PBS NewsHour; January 5, 2021, 6:00pm-7:00pm PST

- ♪ - JUDY: GOOD EVENING - I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. - ON THE "NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT. - BALANCE OF POWER -- VOTERS HEAD - TO THE POLLS IN GEORGIA'S RUNOFF - U.S. SENATE AND THRE OF OF THE - MUCH OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN'S - AGENDA AT STAKE. - THEN. - COMBATING THE CORONAVIRUS -- THE - U.S. SETS ANOTHER DAILY RECORD - FOR COVID-19 INFECTIONS AS THE - VACCINATION CAMPAIGN LAGS BEHIND - PROJECTIONS. - PLUS. - RETHINKING COLLEGE -- LOST - REVENUE AND CUTBACKS FROM - PANDEMIC-RELATED CLOSURES HAVE - COMPELLED MANY STRUGGLING - INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE BIG CUTS. - >> I BELIEVE THAT COVID S NOT - CREATED CHALLENGES, BUT HAS - ACCELERATED CHALLENGES. - IT'S FORCED US ALL TO THINK - DIFFERENTLY AND QUICKLY. - JUDY: ALL THAT AND MORE ON - TONIGHT'S "PBS NEWSHOUR." - ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING FOR THE

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- RAFAEL WARNOCK, TAKING ON - INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN KELLY - LOEFFLER. - YOU CAN SEEF WITH 60%E - EXPECTED VOTE IN AT THIS HOUR, - WA1%OCK IS LEADING TO - 49%. - IT IS CLOSE. - OSSOFF TAKING ON INCUMBENT DAVID - PURDUE. - HERE WITH 61% OF THE EXPECTED - VOTE IN, PERDUE IS LEADING, OR - RATHER WE SHOULD SAY IS NOW - TIED. - AWSAT WAS AHEAA MOMENT AGO. - -- JON OSSOFF WAS AHEAD A MOMENT - AGO. - NOW WE SEE IT IS A VIRTUAL TIE - BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC JON - OSSOFF, THE DEMOCRAT. - OF COURSE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO - WATCH THESE NUMBERS. - LET'SHE TURN AGAIN TO ST - FOWLER, A POLITICAL REPORTER FOR - GEORSTA PUBLIC BROADG IN - THE HOST OF THE BALLOT BOX - BATTLEGROU PODCAST. - YOU HAVE WATCHED THIS FOR DAYS. - RS TELLINGHE NUM - YO

- >> THE NUMBERS ARE TELLING ME - THAT IT IS DEFINITELY THE EARLY - VOTE AND ABSENTEE VOTE THAT ARE - MAKERS HERE.E DIFFERENCE - WE ARE EXPECTING ABOUT 4 MILLION - VOTES. - THAT IS A LARGE TURNOUT ON - ELECTION DAY. - WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS - MANY OF THE COUNTIES HAVE THE - SAME MARGINS IN THE ESIDENTIAL - RACE, BUT THE RAW VOTES ARE - LOWER IN RURAL COUNTIES, WHICH - YMEANS ARE DAVID PURDUE, - YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO - EAT INTO AS MUCH OF THE LEAD - OVER JON OSSOFF, OR IF YOU ARE - THE DEMOCRATS, IT MEANS YOU GOT - TO HOLD ONTO A LITTLE EXTRA MORE - BECAUSE YOU HAVE PLACES LIKE - ATLANTA COMING IN STRONG. - JUDY: SO AT THIS POINT, ARE - THERE PARTS OF THE STATE YET TO - COME IN, THAT ADVANTAGE ONE SIDE - OR ANOTHER, DEMOCRAT OR - REPUBLICAN - >> FOR NOW, WHATE'VE SEEN IS - THAT ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE - ATSENTEE BALANCE, ABOUT ONE - MILLION BALLOTS RE COUNTED - ALREADY, THOSE WILL BE COMING IN

- FOR THE LARGER, MORE DEMOCRATIC - COUNTIES. - THOSE ARE THE BIG PIECES OF THE - PUZZLE TO HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW - E NIGHT IS GOING TO GO. - JUDY: WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS AP - VOTER SURVEY AND PEOPLE O SAID - THEY WERE DEFINITELY VOTING. - LAONG OTHER THINGS, IT IS - SHOWING THE VOTE IN THE - RUNOFF UP 3% ABOVE WHAT IT S - ON NOVEMBER 3. - ADVANTAGE DEMOCRATS? - >> EXACTLY. - IT TELLS YOU WITH ALL THE MONEY - IN THE CAMPAIGNS, IT TELLS YOU - DEMOCRATS WILL BE SHOWING OUT, - ESPECIALLY IN ATLANTA OR SOUTH - GEORGIA WHO DON'T REALLY SEE - POLITICIANS COME BY.

- YOU ARE SEEING THAT COME BACK -- - COME OFF BECAUSE - TO GET DEMOCRATS VOTING IN - ATLANTA. - THE OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE - MIGHT HAVE LESS ESPECIALLY IN A - SENATE RUNOFF, BUT YOU ARE - SEEING THEM SHOW UP IN FORCE. - ASSAD RANDOLPH COUNTY IN - SOUTHWEST GEORGIA IS AT ALMOST - 100% OF THE VEMBER VOTE AND - THEY VOTED BY DEMOCRATS IN A - WIDER MARGIN THAN THEY DID FOR - JOEIDEN. - IF YOU ADD THOSE UP AND PAIR IT - WITH THE METRORATLANTA THAT IS - DLY DIVERSIFYING AND - SHIFTING BLUE, THAT COULD BE A - WINNING COALITION. - JUDY: TURN OUT SO CRITICAL, - ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE LIKE WHAT - YOU DESCRIBED. - GEQUICKLY, WE SEE THE YO VOTE - , THE YOUNGEST VOTE LOOKING A - LITTLE BETTER. - DOES THAT SAYNYING OR DO - THEY MAKE ENOUGH DIFFERENCE IN - THE OVERALL VOTE? - >> I THINK WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING - AT THE MARGINS OF A RACE LIKE - THIS AND ATATE LIKE GEORGIA, - WHICH IS TRULY AS PURPLE AS YOU

- VOTE COUNTS.S CLICHE BUT EVERY - I THINK THAT ALSO GOES TO WHAT - THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE TRYING - TO MOBILIZTHE YOUTH VOTE. - FOR DAYS THAT WE WEREN'T GOING - TO KNOW THISY RESULT EA ON, - BUT U WERE SAYING THAT THE - NUMBERS ARE COMING IN FASTERWE - BECAUSAVE BEEN SO MUCH - FOCUS ON NOVEMBER AND HE WAS - SAVED -- THEDE PRE WAS - SAYING THAT THE NOVEMBER - ELECTION WAS FRAUDULENT. - WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN TERMSF - THE VOTE COUNT AND HOW IT WAS - COUNTED? - >> T STATE CHANGED RULES A - REQUIRED COUNTIES TO BEGIN - PROCESSING BALLOT HE'S -- - BALLOTS LAST MONDAY. - THAT INCLUDES PROCESSING - SIGNATURES AND DOING EVERYTHING - BUT HITTING TYBEE LATE AND - COUNT. - THAT IS A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS - THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE FIRST - VOTE WAS CAST DAY.

