOTIATIONS AND RELUCTANCSO - FAR OF SENATOR MANCHIN TO GET ON - BOARD. - SHE SAID WE CAN'T BE NAIVE ABOUT - THE DIFFICULTY OF ONCE AGAIN - NEGOTIATING WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS - NOT KEPT HIS COMMITMENTS. - BUT LEGISLATION REMAINS THE BEST - PATH FOR DELIVERING ENDURING - RELIEF. - DEMOCRATS MUST PROVE THEIR - VOICES AND VOTES MATTER, THAT WE - CAN PRODUCE TANGIBLE ECONOMIC - ASSISTANCE.

- WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS TELL BUT - THE CHANCES OF DEMOCRATS GETTING - THIS DONE IN THE NEW YEAR? - >> THE WHITE HOUSE REMAINS - OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY CAN GET - BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH - JOE MANCHIN AND POTENTIALLY - CARVE OUT SOME SORT OF - ALTERNATIVE BUILD BACK BETTER - BILL. - DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO - FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE AND - WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWO PIECE OF - LEGISLATION THAT THEY CAN POINT - TO. - THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING - MID-TERM YEAR FOR DEM DRATS - ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE PLAP WAS - ALWAYS-- MATH WAS ALWAYS GOING - TO BE A CHALLENGE. - IF THEY DON'T HAVE BIG WIN TO - SHOW THE VOTERS IT IS EVEN MORE - DIFFICULT FOR THEM NEXT - NOVEMBER. - >> AMI, HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THIS, - ESPECIALLY IN HOW THE WHITE - HOUSE IS SORT OF BALANCING SOME - OF THOSE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, - BUILD BACK BETTER ISN'T DONE YET - BUT NEITHER IS VOTING RIGHTS, - NEITHER IS POLICE REFORM, RIGHT? - >> RIGHT. - IT COMES BACK, ALL THE WAY BACK - TO COVID AND COVID FATIGUE. - THE FACT OF THE MAT CERTIFICATE - OUR LIVES ARE BACK TO NORMAL AND - WHETHER IT IS DOING THIS - BROADCAST ONCE AGAIN REMOTELY, - WE'LL BE ON MORE ZOOM CALLS, SO

- MANY FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED OVER - THE HOLIDAYS BECAUSE OF FLIGHT - ATTEND AMOUNTS AND OTHER STAFF - MEMBERS WHO ARE SIDELINED OVER - COVID. - WE JUST ARE REMINDED OVER AND - OVER AGAIN THAT WE HAVE NOT - TURNED THE CORNER. - THIS IS A CHALLENGE FOR THE - PRESIDENT AND PUSHING POLICIES, - ESPECIALLY ON THINGS LIKE BUILD - BACK BETTER OR EVEN THE - INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT DON'T - SEEM TO MANY VOTERS TO BE - DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE - CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE HAVING - RIGHT AT THIS VERY MOMENT. - THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH THAT ANY - PRESIDENT COULD DO IN BEATING - BACK THE PANDEMIC. - BUT AS I SAID, I THINK THE - CHALLENGE FOR THE PRESIDENT WILL - ALWAYS BE FINDING SOME SUCCESS - THERE. - HE HAD EARLY SUCCESS OR AT LEAST - PEOPLE WERE GIVING HIM CREDIT IN - PART BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WERE - GETTING PEOPLE VACCINATE, WE - WERE ET GOING PASSED THAT EARLY - PHASE. - DELTA PUT THAT IN A VERY - DIFFERENT CONTEXT. - AND NOW OMICRON, JUST A REMINDER - THAT THIS THING ISN'T GOING AWAY - FOR QUITE SOME TIME. - I THINK THE OTHER CHALLENGE THAT - THE WHITE HOUSE HAS HAD IS THEY

