PBS NewsHour; January 7, 2021, 3:00pm-4:00pm PST

- Captioning sponsWSed by - NEUR PRODUCTIONS, LLC - >> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING, I'M - JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THEEWSHOUR TONIGHT, CHAOS - AT THE CAPITOL-- THE NATION - BEGINS THE PROCESS ORECOVERY - AFTER A VIOLENT MOB OF - INSURRECTIONISTS, INSPIRED BY - THE PRESIDENT, STORM THE - BUILDING IN A FAILED ATTEMPT TO - HALT THE APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT- - ELECT BIDEN'S VICTORY. - THEN, REMOVING THE PRESIDENT-- - CALLS TO EXPEL MR. TRUMP FROM - OFFICE THROUGH THE 25th - AMENDMENT OR IMPEACHMENT GROW - SPECTRUM.ROSS THE POLITICAL - THEN, LAW AND DISORDER-- THE - EASE WITH WHICH THE PRESIDENT'S - FOLLOWERS BREACHED POLICE - PROTECTIONS OF THE CAPITOL - PROMPTS WIDESPREAD DEMAND FOR - ANSWERS. - PLUS, RACE MATTERS-- WE EXAMINE - THE CONTRAST BETWEEN LAW - ENFORCEMENT'S HANDLING OF THE

- VIOLENT MOB IN COMPARISON TO THE - HEAVY-HANDED TACTICS SO OFTEN - ANOTESTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. - THE WORLD REACTS-- THE - ASSAULT ON THE CAPITOL BY TRUMPP - TING EXTREMISTS ELICITS - WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM - ACROSS THE GLOBE. - ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S - PBS NEWSHOUR - >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY: - >> THE KENDEDA FUND. - COMMITTED TO ADVANCING

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- STILL VERY MUCH IN THE A - TONIGHT. - CONGRESS HAS CONFIRMED JOE - BIDEN'S ELECTION AS ESIDENT, - BUT QUESTIONS LINGER ABOUT THE - ASSAULT ON THE U.S. CAPITOL, AND - ABOUT WHAT PRICE PRESIDENT TRU - MIGHT PAY. - JOHN YANG BEGINS OUR COVERAGE. - >> Yang: OUTSIDE THE U.S. - CAPITOL TODAY, POLICE AND - NATIONAL GUARD PATROLLED THE - GROUNDS, WHILE INSIDE, WORKERS - CLEANED UP THE DEBRIS LEFT - BEHIND BY THE VIOLENT PRO-TRUMP - MOB THAT HAD SEIZED THOL - OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. - TODAY, WASHINGTON, D.C,. MAYOR - MURIEL BOWSER ACCUSED PRESIDENT - TRUMP OF INCITING THE ATTACK. - >> WE MUST NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE - DAMAGE HE N DO TO OUR NATION - AND OUR DEMOCRACY OVER THE NEXT - TWO WEEKS. - BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WHO MUST - SO TOO MUST THE DOMESTIC - TERRORISTS WHO STORMED THE - CAPITOL AND THREATENED MEMBERS - OF CONGRESS. - WH - TEXTBOOK TERRORISM. IS - >> Yang: IN WILMINGTON,LA - RE, PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE

- BIDEN DENOUNCED THE MOB - VIOLENCE. - >> WHAT WEITNESSED YESTERDAY - WAS NOT DISSENT. - IT WAS NOT DISORDER.ST - IT WAS NOT PRO - IT WAS CHAOS. - THEY WEREN'T PROTESTERS. - ERN'T DARE CALL THEM PROTE - THEY WE A RIOTIST MOB, - INSURRECTIONISTS, DOMESTIC - TERRORISTS. - IT'S THAT BASIC. - IT'S THAT SIMPLE. - SEE IT COMING, BUT THAT ISN'T'T - TRUE.>> - T THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESS - >> THOSE WHO VUNTLY BESIEGED OUR - ITE OFL ARE THE OPP - EVERYTHING THIS ADMINISTRATION - STANDS FOR. - THE CORE VALUE OF OUR - ADMINISTRATION IS THE IDA THAT - ALL CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO - LIVE IN SAFETY, PEACE, AND - FREEDOM. - THOSE WHO ARE WORKING IN THIS - BUILDI ARE WORKING TO ENSURE - AN ORDERLY TRANSITION OF POWER. - >> SHE ICNORD QUESTIONS ABOUT

- WHY THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T DELIVER - THE STATEMENT. - THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON THE - SHOCKWAVES - >> Yang: THROU - THE SHOCKWAVES REVERBERATED: - ELAINE CHAO QUIT AS - TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY. - THE WIFE OF SENATE REPUBLICAN - LEADER MITCH McCONNELL SAID WHAT - THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS DID" - DEEPLY TROUBLED ME IN A WAY - THAT I SIMPLY CANNOT SET ASIDE"E - EA MICK MULVANEY, THE - PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL IVOY TO - NORTHELAND AND FORMER - ACTING WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF - STAFF, RESIGNED. - >> I CAN'T STAY HERE.ER - NOT AFTER YEY. - YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THAT YESTERDAY - AND THINK THAT I WANT TO BE A - PART OF THAT IN ANY WAY SHAPOR - >> Yang: THERE WERE OTHER LOWER- - LEVEL RESIGNATIONS, INCLUDING - MATT POTTINGER, THE NATIONAL - SECURITY COUNCIL'S ASIA - SPIALIST. - AND STEPHANIE GRISHAM, THE FIRST - LADY'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND FORMER - WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY AND - COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. - HOURS AFTER ACTING DEPARTMENT OF - HOMELAND SECURITY SECRARY CHAD - WOLF SAID HE "IMPLORED THE - PRESIDENT TO STRONGLY COEMN - THE VIOLENCE THAT TOOK PLACEI" - THE PREST WITHDREW HIS - NOMINATION. - ANWILLIAM BARR, ONE OF

- PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STAUNCHEST - DEFENDERS WHEN HE WAS ATTORNEY - GENERAL, SLAMMED HIS FORMER - BOSS, SAYING: "ORCHESTRATING ARE - MOB TO PURE CONGRESS IS - INEXCUSABLE." - FROM PLACES RANGING FROM THE - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF - MANUFACTURERS TO SENATE - DEMOCRATIC LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER: - CALLS TO THE CABINET AND VICE - PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TO INVOKE - THE 25th AMENDMENT TO THETI - CONSTI TO REMOVE PRESIDENT - TRUMP FROM OFFICE. - >> IF THERE WERE NO PRESIDENT - TRUMP, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE - HAPPENED PLAIN AND SIMPLE. - THE FISH STINKS FROM THE HEAD - AND SO I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT - IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT HOLD - OFFICE ONE DAY LONGER. - >> Yang: HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY - PELOSI SAID IF ADMINISN - OFFICIALS DIDN'T ACT, LAWMAKERS - MAY.CE - >> IF THE RESIDENT AND - CABINET DO NOT ACT, THE CONGRESS - MAY BE PREPARED MOVE FORWARD - WITH IMPEACHMENT. - >> Yang: OFFICIALS SAID THE - FOUR-HOUR SIEGE OF THE CAPITOL

- RESULTED IFOUR DEATHS-- - INCLUDING A WOMAN SHOT BY - CAPITOL POLICE AS A MOB - ERAPPROACHED THE HOUSE CHA - THE OFFICER WHO SHOT HER HAS - BEEN PLACED ADMINISTRATIVE - LEAVE. - RIOTERS STORMED THUGH THE - HALLS OF CONGRESS, SOME LOOTING - OFFICES, CARRYING AWAY A LECTERN - AND A LETTER FOR SPEAKER - PELOSI'S OFFICE. - WHEN ORDER WAS RESTORED, - LAWMAKERS RETURNED TO THE DUTY - AT HAN COUNTING THE ELECTORAL - VOTES TO FINALIZE PRESIDENT- - ELECT BIDEN'S VICTORY. - >> LET'S GET BACK TO WORK. - >> Yang: WHILE SOME SENATORS - SAID THE EVENTS OF THE DAY - CHANGED THEIR MINDS ABOU - CHALLENGING THE OUTCOME, OTHERS, - INCLUDING MISSOURI RCAN - JOSH HAWLEY, PRESSED AHEAD. - >> THIS BODY WILL T TO ADDRESS - THE CONCERNS OF ALL AMERICANS - ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - WE DO NEED AN INVESTIGATION INTO - IRREGULARITIES, FRAUD. Y - g: BUT EVEN ONE OF THE - PRESIDENT'S STRONGEST - CONGRESSIONAL ALLIES, SENATOR - LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH - CAROLINA, DISAGREED.