- JU: IN OTHER WORDS, YOU AREE - EXPECTING TO E RESULTS - FASTER SOONER, MAYBE IN THE NEXT - DAY? - ALL RIGHT, STEPHEN FOWLER, - GEORGIA BLIC BROADCASTING. - WE WILL BE WATCHING. - IN THE DAYS OTHER NEWS, THE U.S. - DEH TOLL FROM COVID-19 TOPPED - 350 6000, A DAYER A.S. - HOSPITALIZATIONS HIT A RECORDMO - HIGH O THAN 128,000. - AS INFECTIONS SPIKE IN LOS - ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, - AMBULANCE CREWS THERE HAVE BEEN - TOLD NOT TO TRANSPORT PATICHTS - WITH LITTLCE OF SURVIVAL. - MEANWHILE, MORE HEALTHCARE - WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY - RECEIVED THEIR SECOND DOSE OF - THE PFIZER VACCINE. - , BUT IN CHICAYOR LORI - LIGHTFOOT CALLED ON THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP THE PACE - DISTRIBUTION.

- >> IF YOU WANT TO HAVE US BEND - THIS CURVE AND GIVE PEOPLE - CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CANESUME - EIR NORMAL LIVES, THERE MUST - BE AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN - THE AMOUNT OF VACCINE THAT IS - AVAIBLE TO CITIES AND TOWNS - ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. - JUDY: OVERSEAS, BRITAIN - RE-IMPOSED A 6-WEEK NATIONAL - LOCKDOWN, TO HELP STOP T - SPREAD OF A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS - VARIANT OF THE VIRUS. - THOSE NEW RESTRICTIONS RIGHT - AFTER THE NEWS SUMMARY. - THE NATION'S TOP NATIONAL - IN A RARE JOINT STT TODAYEDGED - THAT RUSSIA IS LIKELY - RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT CYBER - HACK AGAINST U.S. FEDERAL - AGENCIES. - THEY SAID MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT - AGENCIES, BUT FEWER THAN 10, - WERE AFFECTED -- AND THAT THEBE - ONGOING ATTACK APPEARS TO - BE A "INTELLIGENCE GATHERI - EFFORT." - THEY DID NOT DISCLOSE WHICH - AGENCIES WERE AFFECTED, AND TO

- WHAT DEGREE. - A WISCONSIN PROSUTOR HAS - ITCIDED NOT TO CHARGE THE - POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND - PARALYZED A BLACK MAN IN - KENOSHA, WISCONSIN LAST AUGUST. - JAB BLAKE WAS SHOT SEVEN TIMES - AFTER POLICE RESPONDED TO ADO - STIC DISPUTE. - THE PROSECOR SAID BLAKE - ADMITTED TO INVESTIGATORS THAT - HE HAD A "RAZOR BLADE-TYHI - KNIFE" IHAND WHEN HE WAS - SHON. - AT A PRESSRENCE, BLAKE'S - ATTORNEY DEMANDED JUSTICE. - >> THE SHOOTING OF AN INDIVIDUAL - SEVEN TIMES WHILE W - FROM THE OFFICER IS NOTHING LESS - THAN INTENTIONAL. - WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE - ELEMENTS OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE - WERE M. - WE ARE JUST IMMENSELY - DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT DECISION - TODAY. - JUDY: ALSO TODAY, KYLE - RITTENHOUSE, THE ILLINOIS - TEENAGER WHO FATALLY SHOT TWO - PEOPLE IN KENOSHA DURING - PROTESTS AFTER BLAKE'S SHOOTING - , PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES - THAT INCLUDE INTENTIONAL - HOMICIDE.

- HE INSISTED HE OPENED FIRE IN - SELF-DEFEN. - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ISCK - ROLLING ORE GOVERNMENT - REGULATIONS IN ITS FINAL DAYS. - THE U.S.NTERIOR DEPARTMENT - TODAY SCALED BACK A CENTURY-OLD - LAW THAT PROTECTS MOST AMERICAN - WILD BIRD SPECIES. - MEANWHILE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL - PROTECTION AGENCY FINALIZED A - RULE THAT CURBS THE USE OF - HEALTH STUDIES IN CRAFTING - PUBLIC SAFEGUARDS. - IT WILL REQUIRE RESEARCHERS TO - PUBLICLY DISCLOSE THEIR RAW DATA - BEFORE THE EPA CAN RELY ON THEIR - CONCLUSIONS. - AND, STOCKS BOUNCED BACK ON WALL - STREET TODAY. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - GAINED MORE THAN 167 POINTS TO - CLOSE ABOVE 30,391. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 120 POINTS. - AND THE S&P 500 ADDED 26. - STILL TO COME ON THE "NEWSHOUR". - THE U.S. SETS ANOTHER RECORDECOR - COVID-19 IONS AS - VACCINATIONS LAG BEHIND - PROJECTIONS. - WE DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT'S

- ONGOING REFUL TO CONCEDE THE - ELECTION WITH CURRENT AND FORMER - U.S. SENATORIA - PRO-IRAN MILIN IRAQ GROW - INCREASINGLY HOSTILE TO THE U.S. - AND MUCH MORE. - ANNOUNCER: TS IS THE "PBS - NEWSHOUR," FROM WETA STUDIOS IN - WASHINGTON AND IN THE WEST FROM - THE WALT CRONKITE SCHOOL OF - JOURNALISM AT ARIZONA STATE - UNIVERSI. - JUDY: THE UNITED KINGDOM IS - UNDER NATIONAL LOCKDOWN TONIGHT, - AS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS MUTATION - OF COVID-19 HAS HOSPITALS THEBU - LING UNDER THE STRAIN OF NEW - PATIENTS. - DAEL HEWITT OF "INDEPENDEN - TELEVISION NEWS" HAS OUR REPORT - REPORT THE FIRST FULL DAY - OF THIS THIRD LOCKDOWN, EVEN - SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALITY - FEELS RIGHT NOW A DISTANT HOPE. - A FEW WERE MAKING THE MOST OF - THE SMALL FREEDOMS THARIREMAIN - AS THE MINISTER REVEALED A - BIG JUMP IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE - WITH CORONAVIRUS.

- >> PEOPLE UNDERSTAND - ERWHELMINGLY THAT WE HAVE NO - CHOICE WHEN THE OFFICE OF - US THAT MORE THAN 2% OF THEING - POPULATION IS NOW INFECTED. - THAT'S OVER ONE MILLION PEOPL - IN ENGLAND. - REPORTER: A NUMBER SO ALARMING, - THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICE FELT IT - EDED REPEATING IN MORE STARK - TERMS. - >> ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A - WHOLE, ROUGHLY ONE IN 50 PEOPLE - HAVE GOT THE VIRUS. - REPORTER: GETTING THAT NUMBER - DO MEANS AT LEAST ANOTHER - WEEKS IN LOCKDOWN AS THE PM - REPEATED THAT THE ROUTE OUT - REMAINS WITH THE VACCINE. - >> AS OF THIS AFTERNOON, WE'VE - NOW VACCINATED OVER 1.1 MILLION - PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AND OVER 1.3 - MILLION ACROSS THE U - AND THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN - 650,000 PEOPLE OVER 80. - REPORTER: BUT EVEN WITH ALL OF - THE MOST VULNERABLE VACCINATED - , THERE CAME THIS MORNING -- - THAT EVEN 2021 MAY NOT BE THE