- HAVE BEEN PROMOTING AN AGENDA - THAT IS REALLY EXPANSIVE WITH A - MA JOLTER-- MAJORITY THAT IS - TINY, TINY, A 50-50 SENATE. - THIS WAS ALWAYS THE REALITY. - IT IT IT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE - A CHALLENGE, EVEN TO GET SOME OF - THE BASICS THROUGH. - BUT TO PUSH BUILD BACK BETTER - ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT HAS - SUCH A BIG PRICE TAG, SO MANY - PIECES, THAT HAVE TO FALL INTO - PLACE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, AND - DOING IT AGAIN AT A TIME WHERE - PEOPLE ARE FEELING PESSIMISM - ABOUT THE SPHAILT OF THE - ECONOMY, BECAUSE THEY ARE - PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE PANDEMIC, - THAT IS THE CHALLENGE. - >> BEFORE WE GO I WANT TO STEE - IF I CAN GET YOU BOTH TO WEIGH - IN BRIEFLY ON THIS INTERSECTION, - OF COURSE. - I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING - THE REDISTRICTING EFFORT, THE - REDRAWING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL - MAP BUT ALSO WHAT WE HE SEEN - FROM FORMER PRESIDENT RUMP WHICH - IS FUELING MONEY AND RESOURCES - AND ENERGY INTO PRIMARYING - FELLOW REPUBLICANS WHO DON'T - AGREE WITH THEM, WHO VOTED

- AGAINST HIM, WHO DON'T SHOW - SUFFICIENT LOYALTY, THAT WHAT - HAPPENED EARLY IN SPRING OF - SUMMER OF CK YEAR, THERE IS AN - INTERSECTION OF THOSE TWO - THINGS, HE I WANT TO GET YOU TO - WEIGH IN ON THOSE. - >> I THINK IT ST REALLY - IMPORTANT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE - MID-TERMS THERE IS GOING TO - BE-- THERE IS GOING TO BE THE - TALK ABOUT SEATS THAT ARE GOING - TO CHANGE. - WHO WILL BE IN THE MAJORITY. - BUT IT IS ALSO THE TYPE OF - PEOPLE THAT WIN THOSE SEATS THAT - IS VERY IMPORTANT TO - UNDERSTANDING HOW CONGRESS IS - GOING TO TWORK OR NOT WORK NEXT - YEAR. - MY COLLEAGUE DAVID WASSERMAN HAS - BEEN CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS. - WE HAVE HAD ABOUT 27 STATES THAT - HAVE COMPLETED REDISTRICTING. - WHAT HE FOUND IS THERE IS AN - INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DARK - RED STATES, DARK RED DISTRICTS, - DARK BLUE DISTRICTS. - A VERY BIG DECREASE IN THE - NUMBER OF COMPETITIVE DISTRICTS - WHICH MEANS THAT PRIMARIES MUST - AGAIN ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL. - AND WHAT WE COULD SEE AS THE - PRESIDENT WEIGHS IN SHALL-- IS - TO WEIGH IN AND THAT WE'RE GOING - TO FIND SOME VERY TRUMP-LIKE

- CANDIDATES COMING TOO THE - SENATE, COMING TOO THE HOUSE. - THEY WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON JUST - WHAT CONGRESS LOOKS LIKE - REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE MAJORITY - IS. - >> AIM-- AIMRY BRIEFLY F ARE YOU - PRESIDENT BIDEN LOOKING AT THAT - POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AHEAD, WHAT - DO YOU THINK AT THIS MOMENT? - >> WHAT YOU ARE THINKING IS YOU - NEED A RESET. - THERE HAS BEEN A POINT AT WHICH - THE PRESIDENT'S NARRATIVE AND - MESSAGE HAS GOTTEN CAUGHT UP IN - PROES AAMODT LOT MORE TALK - ABOUT JOE MANCHIN AND THE - SUCCESS OF THE ADMINISTRATION. - DEMOCRATS SAYING TO KNEE, WE - NEED TO BE PROACTIVE, TALKING - ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN - SUCCESSFUL AT, INSTEAD OF - TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS WHERE - WE HAVE FALLEN SHORT. - >> THAT IS AMY WALTER JOINING US - FOR POLITICS MONDAY, WE LOST THE - CONNECTION WITH ASMA KHALID OF - NPR. - BUT THANKS TO HER FOR JOINING - US. - AMY ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