- >> I AMONG ANY, ABOVE ALL OTHERS - JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS, ARE - LAWFULLY ELECTED AND WILL BECOME - THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - ON JANUARY THE 20. - >> Yang: IN THE HOUSE. - >> THERE WILL BE ORDER IN THE - HOUSE! - >> Yang: TEMPERS FLARED WHEN - LAMOCRATIC PENNSYLVANIA - CONGRESSMAN CONO BLAMED - CALLED REPUBLICACK ON WHAT HE - JUST BEFORE 4:00 THIS MORNING, - THE JOINT SESSION OF COFGRESS - MADE ICI: - >> THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE STATE - OF THE VE BY THE PRESIDENT OF - THE SENATE SHALL BE DEEMED A - SUFFICIENT DLARATION OF THE - PERSONS ELECTED PRESIDENT AND - VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES.OO - >> YN AFTER, PRESIDENT - TRUMP ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT - REPEATED HIS BASELESMS OF - A STOLEN ELECTION BUT FINALLY - VOWED: "THERE WILL BE AN ORDERLY - TRANSITION ON JANUARY 20th." - THE PRESIDENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA - DIRECTOR HAD TO SEND IT OUT - BECAUSE TWITTER TEMPORARILY - LOCKED HIS ACCOUNT FOR INCITING - DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE

- ELECTION. - TODAY, FACEBOOK SAID IT WAS - BARRING MR. TRUMP FROM POSTING - ON ITS PLATFORM AT LEAST UNTIL - HE LEAVES OFFICE, WHICH COULD - LEAVE THIS SOCIAL MEDIA - PRESIDENT WITHOUT A KEY MEANS OF - AIRING HIS GRIEVANCES IN HIS - FINAL DAYS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. - FOR E PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M JOHN - >> Woodruff: SO WHAT NOW FOR - THIS PRESIDENT, AND THE FINAL - YAMICHE ALCINDOR HAS BEENON? - TRACKING THE FALLOUT AT THEWH - E HOUSE, AND LISA DESJARDINS - IS TRACKING THE FALLOUT ON - CAPITOL HILL, FROM YESTERDAY'S - SHOCKING E - WE THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING - HERE, AND, AGAIN, FOR - EXTRAORDINARY REPORTING - YESTERDAY. - SO, YAMICHE-- OR LISA, TO YOU - FIRST.AR - WE IN JOHN'S REPORT, THE - LEADERS, DEMOCRATIC LEADERS OF - BOTH THE HOUSE AN THE SENATE - IMPEACHED.R THE PRESIDENT TO BE - HOW SERIOUS IS THIS TALK ON THE - HILL? - >> Reporter: I THINK THAT IT'S - TO BE DETMINED, JUDY. - AMONG THE FACTORS, THERE ARE

- QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT VICET, - PRESIDORMER VICE PRESIDENT - AND INCOMING PRESIDENT BIDENTO - WANTO. - BUT THE TIMELINE IS REALLY THE - BIG ISSUE. - FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND THECE - SENATE TRIAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP - LAST YEAR, THAT TOOK 49 DAYS. - BUT LET'S GO THROUGH EXACTLY - WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF AN - IMPEACHMENT WERE TO HAPPEN AT - ITS FASTEST POSSIBLE PACE. - NOW, IMPEACHMENT CAN-- ARTICLES - CAN COME IMMEDIATELY TO THE - HOUSE FOR. - THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH - THE COMMITTEE PROCESS, THOUGH - THAT IS WHAT USUALLY HAPPETH. - E IS THE OPTION TO BRING IT - IMMEDIATELY TO THE FLOOR. - NOW, THEN IT WOULD GO TO THAT - SENATE TRIAL. - AS I SAID, IT TOOK DAYS FROM - THE HOUSE TO THE FINISH OF THE - SENATE LAST TIMBUE. - SENATE TRIALS CAN TAKE JUST - DAYS, IF THE SENATE REALLY WANTS - TO, OR WEEKS.TH - THERE IS AN QUESTION HERE. - SOME AT THE CAPITOL ARE ASKING - CAN THE PRESIDENT BE IMPEACHED - AFTER HE LEAVES OFFICE? - ONE OF THE NALTIES OF - IMPEACHMENT IS THAT IT PROHIBITS - A PRESIDENT FROM EVER RUNNINGCE - FOR OF AGAIN.

- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SOME - REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE WOULD - LIKE TO SEE, AND IT'S SOMETHING - OF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT - IMPEACHMENT AFTECE WOULD - DO THAT. - HOWEVER, IT'S NEVER BEEN TESTED. - IT'S NOT CLEAR IF CONGRESS HAS - THAT POWER OR NOT. - AND THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE, JUDY. - THE SENATE MOVING TO DEMOCRATIC - CONTROL, WHEN WILL THAEN? - ELECTED DEMOCRATIC SENATORS WILL - BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE OF - GEORGIA. - THAT COULD HAPPEN, I'M TOLD, ANY - TIME FROM TOMORROW UNTIL JANUARY - . - BUT ONCE THEY ARE CERTIFIED, THE - SENATE WILL BE 50-50. - THE TIE-BREAKING VOTE WILL BE - VICE PRESIDENT PENCE UNTIL - JANUARY 20. - SO THE SENATE REMAINS REPUBLICAN - MAJORITY UNTIL JOE BIDEN BECOMES - PRESIDENT. - SO ANY SENA TTE TRIAL ANDHE TIME - OF IT WOULD BE GOVERNED AND - DETERMINED BY MITCH McCONNELL. - >> Woof: TRICKY, JUST IN-- - >> Reporter:I I GUESS I SHOULD - SUM UP, THERE ARE SO MANY - QUESTIONS, WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

- >> Woodruff: WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE - FOLLOWING IT EVERY DAY BETWEEN - W AND WHEN IT BECOMES CLEAR. - NOW TO YOU, YAMICHE, WE ALSO - HEARD THESE CALLS IN JOHN'S - MOSTLY DEMOCRATS FOR THEING FROM - 25th AMENDMENT TO THE - CONSTITUTION TO BE INVOKED. - WHAT IS THE REAL LIKELIHOOD OF - THAT HAPPENING? - AND, FRANKLY, HOW MUCHESUPPORT - DOES PRESIDENT HAVE INSIDE - HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION? - >> Reporter: IN THE AFTERMATH - OF THE VIOLENT MOB SCENES THAT - WE SAW ON CAPITOL HILL AND THE - PRESIDENTING AING HIS SUPPORTS - ON, TENSIONS AT THE WHITE HOUSE - ARE AS HIGH AS THEY HAVE EV - BEEN WITH PEOPLE INSIDE THE - WHITE HOUSE, ALLIES OF PRESIDENT - TRUMP, PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE - PRESIDENT, OPENLY TALKING ABOUT - THE 25thANMENDMENT OF - COURSE OTHERS STREAMING OUT OF - THE WHITE HOUSE, RESIGNING BY - THE DOZENS, OR TALKING ABOUT - RESIGNING BY THE DOZENS. - NOW WE NOW SEEN EIGHT - RESIGNATIONS AT LEAS AND EACH - OF THESE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE - SAYING WHAT THEY SAW YESTERDAYVA

- IS MONG THEM TO LEAVE THE - ADMINISTRATION, AND THE - PRESIDENT'S ACTION TROUBLED THEM - ENOUGH TO PUBLICLY BREAK WITH - THE PREE DENT. - THERE RITICS WHO SAY SOME - OF THESE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING TOO - LASTL - PEOPLE ARE KING ABOUT ELAINE - CHAO OTHER ANDS WHO LEFT THE - ADMINISTRATION AFTER, OF COURS - YEARS OF PEOPLE CRITICIZING THE - PRESIDENT. - THAT BEING SAID, WHAT WE SEE - HERE IS A WHITE HOUSE THAIS - ALSO ON DEFENSE. - WE SAW THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS - SHE SAID THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF - THIS WHITE HOUSE. - BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARETA - ING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE - PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, WAS AT A - RALLY TELLING PEOPLE TO GO TO - THE CAPITOL. - N' SHE DIDTAKE ANY - RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE - PRESIDENT'S OWN WORD. - SHE DIDN'T TA - RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE - PRESIDENT'S OWN ACTIONS. - I WILL SAY, I HAVE BEEN TALKING - TO PPLE WHO SAY THE VICE - PRESIDENT IS A BIT RELUCTANT, - HEEY THINK, TO TRY TO COME UP - WITH 25th AMENDMENT, - WHICH WOULD TAKE PENCE AND A - MAJORITYF CABINET COMING - TOGETHER TO DECIDE THAT THE - PRESIDENT IS UNFIT. - THEY WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO SEND - A LETTER TONGRESS. - PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD PUSH BACK - ON THAT WITH HIS OWN LETTER. - IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT CONVOLUD. - THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY THE

- TIMING OF THIS WITH PRESIDENT - TRUMP ONLY IN OFFICE FOR ATHER - TWO EKS IS PROBLEMATIC. - THE BIG SENSE IS THE PRESIDENT - IS ANGRY AND ISOLATED AND FACING - PEOPLE WITHIN HIS OWN GOVERNMENT - WHO DO NOT THINK HE IS FIT FOR - OFFICE AT THIS POINT. - >> Woodruff: AND JUST QUICKLY, - YAMICH SEPARATELY FROM THA - YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS, VERY - CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT, - WHETHER THEY'RE CALL FOR HIM TOM - BEED OR NOT, BUT THEY'RE - CRITICIZING HIM. - WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT WHAT - THEY'RE SAYING AB'ST HOW H - NAVIGATING ALL THIS AND HIS ROLE - IN WHATE HANED? - >> Reporter: THE BIGGEST - QUESTION I HEARD FROM - REPUBLICANS TALKING TO THEM ALL - DAY TODAY WAS WHAT IS THE PATH - FORWARD? - YOU HAVE PEOPLWHO ARE - STAUNCHLY IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - CORNER WITH SARAH PALIN, THE - FORMER VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE. - YOU HAVE OTHERS, LIKE JOHN - D LLY, THE FORMER CHIEF OF - STAFF, WHO SAIESIDENT TRUMP - IS FLAWED AND SAID THE CABINET - .HOULD BE MEETING TO REMOVE HIM - SO THERE ARE BIG QUESTIONS FOR - THE G.O.P. - AND YOU HAVE JOE BIDEN COMING - INTO OFFICE SAYING THAT THE - PRESIDENT, THIS IS ALL A - CULMINATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S - HATIONS.

