PBS NewsHour; January 15, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- ♪ - JUDY: GOOD EVENING, I'M JUDY - WOODRUFF. - ON "THE NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT, A - TENSE MOMENT. - EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY MEASURES - ARE PUT IN PLACE AMID NATIONWIDE - THREATS OF VIOLENCE AS THE - PRESIDENTIAL TRANSFER OF POWER - APPROACHES. - THEN, THE BIDEN AGENDA. - WE DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT ELECT'S - PLAN TO CONTROL COVID AND - PROVIDE ECONOMIC RELIEF WITH ONE - OF HIS TOP ADVISORS. - PLUS, THE LONGEST WAR. - WE REPORT FROM AFGHANISTAN ON - THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE - DRAWDOWN OF U.S. TROOPS. - AND IT'S FRIDAY. - DAVID BROOKS AND JONATHAN - CONSIDER THE SECOND IMPEACHMENT - OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE TENSE - ATMOSPHERE IN WASHINGTON AHEAD - OF THE INAUGURATION. - ALL THAT AND MORE ON TONIGHT'S - "PBS NEWSHOUR."

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- NICK BEGINS OUR COVERAGE. - REPORTER: IT IS A CITY IN A - STATE OF EMERGENCY, A CAPITOL - HEAVILY GUARDED AND ON EDGE. - NATURAL GUARD TROOPS ARE - ARRIVING IN AN UNPRECEDENTED - SHOW OF FORCE AS CREWS INSTALL - FENCES AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK'S - INAUGURATION. - WASHINGTON, D.C. MAYOR MURRIEL - BOWSER. - >> I THINK THAT OUR ENTIRE - COUNTRY HAS TO DEAL WITH HOW OUR - INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS, SECURITY - APPARATUS AT EVERY LEVEL DEAL - WITH A VERY REAL AND PRESENT - THREAT TO OUR NATION. - REPORTER: MINORITIES SAY THEY'VE - APPROVED 25,000 NATIONAL GUARD - TROOPS TO PATROL THE DISTRICT. - MILITARY, CONGRESSIONAL, FEDERAL - AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AGREED ON - THE REQUEST IN RESPONSE TO THE - INSURRECTION LAST WEEK THAT - KILLED FIVE AND INJURED OTHERS. - SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SAYS SHE'S

- SURE IT WILL NOT BE BRUSHED - ASIDE. - >> WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE SECITY - THAN THE INTELLIGENCE MIGHT - WARRANT -- WARRANT. - I THINK IN THIS CASE REDUNDANCY - MIGHT BE NECESSARY. - >> MEANWHILE, STATES ARE ALSO - BOLSTERING SECURITY. - POLICE, NATIONAL GUARD AND - FENCING ARE GOING UP IN STATE - CAPITOLS FROM NEW MEXICO TO - MICHIGAN. - >> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT - WILL BE PRESENTS OVER THE COURSE - OF THE NEXT SEVEN TO EIGHT DAYS - PARTICULARLY AND THEN FROM A - STATE POLICE PERSPECTIVE ALL THE - WAY THROUGH THE -- AT LEAST - THROUGH MID FEBRUARY WILL BE - SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WE'VE - SEEN IN THE PAST. - >> MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN BEFORE - TRUMP SUPPORTERS STORMED THE - U.S. CAPITOL. - FRESHMAN WATCHDOGS ARE NOW - INVESTIGATING THE FAILUREO - PROTECT CONGRESS. - AND AUTHORITIES TODAY REVEALED - MORE DETAILS OF THE SIEGE'S - ORGANIZATION AND OBJECTIVE.

- AN F.B.I. OFFICIAL SAID ON A - CALL TODAY MORE THAN 300 - SUSPECTS MAY BE EACHED BY THE - END OF THE DAY AND 100 ARE - ALREADY IN CUSTODY. - >> IF THIS WAS A FOOTBALL GAME, - WE'D STILL BE IN THE FIRST - QUARTER SO LET THIS BE A - REMINDER. - THE FULL FORCE OF THE F.B.I. IS - INVESTIGATING THE HEINOUS ACTS - WE SAW LAST WEEK AND WE'LL LEAVE - NO STONE UNTURNED. - REPORTER: THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT - SAID THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF - PLOTS TO KIDNAP OR KIM LAWMAKERS - BY A MAN SEEN STORMING THE - CAPITOL IN HORNS AND FACE PAINT - SAID THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO ATHAT - IS -- ASSASSINATE OFFICIALS. - IN DANGER WAS PRESIDENT MIKE - PENCE. - DESPITE RIOTERS THREATENING HIM - BY NAME. - ALSO UNDER SCRUTINY, FORMER AND - CURRENT MILITARY POLICE. - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUND OUT - AT LEAST 31 TOOK PART.

- AND A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE - VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD, JACOB - FRACKER AND A FELLOW POLICE - OFFICER WERE ARRESTED AND - CHARGED IN PARTICIPATING WITH - THE RIOTS. - MICHAEL SHERWIN -- - >> WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR - PROFESSION IS, WHO YOU ARE OR - ARE AFFILIATED WITH, IF YOU ARE - FOUND TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN - CROSS-EXAMINE ACTIVITY, WE WILL - FIND YOU AND I WILL BE ARRESTED. - JUDY: WHEN PRESIDENT ELECT JOE - BIDEN TARKS TARGET -- TAKES - CHARGE NEXT WEEK HE'LL ALSO BE - FACING THE ENORMOUS PROBLEM OF - THE CORONAVIRUS. - YESTERDAY HE PUT FORTH A PLAN. - HIS $1. TRILLION PLAN INCLUDES - $1,400 IN ADDITIONAL DIRECT - PAYMENTS TO TAXPAYERS. - $400 PER WEEK IN UNEMPLOYMENT - BENEFITS THROUGH SEPTEMBER. - $400 BILLION TO HELP FIGHT - COVID-19 AND REOPEN SCHOOLS AND

- $440 BILLION IN AID FOR STATES, - CITIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES. - LAST NIGHT HE SPOKE ABOUT THE - URGENT NEED FOR THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT TO HELP STEMFURMENT - ECONOMIC FALLOUT FROM THE - CRISIS. - >> I KNOW WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED - DOES NOT COME CHEAPLY BUT - FAILURE TO DO SO WILL COST US - DEARLY. - THE CONSENSUS AMONG LEADING - ECONOMISTS IS WE SIMPLY CANNOT - AFFORD NOT TO DO WHAT I'M - PROPOSING. - IF WE INVEST NOW BOLDLY, SMARTLY - AND WITH UNWAVERING FOCUS ON - AMERICAN WORKERS AND FAMILIES, - WE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY, - REDUCE INQUICK -- INEQUITY AND - PUT OUR NATION'S LONG-TERM FGSES - ON THE MOST SUSTAINABLE COURT - COWER COURSE. - JUDY: WE WANT TO BEGIN LOOKING - AT PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S PLAN. - WE TURN TO HEATHER BECAUSE OFA, - APPOINTED BY HIM TO BE A MEMBER - OF THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL OF - ECONOMIC ADVISORS.