- >> Nawaz: 2021 HAS BEEN THE - DEADLIEST YEAR FOR SCHOOL - SHOOTINGS IN THE PAST FOUR - YEARS. - SHOOTINGS HAVE ALSO LED TO - COPYCAT THREATS, INCLUDING AFTER - THE NOVEMBER SCHOOL SHOOTING IN - OXFORD, MICHIGAN. - 17 YEAR OLD STUDENT MICAH MARTIN - FROM OUR STUDENT REPORTING LABS - NETWORK TALKED TO PSYCHOLOGIST - AND SCHOOL SHOOTING EXPERT, - PETER LANGMAN, ABOUT STEPS - SCHOOLS CAN TAKE TO DEAL WITH - THOSE THREATS. - >> HI, MY NAME IS MICAH MARTIN, - I'M A SENIOR AT THE F.V. PANKOW - CENTER IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP, - MICHIGAN. - AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK - TO YOU, DR. LANGMAN, BECAUSE - THERE'S A HIGH LEVEL OF ANXIETY - AMONG STUDENTS AND EVERYONE - WANTS SOME KIND OF INSIGHT INTO - THE SITUATION. - >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING - ME. - >> MY FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU IS - WHAT DO YOU THINK SCHOOLS CAN DO - TO PREVENT SHOOTINGS OR WHAT - SIGNS CAN STUDENTS, LIKE, LOOK - FOR? - >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT - SCHOOLS CAN DO IS TO IMPLEMENT - WHAT'S CALLED A THREAT - ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.

- AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT - THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE SCHOOL - STAFF WHO ARE TRAINED TO - INVESTIGATE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT - ARE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION - AND TO MAKE THAT WORK. - EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL - COMMUNITY, INCLUDING NOT ONLY - THE STAFF BUT THE STUDENTS AND - PARENTS AS WELL, SHOULD BE - EDUCATED INTO THE WARNING SIGNS - SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO REPORT TO - THE THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM. - >> AFTER THE OXFORD SHOOTING, - THERE WERE A LOT OF SCHOOLS - BEING CLOSED DOWN OR JUST BEING - BEYOND SCARED BECAUSE OF SOME - EMPTY THREATS. - AND IT BECAME QUITE COMMON. - WHY DO YOU THINK THAT'S - HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? - >> YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A LOT - OF THREATS IN THE WAKE OF AN - ATTACK, MOST OF THEM, AS YOU - SAID, ARE EMPTY THREATS, KIDS - MAY THINK IT'S FUNNY SOMEHOW TO - CALL IN A HOAX BOMB SCARE OR, - YOU KNOW, SCHOOL SHOOTING - THREAT. - THEY MAY THINK WE CAN GET OUT OF - SCHOOL FOR A DAY.

- THEY DON'T REALIZE THE ANXIETY - THEY'RE CAUSING FOR STUDENTS, - STAFF AND PARENTS. - THEY PROBABLY OFTEN DON'T - REALIZE THAT THAT IS CRIMINAL - BEHAVIOR. - IF THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT'S A - CRIME, THEY MAY NOT DO IT. - SO I THINK WE NEED TO EDUCATE - STUDENTS ABOUT WHY IT'S WRONG, - HOW WRONG IT IS TO MAKE THOSE - KIND OF EMPTY THREATS. - NOW, IN SOME CASES, THEY MAY NOT - BE EMPTY THREATS. - AND THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION - TO WHAT'S CALLED EITHER THE - CONTAGION EFFECT OR COPYCAT - EFFECT. - A LOT OF KIDS SEEM TO TAKE - PREVIOUS SHOOTERS AS ROLE - MODELS, MAYBE FOLLOW IN THE - FOOTSTEPS OF SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S - COMMITTED AN ATTACK. - SO WE CAN'T ASSUME IN THE WAKE - OF AN ATTACK THAT ALL SUBSEQUENT - THREATS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF - WEEKS ARE EMPTY THREATS. - THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO - TAKE EACH THREAT SERIOUSLY AND - INVESTIGATE IT TO MAKE SURE WE - DON'T MISS ANYTHING.

- >> SO AS YOU KNOW, STUDENTS HAVE - BEEN FEELING VERY ANXIOUS THESE - PAST COUPLE WEEKS, WHICH IS - OBVIOUSLY NORMAL. - BUT HOW DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD - TAKE CARE OF OURENTAL HEALTH - DURING THIS TIME AND HOPEFULLY - FEEL SAFE AGAIN? - >> YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THE - WORLD CAN BE A DANGEROUS PLACE. - THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE CAN'T - TELL CHILDREN NOTHING'S GOING TO - HAPPEN, BUT BEST WE CAN DO IS - REASSURE THEM THAT SCHOOL - SHOOTINGS, DESPITE WHAT WE SEE - IN THE MEDIA, THEY REMAIN VERY - RARE EVENTS THAT MOST SCHOOLS - ARE SAFE. - BUT THEY CAN ALSO FEEL SAFE BY - KNOWING WHAT THE SYSTEM IS IN - TERMS OF HOW TO REPORT SOMEONE. - PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE - IS SOME SORT OF ANONYMOUS TIP - LINE, WHETHER THAT'S A PHONE - NUMBER OR A NUMBER OF STUDENTS - CAN TEXT A BUTTON ON THE - SCHOOL'S WEBSITE SOME WAY TO - MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR - STUDENTS TO COME FORWARD - ANONYMOUSLY AND SHARE WHAT THEY - KNOW. - THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THE - INFORMATION THE THREAT