- END OF RESTRICTIONS OUR - LIVES. - >> THINGS WILL BE LIFTED STAGE - BY STAGE AND WILL THEN GET OVER - TIME TO A POINT WHERE PEOPLE - SAY, "THIS LEVEL OF RISK IS ONE - THAT SOCIETY IS PREPARED TO - TOLERATE" AND LIFT DOWN TO - ALMOST NRESTRICTIONS AT ALL. - WE MIGHT HAVE TO BRING A FEW IN, - IN THE NEXT WINTER FOR EXAMPLE. - THAT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WINTER - WILL BENEFIT THE VIRUS - Y FEELER: NEXT WINTER - LIKE A LIFETIME AWAY. - THE NEAR EMPTY STREET OF EXETER - TONIGHT SPEAK OF A CD - COUNTRY TRYING ITS BEST TO GET - THROUGH THIS ONE. - WILLIAM: BACK HERE IN THE U.S., - THE VIRUS' SPREAD IS ESPECIALLN - BAD IN SOUTHLIFORNIA. - NEARLY ONE OF EVERY FIVE PEOPLE - WHO IS TESTED IN LOS ANGELES - COUNTY IS POSITIVE. - A RECORD 74,000-PLUS NEW CASES - WERE RECORDED AROUND THE STATE - YESTERDAY. - THE DEATH TOLL -- FOR JUST ONE - DAY -- WAS NEARING 400. - BECAUSE OF THIS, HOSPITALS ARE - RUNNING SHORT OF CRUCIAL - SUPPLIES, LIKE OXYGEN. - WE ARE JOINED AGAIN BY DR.

- CHRISTINA GHAL SHE'S THE - DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR - LOS ANGELES COUNTY. - VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK ON - THE NEWSHOUR.ME - THE LAST E SPOKE TO YOU - WITH CHRISTMAS DAY AND YOU SAID - AT THE TIMES THAT HOSPITRE - NEARING CAPACITY BACK THEN. - IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOTTEN A LOT - WORSE SINCE THEN. - CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT - DAYS?APPENED IN THE LAST 10 - >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. - ETHE PAST 10 DAYS, HAVE - CONSISTENTLY SEE HOSPITALS AT ON - AVERAGE 200 PATIENTS A DAY - ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND - HOSPITALIZATIONS OVERALL ARE AT - 8000. - THAT MEANS JUST OVER HALF OF THE - HOSPITAL BEDS ARE FILLED WITH - PATIENTS OR PATIENTS WITH COVID, - AND THREE QUARTERS OR MORE OF - THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND ICU - BEDS THAT TAKE CARE OF THOSE - MOST CRITICALLY ILL ARE FILLED - WITH COVID PIENTS. - THIS IS STRETCHING STAFF, - STRETCHING THE SUPPLIES, - STRETCHING THE EMERGEN MEDICAL - SYSTEM TO A POINT THAT IS L

- CAUSING BOTH OF STRAIN AND - PUSHING STAFF TO THE BRINK OF - EXHAUSTION, BUT ALSO IS - SOMETHING THAT IS NOT - CONDITIONS WHERE W PROVIDEAD TO - OUTSTANDING PATIENT CARE FOR - EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO NEEDS - HOSPITAL LEVEL CARE, THOSE WITH - COVID AND THOSE WITHOUT - WILLIAM: I KNOW THERE IS AN F - YOUR -- EFFORT TO DISCHARGE AS - NY PATIENTS AS QUICKLY AS - POSSIBLE, BUT GIVEN CASE - NUMBERS, I IMAGINED THE MINUTE - YOU EMPTY A BED, IT GETS FILLED - ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. - >> YES, IT DOES, OFTEN SEVERAL - TIMES OVER. - RIGHT NOW WE ARE ADMITTING MORE - PATIENTS WITH COVID THEN WE ARE - ABLE TO DISCHARGE. - ABOUT 700 A DAY COMING WITH POPE - -- COVID BUT ONLY 500 A DAY ARE - ABLE TO BE DISCHARGED. - WE'RE WORKING TO DISCHAE JUST - AS QUICKLY AS HOSPITALS CAN, BUT - THE ENTIRE HEALTH SYSTEM, NOT - JUST HOSPITALS, ARE EXPERIENCING - STRAIN AND STRESS, AND IN - PARTICULAR, STAFFING'S - SHORTAGES.

- THAT AFFECTS ALL THE LOWER - SUBACUTE FACILITIELLEDG-TERM - NURSING FACILITIES AND MAKING IT - HARD TO MOVE PATIENTS THROUGH - THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. - WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MOVE THEM - ENEFFIY. - WE NEED TO SAVE THOSE PRECIOUS - ACUTE HOSPITAL RESOUENES FOR THE - PA THAT NEED THE MOST. - WILLIAM:E KNOW THAT THE - VACCINE ROLLOUT HAS BEEN SORT OF - ERRATIC ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND I - KNOW IN CALIFORNIA, YOU - POPULATION.ABOUT 1% - WE'VE ALSO HEARD REPORTS AT - STAFF AT NURSING HOMES AND - ESHEALTH-CARE FACILIHO - THEMSELVES ARE RELUCTANT TO TAKE - THE VACCINE. - HAVE YOU BEEN HEARING TT? - IF SO, WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF - WHAT IS DRIVING THAT RELUCTANCE? - >> I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF - THINGS. - FIRST, IT IS IMPORTANT TO - REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A - PROVISIONALLY APPROVEDNE. - IT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE SAFE. - HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE - EFFECTIVE.

- I THINK THERE WAS AIGOROUS - PROCESS TO DEMONSTRATE BOTH ITS - SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS, BUT IT - IS STILL A PROVISIONAL APPROVAL. - THAT MAY MAKE SOME PEOPLE - NERVOUS. - I HOPE THEY LOOK TO THE DATA AND - THE SAFETY DA AND REALIZE IT - IS SAFE, BUT MANY PEOPLE - UNDERSTANDABLY HAVE SOME ANXIETY - ABOUT THAT AND DON'T NECESSARILY - WANT TO BE THE FIRST HE - VACCINE. - WITHIN THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND THE - PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND CLINICS WE - OPERATE, WE HAVE SEEN GOOD - UPTAKE OF THE VACCINE AROUND THE - ORDER OF 75% TO 80%, AT THE HIGH - END OF WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING - ACROSS CALIFORNIA. - THAT STILL MEANS 25% OF HEALTH - CARE PROVIDERS ARE TAKING - D ANOTHER MINUTE SETTING AT - THIS POINT, THEY DON'T WANT TO - RECEIVE IT. - WE ARE STILL CONNUING TO - MESSAGE WITH THEM AND ENCOURAGE - THEM TO GET THE VACCINE AND WE - WILL KEEP THAT GOING. - BUT THERE'S UPS UNDERSTANDABLY A - LOT OF ANXIETY. - WILLIAM:VE WE'LSO SEEN THAT - THE UK'S GOING TO THIS - INCREDIBLE LOCKDOWN BECAUSE OF - THE N VARIANT.

- HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT THIS - IS A REAL DRIVER OF THE CASES - YOU ARE SEEING IN LOS ANGELES? - >> IT IS CERTAINLY PSIBLE. - THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CASES IN - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. - WHILE THE PUBEACH - OFFICIALS HAVE NOT YET CAPTURED - OR IDENTIFIED THAT PARTICULAR - RIANT IN THE SAMPLES THEY HAVE - TESTED FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY, - THEY ARE TESTING ONLY A SMALL - FRACTION OF THE POSITIVE CASE - COUNTS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE - HARD TO BELIEVE 'T VARIANT - IST OUT THERE. - HOW MUCH THAT VARIANT VERSUS THE - OTHER ONES ARE CAN TRIPPING TO - WEE HIGH CASE COUNTSON'T - KNOW AT THIS POINT. - WHICHEVERARIANT IT IS, I THINK - THE MESSAGE IS STILL THE SAME. - IRTHE IS VIRTUALLY - EVERYWHERE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY - RIGHT NOW. - 1%, IF NOT MORE OF INDIVIDUALS - ARE INFECTED ANDPONFECTIOUS, AND - NTIALLY ACTIVELY INFECTING - OTHERS. - EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE DOING - EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROTECT - THEMSELVES AND PROTECT OTHERS - AND ALWAYS ASSUME EVERYONE THEY - ARE INTERACTG WITH MIGHT HAVE - COVID. - WILLIAM: DR. CHRISTINA - GHALY, HEALTH SERVICES - FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THANK

- YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD LUCK OUT - THERE. - >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. - JUDY: IT IS A TRANSITION LIKE NO - OTHER WITH A PRESIDENT DENYING A - ELECTION RESUL DEFYING THE - DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. - LISA DESJARDINS REPORTS ON THE - LATEST. - LISA: RISING IN WASHINGTON - TODAY, BOTH ANXIETY AND VOLUME - LEVEL. - >> STOP THE STEAL, STOP THE - STEAL! - LISA: HUNDREDS GATHERED OUTSIDE - THE CAPITOL IN SUPPORT OF - PRESIDENT TRUMP, A PREVIEW OFTO - WHAT'S EXPECTEE A MUCH - LARGER PROTEST TOMORROW, AS - CONGRESS BEGINS CERTIFYING - ELECTION RESULTS. - OVERNIGHT OUTSIDSENATOR JOSH - HAWLEY'S HOME IN VIRGINIA. - PROTESTERS FROM A GROUP CALLED - SHUT DOWN D.C. RAILED AGAINST - HAWLEY'S PLAN TO OBJECT TO - ELECTION RESULTS - GOING ON HIS POR AND USING - MEGAPHONES. - >> SHAME ON JOSH HAWLEY. - LISA: ON TWITTER, THE REPUBLICAN

- SAID HE WOULD NOT BE INTIMIDATED - BY THREATS, VANDALISM AND - "LEFTWING VIOLENCE". - HE IS PART OF A GROUP OF DOZENS - OF HOUSE AND SENATE REPUBLICANS - PLAN TO CHALLENGE THE RESULTS - TOMORROW OVER UNPROVEN - ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD LARGELY - FUELED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. - IN DALTON, GEORGIA LAST NIGHT HE - CAMPAIGNED FOR THE TWO - REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATES - AND, MORE OFTEN, FOR OVERTURNING - THE ELECTION. - >> THAT WAS A RIGGED ELECTION, - BUT WE ARE STILL FIGHTING IT. - LISA: H HE PINNE - AND PRESSURE ON HIS VICE - PRESIDENT. - HE EXPLAINED ON TWITTER THAT HE - REJECT FRAUDULENTLY CHOSENR - ELECTORS." - IN REALITY THOUGH, WHILE THE - VICE PRESIDENT WILL PRESIDE AT - THE JOINT SESSION HE HAS NO - , POWER OVER ELECTORAL VOTES. - ANY CHALLENGES WILL HAVE TCOME - FROM LAWMAKERS. - OBJECTIONS COULD FORCE VOTES BUT - NONE ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL OR - CHANGE THE RESULTS. - FORWS THE "UR," I'M LISA - DESJARDINS.

- JUDY: AS THE RANKING MEMBER OF - THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE, - MINNESOTA SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR - WILL PLAY A KEY ROLEROW - WHEN CONGRESS MEETS TO CERTIFY - THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE. - SHE JOINS US NOW FROM - SHINGT. - SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, THANK YOU SO - MUCH FOR JOINING US AGAIN. - CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARS ARE - SAYING THIS IS THE GREATEST - CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN DEMOCRACY - SIE THE CIVIL WAR. - HOW DO YOU SEE THIS? - SEN.HT KLOBUCHAR: THEY ARE R - WE HAVE A GROUP OF SENATORS AND - HOUSEEMBERS THAT ARE LITERALLY - JUST DOING THE PRESIDENT'S - HEDDING INSTEAD OF RESPECTING - THE WILL OFMERICAN PUBLIC. - THE FIRST THING I WANT YOUR - VIEWERS TO KNOW IS AT ON - JANUARY 20, AT 12:0 1:00 P.M., - JOE BIDEN AND KABELA HARRIS WILL - NAUGURATED. - THAT IS BECAUSE THE WAY THE - PROCESS WORKS,T IS SET UP BY - AN OLD STATUTE IN THE 1800S, - THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A - GROWING NUMBER OF WHAT I CALL - COUP FIGHTERS, SENATORS FROM - BOTH PARTIES, UP TO OVER 24 OR

- 25 REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE NOW MADE - PUBLIC STATEMENTS, IN ADDITION - TO ALL THE DEMOCATS, AS WELL AS - NUMBER, A MAJORITY IN THE - HOUSE THAT WILL STAND UP TO THIS - AND MAKE VERY CLEAR. - YOU KEEP SAYING CERTIFIED, JUDY. - I WANT TO CORRECT THAT. - WE WON'T BE CERTIFYIN ANYTHING. - WE ARE JUST RECEIVING AND - COUNTING THE VOTES AND - THERE IS A PROCESS TO OBJECT. - YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MEMBER FROM - THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE. - BUT THE VOTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN - CERTIFIED IN EVERY SINGLE STATE - BY BOTH REPUBLICAN AND - DEMOCRATIC SECRETARIES OF - STATE'S AND GOVERNORS. - JUDY: THE REASON I'M ASKING - THESE QUESTIONS ISECAUSE THERE - IS STILL SOME DOUBT ON THE PART - OF MANY PEOPLE, EVEN PEOPLE WHO - SUPPORT JOE BIDEN, ON WHETHER OR - HAT CAN BES ANYTHING - NE AT THIS STAGE TO PREVENT - HIS BECOMING PRESIDENT. - TOMORROW, YOU HAVE CHALLENGES BY - REPUBLICANS TO THREE STATES'

- ELECTORAL RESULTS. - A COUPLE OF TH - ENOUGH TO UNDO JOE BIDEN'S - SEN. KLOBUCHAR: THE POINT IS JOE - BIDEN GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH - ELECTORAL VOTES AND THAT IS WHAT - WILL PREVAIL. - I KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE, TWO OF - WHOM WE KNOW ARE RUNNING IN - 2024, JOSH HARLEY AND TED CRUZ, - HAVE GARNERED A LOT OF - ATTENTION. - BU LOOK AT THE COMMENTS FROM - OTHER REPUBLICAN LEADERS, FROM - MITT ROMNEY, THE PARTY'S - CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. - FROM BEN SASSE, PEOPLE LIKE - SUSAN COLLINS AND LA - MURKOWSKI, AND JOHN THUNE, THE - MAJORITY WHIP. - REMEMBER THAT. - WE KNOW THIS IS HIGH-STAKES. - BY THE WAY, I NOTE WITH THE TIME - HERE, VOTERS IN GEORGIA OR - PEOPLE WHO KNOW PEOPLE IN - GEORGIA, YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES - LEFT, LITTLE MORE THAN THAT TO - GET TO THE POLLS. - IF YOU ARE IN LINE BY 7:00, YOU - CAN STILL VOTE.