- SO YOU DEMOCRATS LOOKING AT - THE G.O.P. AND SAYING THAT IS A - PARTY THAT'S I RUINS. - THAT'S A PARTY THAT SHOULD BE - BROKEN UP SO THERE'S A LOT OF - NERVOUSNESS THERE. - >> Woodruff: LISA, BACK TO - YOU. - A LOT OF DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT - THE SECURITY OR LACK ORIF SE - AT THE CAPITOL YESTERDAY. - WHAT IS YOUR REPORTING TELLING - YOU ABOUT WHAT OPLE A SAYING - ABOUT THAT, WHAT MIEBT - REPERCUSSIONS FROM THAT? - >> Reporter: WE EXPECT - LEADERSHIP CHANGES NOW. - HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI HAS - CALLED FOR THE RESIGNATION OF - THIS PERSON, CAPITOL POLICE - CHIEF STEVEN SUND. - CAPITOL POLICE HAVE SE AN - INCREASED TURNOVER IN CAPITOL - POLICE. - HE WOULD BE THE FORTH CAPITOL - POLICE CHIEF IN, I BELIEVE, - EIGHT YEA SRS, TOERVE. - NOW, ALSO, BEING ASKED TO RESIGN - BY SPEAKER PELOSI, HOUSE - SERGEANT AT ARMS, RVPAULING, - ALSO IN CHARGE OF SECURITY OF - THAT CHAMBER, AND BEING ASKED TO - RESIGN OR THREATENED BEING FIRED - SERGEANT ARMS, MIKE STENGER.NATE - THESE ARE THE KEY SECURITY

- OFFICIS ALONG WITH THE ARC - TESK CAPITOL. - OBVIOUSLY A THE LOOF QUESTIOLI. - CAPITOL DAY TO DAY MOSTLY - DEAL WITH TOURISTS AND I HAVE - HAD MANY SOURCES Y THEY - PREPARE FOR THREATS LIKE ARMED - THIS WAS A GROUP, PROTEST - GROUPS, MANY SOURCES SAID TO MDA - THE FACT THAT THIS GROUP - WAS GIVEN A PERMANENT TO PROTEST - WITHIN A FOOTBALL FIELD-LENGTH - OF THE U.S. CAPITOL, AND THE - POLICE ASSUMED IT WOULD BE - PEOPLE ON THE GRO DEALAVE ENOUGH - WITH THEM. - >> Woodruff: IT'S A STORY THAT - THERE IS SO MUCH CONVERSATION - ABOUT WHAT WENT WRO, . - LICAN TELL YOU, JUST IN - THE MINUTE YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING - I'M HEARING THAT RELIABLY,E - NOW HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE - CAPITOL POLICE CHIEF HAS - RESIGNED EFFECTIVE NOW. - FAST-MOVING STORIES.E ARE - LISA DESJARDINS, YAMICHE - ALCINDOR, THANK YOU BOTH. - >> Woodruff: REPRESENTATIVE, - MADELEINE DEMOCRAT FROM

- PENNSYLVANIA, IS ONE OF A - GROWING NUMBER OF LAWMAKERS - CALLING FOR PRESIDT TRUMP'S - CABINET TO INVOKE THE 25th - AMENDMENT TO REMOVE HIM FROM - OFFICE, OR FOR CONGRESS TO - IMPEACH HIM AGAIN, AND THIS TIME - CONVICT HIM. - SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY - COMMITTEE AND SHE JOINS US NOW - FROM WASHINGTON. - CONGRESSWOMAN DEAN, THANK YOU SO - MUCH FOR JOINING US. - AND BEFORE I ASK YOU ABOUT THATK - I DO WANT TOHOW YOU ARE. - WE SAW YOUR OWN TWEETS AND THOSE - OF YOUR SONLEESTERDAY WYOU - WERE IN HIDING. - IT WAS SUCH-- IT SEEMED LI - EXPERIENCE.LY HARROWING - >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING. - AND I AM FINE. - I AM WELL. - I AM SAFE. - AND I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY THAT MY - FAMILY WAS SO WORRIED. - I'M SORRY THAT STAFF WAS PUT AT - PERIL AND RSK. - I'M SAD FOR OUR COUNTRY THAT - YESTERDAY'S DISGRACEFUL ACTIONS - TOOK PLACE. - BUT I AM FINE, AN IF ANYTHING, - JUDY, I AM MORE DETERMINED THAN - EVERO MAKE DIFFERENCES TO THE - GOOD. - >> Wdruff: AND WHY IS THAT?AB

- WHAT WAS IUT YESTERDAY THAT - GIVES YOU THAT DETERMINATION? - >> YOU KNOW, WE SAW-- IN THE - MORNING, WE SAW THE PRESIDENT AT - A RALLY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WHAT - I THINK OF AS LIGHTING A FUSE, A - FUSE THAT WAS BUILT ALONG LIESAT - AND DISINFON THAT HE - SPEWED FOR THE LAST FOUR-PLUS - YEARS AND THAT OTHERS, BOTH IN - THE LEGISLATURE, THE HOUSE, AND - THE SENATE, CONTRIBUTED TO, AND - IN HIS ADMINISTRATION. - IT MADE ME SO SAD TO SIT-- I WAS - IN THE GALLERY AT THE TIME OF - ELL THE INSURRECTION AND TH - ATTEMPTED COUP. - OURMADE ME SO SAD FOR - COUNTRY. - BUT I WILL TELL YOU, OVER THE - COURSE OF THE HOURS OF THE DAY, - I AND EVRYBODY ELSE WAS - DETERMINED TO GET BACK INTO THAT - CHAMBER THAT HAD BEEN SO - VIOLENTLY PIERCED. - I CALL IT A CATHEDRAL OF OUR - DEMOCRACY. - I WAS SO DETERMINED TO GET BACK - THERE AND FINISH OUR CIVIC DUTY - AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CERTIFIED - THE ELECTION OF JOE BIDEN, WHICH

- WE DID. - >> Woodruff: AND NOW WE E, - CONGRESSWOMAN DEAN, YOU AND-- AS - OF NOW, I SEE A 50-SOME OTHER - DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE CALLING - ON THE PRESIDENT BE REMOVED - BY THE 25th AMENDMENT OR BY - IMPEACHMENT. - BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE - th AMENDMENT, WHAT'S-- - WHAT'S-- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT - YOU THINK IS REALISTIC? - I MEANWHY FOCUS ON THAT AT - THIS POINT? - >> WELL,HIF I TK OF THE - 25th AMENDMENT AND THE - INVOKING OF IT, I CAN THINK OF - NO WORSE SCENARIO THAT WOULD - CALL UPON US, DEMAND US, COMMAND - US TO INVOKE THE25th - AMENDMENT. - HE IS UNABLE, UNFIT TO DISCHARGE - HIS DUTIES AS PRESIDENT AS - HORRIFICALLY EVIDENCED - YESTERDAY. - WHAT MORE DO WE NEED? - HE PUT THIS DEMOCRACY-- HE HAS - OVER TIME PUT THIS DEMOCRACY AT - PERIL. - LAST NIGHT ON THE FLOOR I - DEFENDING THE PENNSYLVANIA SLATE - OFEX LERKTORS, ALL THEY HAD A

- CHANCE TO MAKE ELOQUENT - ARGUMENTS. - I CHOSE TO QUOTE JOHNEWIS. - HE SAID DEMOCRACY IS NOT A - STATE. - IT IS AN ACT. - WHAT WE DO AS CITIZENS, ELECTED - OR OTHERWISE, THE ACTS THAT WEKE - O BUILD OUR DEMOCRACY - MATTER, AND WHAT THIS PRESIDENT - HE'S WOR TO TEAR DOWN OURPOSITE. - DEMOCRACY. - HE IS A THREAT TO OUR PEACEFUL - EXISTENCE AND THE WORLD IS - WATCHING. - >> Woodruff: AND AT TH - 12, 13 DAYS LEFTIN HIS TIME AS-- - PRESIDENT, I GUESS MY QUESTION - , IS IT REALISTIC? - WE'RE HEARING-- WE JUST HEARD - OUR YAMICHE ALCIND REPORTING - THE VICE PRESIDENT LEANING - AGAINST INVOKING THE 25th - AMENDMENT. - IF YOU DON'T HAVE HIM ONBOARD, - MORE THAN HALF THE CABINET, YOU - CAN'T GET IT DONE. - THAT MEANS YOU'D BE TALKING - ABOUT CONGRESS IMPEACHING. - WE KNOW WHAT A LONG, DRAWN-OUT - PROCESS THAT IS. - >> WELL, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY

- HANDICAPPED BY THE FAILED - LEADERSHIP OF THI - ADMINISTRATION. - VICERESIDENT PENCE HAS BEEN - CLOSE UP TO THIS ADMINISTRATION - AND KNOWS BETTER THAN YOU AND I - HOW UNFIT THIS PRESIDENT IS. - IN FACT, WE ALSO HAVE THE - COTLICATION OF A CABINET - IS IN DISARRAY. - PEOPLE ARE JUMPING SHIP. - MEMBERSHIP OF THEM ARE NO - CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE. - BUT THE CONGRESS CAN PLAY A ROLE - INVOKING THE 25th - AMENDMENT, IF ONLY WE HAD SOME - LEADERSHIP FROVICE PRESIDENT - PENCE. - BUT WHAT YOU HEARD FROM SPEAKER - TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL, ARE OTHER - EMERGENCY, URGENT TOOLS, - BREAK-THE-GLASS TOOLS LIKE - IMPEACH THIS PRESIDENT AGAIN. - TER SPEED.E WITH GR - I'M STILL HERE IN D.C. - I'M HOPING WE WILL BE CALLED - BACK INTO SESSION VERY, VERY - QUICKLY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH - EITHER THE 25th AMENDMENT OR - IMPEACHMENT. - IF NOT, I DON'T KNOW THE LEGAL - POSSIBILIT MOF BOTH. - TH IS AN EXTRAORDINARY - GREAT THREAT TO OUR DEMOCCY. - I-- I HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW - TERRIFYING YESTERDAY WAS,

- TERRIFYING FOR US AS ATION, - NOT SO MUCH TERRIFYING FOR ME. - IT DIDN'T SEEM QUITE REAL, EEN - THOUGH IT WAS QUITE REAL, WHEN - THEY PIERCED THE CHAMBER OF THE - HOUSE. - BUT IT WAS TERRIFYING FOR OUR - NATION. - THE THREAT I NOW. - IT IS URGENT. - IT IS PAST DUE. - I CALL UPON VICE PREDENT PENCE - TO INVOKE THE 25th - AMENDMENT. - FAILING THAT, WE SHOULD - IMMEDIATELY IMPEACH. - >> Woodruff: WHAT IS YOUR FEAR - THAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT DO - BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 20? - >> WELL, I NEVER IMAGINED, JUDY, - FRANKLY, YESTERDAY. - WE ALL IMAGINED DIRUPTION AND - CHAOS AND PROTESTS. - BUT, CLEARLY, THAT WASOT - PROTESTS. - IIT WOULD BE WRONG TO CALL - THAT. - THAT WAS INSURRECTION. - THAT WAS AN ATTEMPTED COUP - INCITED BY THE PRESIDENT. - THE PRESIDENT HAS - RESPONSIBILITIES AND - RELATIONSHIPRELATIONSHIPS FOR FD - RELATIONSHIPS AROUND THE GLOBE. - SO I WORRY INTERNATIONALLY WHAT - MISCHIEF HE MIGHT CAUSE. I - CERTAINLORRY ABOUT HIS

- PARDON POWER. - 'S IRRESPONSIBLY INVOKET - ALREADY. - THIS MAN IS DESPERATE. - HE KNOWS THAT HE IS CRIMINALLY - LIABLE IN MANY OTHCEER PLAWHEN - HE WALKS OUT THAT DOOR. - SO I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK OF - THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIOS OF THE - HAVOC HE COULD WREAK. - HE'S ALREADY WREAKED GREAT HAVOC - IN OUR INSTITUTIONS, IN OUR LAW - ENFORCEMENT, IN THETMENT - OF JUSTICE. - THERE'S MUCH, MUCH MORE DAMAGE D - HE CO AT HIS FINTERTIPS. - WE NEED TO MOVE SW.FT - AND I'M CALLING UPON MY - COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE, OUR - COLLEAGUES IN THE SEATE, V - PRESIDENT PENCE, AND THIS - CABINET-- DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR - THIS COU. - PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY. - IT'S PRECIOUS. - IT'S FRAGILE. - IT'S UP TOS U. - >> Woodruff: WHAT DO YOU SEE-- - HOW DO YOU SEE THE CULPABILITY - OF REPUBLICANS IN THE CONGRESS - WHO ARE SUPPORTING THIS - PRESIDENT, WHO WENT SO FAR IN - LAST FEW DAYS TO OBJECT TO JOE

- BIDEN'S ELECTORAL VOTE SUCCESS? - >> THANKS FOR ASKING ME THAT. - I'VE TRIED REALLY TO PROCESS IT, - JUDY. - I'VEEEN IN CONGRESS JUST ONE - TERM, JUST BEGINNING MY SECOND, - JUDICIARY THROUGH HMENT - AND SO MANY OTHER IMPORTANT - PIECE OF LEGISLATION. - I'VE TRIED TO PROCESS IT. - SO YESTERDAY AS I WENT INTO THE - CHAMBER, A LITTLE AFTER 1:0 IN - THE AFTERNOON AND THE ARGUMENTS - BEGAN AROUND ARIZONA, I STOOD - ERE ALMOST WITH MY HAND OVER - MY MOUTH, HEARING THEIR - ARGUMENTS THAT WERE SO FALSE, - AND THEY KNOW DID. - THEY WERE WILLINGLY SPEWING - UNTRUTHS, STOKING FEA STOKING - IGNORANCE, SMEARING OTHERS. - AND ALL I COULD SAY-- AND I - STOOD NEXT TO MY COLLEAGUE DEAN - PHILLIPS - AND I SAID, "SHAME." - AND I HEARD HIM SAY, "SHAME." - WE SAID, "SHAME, SHAME." - INSURRECTION.RE THE - BEFORE THE ATTEMPTED COUP.

- I DO NOT UNDERSTAND MY - COLLEAGUES. - ONE THING I READ ABOUT WAS - RGARET CHASE SMITH. - IF YOU REMEMBER SHE WAS AN - IMPORTANT FIGURE, A REPUBLICAN - CONGRESSWOMAN WHO STOOD UP - DURING THE McCARTHY ERA, AND - SHE CAED UPON HER-- AND I'M - GOING TO PARAPHRASE THIS-- SHE - CALLED ABOUT HER REPUBLICAN - COLLEAGUES AND SAID, "YOU CAN'T - SEARCH FOR VICTORY, POLITICAL - VICTORY BY RIDING THE FOUR - HORSEMENMENT. - SHE CALLED THEM FEAR AND - IGNORANCE AND BIGOT WE AND - SMEAR. - YOU CAN'T WANT TO RIDE TO - VICTORY ON THAT FOUR HORSEMEN. - REPUBLICAN COLLEAARE YOU - WILLING TO DO THAT? - ARE YOU WILLING TO SELL YOUR - SOUL FOR POLITICAL VICTORY? - I CALL UPON THEM TO REJECT THAT - AND SHED THAT. - Woodruff: REPRESENTATIV - MADELEINE DEAN OF PENNSYLVANIA, - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: AS LISA MED, - THERE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS

- ANDAY ABOUT THE SECURITY I - AROUND THE CAPITOL, AND WHY - THERE WASN'T BETTER PREPARATDEN - AND PLANS HEAD OF TIME - WILLIAM BRANGHAM EXAMINES HOW - THE LAW T DISORDER. - >> WE'RE GOING TO WA DOWN TO - THE CAPITOL - AF>> Brangham: JUST MOMENTR - THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH, - THOUSANDS OF HIS SUPPORTERS WERE - ON THE MOVE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA - AVENUE. - AT AROUND 1:00 P.M., THE MOB - FORCED ITS WAY THROU - BARRICADES IN FRONT OF THE - CAPITOL, AND PAST A LINE OF - CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS. - THERE WERE SCUFFLES, BUT SOCIAL - MEDIA VIDEO APPEARED TO SHOW - OFFICERS OPENING THE FENCING IN - AT LEAST ONE LOCATION. - THE RIOTERS THEN PUSHED UP THE - STEPS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE - CAPITOL BUILDING, BANGING ON - DOORS, BREAKING WINDOWS. - AROUND 2:00 P.M., THE CAPITOL - HAD BEEN BREACH - >> THIS IS OUR COUNTRY, THIS IS - OUR HOUSE. - THAT'S IT. - >> Brangham: OUTNUMBERED MEMBERS - OF THE CAPITOL POLICE FORCE WERE - UNABLE TO CONTAIN THEM. - IN ONE STAIRWELL, A SINGLE - OFFICER WAS LEFT TO TRY AND FEND - OFF AN ONCOMING CROWD.