- ASSESSMENT TEAM NEEDS TO AT - LEAST START AN INVESTIGATION. - >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. - LANGMAN, FOR SPEAKING WITH ME - TODAY AND GIVING ME AND SOME OF - MY FELLOW TEENS OUT THERE SOME - INSIGHT ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON - AND SHOWING THINGS FROM ANOTHER - PERSPECTIVE. - >> THANK YOU. - IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE. - >> Nawaz: AS THE YEAR COMES TO A - CLOSE, WE KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE - ASKED THE PANDEMIC-QUESTION OF - "WHAT SHOULD WE WATCH NOW"? - JEFFREY BROWN SPOKE WITH A FILM - CRITIC AND TV CRITIC WHO SHARED - THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE - HOLIDAYS AND BEYOND. - IT'S PART OF OUR ARTS AND - CULTURE SERI, CANVAS. - >> Brown: OKAY, THIS YEAR - BROUGHT A DELUGE OF NEW VIEWING - CHOICES, I'M JOINED HERE IN THE - STUDIO BY ANN HORNADAY, FILM - CRITIC FOR THE "WASHINGTON POST" - AND AUTHOR OF "TALKING PICTURES: - HOW TO WATCH THE MOVIES," AND

- FROM LOS ANGELES, LORRAINE ALI, - TELEVISION CRITIC FOR THE "LOS - ANGELES TIMES." - NICE TO SEE YOU BOTH AGAIN, - LORRAINE. - WHY DON'T YOU START US OFF WITH - A COUPLE OF YOUR FAVORITES FROM - THE WORLD OF TELEVISION? - >> OKAY, WELL, ONE OF MY - FAVORITES IS "ONLY MURDERS IN - THE BUILDING" FROM HULU, AND IT - IS A COMEDY, BUT ALSO A MURDER - MYSTERY STARRING STEVE MARTIN, - MRTIN SHORT AND SELENA GOMEZ, - WHICH IS AN ODD TRIO. - BUT TOGETHER THEY PLAY KIND OF - THESE AMATEUR SLEUTHS THAT ALL - LIVE IN THE SAME APARTMENT - BUILDING IN NEW YORK. - THEY BECOME PODCASTERS OF A - CRIME PODCAST, BUT THEY ALSO - BECOME PART OF THE CRIME, AND - IT'S JUST HYSTERICAL. - IT'S A GREAT COMBINATION. - I ALSO REALLY LOVE "IMPEACHMENT: - AMERICAN CRIME STORY," WHICH IS - A DRAMATIZATION OF BASICALLY THE - MONICA LEWINSKY, BILL CLINTON. - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT? - FIASCO SCANDAL? - AND IT'S FANTASTIC. - OF TAKES A SALACIOUS ASPECTS OF - THAT ERA, BUT IT ADDS, IT'S

- REALLY KIND OF THIS DEPTH IN - THERE AND GIVES YOU THE - BACKGROUND ON ALL THESE - >> Brown: ALL RIGHT, AND GIVE US - A COUPLE OF MOVIES. - >> SURE, I MEAN, I'LL START WITH - ONE THAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS - YEAR. - THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST - ECSTATIC THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES - I HAD, WHICH ARE STILL RARE. - BUT THE DOCUMENTARY "SUMMER OF - SOUL" OR WHEN THE REVOLUTION - COULD NOT BE TELEVISED, IT IS - THE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT OF - QUESTLOVE. - >> Brown: I KNOW THAT ONE WELL, - WE GOT TO TALK TO HIM. - >> OH, LUCKY, LUCKY. - SO YOU KNOW WHAT A WHAT AN - ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE THIS WAS, - AND IT'S A GREAT FILM BECAUSE - IT'S NOT ONLY PRESERVING A - WONDERFUL MOMENT, WHICH IS THIS - THE HARLEM CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN - 1969 THAT INVOLVES SO MANY JUST - ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC - PERFORMANCES. - BUT THEN QUESTLOVE LAYERS IN - COMMENTARY, PRESENT DAY - COMMENTARY AND REMINISCENCES OF - PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE TO CREATE - A REALLY WONDERFULLY LAYERED - WORK OF ART THAT ISN'T JUST A - >> Brown: HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ONE? - >> I LOVE "PARALLEL MOTHERS." - "PARALLEL MOTHERS" BY THE GREAT - PEDRO ALMODOVAR. - HE IS SO GOOD AND HE IS SO