- WE KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE. - TOMORROW, THIS ISN'T JUST GOING - TO BE A PARTISAN FIGHT. - THIS IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT - BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE STANDING - UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND THOSE WHO - ARE LITERALLY SEEKING TO - UNDERMINE THE VOTES OF THE - PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. - JUDY: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAYIN - I'M QUOTING HIM, LAST NIGHT HE - NTSAID HE HOPES VICE PRESI - PRINTS -- HENCE "COMES THROUGH, - ," BUT THEN TODAY HE TWEETED - THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS THE - PO REJECT FRAUDULENTLY - VOTED ELECTORS. - THAT IS NOT TRUE BUT THE - PRESIDENT SAID IT. - SE KLOBUCHAR: WELL IF YOU - BELIEVE THAT, YOU BELIEVE - EVERYTHING HE SAYSN TWITTER. - THE ANSWER IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. - THE VICE O PRESIDETHE UNITED - STATES WHETHER IT WAS JOE BIDEN - FOUR YEARS AGO OR MI N PENCE - TODAY THE DECIDER. - THEY ARE THE PREANDE ARE. - THEYOVE THINGS ALONG, BUT - THE LAW IS THE LAW. - EVEN IF MIKE PCE DECIDED TO DO - THAT, AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO - BELIEVE HE WILL, THEN SOMEONE

- WOULDSO OBJECT. - ONE WOULD OBJECT FOR SURE. - WE HAVE A PLAN FOR IT. - TTHAN SAME RULES APPLY. - WE GO BACK TO THE SENATE. - THE HOUSE STAYS THERE. - TWO HOURS OF DEBATE, DEPENDING - ON THE STATE, THAT THE ELECTORS - ARE ENTERED INTO. - THEN WE VOTE. - THAT IS HOW WE WILL WIN AND THAT - IS HOW JOE AND KAMALA WILL BE - INAUGURATED JANUARY 20. - AGAIN, WE DON' THAT HE WANTS AND - WILL, BUT HE IS NOT THE DECIDER, - WE ARE. - JUDY: ITHERE ANY ARGUMENT THAT - THE REPUBLICANS ARE MAKINGBOUT - THE LEGITIMACY OF ELECTION - RESULTS AND ELECTORAL RESULTS IN - Y OF THESE STATES THAT GIVES - YOU CONCERN? - SEN. KLOBUCHAR: NO. - THEY HAVE BEEN REJECTED BY OVER - JUDGES, INCLUDING TRUMP - APPOINTED, REPUBLICAN APPOINTED - JUDGES. - IN MICHIN, A STATE THEY TALKED - ABOUT A LOT, EIGHT LAWSUITS - REJECTED OR THDRAWN FLAT OUT.

- IN WISCONSIN, SEVEN LAWSUITS OR - -- REJECTED OR WITHDRAWN. - GEORGIA, EIGHT LAWSUITSHAT - HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN OR REJECTED - STRAIGHT OUT. - REPUBLICAN SECRETARIES OF STATE - LIKE IN GEORGIA STANDING UP FOR - THE RESULTS AGAINST THE BULLYING - AND THE THATS FROM THE - PRESIDENT. - SOMETHING IS GOIE ON HERE AT - CAL LEVEL IN OUR COUNTRY - AND LUCKILY FOR THE PEOPLE OF - AMERICA, SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS - IN THE SENATE ARE LISTENING. - JUDY: AND FINALLY, WHAT ABOUT - THIS ARGUMENT THAT SOME - REPUBLICANS MAKE, THAT THERE IS - JUST SO MUCH DOUBT OUT THERE, IT - IS BETTER TO HAVE THIS "AUDIT," - WHICH A NUMBER OF REPUBLICAN - SENATORSRE CALLING FOR, LET'S - SPEND 10 MORE DAYS AUDITING THEU - S IN CRITICAL STATES WHERE - THE RESULTS WERE CLOSE. - WHAT IS THE HARM IN THAT? - WHAT IS YOURNSWER? - SEN. KLOBUCHAR: IT'S THE SAME. - IT IS JOSH CHARLIE -- JOSH - HAWLEY DRESSED UP IN A - DIFFERENT PACKAGE BY TED CRUZ.

- IT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO GO - AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE - IN STATES. - IF THEY THINK IT IS SO SCREWED - UP, WHICH THEY KNO WIT IS NOT, - TH DIDN'T THEY INSIST ON - AN AUDIT IN THEIR OWN ELECTIONS, - IN THESE SENATORS THAT JUST GOT - SWORN INUNDAY? - THEY DIDN'T, BECAUSE THEY KNOW - IT IS BULL. - PREVAIL.HE END, DEMOCRACY WILL - JUDY: AND FOR YOU TOMORROW, HOW - FRAGILE -- HOW CAREFUL DO YOU - IVE TO BE, I GUESS THE TERM - AS A TELLER? - REPUBLICAN TELLER.IC TELLER AND - AS YOU WATCH ALL THIS, HOW - PRECISE, HOW CAREFUL DO YOU AND - OTHER PEOPLE WATCHING THIS HAVE - TO BE? - SEN. KLOBUCHAR: I THINK PEOPLE - SHOULD KNOW IT IS BIPARTISAN. - SENATOR BLUNT AND I ARE THE TWO - APPOINTED AND WE SEE PLEA -- - SIMPLY LEAD THE DEBATE. - WE HAVE SO MANY RATE SENATORS

- FROM THE STATE BEING DISPUTED SO - THEY WL TAKE A MAJOR ROLE AND - WE WILL MAKE OUR CASE. - THAT IS REALLY MY ROLE. - FOR ME, THAT IS A CULMINATION OF - WORKING ON ELECTION ISSUES IN - TSTHE SENATE AND SING ATTE AT - VOTER SUPPRESSION, SEEING JOE - BIDEN GET OVE80 MILLION VOTES, - THE MOST EVER RECEIVED A - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE - HISTORY OF AWIRICA, AND K - THAT THIS TO ME IS THE LAST TIME - HE WILL BE DECLAD VICTOR - BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DECLARED - VICTOR, I DON'T KNOW, A DOZEN - TIMES, WHILE DONALD TRUMP STILL - DENIES IT. - THEN WE HEAD STRAIGHT TO THE - INAUGURATION WERE DONALD TRUMP - WILL NO LONGER BE THE PRESIDENT. - JUDY: SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR, WE - THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. - SEN. KLOBUCHAR: THANKS JUDY, IT - WAS GREAT TO BE ON. - ♪ - JUDY: AS IF THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH - ALREADY GOING ON, ALL 10FO LIVIG

- ER SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE - SIGNED A COLUMN PUBLISHED IN THE - HI"WTON POST" THAT URGED THE - SUNDAY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO - ALLOW A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF - WEAND TO KEEP THE PENTAGON - OUT OF IT. - AMONG OTHER POINTS, IT SAID IF - THE THE MILITARY IS INVOLVED IT - "WOULD TAKE US INTO DANGEROUS, - UNLAWFUL AND UNCONSTITL - TERRITORY." - THE BIPARTISAN GROUP WAS - RESPONDING TO NEWS REPORTS THAT - PRESIDENT TRUMP MIGHT EMPLOY THE - MILITARY TO REIN IN POWER. - ONE OF THE SIGNATORIES, FORMER - SEETARY OF DEFENSE AND FORMER - SENATOR WILLIAM COHEN, JOINS ME - NOW. - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING - HERE. - WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE THAT THIS - IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEEDED TO - DO &? - AS I HAVE MENTIONED, EACH OF - US HAVE OUR OW REASON WHY, BUT - THE CONSENSUS WAS THERE WERE - SIGNS WORRYING US THAT - FELT COMPELLED TO PUT THE LETTER