- BUT ELSEWHERE, STREAMING FOOTAGE - SHOWED AN OFFICER SEEMINGLYKI - NG A SELFIE WITH A RIOTER.EN - WITH MANY LAWMAKERS - EVACUATED, THE GROUP ROAMEDHR - FREELYGH THE HISTORIC - HALLS OF CONGRESS: THE ROTUNDA, - STATUARY HALL, THE SENATE - CHAMBER. - INTRUDER SITTING AE DESK OF - THE STORMING OF THPITOLI. - TURNED DEAY WHEN A CAPITOL - LICE OFFICER SHOT A WOMAN WHO - WAS ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO ENTER - THE HOUSE CHAMBERS, WHERE SOME - U.S. REPRESENTATIVES WERE STILL - SHELTERING. - EVENTUALLY, THE RIOTERS BEGAN - FILING OUT OF THE CAPIL - BUILDING, SOME WALKING PAST A - MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE A LICE - OFFICER WHO DIDN'T ARREST OR - EVEN STOP THEM. - BY ABOUT:0P.M., OFFICIALS - DECLARED THE CAPITOL COMPLEX - SECURE. - THE INCIDENT HAS RAISED SHARP - QUESTIONS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE - AISLE ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG. - HOW IS THAT THE 2,000-MEMBER

- CAPITOL POLICE ALLOWUCH A - DANGEROUS BREACH AT THE HEART OF - THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. - SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH - McCONNELL CALLED FOR A" - PAINSTAKING INVESTIGATION" AND - SAID, "YESTERDAY REPRESENTED A - MASSIVE FAILURE OF INSTITUTIONS, - PROTOCOLS, AND PLAING THAT ARE - SUOSED TO PROTECT THE FIRS - BRANCH OF OUR FEDERAL - VERNMENT." - REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN, - DEMOCRAT FROM OHIO, CHAIRS THE - DSUBCOMMITTEE THAT FUNDS - OVERSEES THE CAPITOL POLICE. - >> I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR - THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A - NUMBER - TO BE WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT VERY, - VERY SOON. - BECAUSE THISENS AN - EMBARRAS BOTH ON BEHALF OF - THE MOB AND THE PRESIDENT, AND - THE INSURRECTION AND THE - ATTEMPTED COUP, BUT ALSO THE - LACK OF PROFESSIONAL PLANNING - AND ALING WITH WHAT WE KNEW - WAS GOING TO OCCUR. - >> Brangham: A FORMER CHIEF OF - GAINER, SPOKE TO ¡TODAY'ANCE

- SHOW. - >> CLEARLY THERE ARE FAILURES. - THERE HAS TO BE A LOT OF - QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERS - GIVEN. - WHAT IS VERY CLEAR IS THE POLICE - UNDERESTIMATED THE VIOLENT CRO - EID THE SIZE OF IT AND - OVERESTIMATED ABILITY TO - CONTROL IT. - >> Brangham: BUT IN A STATEMENT, - THE CURRENT CAPITOL POLICE CHIEF - STEVEN SUND DEFENDED HIS" - HEROIC" OFFICERS, 15 OF WM - WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH INJURIES, - ONE CRITICALLY. - HE SAID THE "ATTACK" WAS UNLIKE - ANYTHING HE'S EXPERIENCED, AND - THAT THE DARTMENT IS" - CONDUCTING A THOROUGH REVIEW OF - THIS INCIDENT, SECURITY PLANNING - AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES." - THE WIDESPREAD CRITICISM ALSO - CENTERED ON THE TREATMENT OF - THIS CROWD, WHICH WAS ALMOST - ALL-WHITE, COMPARED TO THE - TACTICS USED BY POLICE FORCES - PROTESTERS.N BLACK ANDROWN - MANY POINTED TO THE VIOLENT LAW - FORCEMENT CRACKDOWNS ON RACIAL - JUSTICE PROTESTERS THIS SUMMER - IN WASHINGN, D.C. AND AROUND - THE COUNTRY. - THE ASSOCIED PRESS REPORTED

- MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE WERE - ARRESTED IN PROTESTS BETWEEN THE - END OF MAY AND THE STARTF - NEWLY ELECTED MISS - DEMOCRATIC CGRESSWOMAN CORI - BUSH WAS A LEADER OF THE 2VE4 - PROTESTS OR THE POLICE KILLING - OF MHAEL BROWN IN FERGUSON. - >> HAD WE AS BLACK PEOPLE DID - THE SAME THINGS THAT HPENED - TODAY WITH THE POLICE, HAD WE - FOUGHT WITH STS POLICE - OFFICERS? - THE REACTION WOULD HAVE EN - DIFFERENT, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN - LAID OUT ON THE GROUND, THERE - HAULD HAVE BEEN THERE WOUL - BEEN SHOOTINGS, THERE WOULD HAVE - BEEN PEOPLE IN JAIL. - THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN PEOPLE - BEAT WITH BATONS. - AND I KNOW BECAU I'VE BEEN - THERE. - >> Brangham: A SENIOR LAW - ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL REJECTS THE - ACCUSATION THAT THERE WAS ANY - RACIAL BIAS BEHIND WHAT HAENED - YESTERDAY. - THIS OFFICIAL TOLD THE NEWSHOUR - THAT THE CAPITOLOLICE WERE - CLEARLY CAUGHT BY SURPRISE BY - THE SIZE AND VIOLENCE OF THE MOB - AVAT BROKE INTO THE CAPITOL, AND - THAT THEY DIDN'TENOUGH

- MANPOWER OR REINFORCEMENTS. - THIS OFFICIAL ALSO SAID THEY - COULDN'T MAKE MASS ARRESTS - SOSTERDAY BECAUSE THEY WER - OUTNUMBERED, BUT PROMISED MORE - ARRESTS WOULD BE COMING. - OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SAID - THEY'VE FILED 40 CASES, MOSTLY - FOR UNLAWFUL ENTRY, BUT SOME - ASSAULT AND WEAPONS CHARGES, AND - SAID THOSE WERE JUST T - BEGINNING. - THE D.O.J. ALSO CONFIRMED THATE - TWO EXPLOSVICES HAD BEEN - FOUND AND NEUTRALIZED NEAR THE - CAPITOL YESTERDAY. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - WILLIAM BRANGHAM. - >> Woodruff: THERE ARE A NUMBER - OF QUESTIONS TODAYBOUT - PRESIDENT TRUMP; HOW HE STOKED - THE MOB AT THE CAPITOL AND IF HE - IS FIT TO SIT BEHIND THE OVAL - OFFICE.

- AMNA NAWAZ NOW TALKS TO A MAN - WHO HELD A KEY ROLE IN THE TRUMP - ADMINISTRATION ON HOW HE SEES - THIS MOMENT AND THE ROAD AHEAD. - >> Nawaz: FOR SEVEN MONTHS, - KEVIN McALEENAN SERVED IN - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CABINET AS - ACTING SECRETARY OF HOMELAND - SECURITY, THE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE - HE JOINS ME NOW FOR THE FIRST - TIME SINCE RESIGNING IN NOVEMBER - 2019. - YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME. - LET'S START WITH THE EVENTS - WE'VE BEEN REPORTING ON AND THE - WORLD WAS WATCHING YESTERDATC - AS YOU WERE NG THAT UNFOLD - I FOUND, LIKE MOST AMERICANS, - THE SIJUTUATIO INCREDIBLY - APPALLING UPON CENTRAL AND CORER - DEIC PROCESSES. - AND TEMPORARILY SUCCEASSSFUL - ULT, JUST VERY DIFFICU, - VERY HARD TO WATCH. - AT THE SAME TIME, WE-- I THINKSO - WE AHOULD NOTE THAT WE SAW - OUR INSTITUTIONS WHOLE. - WE SAW OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS

- RERN TO THE CAPITOL TO - COMPLETEET PROCESS, TO DO THEIR - JOBS THROUGHOUT,THE NIGH AND - TO COUNT THE VOTES AND TO - CERTIFY THE ELECTION VICTORY OF - PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND - VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA - HARRIS. - I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORWHNT TO - SEE THE SCOPE OF THE DAY. - >> Nawaz: WHEN YOU LOOK AT - WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW QUICKLY IT - HAPPENED AND HOW AS YOULY WE SAW - FROM OUTSIDE THE PROTESTERS - BREACHED THE BARRIERS, MADE - THEIR WAY INTO THE CAPOL. - A THLOOF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING, - WHERE IS LAW ENFORCEMENT. - WHERE IS D.H.S - WE KNEW PEOPLE WOULD BE - DESCENDING ON THE CAPITAL. - WE HEARD THE WORDS TH PRESIDENT - HAD BEEN DELIVERING THEM. - SHOULDN'T THERE HAVE BEEN EMOR - ROBUST FORCE THERE TO MEET THAT - THREAT? - >> YEAH, I THINK THERE WERE - STREALLY IMPORTANT QUENS - RAISED IN THE LAST SEGMENT. - I THINK LEADER McCONNELL'S - INVESTIGATION ON TAKE - INSTITUTIONAL AND PLANNING-- I - WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT WORNND - "PG FAILURE." - IT'S A COMPLICATED JURISDICTION - ENVIRONMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT - AND D.C.