- WELCOME BANG TO THE NEWS HOURS - -- NEWSHOUR. - THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY ON TOP OF - THE TRILLIONS DISHED OUT BY THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR. - WHY IS SO MUCH MONEY NECESSARY? - >> JUDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR - THE QUESTION. - LET'S INSTEAD OF BACK AND LOOK - AT THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN. - WE CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ECONOMY - THAT IS IN CRISIS BECAUSE OF - THIS PANDEMIC AND WHILE WE'VE - TAKEN SERIOUS STEPS, THE - PANDEMIC STILL RAGES AND - MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE OUT OF - WORK AS A RESULT. - SO THE PACKA THAT THE - PRESIDENT ELECT TALKED ABOUT - LAST NIGHT FOCUSES FIRST AND - FOREMOST ON CONTAINING THE - VIRUS, DOING THE THINGS THAT WE - NEED TO DO TO GET SCHOOLS TO - REOPEN SAFELY, TO MAKE SURE THAT - THE VACCINE IS DISTRIBUTED - EQUITABLY AND ALL THOSE THINGS, - WHILE MAKING SURE THAT FAMILIES - AND BUSINESSES AND COMMINALTS - ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE THE - SUPPORT THEY NEED TO WEAER IN - CRISIS AND COME OUT ON THE OTHER - SIDE JUST AS STRONG IF NOT

- STRONGER. - SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HELP - FOLKS THROUGH THIS CRISIS AND - THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THIS PACKAGE - IN FRONT OF US TODAY. - JUDY: I'M SURE YOU KNOW, - HEATHER, THAT A NUMBER OF - REPUBLICANS AND EVEN SOME - DEMOCRATS, LIKE JOE MANCHIN OF - WEST VIRGINIA IN THE SENATE ARE - SAYING IT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD - BUT IT'S MONEY THAT IS NOT - TARGETED ENOUGH, THE ADDITIONAL - $1,400 IN DIRECT PARENTS -- - PAYMENTS AND IT IS ASKING THE - GOVERNMENT TO GO EVEN DEEPER IN - DEBT. - WHAT HAPPENS IF CONGRESS CUTS - BACK ON THIS PROPOSAL, DOESN'T - GIVE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU'RE - SAYING IS NECESSARILY. - FRANKLY, CONGRESS CUTS BACK ON - WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTED IN - 2009 AND YOU WERE PART OF THAT - ADMINISTRATION. - >> RIGHT NOW THE RISKS OF DOING - TOO LITTLE ARE FAR GREATER THAN - THE RISK OF DOING TOO MUCH AND - THAT'S ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT - WE TAKE FROM THE LAST DECADE,

- THAT IN THIS MOMENT OF CRISIS, - WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE - KEEP THE ECONOMY RUNNING. - THE COST OF INACTION WILL BE - GREATER THAN THE DEBT THAT WE - WILL INCUR AS A RESULT OF TAKING - ACTIONS TODAY. - YOU THINK OF THE MILLIONS OF - PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF WORK, THE - EXTENT TO WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE - INCOME THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF - UNEMPLOYMENT, IN IS NO FAULT OF - THEIR OWN, BECAUSE OF THE - PANDEMIC. - THAT IS THEN LEADING TO - BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS OUR - ECONOMY WHO AREN'T SEEING - CUSTOMERS AND SO BY HELPING - THEM BY HELPING THE SMALL - BUSINESSES STAY AFLOAT, WE'RE - MAKING SURE THAT OUR ECONOMY IS - ON A STRONGER FOOTING GOING - FORWARD SO I THINK THAT LOOKING - BACK OVER THE PAST DECADE IS A - SMART AND IMPORTANT THING TO DO - AND SO MANY ECONOMISTS HAVE AND - THE CONSENSUS I THINK AT THAT - POINT IS DOING TOO LITTLE - SUSPECT GREATER RISK. - JUDY: WE WERE SEEING MORE AND - MORE ECONOMISTS AS THEY LOOK - AHEAD TO THIS YEAR SAY, YES, THE - FIRST PART OF THE YEAR IS GOING - TO BE REALLY TOUGH BUT THEY'RE

- FORECASTING THAT IF BY THE - MIDDLE OF THE YEAR MORE PEOPLE - GET VACCINATION NAMED WE COULD - END UP WITH MORE THAN 4% GROWTH - OVERALL IN THIS YEAR, 2021. - DO YOU SHARE THAT OUTLOOK? - >> WELL, I'VE BEEN SPENDING A - LOT OF TIME LISTENING TO THE - HEALTH EXPERTS AND I KNOW THAT, - JUST LIKE 2020 WHERE WE ARE - STARTING 2021 IS A PLACE OF - GREAT UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT'S - TO COME. - WE KNOW THAT WE HAD THIS NEW - STRAIN OF THE VIRUS THAT'S MORE - CONTAGIOUS AND WHILE WE HAVE THE - VACCINES, THE DISTRIBUTION - ROLLOUT HAS BEEN TOO SLOW SO FAR - SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE - TAKING STEPS NOW TO ENSURE THAT - AID IS AVAILABLE, THAT WE'RE - SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES, LOCAL - GOVERNMENT, SMALL BUSINESSES SO - THAT HOPEFULLY WE DO GET TO THAT - STRONGER ECONOMY IN THE LATTER - HALF OF THE YEAR, THAT WE DO PUT - IN THE TIMAND THE INVESTMENT - TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THAT - VACCINE, THAT WE'RE MAKING - SCHOOLS REOPEN, SO THAT WEET

- THERE BUT THE BIG UNCERTAINTY - NOW IS WILL WE BE ABLE TO GET TO - THAT HIGHER GROWTH PLACE AND - THAT REALLY REQUIRES THAT WE - TAKE ACTION NOW. - JUDY: YOU'VE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN - A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE NEED TO - NOT ONLY ADDRESS ECONOMIC GROWTH - BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS THE - PRONOUNCED AND ONGOING ECONOMIC - INEQUALITY IN THIS COUNTRY. - HOW WILL THE BIDEN - ADMINISTRATION DO THAT AT A TIME - WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY STRESSES - AROUND US? - >> I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT - QUESTION, JUDY. - ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW IN 2020 - IS THAT IT SHOWED US WHAT - INEQUALITY LOOKS LIKE. - IT SHOWED US HOW A PANDEMIC WAS - HARDEST HIT AMONG THE LOWEST - INCOME FAMILIES. - WORKERS OF COLOR, FAMILIES OF - COLOR. - IT SHOWED US WHERE OUR - VULNERABILITIES WERE AND BY NOT - ATTENDING TO THAT IT MADE OUR - ENTIRE SOCIETY AND ECONOMY - WEAKER.

- AS WE LOOK FORWARD, THIS - PACKAGE, THIS AMERICAN RESCUE - PLAN REALLY IS A DOWNPAYMENT ON - ADDRESSING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY - AND ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACIAL - INJUSTICES IN OUR ECONOMY. - AS YOU LOOK AT EACH PIECE OF THE - PACKAGE, THEY ARE TARGETED AT - MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO NEED - THE MOST HELP GET THE MOST - ASSISTANCE. - SCHOLARS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - HAVE JUST COME OUT WITH SOME - ESTIMATES THAT THIS PACKAGE IN - YEAR WILL CUT CHILD POVERTY IN - HALF AND IT WILL REDUCE POVERTY - AMONG BLACK FAMILIES BY 1/3. - SO THE PACKAGE THAT THE - PRESIDENT-ELECT TALKED ABOUT - LAST NIGHT REALLY A DOWNPAYMENT - ON ADDRESSING SOME O THESE - ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT - INQUALITIES. - JUDY: AND FINALLY, WHAT IS IT - GOING TO TAKE IN THE WAY OF - HIGHER TAX, HIGHER REV NEWS - NRLED TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE - THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN - DESCRIBING? - WHAT INCOME LEVEL IS GOING TO BE