- OUT. - FOR ME, IT WAS A CULMINATION OF - THINGS THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE. - Y M JUDGMENT, HE HAS ABUSED - THE MILITARY, USING THEM FOR - POLITICAL PURPOSES. - THE MARCH FOR LAYETTE SQUARE, - HE USED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE - JOINT CHIEFS AND SECRETARY OF - DEFENSE TO MARCH IN A PARADE TO - THE CHURCH FRONT WHERE HE HELD - A BIBLE. - THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER - THE USE OF PARAMILITARY FORCES, - UNDECLARED U.S. GOVERNMENT - EMOYEES SHOOTING RUBBER - BULLETS AT THE HEADS OF - PROTESTERS IN SEATTLE. - THE CALL FOR MILITIAS TO STAND - DOWN AND STAND BY. - AND THENASALLY A CALL COMING - FROM JOE BIDEN -- NOT A CALL - PERSONALLY TO ME, BUT A PUBC - DECLARATION THAT JOE BIDEN AND - HIS ADMINISTRATION, THE TO BE - ADNISTRATION, WERE NOT GETTING - SUFFICIENT INFORMATION. - THAT INFORMATION WAS BEING

- WITHHELD FROM THEM. - THEN YOU HAVE THE SURFACING OF - AN ALLEGATION ABOUT MARTIAL LAW - BEING FLOATED IN THE WHITE - HOUSE, AND THEN LIEUTENANT - GENERAL FLYNN TALKING ABOUT IT - PUBLICLY. - ALL OF TINSE CER - INFLUENCED MY JUDGMENT THAT IT - WAS TIME FOR US TO COALESCE AND - SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE DUTY OF - THOSE AT THE PENTAGON TO MAKE - SURE THED ARE NOT U ABUSED - IN A WAY THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE - MILITARY IN OUR POLITICAL - SYSTEM. - JUDY: I KNOW THAT AMONG OTHER - THINGS, THE A IS CONCEUT - WHETHER THEY PRESIDENT MIGHT - INVOKE SOMETHING CALLED - INSURRECTION ACT. - TELL US VERY BRIEFLY WHAT THAT - IS AND WHAT IT WOULD MEAN IF THE - PRESIDENT DID INVOKE IT. - >> IT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE IS - SUFFICIENT TURMOIL ON OUR - STREETS IN THE UNITED STATES - THAT ARE BEYOND THEONTROL OF - LOCAL OFFICIALS, POLICE, AND - OTHER STATE OFFICIALS IN EACH - GIVEN STATE AND THAT IT'S - IMPORTANT TO CALL UPON THE - MILITARY TOR REPRESSPPRESS - THE VIOLENCE.

- THE DANGER HERE IS THAT THE - PRESIDENT IS SAYING PEOPLE ARE - ANGRY OUT THERE AND PEOPLE THINK - FRAUD IS COMMITTED. - WHY? - BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES IS PUTTING OUT A - AULENT STATEMENT TO MAKE - PEOPLE ANGRY AND THEN HE CAN - CITE AND ANGER ABOUT WHY IT - SHOULD BE CHALLENGED OR THE SAME - THING HERE IS AS FAR AS THE - TDANGERT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT - ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COMMIT - VIOLENCE IN OUR STREETS AND THEN - USE THE VIOLENCE AS A RSON TO - INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT. - THIS IS SOMETHING WE VE TO BE - VERY CAREFUL ABOUT. - WATCHING WHAT HE DOES, WHAT HE'S - CAPABLE OF.WE HAVE SEEN THERE IL - TOO T LOWO WHICH HE WILL STOOP - TO STAY IN POWER. - HE'S BEEN TETHE PEO AND THE - PEOPLE HAVE REJECTED HIM. - HE'S BEEN TO THE C RRTS THAT - HAECTED HIM. - HE'S BEEN TO THE GOVERNORS WHO - REJECTED HIM. - NOW 'S GOING TO CONGRESS. - IT'S A DANGEROUS PERIOD OF TIME - FOR US BECAUSE WE KNOW IN THE - TRANSITION PHASE, IT IS - DANGEROUS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

- TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. - JUDY: ARE THE MILITARY LEADERS - OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW IN ORDER - FROM THE PRESIDENT, IF HE WERE - TO ORDER THEM TO STEP IN SOMEHOW - ERAND HELP HIM HOLD ONTO P - >> THOSE IN THE MILITARY ARE - OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW THE ORDERS - OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IF - THEY ARE LEGAL, IF THEY ARE - ETHICAL, AND IF THEY ARE - CONSTITUTIONAL - THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO WALK AWAY - AND SAY MCA PRESIDENT, 'T - CARRY OUT THIS ORDER, BECAUSE - THEY CEL BEVED OF DUTY OR - BE FIRED. - BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE THEPO - JUDGMENT BASED THEIR OWN - ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION. - HIGHLY TRAINED. EDUCATED AND - THEY KNOW WHAT THE INTELLIGENCE - IS TELLING THEM, WHAT'S TAKING - FOREIGN CAPITALS AND ELSEWHERE - SO THEY HAVE THERRBLIGATION TO - OUT A LEGITIMATE - AUTHORIZED AND LEGAL ORDER BUT

- ALSOIL THE RESPONSY TO MAKE - A JUDGMENT SAYING THIS IS - ANTITHETICAL TO MY PERSONAL - BELIEFS AND I CANNOT CARRY THIS - D OUT IN GNSCIENCE. - ORDINARILY, THEY WOULD CARRY OUT - THE ORDER BUT IT DEPENDS. - JUDY:EC I'M ASKING IN PARTSE - THE COMMANDER OF U.S. NLEAR - WEAPONS WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD - OBEY AN ORDE FROM THE PRESIDENT - TO STRIKIRAN'S NUCLEAR - PROGRAM. - HE SAID HE WOULD FOLLOW ANY - LEGALE ORDERS GIVEN. - SO WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND - WHAT THAT ANS. - IRAN IS A DIFFERENT MOOD -- - MOVE, BUT WE ARE IN THE WANING - DAYS OF THE PRESIDENCY TRYING TO - UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MILITARY - WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO DO. - >>F THE PRESIDENT GAVE A - ORDINARILY, THE OFFICER IN - CHARGE, THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF - DEFENSE WOULD OBLIGATED TO - CARRY THAT OUT. - THAT AGAIN REQUIRES THOSE IN E - CHAIN OF COMMAND TO MAKE AN

- ASSESSMENT. - IS THIS DONE FOR LEGITIMATE - REASONS? - IS THIS SOMETHING DONE FOR - PURELY POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY? - THEY COULD REFUSE TO CARRY OUT - THAT OER. - YOU MIGHT RECALL THE IMPEACHMENT - OF PRESIDENT NIXON,/AND OR PUT - OUT THE WORD -- CELESTE LINGER - FOLLOT THE WORD NOT TO - THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT - CHIEFS, I WOULD EXPECT THE - ACTING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE - WOULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO - THAT. - IF IRAN IS DOING SOMETHING - ATTACKING FORCES IN THE REGION, - OBVIOUSLY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF - IS GOING TO ORDER A RESPONSE T - THAT AND A SERIOUS ONE. - ANYTHING CLEARLY S AND GIVEDO - PRESIDEN - HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO TO - INFLICT DAMAGE. - JUDY: FINALLY, AS A REPUBLICAN, - IN JUST ATE SE, WHAT IS YOUR - REACTION TO THE REPUBLICAN