- CONSISTENTLY GOOD THAT I THINK - WE'RE ALMOST IN NGER OF TAKING - IT FOR GRANTED. - AND I JUST THIS IS ANOTHER - FANTASTIC CIRCE AND MELODRAMA - STARRING PENELOPE CRUZ, - ALMODOVAR'S MUSE AS ONE OF TWO - MOTHERS WHO GIVE BIRTH ON THE - SAME DAY AND THEN DRAMA ENSUES - AND HE SORT OF MANAGES TO GET - THESE LURID, GORGEOUS PRODUCTION - VALUES THAT WE HAVE COME TO - EXPECT FROM HIM AND AGAIN WEAVE - THEM TOGETHER WITH MUCH DEEPER - THEMES ABOUT MEMORY, PERSONAL - HISTORY, POLITICAL HISTORY THAT - FEEL VERY MUCH OF A PIECE WITH - OUR MOMENT RIGHT NOW WHEN PEOPLE - HAVE HAD TIME TO KIND OF REFLECT - ON THEIR OWN PASTS. - >> Brown: SO WHEN I ASKED YOU - BOTH BEFOREHAND TO THINK ABOUT - THEMES FOR THE YEAR, LORRAINE, - YOU SAID THERE WERE ONE THEME - THAT JUMPED OUT AT YOU WAS - SERIES THAT YOU SAW WITH STRONG - WOMEN. - WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING OF? - >> INCREDIBLY FIERCE WOMAN, YES, - WOMEN ARE LIKE FIERCE WOMEN, - YES. - AND THE FIRST SERIES THAT COMES - TO MIND IS HACKS FROM HBO. - MIND IS "HACKS" FROM HBO MAX, - AND IT IS A HALF HOUR COMEDY - AGAIN AND STARRING JEAN SMART AS - AN AGING COMEDIAN IN VEGAS WHO'S

- KIND OF DOING THE VEGAS CIRCUIT - POPULAR, BUT SHE'S NOT AS FUNNY - AS SHE USED TO BE. - SHE'S PAIRED UP WITH A GEN Z - COMEDY WRITER WHO'S BEEN - CANCELED BECAUSE SHE'S SO RAW - AND SO ROUGH IN HER COMEDY, AND - THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER TRY AND - REVIVE HER CAREER, BASICALLY. - BUT IT'S KIND OF A GENERATIONAL - LOOK AT HOW WOMEN HAVE BEEN - TREATED IN THE COMEDY WORLD, IN - THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. - IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC, AND IT'S - GOT A KIND OF A DEPTH IN IT AND - SOME MESSAGES ABOUT FEMINISM - THEN AND NOW. - I THINK MY SECOND PICK WOULD BE - "YELLOWJACKETS," AND THIS HAS - COME LATER IN THE YEAR AND THIS - IS RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF THE - YEAR. - AND THAT'S ON SHOWTIME. - AND I LIKE TO CALL IT "THE LORD - OF THE FLIES" WITH TEENAGE - GIRLS. - THEY ARE A '90S ERA SOCCER TEAM - THAT CRASHES IN THE WILDERNESS - AND THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE, AND IT - IS BASICALLY HOW THESE GIRLS - PERSONALITIES COME OUT AND WHAT - THEY HAVE TO DO TO SURVIVE.