- HIT AND WHAT KIND OF TAX? - >> WELL, THAT IS CERTAINLY A - VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. - SO FOR RIGHT NOW, WE CAN AFFORD - TO SPEND IN PACKAGE THROUGH - DEFICIT FINANCING BUT YOU'RE - RIGHT, MOVING FORWARD WE'RE - GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE - FISCAL SITUATION. - DURING THE CAMPAIGN THE - PRESIDENT-ELECT OUTLINE A WHOLE - SERIES OF TAX INCREASES FOCUSED - PRIMARILY ON THOSE AT THE VERY - TOP. - HE COMMITTED TO NOT RAISING - TAXES TO THOSE NOT MAKING LESS - THAN $400,000 DURING THE - CAMPAIGN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE - FIX THE TAX SYSTEM AND MAKE IT - MORE FAIR WHILE AT THE SAME TIME - ENCOURAGING DOMESTIC PRODUCTION, - ENCOURAGING BUSINESSES TO - PRODUCE HERE AT HOME AND TO - MAKING SURE THOSE WORKERS ARE - FAIRLY PAID. - THAT'S NOT TONIGHT'S PROBLEM BUT - CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'LL BE - TALKING ABOUT IN THE WEEKS AND - MONTHS TO COME. - JUDY: AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO - HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH - YOU AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS. - INCOMING MEMBER -- ON WHAT WILL - BE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ECONOMIC

- COUNSEL OF ADVISORS. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU. - ♪ - STEPHANIE: I'M STEPHANIE SY WITH - NEWSHOUR WEST. - WE'LL RETURN TO JUDY WOODRUFF - AND THE FULL SHOW AFTER THESE - HEADLINES. - COLE COVID -- COVID-19 HAS NOW - LEFT MORE THAN TWO MILLION - PEOPLE DID DEAD WORLDWIDE. - THE U.S. HAS THE HIGHEST DEATH - TOLL AT 390,000. - MEANWHILE, THE C.D.C. FOIRKT - THAT THE COIFED VARIANT FIRST - SEEN IN BRITAIN MAY BECOME - PREDOMINANT IN THE U.S. BY - MARCH. - WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS - THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL - DEMAURT WASHINGTON ON THE - MORNING OF THE INAUGURATION AND - HE MAY TAKE PART AT A FAREWELL - CEREMONY AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS - BEFORE FLYIN TO FLORIDA. - MR. TRUMP WILL BREAK WH - LONG-STANDING TRADITION IN - SKIPPING THE INAUGURATION OF HIS - SUCCESSOR.

- ANOTHER GREEN LIGHT FOR THE - MINING PROJECT IN THE WANING - DAYS OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. - THE BUREAU OF LAND MIDDLEWEIGHTS - TODAY GAVE FINAL AAPPROVAL TO A - LITHIUM PLANT IN NORTHERN NEVADA - WHICH HAD BEEN OPPOSED BY FARMER - AND CONSERVATIONISTS. - LITHIUM, PRODUCINGED BY THE - PACKER PASS MINE COULD BE USED - FROM ERYTHING WILL FROM - LAPTOPS TO ELECTRIC BATTERIES. - THE TIMING OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S - IMPEACHMENT TRIAL REMAINS - UNDECIDED. - THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY - PELOSI KLINED TO SAY WHEN SHE - WILL SEND THE ARTICLES OF - IMPEACHMENT TO THE SENATE. - FOR NOW THEY'RE ACCUSING THE - PRESIDENT OF INCITING - INSURRECTION. - SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH - MCCONNELL HAS SAID THE TRIAL - WILL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN - JANUARY 19 AND COULD COMMENCE ON - INAUGURATION DAY ITSELF. - IN NORTH KOREA, A MAJOR MILITARY - PARADE IN PRONG I DON'T THINK

- SHOWCASED NEW IN BENS OVERNIGHT. - SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC - MITCHELLS AND OTHERS ROLLED BY - AS KIM LOOKED ON. - NOWLINGSES OF MIGRANTS IN - HONDURAS HAVE BEGUN TO HEAD - NORTH IN THE YEAR'S FIRST - CARAVAN DESTINNED IF. - UNITED STATES. - SOME BLAMED GRINDING POVERTY - THAT WAS MADE EVEN WORSE BY TWO - POWERFUL HURRICANES THAT'S -- - LAST YEAR. - >> WE'RE EMIGRATED FROM THE - COUNTRY BECAUSE WE'VE LOST - EVERYTHING IN THE COUNTRY AND - WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR HELP FROM - ANYONE WHO WILL TAKE US IN. - STEPHANIE: IN GAUT MALA AND - MEXICO NOWLINGSES OF SOLDIERS - AND POLICE ARE SET TO BLOCK THE - MIKE GRANT' -- MIGRANTS' WAY. - THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION - HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. - THEY WILL MOVE FROM NEW YORK TO

- TEXAS. - NEW YORK HAS PSEUDOTHE N.R.A., - ACCUSING LEADERS OF DIVERTING - MILLIONS FOR THEIR OWN USE. - STILL TO COME, EXTRAORDINARY - SECURITY MEASURES ARE MULTIIN - PLACE AMID NATION WITHE THREATS - OF VIOLENCE. - THE COVID-19 VACCINE CONTINUES - TO STRUGGLE. - WE REPORT ON THE DRAWDOWN OF - U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND - MUCH MORE. - ANNOUNCER: THIS IS THE PBS - NEWSHOUR. - FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON, - AND IN THE WEST FROM THE WALTER - CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AT - ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. - JUDY: RETURNING NOW TO ONE OF - OUR TOP STORIES, THE - UNPRECEDENTED SHOW OF MILITARY - FORCE TO DEFEND THE PEACEFUL - TRANSFER OF POWER AND IT'S NOT - JUST HEAR IN WASHINGTON. - NICK SCHIFF RELIGION HAS MORE. - >> THE F.B.I. SAYS THERE ARE - THREATS TO ALL 50 STATE CAPITOLS

- THIS WEEKEND WHEN FEDERAL - AUTHORITIES WARN THERE COULD BE - ARMED PROTESTS. - IN PENNSYLVANIA THERE WILL BE - 450 NATIONAL GUARD PROTECTING - THE CAPITOL IN HARRISBURG. - THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS JOHN - FEFERAN A HE JOINS ME -- ME - NOW. - WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. - WHAT'S THE THREAT THAT - PENNSYLVANIA FAILINGSES AND WHAT - ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT YOUR - CAPITOL? - >> THE THREAT ISN'T NECESSARILY - A SPECIFIC ONE AND THE GOVERNOR - HAPPENED TAKEN THE PREEMPTIVE - STEPS TO CLOSE THE CAPITOL - COMPLEX ALL NEXT WEEK SO IF THEY - DO HAVE A PROTEST -- AS LONG AS - IT'S PEACEFUL, THAT'S, OF - COURSE, THEIR CONSTITUTIONALLY - PROTECTED RIGHTS TO DO SO AND IN - THE EVENT THAT IT DOES GET OUT - OF HAND, WHICH I DON'T EXPECT - THAT IT WOULD, THERE IS A ROBUST - PRESENCE THERE THAT WOULD DE - DETER ANYTHING ALONG THOSE - LININGS.