- SENATORS WHO TORROW WILL - CHALLENGE THE ELECTORAL VOTE - COUNT? - >> DISAPPOINTED. - THAT IS THE MILDEST WORD I CAN - USE. - I THINK THEY ARE NOT LIVING UP - TO THEIR OIGATIONS, MUCH AS - VICE PRESIDENT PENCE IS NOW - BEING TORTURED, AT LEAST - PSYCHOLOGICALLY, ON WHETHER TO - SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP OR THE - CONSTITUTION. - THERE SHOULD BE NO QUESTIO HIS - OBLIGATION TO THE CONSTITUTION. - I SAY THAT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE - SENATE TRYING TO COME UPRA WITH - THISULENT ALLEGATION. - I THINKLI IT IS SIMPLY CAL - IN NATURE AND THEY ARE TAKING A - PASS KNOWING IT IS NOT GOING TO - PASS SO THEY CAN SAY WE - SUPPORTED PRESIDENT TRUMP AND - THEREFOREE ARE THE HEIRS OF - TRUMPISM GOING FORWARD IFHE - PRESIDENT DECIDES NOT TO RUN - AGAIN. - ARJUDY: FORMER SECROF - SENATORAND FORMER - WILLIAM COHEN, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. - TENSIONS BETWEEN THE.S. AND

- IRAN HAVE BEEN HEATING UP OVER - THE PAST FEW WEEKSS THE ONE - YEAR ANNIVERSARY APPROACHED OF - THE AMERICAN KILLING OF A TOPIA - IRGENERAL IN IRAQ. - MILITIAS THERE, WITH TIES TO - IRAN, STILL WANT REVENGE. - IS PAST WEEKEND IRAQIS - , CONVERGED AND DEMONSTRATED - THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE UNITED - STATES.EW - OUR" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT - JACK HEWSON HAS THIS REPORT FROM - BAGHDAD. - REPORTER: THOUSANDS GATHERED AT - BAGHDAD'S TAHRIR SQUARE TO MARK - THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE - KILLING OF QASEM SULEIMANI, BY - ANAMERICAN DRONE STRAIE ON - BAGHDAD'ORT ROAD. - SOLEIMANI RAN MUCH OF SHIA - IRAN'S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN - THE REGION, AS HEAD OF THE ELITE - "QUDS FORCE". - REVILED AS A TERRORIST BY THE - U.S. AND MANY IN THE REGION, HE - WAS CELEBRATED IN EQUAL MEASUR - BY OTHERS. - RIDING WITH HIM THAT NIGHT WAS - ABU MAHDI AL MUHANDIS THE DEPUTY - LEADER OF IRAQ'S POPULAR F - MOBILISATICES, A - COLLECTION OF LARGELY-SHIA

- PARAMILITARIES, MANY WITH STRONS - O IRAN. - THE PMF WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE - FIGHT AGAINST THE SUNNI - EXTREMISTS OF ISIS, AND FOR PMF - SUPPORTERS LIKE HUSSEIN ALI,THE - KILLINGS ARE A POINT OF GREAT - >> AFTER THIS ACHIEVEMENT IN THE - IRAQI VICTORY OVER ISIS, AMERICA - CAME TO KILL THESE LEADERS. - REPORTER:HE.S. KEPT TROOPS - IN COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE 2018 - IDESTRUCTION OF TS - CALIPHATE INSIDE IRAQ TO PRESS - THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST REMNANTS - OF THE GROUP. - OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE THOUGH, - USING IRAQ AA STRATEGIC BASE - AGAINST IRAN. - ROCKET ATTACKS AGAINSTTA - U.S. SFFED INSTALLATIONS BEGAN - TO INCREASE. - VERY FEW PEOPLE WANT TLITAKE - RESPONSI FOR THE ROCKET - ATTACKS AGAINST THE AMERICAN - EMBASSY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM - THE PUBLIC OPINION HERE, THERE - IS SIGNIFICANT APPETITE FOR MORE - OF IT.P - PRESIDENT TRS SAID IF ONE - AMERICAN IS KILLED IN THE COURSE - OF THESE ATTACKS, THEN THERE - WILL BE REPRISALS. - AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THERE - WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION.

- THE ASSSINATION WAS THE PEAK - OF A SERIES OF STRIKES AND - COUNTER STRIKES BETWEEN E U.S. - AND IRAN - AND PRO-IRANIAN GROUPS - IN LATE 2019, AND EARLY LAST - YEAR -- A PROXY CONFLICT ON - IRAQI SOIL. - IN RESPONSE, THE IRAQI - PARLIAMENT PASSED A NON-BINDING - RESOLUTION TO EJECT U.S. TROOPS. - >> WE WANT THESE DECISIONS TO BE - IMPLEM VTED. - THE PEOPED ON THE DECISION - TO REMOVE THE AMERICAN FORCES. - WE WANT TO REMOVE ALL AMERICAN - FORC PEACELLY, AND IF THEY - E NOT ACHIEVED BY PEACEFUL - MEANS, THEN THE PEOPLE WILL - RESIST EXPELLING THESE FORCES.RT - RE: WITH 2500 U.S. TROOPS - STILL IN COUNTRY, THA - RESISTANCE IS MADE REALIAT BY - CONTINUECKS ON CONVOYS, - AND LANDS IN THE FORM OF ROCKETS - ATTACKS LAUNCHED ON THE U.S. - EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD. - THE U.S. REPORTEDLY THREATENED - TO EVACUATE ITS EMBASSY HERE, - MODERN -- I AMONG THE LARGE - THE WORLD, LAST FALL. - THE LAST ATTACK WAS ON DECEMBER - 20 AS 8 ROCKETS WERE FIRED AT - THE US EMBASSY. - RED TRACERS FROM THE EFEASSY'S - DEE SYSTEM RETURNED FIRE. - NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED - RESPONSIBILITY BUT GOVERNMENT - FORCES ARRESTED MEMBERS OF A - PROMINENT PRO-IRANIAN FACTION - CALLED ASAIB AHL AL HAQ, OR AAH. - MASKED MEN CLAIMINEARREST, - MEMBERS OF AAH MADE THREATS

- AGAINST IRAQI PRIME MINISTER - MUSTAFA AL KADHIMI POSTED ON - SOCIAL MEDIA. - AAH SPOKESPERSON MAHMOUD - INVOLVEMENT, EITHER WITH THE - ATTACK OR THE VIDEO THREATS, AND - SAID THAT ONE OF THEIR ARRESTED - ASSOCIATES, HAD BEEN FORCED TO - CONFESS. - >> THEY TORTURED HIM IN ORDER TO - EXTRACT A CONFESSION FROM HIM - THAT HE IS A PARTICIPANT IN THIS - OPERATION AND THAT HE WORKS WITH - ROCKETS. - THIS MATTER IS ALL A LIE, THERE - IS NOTHING OF THIS SUBJECT. - REPORTER: THE IRAQI SECURITY - FORCES DENIED CLAIMS OF TORTURE. - BUT THE TOPIC OF WHO IS BEHIND - THE ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICANS IN - IRAQ IS AN ONGOING DEBATE AMONG - BAGHDAD'S COMMUNITY AMONG - POLITICAL AND SECURITY ANALYSTS. - >> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN - THROUGHOUT 2020, SMALLER GROUPS - OUTSIDE THE PMF FRAMEWORKS AND - THERE CONCERN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH - CONTROL OVER THESE GROUPS AND - THEY SEEM TO B L ATLE MORE