- WE'RE SEEING THAT THEN AND THEN - FLASH FORWARD TO NOW WHEN WE'RE - KIND OF THIS GENERATIONAL LOOK - AT HOW INCREDIBLY STRONG THESE - WOMEN WERE AND THE PRICE THEY'VE - PAID FOR BEING THAT STRONG. AND - I JUST LOVE IT. - >> Brown: AND FOR AN HORNADAY - ONE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT YOU - AND WAS MOVIE MUSICALS. - >> THIS YEAR, THEY'RE BACK IN - MUSICALS. - IF YOU HAD ASKED ME TWO YEARS - AGO WHAT WOULD BE HOT IN 2021, I - BUT TWO OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF - THE YEAR WOUND UP BEING - MUSICALS. - AND THAT'S "WEST SIDE STORY," - STEVEN SPIELBERG'S NEW - ADAPTATION OF THE CLASSIC '57 - BROADWAY PLAY/'61 MOVIE. - IT IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT, - JUST BURSTING WITH COLOR AND - MOVEMENT AND PRESENT DAY - RESONANCE THAT FEELS UTTERLY - ORGANIC AND NOT FORCED. - TERRIFIC PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE - BOARD. - AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT'S - COMING OUR WAY IS "CYRANO," - WHICH IS JOE WRIGHT'S ADAPTATION - CLASSIC NOVEL, THE STAGE PLAY, - ALSO A MUSICAL FEATURING MUSIC

- AND THIS FEATURES PETER DINKLAGE - IN THE TITLE ROLE, AND HE JUST - HAS SO MUCH SOUL, AND THE - PRODUCTION IS JUST FULL OF SO - MUCH PASSION AND VISION AND - POIGNANCY THAT IT JUST YOU HAVE - THIS ONE KIND OF CLASSIC - AMERICAN MUSICAL AND THEN ONE - THAT'S KIND OF TAKING IT IN A - DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WHICH I - THOUGHT BODES QUITE WELL FOR THE - FORM. - >> Brown: I CAN'T RESIST ASKING - YOU BOTH. - I ALWAYS LOVE TO JUST ASK IF - THERE'S SOME HIDDEN GEM THAT YOU - KNOW YOU LOVE THIS PAST YEAR - THAT DIDN'T GET ENOUGH - ATTENTION. - LORRAINE ALI, LET ME START WITH - YOU. - WHAT WOULD THAT BE? - >> MY FAVORITE HIDDEN GEM IS - "LADY PARTS," WHICH WAS ON - PEACOCK, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF - A HIDDEN GEM OF A STREAMER AS - WELL. - IT IS A LITED SERIES OUT OF - BRITAIN, AND IT IS ABOUT AALL - FEMALE MUSLIM PUNK ROCK BAND, - AND IT BASICALLY PLAYS WITH - TROPES ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL AND - PUNK ROCK. - AND IT ALSO BUSTS OF STEREOTYPES - ABOUT MUSLIMS AT THE SAME TIME, - AND THEY HAVE AN ALBUM OUT AS - WELL.

- AND THE LYRICS TO THIS ALBUM ARE - JUST THEY ARE SATIRICAL AND THEY - ARE FUNNY, AND THEY KIND OF BUST - OPEN THESE TABOOS ABOUT WOMEN, - MUSLIM WOMEN, ABOUT WOMEN WHO - COVER, AND THE IMAGERY IS - FANTASTIC. - AND ON A DAY HIDDEN GEM. - >> WELL, ONE I'D LOVE TO LIFT UP - AS A MOVIE CALLED "CODA," WHICH - WAS THE BIG HIT OUT OF SUNDANCE. - IT IS DIRECTED BY SEAN HEDER - AND IT'S ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN - SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS - FACING HER FUTURE AND WANTS TO - KIND OF BUST OUT OF HER SMALL - TOWN AND HER FAMILY IN THIS - CASE. - SHE'S THE ONLY HEARING MEMBER OF - A DEAF FAMILY, AND HER PARENTS - IT'S JUST IT'S KIND OF A - THROWBACK TO THAT WHOLESOME - COMING OF AGE MOVIE THAT A LOT - OF US PROBABLY GREW UP WITH AND - WORRY THAT HOLLYWOOD DOESN'T - MAKE SO MUCH ANYMORE. - AND TO ME, THAT'S JUST PROVES - THAT AGAIN, THAT GENRE IS STRONG - AND CAN BE STRONG IF IT GETS THE - SUPPORT IT DESERVES. - >> Brown: ALL RIGHT, SOME OF THE - BEST TV AND FILMS FROM 2021 - LORRAINE ALI AND HORNADAY. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU.

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