- WHEN I WAS JUST AT THE CAPITOL - THIS PAST TUESDAY, WE HAD ARMED - GUARDS WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS - AND THERE'S A MUCH DIFFERENT - VIBE AND ENERGY THAN THERE WAS - JUST ONE WEEK AGO WHEN I WAS - THERE WHEN IT WAS A VERY CASUAL, - LAIDBACK ATMOSPHERE, EVEN THOUGH - THERE ARE WERE A COUPLE OF - HUNDRED ANGRY PROTESTERS THERE - ON THE FRONT STEPS. - >> ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH - FRESHMAN HELP? - >> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THA - SPECIFICALLY BUT THIS IS AN - ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN THE NUMBER - ONE PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNOR - AND THE CAPITOL POLICE - DEPARTMENT IN HARRISBURG AND - THEY'VE TAKEN EVERY PREVENTIVE - STEP TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO - EXPOSED VULNERABILITIES, THAT - THE COMPLEX HAS SHUT DOWN AND I - DON'T ANTICIPATES THERE'S GOING - TO BE ANYTHIN THAT HAPPENED ON - THE ORDER OF WASHINGTON LAST - WEEK ESPECIALLY SINCE NO ONE'S - THERE AND THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS - CLOSED THIS COMING WEEK. - >> YOU SAID THERE'S NO SPECIFIC

- THREAT. - THE F.B.I. A FEW MONTHS AGO - LABELED PITTSBURGH A HUB FOR - WHITE SPRIMECY, FOR EXTREMIST - GROUPS. - IS THAT A PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR - YOU GOING FORWARD? - >> YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER EVERY - ANGLE. - I MEAN, LAST WEDNESDAY IN - WASHINGTON CHANGED EVERYTHING. - THIS IDEA THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A - MOB TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE CAPITOL - COMPLEX WAS UNHEARD OF, - UNPRECEDENTIALED. - NO ONE THOUGHT THAT AND THAT'S - WHY THERE WASN'T THE KIND OF - SECURITY THERE BECAUSE NO ONE - BELIEVED THAT WAS POSSIBLE. - AFTER, THAT EVERYTHING IS - POSSIBLE AND THERE IS AN ENTIRE - NEW LEVEL OF SCRUTINY AND - POSSIBILITY THAT IS BEING - CONSIDERED TO MAKE SURE THAT - THERE IS A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF - POWER AND NO KINDS OF INSURGENCY - AND CERTAINLY IN HARRISBURG AND - I SUSPECTS ALL OF PENNSYLVANIA - AS WELL. - THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS IN CLOSE - CONTACTS WITH ALL OTHER LAW - ENFORCEMENT AGENTS SIS AND AS I - SAID, THERE ISN'T A SPECIFIC

- PLOTS IN MIND THAT I'M AWARE OF - BUT NEVERTHELESS, EVERYONE IS ON - HIGH ALERT JUST TO MAKE SURE - THAT EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY - AND WHATEVER PROTESTS THERE ARE - WILL A PEACEABLY, - CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED - RIGHTS TO PROTEST. - >> YOU SAY ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. - I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD HELP - US UNDERSTAND THIS MOMENT WE'RE - IN THIS U.S. HISTORY. - PENNSYLVANIA, OF COURSE, ONE OF - THE ORIGINAL COLONIES. - IT RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION IN - 1787 AND HERE WE ARE 23 YEARS - LATER TALKING ABOUT - INSURRECTION. - WHERE ARE WE TODAY AS A COUNTRY? - >> YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS - MINE. - I WATCHED NOSE EVENTS ON THE - TELEVISION WHERE THEY TOOK OVER - THE CAPITOL MUCH LIKE EVERYBODY - ELSE DID. - IT FELTS VERY 9/11, VERY SURREAL - BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ON - THE UPSIDE IS THAT THE GUARD - RAILS HELD IN AMERICA AND - PENNSYLVANIA WAS THE TARGETS OF - MORE SMEARS AND LIES REGARDING

- OUR ELECTORAL SECURITY THAN ANY - OTHER STATE AND AT THE END OF - THE DAY WE HAD THREE SNADGESES - OF VOTER FRAUD OUT OVER -- OF - OVER SEVEN MILLION BALLOTS CAST - AND THE PRESIDENT'S OWN JUSTICE - DEPARTMENT JUST SIGNED OFF ON - THE FACT AND SAID THERE WASN'T - ANY FRAUD OR ANY ACTIVITY THAT - WOULD CLOSELY RESEMBLE THAT IN - PENNSYLVANIA. - WE'RE IN ANER REY THAT-YEAR -- - AN ERA THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO - TAKE THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF - POWER TO GRANTED. - AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. - WE CAN NEVER LOOK AT THAT AGAIN - AND WE ALSO HAVE TO CONFRONTS IN - IDEAS THAT, WHEN YOU ARE - MALICIOUSLY LYING AND CREATING - AND MO MEANTING CHAOS THAT THAT - -- FOMENTING CHAOS, THAT CAN'T - BE PERFORMED. - AND THIS IDEA OF SLAPPING A - WARNING ON THESE KIND OF THINGS, - THAT OPPORTUNITY INCLUDE THE - FACT THAT, BUT FOR THIS IDEA

- THAT THIS ELECTION WAS STOLEN - AND RIGGED AND THEY'RE TRYING TO - STEAL THIS COUNTRY FROM YOU -- I - MEAN, THERE'S A STRAIGHT LINE - FROM THOSE KIND OF INCENDIARY - STATEMENTS, BANGING REPEATEDLY, - BEING TWEETED, RETWEELED AND - REPEATED FOR TWO MONTHS STRAIGHT - AND IT ALL CULMINATED IN WHAT - HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. - THERE'S A LOT THAT HAS TO BE - CONSIDERED SO THIS IS NEVER, - EVER PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY - AGAIN AND WE CAN GET BACK TO ONE - OF THE PILLARS OF OUR DEMOCRACY - AND THAT IS THE PEACEFUL - TRANSFER O POWER. - >> JOHN FETTERMAN IS THE LUE - TENTS GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. - >> JUDY? - JUDY: AND NOW, NICK, LET'S TURN - TO ANOTHER STORY THAT YOU'VE - BEEN REPORTSING ON TODAY. - LAST NIGHTS, YOU DESCRIBED A - SERIES OF POLICY CHANGES THAT - WERE ANNOUNCED AT THE VERY END - OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. - TELL US WHAT THE BIDEN - TRANSITION TEAM IS SAYING TO YOU - IN RESPONSE.

- >> YEAH, JUDY, MANY - ADMINISTRATIONS RUSH THROUGH - POLICIES AT THE LAST MINUTES, - ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE - OF PARTY AND THE ADMINISTRATION - HAS RUSHED THROUGH POLICIES ON - YEMEN, CUBA, TAIWAN AND IRAN. - SO FAR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - HAD BEEN SHYING AWAY FROM - CRITICIZING INDIVIDUAL POLICIES - BUT THAT CHANGED TODAY. - A BIDEN TRANSITION OFFICIAL IN - AN INTERVIEW TOLD ME, "WE WILL - MANAGE THIS BUT IF IT DOES START - AT SOME POINT TO FEEL LIKE - SABOTAGE -- THE OFFICIAL SINGLED - OUT THE DESIGNATION OF THE GROUP - IN YEMEN OVER THE OBJECTION OF - HUMANITARIAN GROUPS, WHO SAY - THAT DESIGNATION WILL MAKE THE - WORLD'S WORST HUMANITARIAN - INCIDENCES EVEN WORSE. - AN OFFICIAL TOLD ME MOST OF - YEMEN IS AT RISK OF STAFFER

- VACATION SO THAT MIKE POMPEO CAN - FIELD HIS OWN DOMESTIC AMBITIONS - IN RESPONSE, A SENIOR OFFICIAL - TOLD ME "DEER -- WE'RE - DESIGNATEDING THEM AS TERRORISTS - BECAUSE THEY'RE TERRORISTS. - THEY ARE NO ONE ELSE ARE - RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROOKS WE - ARE FACING. - EVEN HUMANITARIAN GROUPS TODAY - ARE CALLING FOR THAT DESIGNATION - TO BE RESCINDED. - JUDY: IN BRIEF, WHAT RESPECT - MAIN FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES - THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - WILL FACE FROM THE VERY BEGIN - SFLG - >> THE CHALLENGES ARE WILD - SPREAD AND THE PLANS ON DAY ONE - FOR THE BIDEN TEAM IN TERMS OF - FOREIGN POLICY, REJOINING THE - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, - REJOINING THE PARIS ACORDS AND - RESCINDSING CONSECUTIVE -- - CONSECUTIVE ORDERS THAT PLAN - TRAVELERS FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES. - HE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO

- TREAT THE TREATY THAT HAS TO DO - WITH AMERICAN AND FOREIGN - WEAPONS. - AND THE DEALING WITH IRAN. - JUDY: NICK, A LOT ON YOUR - PLACEMENT. - THANK YOU. - ♪ - JUDY: AS WE REPORTED, ONE KEY - PIECE OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S - PLAN TO FIGHT COVID IS TO MAKE - MAJOR CHANGES TO HOW VACCINES - ARE DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE - COUNTRY. - IT COMES AS THE "WASHINGTON - POST" REPORTED THAT THE VACCINE - RESERVE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - HAD JUST PROMISED TO STILL SHIP - TO STATES DOES NOT ACTUALLY - EXIST RIGHT NOW. - SEVERAL GOVERNORS WERE FURIOUS, - CALLING THE ADMINISTRATION'S - PRIOR STATEMENTS "LIES AND - DECEPTION ON A NATIONAL SCALE." - WE LOOK AT WHAT MR. BIDEN HOMES

- TO DO. - >> JUDY, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT - OUTLINED THESE STEPS AND MORE. - ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO GET THE - VACCINE, INCLUDING THOSE 65 AND - OLDER. - DEPLOY FEMA TO SET UP THOUSANDS - OF COMMUNITIES-BASED VACCINE - CENTERS IN STADIUMS, SCHOOL GYMS - AND COMMUNITIES CENTERS. - GET NATIONAL FARM SIP CAMPAIGNS - INVOLVED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE - AND USE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION - ACT TO MAKE MORE VACCINE-RELATED - SUPPLIES. - IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT SO FAR - ONLY ABOUT 1/3 OF THE 30 MILLION - VACCINE DOSES ENTSIASTIC - DISTRIBUTED HAVE ACTUALLY ENDED - UP IN PEOPLE'S ARMS. - JOINING ME NOW IS THE - CO-DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTER OF - VACCINE DEVELOPMENT AS TEXAS - CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HE'S - ALSO THE DEAN OF THE NATIONAL - SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AT - BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. - GREATS TO HAVE YOU BACK ON "THE - NEWSHOUR." - BEFORE W GET TO THE BIDEN PLAN - AND VACCININGS, I WONDER IF YOU - COULD JUST GIVE US A SNAPSHOT OF - THE PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW.

- I KNOW PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED AND - TIRED ABOUT THIS BUT THOUSANDS - OF MIDWESTERNERS ARE STILL DYING - EVERY SINGLE DAY. - >> YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY - RIGHT. - WE'RE IN A DIRE PUBLIC HEALTH - CRISIS RIGHT NOW, BORDERING ON A - HOMELAND SECURITY CRISIS BECAUSE - OF THE DEPTHS AND BREADTH OF - THIS EPIDEMIC NOW. - RIGHT NOW COVID-19 IS THE - LEADING CAUSE OF DEPTHS IN THE - UNITED STATES ON A DAILY BASIS. - IT'S BEEN IN WAY FOR ABOUT AT - LEAST THE LAST MONTH, MAYBE SIX - WEEKS. - WE'RE LOOKING AT 4,000 DEATHS - PER DAY SO THE NUMBER IS GOING - TO GET TOROUND 400,000 DEATHS - PER DAY BY AROUND THE TIME OF - THE INAUGURATION, WHICH IS AN - IMPORTANT BENCHMARK. - THAT'S THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN - G.I.'S WHO SACRIFICED THEIR - LIVES IN WORLD WAR II SO WE'RE - LOOKING AT SOMETHING LONG THAT - SCALE AND WE'RE CONTINUING AHEAD - TOO 500,000 DEATHS SO THERE IS A - HUMANITARIAN TRAGEDY TO SAY THE - LEAST AND 2,000 TO 300,000 - CONFIRMED CASES A DAY.

- WE'RE LOOKING AT A MILLION NEW - CASES A DAY AND WITHOUT ANY - COVID-19 NATIONAL PROGRAM IN - PLACE FOR 2020. - WE'VE SQUANDERED EVERY - OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. - WE'VE MISS IT WOULD VIRUS COMING - IN FROM EUROPE. - BACK LAST SPRING WE NEVER GOT - DIAGNOSTIC TESTING UP TO SPRING. - WE FAILED TO STOP THAT SOUTHERN - SURGE IN THE SUMMER, THE FALL, - SURGE IN THE MELFTS SO NOW OUR - BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL. - ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS TO - VACCINATION NAME THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE AND NOW WE'VE LEARNED - THAT'S NOT IN PLACE NOW SO THIS - IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL WHAT THE - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS DOING. - OUR LAST HOME IS TO VACCINATE - OUR WAY OUT OF THIS. - >> SO MANY CHALLENGES AHEAD. - AS I MENTIONED, INCOMING - PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED MORE OF HIS - PLANS TODAY. - IT SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO A PLAN - THAT YOU LAID OUT IN THE - "WASHINGTON POST." - CAN YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT YOU - BELIEVE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - NEEDS TO DO NEED IMMEDIATELY TO - MAKE SURE AS MANY VACCINES ARE

- AS AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE? - >> ABSOLUTELY. - I LAID OUT A FOUR-PART PLAN IN - THE "WASHINGTON POST" IT AND - LOOKS QUITHES SIMILAR TO WHAT - THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS - PROPOSING. - FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T HAVE AN - ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE OR - VACCINATING LOTS OF ADULTS. - WE HAVE TO VACCINATE 240 MILLION - ADULTS, I ESTIMATE TO INTERRUPT - VIRUS TRANSMISSION BY AUGUST. - THAT MEANS TWO MILLION AMERICANS - EVERY DAY. - WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT WITH - THE HOSPITAL AND PHARMACY CHAINS - ALONE. - THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. - THE PHARMACIES ARE DOING ALL - THEY CAN AND MOST ADULTS GETS - THEIR VACCINE THROUGH PHARMACIES - OFTEN TIMES BUT IT WON'T BE - ENOUGH. - WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO ADD - ADDITIONAL VACCINATIONS00. - LARGE PUT THREW CENTERS. - HUGE UNDERTAKING. - TWO MILLION AMERICANS EVERY DAY - THAT'S 10,000 TO 50,000 - AMERICANS PER DAY IN THE LARGE - METRO AREAS. - WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT.

- THAT'S A MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE - BIDEN PLAN. - WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO - STREAMLINE GUIDELINES BECAUSE - THEY'RE A BIT TOO FUSSY. - WE'VE LEARNED IN 2020 THAT OUR - HEALTH SYSTEM CANNOT DO - COMPLICATED THINGS. - WE HAVE TO KEE IT EXTREMELY - SIMPLE AND THE GUIDELINES I - THINK WERE WELL-INTENDED AND IF - YOU HAD A FUNCTIONING SYSTEM IN - PLACE WE COULD PROBABLY - OPERATIONAL THOSE BUT NOT IN - THIS CIRCLES AND WE'RE GOING TO - HAVE TO STREAMLINE THAT. - THE THIRD ISE DON'T HAVE - ENOUGH VACCINE. - THE TECHNOLOGY LOOKS REALLY - GREATS BUT IT'S STILL A YOUNG - TECHNOLOGY AND NOT ROBUST ENOUGH - TO SCALE IT TO THE LEVEL THAT WE - NEED. - WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO - THIS WITH MRNA VACCININGS ALONE. - WE NEED THE TWO VOIKINGS FROM J - AND J. - AS TRA ZEN . - THE NOVID VACCINE. - WE HAVE ONE WE'RE SCALING UP TO - A BILLION DOSES.