- BUEIT'S ALSO ONE WHRE WE SEE - MARCHES, INAUGURATIONS, STATE OF - THE UNION HAPPEN WITH SECURITY - AND VERY SMOOTHLY EVERY YEAR. - AND THAT'S DUE TO GREAT - PLANNING, DUE TO LEADERSHIP, ONE - THE AGENCY PUT IN CHARGE, AND - COORDINATION SO YOU HAVE THE - SUPPORT AND THE BACKUP FORCE, A - CIVIL DISTURBANCE UNIT ON CALL, - D-REACTION FORCE - WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY WERE THOSE - ELEMENTS WERE NOT IN PLA. - THERE HAD TO BE A FAILURE OF - INTELLIGENCE IN TERMS OF - PREDICNG THAT THAT GROUP WAS - GOING TO BE THAT SIZE AND IT WAS - GOING TO HEAD TOWARD THE - CAPITOL. - WAS A VERY DETERMINED - GROUP THAT ATTACKED THE CAPITOL - FROM ALL SIDES, AN INCREDIBLY - CHALLENGING LAW ENFORCEMENT - SITUATION, THAT WE SHOULD NOT-- - >> Nawaz: PARDON THE - LEINTERRUPTION. - ME ASK YOU, WHEN YOU TALK - ABOUT INTELLIGENCE, WHAT MORE - INTELLIGENCE DO YOU THINK IS - NECESSAROU - THESE WERE G TALKING ABOUT - A REVOLUTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR - WEEKS. - YOU HAVE SEEN PREVIOUS - PROTESTERS WHO FOLLOWED THE - PRESIDENT'S WORDS AND ATTACKED - STATE HOUSES DURING THE LOCKANDN - THE PANDEMIC. - WHY SHOULDN'T FEDERAL OFFICIALS - HAVE EXPECTED WOULD GO THE

- WAY IT DID? - >> YES, SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM - TALKING TO FORMER COLLEAGUES - THEY WERE PREPARED FOR VIOLENCE, - VIOLENCE BETWEEN RIOTERS AND - COUNTER-PROTESTERS WHO WE HAVE - SEEN RECENTLY IN WASNGTON, - D.C. BUT NOT THAT ORGANIZED - APPROACH ON THE CAPITOL. - SHOULD THEY HAVE PREDICTED THA - PROBABLY. - I AGREE WITH YOU, YOU HAVE TO - LOOK AT THE SOURCES OF - ORGANIZATION ONLINE, AT WHAT TH - GROUPS ALKING ABOUT, AND - SOME OF THAT RHETORIC WAS VERY - DANGEROUS APPROACHING THIS - POLITICAL RALLY THAT BECAME A - RIOT. - >> Nawaz: YOU MENTIONED THE - RHETORIC. - DO YOU THINK THAT PRESIDENNS - TRUMP IS RESLE FOR WHAT - HAPPENED YESTERDAY? - >> I-- I THINK THAT HIS RHETORIC - CREATED A DANGEROUS SITUATION, - INVITING THAT GROUP TO D.C., - TALKING ABOUT GOING DOWN TO THE - CAPITOL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN - THAT IN THE PAST WHERE - PRESIDENTIAL WORDS MATTER. - WE'VE HEARD LEADERS - - PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN, - COMMENTATORS OF BOTH PARTIES - TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF - COMMUNICATION FROM THAT WHITE - HOUSE ON WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE AND - WHAT'S NOT.

- AND, YES, AFTER THET, WE'VE - HEARD CALLS THAT VIOLENCE IS - NEVER ACCEPTABLE ANY PROTEST - MOVEMENT EXERCISING FIRST - AMENDMENT RIGHTS. - BUT WHEN IT BECOMES AT, RIOHEN - IT BECOMES AN ASSAULT ON A - DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, IT'SAC - OBVIOUSLY PTABLE. - AND I'M AFRAID RHETORIC HELPED - INIRE IT ANDREATE THE - CIRCUMSTANCES THAT IT AROSE - FROM. - NS Nawaz: BUT IF HIS WORDS - MATTER, IF THEY RED A RIOT, - IF IT'S AN ATTACK ON OUR - TOMOCRATIC PROCESS, IS THE - PRESIDENT FIERVE? - DO YOU THINK THAT HIS CABINET - SHOULD BE TAKING STEPS TO REMOVE - HIM? - >> WELL, I TNK THE - CONSTITUTION HAS PROCESSES - DEFINED FOR THAT IN THE 25 - AMENDMENT. - THERE IS SIGNIFICANT REPORTING, - INCLUDING ON YOUR SHOW THIS - EVENING, THAT C MEMBERS - ARE ACTIVELY CONSIDERING THAT, - IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE HILL. - BUT I THINK THE ULTIMATE-- - >> Nawaz: DO YOU EYINK - SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT? - >> WELL, THE ULTIMATE VERDICT - S ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE IN NOVEMBER AND IT'S LESS - REALIZED, AND THE TRANSITION NOW - CERTAIN WITH THE VOTES COUNTED, - BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THE - CHAIRS ARE BEST SUITED TO MAKE - THAT DECISION BASED ON THE FACTS

- PRESENTED TO THEMaw - >>: I HAVE TO ASK YOU, - YOU HAVE BEEN VERY QUIET SINCE - YOU LEFT. - YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN OUT VERY - OFTEUR - AND DURING YENURE THE - PRESIDENT OFTEN SAID THINGS OR - TWEETED THINGS OR TOOK ACTION - AT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID WHY - AREN'T PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM - SPEAKING OUT? - WHY ARE YOU SPEAKINGOUT RIGHT - NOW? - >> I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE - INK ANNTS BECAUSE I - ASSAULT ON OUR DEMOCRACY IS - SIMPLY BEYOND THE PALE. - AS A CAREER OFFICIAL COMING UP - THROUGH THE RANKS, SURPRISED TO - BE OFFERED A POLITICAL - APPOINTMENT TO LEAD AN AGENCY - THAT I TREASURED AT C.B.P., AND - THEN DEPAR - SECURITY, TO SOLVE A CRISIS AT - THE TIME. - YOU KNOW, I WASA CIVIL SERVANT. - I CONSIDERED THAT YOU HAVE TO - SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE - SERVE AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY - TO DO SO, YOU SHOULD TRY. - I WRESTLED WITH SPEAKING OUT - BEFORE AND AFTER I DEPARTED. - DID RESIGN, DUE TO CONCERNS - ABOUT THE POLITICIZATION OF LAW - ENFORCEMENT AND THE DANGERS THAT - PRESENTED TO OUR - I MADE THAT DECISION 15 MONTHS - AGO.

- BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT - NOW SEEING THE POTENTIAL - LONG-TERM IMPACT OF A SITUAON - LIKE YESTERDAY TO NOT COME OUT - ANSTATE HOW UNACCEPTABLE IT IS - AND THAT THERE MUST BE ACCOUNT - ACT ACROSS THE BOARD. - >> Nawaz: THAT IS FORMER - ACTING SECRETARY OF HOMELANDCU - TY, KEVIN McALEENAN, - JOINING US TONIGH - THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Nawaz: LET'S TURN TRTANOTHER - KEY F THE FALLOUT: HOW - MOB THAT STORMED TAPITOL.D THE - MYEWSHOUR COLLEAGUES AND I - WITNESSED IT IN REAL TIME, - REPORTING FROM OUTSIDE AND - AROUND THE CAPITOL ALL DAY - YESTERDAY. - AND IT W CLEAR THAT AS RIOTERS - WERE BREACHING BARRIERS - BREAKING INTO THE CAPITOL, AND - THEN WALKING OUT, FEW WERE BEING - ARRESTED. - THAT TREATMENT W VERY - DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN - REPORTING ON OTHER PTESTS, - INCLUDING AND MOST STRIKINGLY, - BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS THIS - AND THAT DISTINCTION HAS SPARKED - A NEW DISCUSSION. - WITH US FOR MORE IS IBRAM X

- KENDI, THE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER - OF THE CENTER FOR ANTIRACIST - RESEARCH AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY. - HE'S THE AUTHOR OF "HOW TO BE AN - ANTIRACIST," AND THE UPCOMING - BOOK, "400 SOULS". - HE'S ALSO A CONTRIBUTOR FOR CBS - NEWS. - IBRAM, WELCOME BACK TO THE - NEWSHOUR. - AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. - I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH TER - EVENTS OF YEY, BECAUSE IT - WAS SO SURREAL FOR SO MANY - PEOPLE WATCHING. - YOU WERE WATCHING IN REAL TIME - AS WEL - WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? - >> I THINK MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY - WAS THAT IN MANY WAYS, WE SAW - WHITE PRIVILEGE ON DISPLAY IN - THE U.S. CAPITOL. - YOU HAD MANY PEOPLWHO ARE - BLACK, WHO ARE LATINAX, WHO ARE - NATIVE, YOU HAD MANY PEOPLE - LOOKINAT WHAT THOSE WHITE - DOMESTIC TERRORISTS WERE DOING - AND WERE THINKING THAT IF THEY - HAD BEEN BLK, THEY WOULD NOT - ONLY-- THEY WOULD HAVE CRTAINLY - BEEN ARRESTED, BUT PEOPLE

- BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE - EVEN BEEN KILLED. - AND SO I THINK THE FACT THAT - THEY WE ABLE TO LAY SIEGE ON - THE U. CAPOL, AND IN MANY - CASES WALK OUT WITHOUT BEING - ARRESTED, EVEN GUIDED OUT BY THR - POLICE, REALLY ME WAS WHITE - Y.IVILEGE ON DISPLA - >> Nawaz: YOU KNOW, THE ARE - A LOT OF COMPARISONS BEING - MADE,AISE MENTIONED IN THE - INTRODUCTION, BETWEEN WHAT WE - SAW UNFOLD YESTERDAY AND THE WAY - ORCEMENT HAS - RESPONDED TO THE BLACK LIVES - MATTER PROTESTS OVER THIS - SUMMER, AND A NUMBEOF OTHER - PROTESTS. - THE SPLIT-SCREEN IMAGES, WHEN - YOU LOOK AT THEM, THEY ARE JUST - STRIKING. - AND WE SHOULD MENTION, THERE IS - A DISTINCTION. - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITOL - LICE HERE, WHICH IS SEPARATE - AND UNIQUE. - IT'S NOT LIKE OTHER METROPOLITA - POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BUT THIS - REMAINS, THIS DISTINCTION, ANDIS - OMPARISON REMAINS. - WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE WAY - PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE - TWO SIDE BY SIDE? - >> I'M SO GLAD THAT PEOPLE AR - RECOGNIZING THAT EXTREME DOUBLE - STANDAS, THE WAY IN WHICH

- POLICE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO HOW - EXTREME RESTRAINT FORVIOLENT - WHITE TERRORISTS WHO ARE LAYING - SIEGE ON THE U.S. PITOL, WHILE - THEY DO THE VERY OPPOSITE, - OFTENTIMES FOR PEACEFUL - DEMONSTRATORS WHO ARE PROTESTING - AGAINST RACISM AND POLICE - VIOLENCE - AND LET ME SAY, WHEN I SAY - "PEACEFUL," I'M NOT JUST SORT OF - SAYI THAT WITHOUT DATA. - I MEAN, ONE STUDY THAT ANALYZED - UPWARDS OF 8,000 DEMONSTRATIONS - LAST YEAR, DEMONSTRATING AGAINST - RACISM, FOUND THAT 93% OF THE - DEMONSTRATIONS WERE PEACEFUL. - AND I'M A PROFESSOR. - YOU GET A 93, THAT'S AN "A." - >> Nawaz: THERE ARE SOM - PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THE EVENTS - YESTERDAY AND SAY, "THIS WASN'T - ABOUT RACE. - THIS WAS ABOUT POLITIC - THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE - PROTESTING AN ELECTION RESULT. - WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? - >> WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I - SAY THAT IN MOST CASES, THEY'RE

- ARGUING THAT VOTES CAST IN - MILWAUKEE, IN DETROIT, IN - ATLANTA, IN PHIDELPHIA, CITIES - TH LARGE BLACK POPULATIONS-- - IN PHOENIX-- ANOTHER CITY WITH A - LARGE BLACK AND LATIN - POPULATION, THAT THESE VOTES AND - THESE VOTERS WERE GAL. - AND, INDEED, THE ELECTION WAS - STOLEN FROM THEIR PRESIDENT. - I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE - TO SAY "BLACK" AND "LATINAX" AND - THATIVE" TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT - RACE. - GRANDFATHER CLAUSE, THE POLL - TAXES AND LITERACY TESTS HAD NO - RACIAL LANGUAGE IN IT. - E HISTORY OF RACISM IN THIS - COUNTRY OFTENTIMES DOES NOT - SPEAK DIRECTLY AND OPENLY ABOUT - RACE, BUT WE KNOW RACE AND - RACISM WHEN WE SEE IT AND HEAR - IT. - >> Nawaz: WE'VE REPORTED ON - THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE - BEEN ARRESTED SO FAR AS A RESULT - OF THE ACTION.

- WE KNOW D.C. POLICE SAY THAT - THEY'RE INVESTIGATING-- FEDERAL - OFFICIALS SAID THEYOKING - FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE. - THERE'S SCORES OF VIDEO AND - STILL IMAGERY EVIDENCE F THEM - TO GO THROUGH. - BUT IN THE WAY OF - ACCOUNTABILITY, WHAT DO YOU - THINNEED TOAPPEN NEXT? - >> WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THOSE - OF US WHO STUDY THE-OF RACISM, - THE HISTORY OF RACISM, AND EVEN - THOSOF US WHO STUDY THE - HISTORY OF WHITE DOMESTIC - TERRORISM, ONE OF THE THINGS - IN,T WE FIND IS AGAIN AND AGA - OVER AND OVER THOSE WHO ENGAGE - IN THIS FORM OF TERROR ARE - SIMPLY NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE. - I MEAN, THE CONFEDERATES WERE - NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE AT THE - SCALE THAT THESHOULD HAVE. - MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ENGAGED - IN LYNCHINGS WERE,F COURS - NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE. - POLICE OFFICERS WHO KILL PEOPLE - IN COLD BLOOD ARE NOT HELD - COUNTABLE. - AND THEN THESE WHITE PEOPLE WHO - LAY SIE ON THE U.S. CAPITOL, - WILL THEY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? - I MEAN, THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT

- PEOPLE ARE ASKING, "WILL THE - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, - WHO RIDE THEM UP, WHO CALLED - THEM TO D.C., WILL HE BE HELD - ACCOUNTABLE? - MILL OTHER REPUBLICAN - CONGRESSMEN AND WHO ALSO - AIDED AND ABETTED, WILL THEY BE - HELD ACCOUNTABLE?" - THAT'S THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE - ASKING. - >> Nawaz: I JUST HAVE A FEW - SECONDS LEFT AND I APOLOGIZE. - I HAVE TO ASK YOU A BIG - QUESTION. - BUT YOU'VE WRITTEN SO - EXTENSEELY ON THE ISSUES W - WRESTLE WITH, ON THE - ISSTITUTIONAL AND EVERYDAY WAYS - THAT RIS PERPETUATED HERE. - IF THERE'S A LESSON TO BE - LEARNEABOUT WHO WE ARE FROM - YESTERDAY, WHAT IS THAT? - WHAT CAN WE CARRY FORWARD? - >>HAT WHAT WE SAW AT THE U.S. - CAPITOL IS PART OF US. - THAT IS WHO WE ARE. - IT'S NOT ALL OF US. - BUT IT'S PART OF US. - IT'S PART OF AMERICA. - THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF WHITE - DOMESTIC TERROR LING SIEGE ON - AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. - AND WE HAVE TO OWN THAT AND - ACCEPT THAT. - BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE

- CAN RID THIS COUNTRY OF IT. - >> Nawaz: THAT IS IBRAM X. - KENDI, AUTHOR OF THE UPCOMING - BOOK "400 SOULS." - ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. - THANK YOU. - >> GREAT TO TALK TO YOU. - THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: THE EVENTS OFRB - YESTERDAY REATED AROUND - THE GLOBE. - NICK SCHIFRIN REPORTS ON THE - WORLD'S REACTION. - >> Schifri - ADVERSARIES HAVE ARGUED - DEMOCRACY TOO MESSY TO BE - TRUSTED. - YESTERDAY GAVE THEM TION. - IN RUSSIA, WHERELADIMIR PUTIN - CLAIMS ONLY A STRONG GOVERNMENT - CAN KEEP RUSSIANS SAFE, STATE TV - SAID THE U.S. WAS NO LONGER - CREDIBLE.>> - translated ): THE UNITED - STATES LOST ALL THE RIGHTS TO - PURSUE THE DEMOCRATIC PATH, D - LOST THEIR RIGHTS TO IMPOSE IT C - ON OTHERNTRIES. - >> Schifrin: IN CHINA, THE