- WE HAVE TO RAMP THOSE UP AND - LASTLY, WE HAVE NO COMMUNICATION - PLAN. - WE'VE NOT CONVEYED ANY OF THIS - INFORMATION TO THE AMERICAN - PEOPLE OFER WHEN THEY'RE GOING - TO HAVE TO GET BOOSTED WITH A - THIRD DOSE OR WHAT THE - DURABILITY OF PROTECTION IS. - HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE ALL OF - THESE ISSUES AND, OF COURSE, WE - HAVE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE - ANTI-VACCINE MOVEMENTS WE HAVE - TO COUNTER SO A LOT OF WORK - AHEAD. - >> A LOT OF WORK INDEED. - ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR YOUR - COUNSEL. - THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. - >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING - ME. - ♪ - JUDY: THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT - ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE UNITED - STATES, WHICH ONCE HAD OVER - 100,000 TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN, - NOW HAS 2,500 SERVICE PERSONNEL - REMAINING. - COMPLETING A GOAL PRESIDENT - TRUMP HAD SET. - IT IS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF - AMERICAN TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN - SINCE 2001. - WHEN THE U.S. FIRST INVADED.

- HERE'S OUR CORRESPONDENT. - >> THAT'S RIGHT, JUDY. - THESE REDUCED FORCE LEVELS COME - AS THE PEACE TALKS ARE STALLED. - WE GO TO JANE FERGUSON IN CAB - YOU WILL. - WELCOME BACK AND IT'S -- CAB - BELL. - TELL US WHAT THESE REDUCED FORCE - LEVELS MEAN ON THE SITUATION ON - THE GROUND? - >> IT REALLY SENDS A STRONG - MESSAGE ON THE GROUND TO THE - AFGHAN FORCES AND GOVERNMENT AND - PEOPLE HERE THAT THE AMERICAN - GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO STICK TO - THAT FEBRUARY, 2020 DEAL THAT - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SIGNED - WITH THE TALIBAN AND THAT'S - ZILETS, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, - INCREASED VIOLENCE, THE ATTACKS - ON THE AFGHAN FORS BY THE - TALIBAN AND STALLED TALKS SO - WHILE THAT CONTEXTS AND BLOODY - FIGHTING CONTINUES HERE, THERE - IS, OF COURSE, A COMPLETE - RECOMMITMENT TO THAT DEAL AND - TIMELINE TO DRAW DOWN THE TROOPS - SO IT ACTUALLY UPS THE PRESSURE - HERE AND A LOT OF THE FEAR OF

- WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THE - AMERICANS FULLY, FULLY COMPLILT - TO THAT DEAL AND REALLY DO PULL - OUT COMPLETELY BY THE END OF - APRIL. - >> SO THERE IS THE SEEING - INFLUENCE OF THE TRUMP PLAN BUT - WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE - INCOMING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION - THAT'S GOING TO INHERIT THE - SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN? - >> BIDEN NOT ONLY INHERITS - AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR AND ONE - THAT, OF COURSE, HE HIMSELF -- - ONE THAT WAS GOING ON WHILE HE - WAS VICE PRESIDENT UNDER OBAMA, - HE ALSO INHERITS NOW THIS DEAL - THAT TRUMP HAS SIGNED SO HE IS - IN A POSITION WHERE EVERYBODY IN - AFGHANISTAN, WHETHER IT'S THE - TALIBAN OR THE GOVERNMENT OR THE - PEOPLE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE ARE - ALL WATCHING BIDEN WONDERING - WILL HE FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS - DEAL? - WILL HE TRY TO NEGOTIATE FOR AN - EXTENSION BEYOND THAT MAY 1 - DEADLINE TO PULL EVERY LAST - AMERICAN FROOP OUT OR WILL HE - HONOR THE DEAL, IN WHICH CASE HE - COULD BE THROWING THE COUNTRY - INTO POTENTIAL CHAOS. - AND IN THE MEANTIME, CAN THE TWO - SIDES AND A HALF SET DOWN FOR

- TALKS BUT NOT HAD MUCH FROG - REACH A DEAL BY THREATEN? - THAT'S EVEN LESS LIKELY. - >> YOU MENTIONED THE PEACE - TALKS. - WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FUTURE - OF THOSE TODAY? - >> WE KNOW THIS IS THE GREATEST - OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEACE IN - AFGHANISTAN SINCE THE BANN - CONFERENCE AFTER THE U.S. - INVASION THAT TOPPLED THE - TALIBAN GOVERNMENT BUT THE - CHALLENGES ARE ENORMOUS. - THERE'S STILL BLOODY FIGHTING - GOING ON BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES - WHO ARE TALK BUT THERE'S ALSO AN - INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE - GOVERNMENT HERE. - THEIR POSITION IS THAT - ESSENTIALLY THE DEAL BETWEEN THE - TALIBAN AND AMERICANS HAS VASTLY - WEAK PPED THEIR LEVERAGE. - THEY HAVE RELEASED 5,000 TALIBAN - PRISONERS JUST TO GET THESE - TALKS GOING AND NOWITH THE - AMERICANS CONTINUING TO COMMIT - TO THEIR COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL BY - MAY, THAT LEAVES THE AFGHAN - GOVERNMENT AND THE AFGHAN - NEGOTIATORS FROM KABUL IN QUITE - A WEAKENED POSITION.

- WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT FROM - THE TALIBAN PERSPECTIVE, AND - THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THIS - VOCALLY, THEY FEEL AS IF THEY'VE - WON IN WAR. - FROM THEIR POSITION, THAT IS A - WIN-WIN. - >> JANE, GOOD TO SEE YOU. - >> THANK YOU. - ♪ - JUDY: AND NOW, FOR THE FINAL - FRIDAY ANALYSIS OF THE TRUMP - PRESIDENCY, WE TURN TO BROOKS - AND KAPART. - HELLO TO BOTH OF YOU ON THIS - FRIDAY EVENING. - SO DAVID, IT WAS JUST TWO - WEDNESDAYS AGO THAT THERE WAS - THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. - FIVE PEOPLE DIALED AS A DIRECT - RESULT OF THAT, THEN A WEEK - LATER PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPEOPLED - WITH ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT IN - OFFERS.

- ISM PEACHED A SOMETIME SECOND - TIME. - WAS IT THE RIGHT THING DO DO? - >> ABSOLUTELY. - OUR SYSTEM DEPENDS ON AN DUAL - BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE - HAVE AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND A - SLIT ACTIVE BRANCH AND THE - EXECUTIVE BRANCH CAN'T GO - INCITING RIOTS TO TAKE OVER THE - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND THAT'S - ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED. - I THINK THEY WERE RIGHT TO - IMPEACH. - I FEEL SOMEHOW WEIRDLY THAT - IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES IS STILL - OVERSHADOWED BY THE EVENTS THAT - HAPPENED JANUARY 6 AND THE - TURMOIL THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING - EVER SINCE. - WE'RE EMBROILED IN SOMETHING - EVEN LARGER THAN THAT. - JUDY: WHAT ABOUT THAT, JOHN - THAT, -- JONATHAN, ABOUT THE - MOVE TO IEACH AND WHERE WE'RE - LEFT AS A COUNTRY AFTER JANUARY - 6? - >> I THINK THE MOVE TO IMPEACH - WAS NECESSARY. - IT HAD TO HAPPEN. - WE'RE REELING ABOUT IT NOW BUT I - THINK WHEN PEOPLE READ ABOUT IT

- IN THE HISTORY BOOKS THAT PEOPLE - WILL REALIZING IT WAS A - NECESSARY THING. - TO SEND A SIGNAL TO ANYONE WHO - MIGHT COME AFTER DONALD TRUMP, - THAT IF YOU TRY TO DO THE SAME - THING, THERE WILL BE - CONSEQUENCES AND THEN WHAT THIS - SAYS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS A - COUNTRY, I THINK WE'RE AT THE - BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE. - THIS IS NOT THE BEGINNING OF THE - END OR THE END OF THE BEGINNING. - WHAT WE'RE NOW ABOUT TO TALK - ABOUT IN THIS COUNTRY IS ABOUT - DEEP FISH SHOWERS AND DEEP PAIN - WITHIN IN COUNTRY THAT'S - CENTERED AROUND RACE. - SEEMS TO BE OPEN TO A TRAIL TOO. - >> SOME PEOPLE WERE REALLY

- DOUBLING DOWN ON TRUMP SAYING IT - WAS ALL AN FIFA, ETC., ETC. - YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE - MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE WHITE - EVANGELICAL SURGE -- CHURCH - SAYI HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? - JOHN HAGUEY, A VERY TRUMPY - PASTOR IN TEXAS SAID THAT WAS - NOT PATRIOTISM, THAT WAS - ANARCHY. - AND A LOT OF THE MARNINGERS - AGAINST TRUMP HAVE RECEIVED - VICIOUS BACK LASHES. - SO IN A WAY, THIS IS A WEIRD - DEMOCRACY IN ACTION, THE - REPUBLICAN PARTY TRYING TO - FIGURE ITSELF OUT. - I HAPPEN TO THINK THE REPUBLICAN - PARTY IS POISED TO DO DECENTLY - OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. - MAJOR, THE REST OF THE PARTY IS - DEATTACH -- DETACHED FROM - REALITY. - SO IN THE MEANTIME, HOW YOU - ADDRESS PEOPLE TO THE FACTS. - HOW YOU ADDRESS THE - ECONOMICINGS, THE RACE - RESENTMENTS.

- SOMEHOW RACE, EXTREME - NATIONALISM, CHRISTIAN - NATIONALISM. - ECONOMIC ANXIETY, IT'S ALL - BECOME FUSED INTO ONE POISONOUS - FINER AND THAT'S HARD FOR A - PARTY TO EXPUNGE BUT SOMEHOW WE - NEED TWO RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AND - THAT'S PART OF THE JOB. - JUDY: AND JONATHAN, CLEARLY A - LOT TO SORT OUT HERE AND IT'S - NOT JUST ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN - PARTY, THE PEOPLE WHO WERE - SUPPORTING TRUMP BUT SURELY THEY - ARE PART OF IT BECAUSE THEY'RE - GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY - ARE NOW, WHERE THEY STAND NOW. - >> RIGHT, THERE ARE SERIOUS - CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE - HAD WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY - AND ALSO WITHIN, AMONG PEOPLE, - AS DAVID WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHO - ARE CONSERVATIVE AND WHO SUPPORT - THE REPUBLICAN PARTIES AND WHO - SUPPORTS THEIR CANDIDATES AND - THEIR LEADERS. - I THINK ONE OF THE WAYS TO - REMARRY REALITY TO A LOT OF THE - FOLKS WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN - PARTY IS TO HAVE LEADERS WITHIN - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO START - TALKING TRUTH AGAIN, WHO START - TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY

- HAPPENING, DOING AWAY WITH THE - THEATER OF OUTRAGE AND ALL OF - THAT. - BUT DEALING WITH -- OK, THIS IS - WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE, HERE'S - WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY AND - HERE IS OUR SOLUTION AS A - REPUBLICAN PARTY, AS - CONSERVATIVES AND HAVE THAT THAT - ARGUMENT BASED IN FACTS AND HAVE - THAT COME FROM THE NUMBER ONE - LEADER -- ELECTED LEADER WITHIN - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHICH - RIGHT NOW -- CORRECT ME IF I'M - WRONG, DAVID, IS STILL SENATE - MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL - ON DOWN. - WHETHER WE HAVE LEADERS WHO - SPEAK TRUTH TO THEIR - CONSTITUENTS, THAT IS WLILT - TAKES HOLD AND SO FAR WITHIN THE - REPUBLICAN PARTY, THAT HAS JUST - GONE -- LIKE THAT. - JUDY: DAVID, YOU WANT TO PICK UP - ON THAT? - I'M THINKING -- I'M WONDERING - WHAT IS IT THAT JOE BIDEN IS - INHERITING HERE? - AS HE STEPS INTO THE PRESIDENCY - NEXT WEDNESDAY? - >> OUR NEWSHOUR FRIEND MIKE

- WROTE GEORGE W. BUSH'S - INAUGURATION SPEECH IN 2001 AND - THAT WAS A BITTERLY BATTLED - ELECTION IN 2000. - MIKE SAID I LOOK BACK ON THAT - SPEECH AND IT SEEMS SO NAIVE NOW - SO IT'S A BITTERLY DIVIDED - COUNTRY BUT THE FIRST THING JOE - BIDEN NEEDS TO DO IS NEED TO - SHOW PHYSICALLY, MATERIALLY, HE - CARES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO THINK HE - DEPIESES. - SO HE HAS THIS $1.9 TRILLION - COVID RELIEF. - IT'S GOT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, - A $2,000 CHECK. - A CHILD CARE TAX CREDIT. - ALL THESE PHYSICAL - MANIFESTATIONS OF GOVERNMENT - SAYING THIS IS A HARD TIME, I - CARE ABOUT YOU, I'M HELPING YOU. - I THINK IF THOSE PROGRAMS WENT - OUT TO RED AMERICA, THEY WOULD - SEE THAT JOE BIDEN IS NOT THE - DOOM OF AMERICA BUT THERE'S - ACTUALLY SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP

- YOU AND I DO THINK THAT'S THE - BEGINNING OF TURNING AROUND -- - THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN, - ATTACH TO REALITY UNTIL THEY - CARE THAT SOMEBODY CARES AND SEE - AND HEARS THEM. - AND HAS TO BE DONE PHYSICALLY, - NOT JUST WITH WORDS. - JUDY JONATHAN? - >> YES, I AGREE WITH THAT - COMPLETELY AND TALK ABOUT A - PERSON WHO IS THE PERSON FOR THE - TIME. - I MEAN, IF ANYTHING, IF THERE'S - A WORD TO DESCRIBE - PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN, IT - ISER ING -- EMPATHETIC. - I THINK IT WAS THE ONE BIG - ATTRIBUTE THAT HE HAD THAT WAS - HIS CALLING CARD IN THIS - ELECTION, THAT HE WAS SOMEONE - WHO, WHEN HE SPOKE AND PEOPLE - LOOKED AT HIM, THEY FELT IN - THEIR BONES THAT HE FELT IN - THEIR BONES WHATEVER ISSUE THAT - WAS HURTING THEM. - HE FELT THEIR PAIN AND IT'S IN - EVERY SPEECH, IT'S IN EVERY - COMMENTS, IT WILL BE IN EVERY - POLICY AND I THINK IF THE - BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION - PUSHES FORWARD AND KEEPS EMPATHY

- AT THE TOP OF THEIR AGENDA, AT - THE TOP OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY - TO THE COUNTRY, I THINK THEY - WILL SUCCEED IN SHOWING ALL OF - AMERICANA THEY CARE ABOUT THEM. - JUDY: SO DAVID, FINALLY, IS IT A - GOOD THING FOR JOE BIDEN TO - BEGIN HIS PRESIDENCY -- BACK TO - IMPEACHMENT, WITH AN IMPEACHMENT - TRIAL IN THE SENATE COMPETING - FOR ATTENTION AND FOR TIME AND - EVERYTHING, FOR THAT MATTER? - >> YEAH, I -- I COMPLETELY - SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT, THINK IT'S - THE RIGHT THING TO DO. - I THINK IT WOULD BE A BAD THING - TO HAVE THE TRIAL IN THE SENATE. - JO BIDEN HAS TO PASS THAT - LEGISLATION. - WE JUST HAD A HORRIFYING REPORT - 10 MINUTES AGO ON COVID. - THAT WAS HORRIFYING SO WE NEED - TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM, PASS THIS - PIECE OF SLAILINGS. - $1.9 TRILLION, A VERY - COMPLICATED PIECE OF - LEGISLATION. - I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF THINGS - REPUBLICANS AND JOE MNUCHIN OF