- NATIONALIST TABLOID "GLOBAL - TIMES" ACCUSED THE U.S. OFDS - DOUBLE STANDFOR CALLING - YESTERDAY A RIOT, BUT PRAISING - HONG KONG DEMONSTRATORS WHO IN - 2019 BROKE INTO THE LEGISLATIVE - COUNCIL. - THAT WAS REPEATED BY THE - MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - SPOKESMAN HUCHUNYING, WHO - SINGLED OUT SECRETARY OF STATE - MIKE POMPEO. - >> ( translated ): POMPEO SAID - THAT HE WANTEDO FREE HONG KONG - PEOPLE FROM OPPRESSION. - HE SHOULD OPEN HIS EYELOOK - AT THE PEOPLE IN CHINA AND HONG - KONG TODAY. - WE ARE LIVING A GOOD LIFE. - IT IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO - SHOULD BE LIBERATED AND RESCUED. - JINPING STIFLES ALMESTICTHAT XI - DISSENT, AND JUST YESTERDAY, - HONG KONG POLICE ON BEIJIN AS - BERRESTED DOZENS OF PRO- - DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS, AND ACCUSED - THEM OF SUBVERSION.YE - STERDAY'S FAILED INSURRECTION - ORPROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY - COUNTRIES TO DEFLECT, AND - PRESENT THE U.S. AS WEAK AND - HYPOCRITICAL. - ROUHANI:PRESIDENT HASSAN - >> ( translated ): WHAT WE SAW - LAST NIGHT AND TODAY IN AMERICA - FIRSTLY PROVED WHAT A FAILURE

- THE WESTERN DEMOCRACY IS AND HOW - FRAGILE ITS FOUNDATION IS. - WAS HANG WRINGING AND SHOCK. - IN FRENCH, "A FRACTURED - DEMOCRACY," AND "CHAOS IN - WASHINGTON." - IN ITALIAN, "THE END" AND "DAY - OF THE COUP." - NY LEADERS EXPRESSED FAITH IN - AMERICA, LONG-TERM. FRENCH - PRESIDENT EMMANU MACRON:HA - >> WHAT PPENED TODAY IN - WASHINGTON, D.C. IS NOT AMERICA. - DEFINITELY. - WE BELIEVE IN THE STRENGTH OF - AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. - >> Schifrin: BRITISH PRIME - MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON: - >> ALL MY LIFE AMERICA HAS STOOR - FOR SOMEIMPORTANT THINGS: - AN IDEA OF FREEDOM AND AN IDEA - OF DEMOCRACY. - AND ALL I CAN SAY IS I'M VERY - PLEASED THAT THE PRESIDENT-ELECT - HAS BEEN PROPERLY, DULY - CONFIRMED IN OFFICE AND THAT - DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED. - >> Schifrin: GERMAN CHANCELLOR - ANGELA MERKEL: - >> ( translated ): I AM VERY - RELIEVED THAT WE HAVE JUST - RECEIVED THE NEWS THAT THE - CERTIFICATION HAS BEEN MADE IN - CONGRESS THAT JOE BIDEN WILL BE - THE NEXT PREDENT.

- MOCRATIC FORCES HAVE - PREVAILED. - I ALWAYS KNEW AND EXPECTED THATF - HE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. - >> Schifrin: OF ALL LEADERS, - WESTERN EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE - PERHAPS MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO - A RESET UNDER BIDEN, AND THE EDM - OF THE TRUMPISTRATION. - MANY PAINTED PRESIDENT TRUMP AS - THE PROBLEM. - A FRENCH TELEVISION - RRESPONDENT ACCUSED TRUM - SUPPORTERS OF BEING BRAINWASHED. - >> ( translated ): THEY ARERU - DONALD SUPPORTERS WHO - FOLLOW DONALD TRUMP LIKE MEMBERS - OF A CULT.if - >> Sn: BUT MANY U.S. - ALLIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE - FRAGILITY OF FREEDOM, POST- - TRUMP.THEY FEAR IF IT CAN HAPPEO - THE U.S., IT CAN HAPPEN - ANYWHERE. - EUROAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT - URSULA VON DER LEYEN. - >> ( translated ): EVERYONE ISRE - ONSIBLE R THEIR OWN - ACTIONS, BUT EVERY DEMOCRACY HAS - TO STAND UP AND PROVE ITS - RESILIENCE AS WELL. - >> Schifrin: AUSTRALIAN PRIME - MISTER SCOTT MORRISON: - >> THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR - THE UNITED STATES, CLEARLY. - THEY ARE GREAT FRIEND OF - AUSTRALIA AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE - WORLD'S GREATEST DEMOCRACIES. - AND SO, OUR THOUGHTSNDRE WITH - THEME HOPE FOR THAT - PEACEFUL TRANSITION TO TAKE - PLACE. - >> Schifrin: THOSE THOUGHTS AND

- PRAYERS AREN'T REPEATED IN THE - COUNTRIES WHERE THE U.S. HAS - TRIED, BUT LARGELY FAILED, TO - IMPOSE DEMOCRACY. - ALI ABDULLA LIVES IN BAGHDAD. - >> (anslated ): THEY CLAIM - THAT THEY HAVE DEMOCRACY FOR - THEIR OWN PEOPLE, BUT IT'S ONLY - A THEATER. - IT DOESN'T EXIST. - ESEY TRY TO SHOW A FALSE IMAGE - ABOUT ARAB COUNTSAYING - THAT WE ARE DISORGANIZED. - LOOK AT THEM! - chifrin: IN THE END, U.S - DEMOCRACY WAS DELAYED, NOT - DENIED. - THE WORLD WILL SOON HAVE A NEW - AMERICAN PRESIDENT.AM - BUICA AT ITSEST HAS - ALWAYS BEEN A BEACON ON THE - HILL. - AND FOR ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES, - THAT LIGHT, HAS BEEN DIMMED. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOURM NICK - SCHIFRIN. - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, PUBLISHER SIMON AND - THE VIRUS KILLED NEARLY 4,000 - PEOPLE NATIONWIDE ON WEDNESDAY.I - RNIA HAD MORE THAN 1,000 - DEATHS OVER 48 HOURS.EM

- OVERALL, DR WAS THE - DEADLIEST MONTH YET, AND HEALTH - OFFICIALS WARN AT JANUARY - COULD BE WORSE STILL. - PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN - FORMALLY INTRODUCED HIS PICK FOR - ATTORNEY GENERAL TODAY. - FEDERAL - PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN - INTRODUCED HIS PICK FOR ATTORNEY - GENERAL: FEDERAL APPEALS COURT - JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND. - THE JUDGE PROMISED TO RESTORE - INTEGRITY TO THE DEPARTMENT - AFTER THE TURBULENT TRUMP YEARS. - MR. BIDEN VOWED HIS ATTORNEY - GENERAL WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT - VOICE, NOT MOUTHPIECE FOR THE - EAITE HOUSE. - >> I WANT TO BE TO THOSE - WHO LEAD THIS DEPARTMENT WHO YOU - WILL SERVE: YOU WON'T WORK FOR - ME. - YOU ARE NOT THE PRESIDENT OR THE - VICE PRESIDENT'S LAWYER. - YOUR LOYALTY IS NOT TO ME. - IT'S TO THE LAW. - >> Woodruff: THE NEWSHOUR ALSO - CONFIRMED THAT RHODE ISLAND

- GOVERNOR GINA RAIMONDO IS THE - CHOICE FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY, - AND BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH, - FOR THE POST OF LABOR SECRETARY. - PUBLISHER SIMON AND SCHUSTER HAS - CANCELLED A BOOK DEAL WITH - REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY. - HE FACED CRITI - CHALLENGING THE 2020 ELECTION - RESULTS LAST NIGHT IN CONGRESS - OVER UNPROVEN ALLEGATIONS OF - VOTER FRAUD. - THE COMPANY CALLED HIS ACTIONS A - "DANGEROUS THREAT" TO DEMOACY. - HIS BOOK, "THE TYRANNY OF BIG - TECH" WAS TO BNEPUBLISHED IN - IN AFGHANISTAN, FRESH VIOLENCE23 - KILLED AT LEASIVILIANS AND - SECURITY TROOPS TODAY, DESPITE - PLANS TO RESUME PEACE TALKS. - THE ATTACKS INCLUDED A SUICIDE - CAR BOMB IN URUZGAN PROVINCE, AN - APPARENT AIR STRIKE IN HELMAND - PROVINCE, AND INUNDUZ, AN - ASSAULT ON AN ARMY CHECKPOINT.E - URT SYSTEM IN IRAQ HAS - ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR

- PRESIDENT TRUMP, FOR MURDER. - IRANIAN GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI - AND AN IRAQI MILITIA COMMANDER - IN A U.S. DRONE STRIKE NEAR - BAGHDAD, LAST YEAR. - LARGELY A SYMBOLIC STEP.D - BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, BOEING HAS - AGREED TO PAY $2.5 BILLION TO - SETTLE A FEDERAL CRIMINAL PROBE - INTO TWO DEADLY CRASHES OF ITS - 737 MAX. - IT WAS CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING - SAFETY REGULATORS. - TODAY'S DEAL INCLUDES MONEY FOR - THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES, AMONG - OTHER INGS. - THE JETLINER RESUMED COMMERCIAL - FLIGHTS IN THE U.S. IN DECEMBER. - ON WALL STREET, MAJOR STOCK - INDES HIT NEW HIGHS ON HOPES - FOR MORE STIMULUS FROM A - DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS AND WHITE - HOUSE. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED 211 POINTS TO CLOSE ABOVE - 31,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME. - THE NASDAQ JUMPED 326 POINTS, - FOR ITS FIRST FINISH ABOVE - 3,800, FOR ITS OWN RECORD.ED

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