- WEST VIRGINIA CAN SUPPORT. - -- MANCHIN OF WEST VIRGINIA CAN - SUPPORT. - IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. - IT WILL STOKE ALL THE FLAMES. - THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL FIND - IT VERY EASY JUST TO GO IN ON I - GUESS SOING IS MOLD. - I'D LOVE TO THINK WE COULD AT - LEAST HAVE A CUP OF MONTHS OF - ACTION BEFORE WE GO IN - OPPOSITION MODE AND I'M AFRAID A - TRIAL WILL DO THAT. - JUDY: JONATHAN, IS A TRIAL - NECESSARY? - >> YES, IT IS NECESSARY AND - THIS IS MY FIRST TIME - DISAGREEING WITH MY FRIEND - DAVID. - IT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE - REASONS I SAID BEFORE. - BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGE IT WOULD - SEND TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT TRY - WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DID IN THE - FUTURE. - PEOPLE ELECT SENATORS TO COME TO - WASHINGTON TO DO HARD THINGS AND - OVER THE LAST FEW CYCLES, WE'VE - SEEN A SENATE THAT GETS NOTHING - DONE UNLESS IT'S CONFIRMING - JUDGES OR VOTING ON

- INCONSEQUENTIAL LEGISLATION. - THEY COME HERE TO DO HARD THINGS - AND THERE'S NOTHING HARDER RIGHT - NOW THAN HOLDING A SITTING - PRESIDENT -- SOON TO BE NOT - SITTING PRESIDENT BUT TO HOLD A - CHIEF EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBLE FOR - VERY BAD ACTS BUT ALSO TO HE'LL - A NATION THAT IS REELING FROM A - GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THEN THE SUB - QUENLT ECONOMIC IMPLOSION. - JUDY: DAVID, I'M GOING TO GIVE - YOU THE LAST WORD. - UNLESS YOU LEAVE TIME FOR - JONATHAN. - WHAT ABOUT THE ARGUMENT HE'S - MAKING, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING - THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO DO. - >> YEAH, I JUST THINK OUR - LEGISLATIVE CAPACITIES ARE NOT - VERY HIGH RIGHT NOW AND DOING A - PRETTY CONFRONTATIONAL AND - VIOLENCE -- NOT A VIOLENCE BUT A - CONFRONTATIONAL IMPEACHMENT AT - THE SAME TIME WE'RE TRYING TO - PASS A VERY COMPLICATED AND A - LOT OF RESISTANCE SLICE -- - LEGISLATION, I THINK THAT'S TOO - HEAVY A LIFT FOR US SO WE HAVE - TO CHOOSE IN MY VIEW AND I - CHOOSE THE COVID RELIEF BILL.

- JUDY: ALL RIGHT, JONATHAN, YOU - GET 15 SECONDS. - >> I HEAR YOU, DAVID. - I JUST HOPE THE SENATE DOZE - BOTH. - THEY CAN DO -- DOES BOTH. - THEY CAN DO BOTH. - JUDY: JONATHAN AND DAVID, WE - THANK YOBOTH. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - ♪ - JUDY: AS THE U.S. DEATH TOLL TO - COVID-19 REACHED ANOTHER - MILESTONE, WE WANT TO TAKE A - MOMENT NOW TO REMEMBER SOME OF - THE INDIVIDUALS WE'VE LOST TO - THE PANDEMIC. - ♪ GEORGE WHITMORE LOVED NATURE - AND SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. - HE FIRST LEARNED HOW TO ROCK - CLIMB FROM ROOMMATES WHILE AT - PHARMACY SCHOOL IN SAN - FRANCISCO. - GEORGE SOON BECAME AN EXPERT

- CLIMBER AND IN 1958 WAS PART OF - THE FIRST-EVER TEAM TO SCALE EL - CAPITAN IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL - PARK. - HIS WIFE SAID HE WAS A HUMBLE - AND FRANK LEADER. - HE BELIEVED HIS CONSERVATION - WORK FOR THE CALIFORNIA - WILDERNESS WAS HIS LIFE'S - GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT. - GEORGE WAS 89 YEARS OLD. - DEBORAH K. IVORY WAS ALWAYS - SMILING AND FULL OF LIFE. - FAMOUS FOR HER HOMEMADE MAC & - CHEESE AND DESSERTS, SHE SERVED - PEOPLE FROM ACROSS OKLAHOMA CITY - AT HER BARBECUE RESTAURANT. - ONE OF HER MOTTOES WAS PEOPLE - OVER PROFIT AND IF SOMEONE - COULDN'T AFFORD A PLATE OF FOOD, - SHE'D GIVE IT TO THEM FOR FREE, - HER FAMILY SAID. - SHE WAS 62 YEARS OLD. - TIFFANY SHACKELFORD WAS - GREGARIOUS AND MADE PEOPLE - INSTANTLY FEEL COMFORTABLE, HE - HUSBAND SAID. - RAISED IN A NAVY FAMILY, SHE - LIVED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, - EVENTUALLY SETTLING IN - ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA.

- SHE WAS A MASTER NETWORKER AND - MADE CONNECTIONS AND - OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE SHE - ENCOUNTERED THROUGHOUT HER - CAREER IN POLICY AND DIGITAL - MEDIA. - SHE WAS CIVIC MINDED AND - ADVOCATED FOR ROBUST, STATE - HOUSE AND LOCAL REPORTING. - A DEDICATED MOTHER, TIFFANY WAS - 46 YEARS OLD. - 96-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM GOOD WAS A - DEDICATE PHYSICIAN AND WORKED AS - A FAMILY DOCTOR IN CALIFORNIA - FOR MORE THAN 650EES. - -- YEARS. - WILLIAMS SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST - IN POLAND, THANKS IN PART TO - PEOPLE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO - FIELD AND HOUSE HIM. - HIS SON SAID BECOMING A DOCTOR - WAS ONE WAY HE TRIED TO GIVE - BACK AND HE METROPOLITAN HIS - WIFE PEARL WHILE STUDYING IN - ITALY. - LATER IN LIFE WILLIAM ORGANIZED - ANNUAL TRIMS AROUND WORLD TO - SPEND TIME WITH HIS THREE - CHILDREN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN. - ALICIA UGARTICHIA WAS A SWEET

- AND GENUINE PERSON, HE FAMILY - SAID. - BORN IN HEX AMERICA,, SHE MOVED - TO -- MEXICO, SHE MOVED TO - ARKANSAS IN HER 20'S. - SHE WAS A HARD WORKER AND GAINE - A LOYAL CLIENTELE FOR THE - CLOTHESING ALTERATION BUSINESS - SHE RAN OUT OF HER HOME. - SHE ALSO WORKED AS A CUSTODYIAN - AT A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR - MANY YEARS AND HAD MANY FRIENDS. - HER DAUGHTER SAID SHE HELPED - RAISE PER FIVE GRANDCHILDREN. - SHE LOVED SHOPPING,OOKING FOR - HER FAMILY. - SHE WAS 67 YEARS OLD. - THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE FAMILY - MEMBERS WHO SHARED THESE STORIES - WITH US. - OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO YOU AS THEY - DO TO EVERYONE WHO'S LOST A - LOVED ONE IN THIS PANDEMIC AND - ON THE NEWSHOUR ONLINE RIGHT - NOW, CAN AT-HOME TESTING FOR - COVID HELP BRING BETTER ACCESS - TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES?

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