- DANGEROUS AND RECKLESS. - REPORTER: AND THESE NEW - SUBGROUPS MANOT BE ACTING IN - THE INTERESTS OF IRAN. - SOLEIMANI'S REPLACEMENT VISITED - IRAQ IN NOVEMBER AS REPORTED T - DISCOURAGE PARAMILITARIES FROM - ATTACKING U.S. MILITARIES IN THE - LAST DAYS OF THE TRUMP - ADMISTRATION. - >> I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO - ESCALATE. - I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A - BALANCE BETWEEN KEEPING PRESSURE - UP ON TH U.S., MEETING THE - DEMANDS AND MESSAGING FOR - DOMESTIC PURPOSES, AND ALSO - REMINDING AND GIVING SPACE FOR - THE NEXT U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO - ENTER INTO SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONSE - WITH - REPORTER: IT'S THAT DICATE - BALANCE - AND CAPACITY FOR MISCALCULATY N - THAT HAS MRE AND IN THE - REGION STILL ON EDGE. - FOUR PBS "NEHOUR", I JACK - AM HEWSON IN BAGHDAD.TO - JUDY: ANISCUSS THAT - TENSION FURTHER, I'M JOINED BY - NICK SCHIFRIN. - WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE NO - ATTACKS OVER THE ANNIVERSARY - THIS WEEKEND, BUT IRAN HAS MADE - TWO SIGNIFICANT MOVES AND SO S - THE STATE DEPACKMENT TODAY.

- THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY - GUARD SEIZED A SOUTH KOREAN FLAG - OIL TANKER AND IRAN ENRICHED UP - TO 20% URANIUM AT THE NUCLEAR - PLANT. - THAT LOWERS THE SO-CALLED - BREAKOUT TIME IF IRAN WANTEDCR O - TE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. - BOTH MOVES REMIND THE INCOMING - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OF THE - LEVERAGE POINTS AND PRIORITIES - AHEAD OF EXPECTED DIPLOMATIC - TALKS. - BUT THEY ARE NOT DONE YET, THEY - SANCTIONED 17 IRANIAN COMPANIESN - OP OF 1500 PEOPLE AND - ENTITIES ALREADY SANCTIONED. - JUDY: LOOKING OVER THE LAST FEW - DAYS, WHAT STEPS DID THE U.S. - TAKE IN ADVANCE OF THE KILLING - ANNIVERSARY AND HOW HIGH WAS - CONCERNED? - OFFICIALS AND IRAQCIALSTION - TOLD ME THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED - A MILIT IN IRAQ WOULD ATTACK - THE U.S. SO THE ADMINISTRATION - WAS TRYING TO SEND ANIFIED - MESSAGE OF DETERRENCE. - TWITTER THREAT AND A RARE PHOTO - RELEASE FROM THE NAVY OF A - SUBMARINE OFF E COAST AND

- B-52S SENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST. - ENAFTER THAT, THEGON ORDERED - THE AIRCRAFT HOME FROM THE - MIDDLE EAST AND A SENIOR - MILITARY OFFICIAL SAYS THE - DECISION WAS MADE OVER THERY - ADVICE OF MILIDERS WHO - SAID BRINGING IT HOME WOULD SEND - IRAN MIXED SIGNALS. - TMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY - THEY WERE TRYING SEND A - CALIBRATED MESSAGE THAT THE U.S. - WOULD RESPOND MILITARILY IF IRAN - ATTACKED AND KILLED A U.S. - SERVICE PERSON BTU DIDN'T - LY WANT TO GO TO WAR. - THEN THE MIXED MSAGESOT EVEN - MORE MIXED. - WOULD STAY IN THE REGION AFTER - ALL AND A MILITARY OFFICIAL SAYS - THE WHITE HOUSE MADE A - LAST-MINUTE DECISION TT - SURPRISED EVEN THE PENTAGON. - I HAVE SPOKEN TO INDEPENDENT - S ANALYSTS ABOUT TD THEY SAY - IT IS BORDERING ON INCOMPETENCE - AND A SEOR ADMINISTRATION - OFFICIAL ADMITS THERE WAS NOTTE - ANY STC SENSE BEHIND - SUDDENLY KEEPING THE NIMITZ IN - THE REGIONRE BECAUSE TAS NO - NEW INTELLIGENCE THAT WOULD - REQUIRE IT TO STAY.

- BOTTOM-LINE, THE NIMITZ REMAINS - AS DO THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE - U.S. AND IRAQ. - JUDY: A LOT OF DRAMA AND SO MUCH - TO FOLLOW IN THESE FIRST DAYS OF - THE NEW YEAR. - NICK SCHIFRIN, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH. - NICK: THANK YOU. - AMERICAN COLLEGES AND - UNIVERSITIES HAVE CONTRACTED THE - CORONAVIRUS SINCE MARCH, ENOUGH - TO FILL FOUR ROSE BOWLS. - AS CAMPUSES PREPARE TO START A - NEW SE - MOUNTING. TOLL IS - IN SOME CASES, THE SURVIVAL OF - ENTIRE INSTITUTIONS COULD BE ON - THE LINE. - THE COVID RELIEF PACKAGE - INCLUDED $LL BILLION FOR - ES AND UNIVERSITIES, BUT - SCHOOLS SAY IT DOESN'T COME - CLOSE TO WHAT THEY NEED. - . - HARI SREENIVASAN HAS OUR STORY - PART OF OUONGOING SERIES, - "RETHINKING COLLEGE."

- NICK: >> WH YOU GET INTO THE - CLASSROOMS AND YOU ARE WALKING - INTO THE DINING HALL, WHEN YOU - GO INTO SCIENCE LAB, YOU - REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT A - NORMAL YEAR. - REPORTER: A SQUINT HA THIS - ALMOST LOOKS LIKE FALL SEMESTER - AT OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY A - , LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL OF 1500TS - STUDENTS JUST IDE COLUMBUS. - >> GRAB SOME PURELL. - >> WE HAVE DONE SURVEILLANCE - TESTING OF ABO 50% TO 15% OF - THE STUDENT BODY. - YESTERDAY WE TESTED 72. - RERTER: SO, THIS IS JUST PART - OF CAMPUS LIFE. - >> JUST PART OF CAMPUS LIFE. - REPORTER: BUT BEYOND TESTING, - MASKS, AND RAVEN GO MEALS - THERE'S SOMETHING EVEN MORE - , UNSETTLING AFOOT HERE. - ROCK JONES: NORMALLY THIS PLACE - WOULD BE PACKED. - REPORTER: OHIO WESLEYAN - PRESIDENT ROCK JONES RECENTLY - ANNOUNCED THAT HIS SCHOOL WOULD - BE ELIMINATING 18 MAJORS -- - NEARLY A FIFTH OF ITS OFFERINGS - -- AND THEY'REUTTING 20 - % OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND - STAFF. - IT'S A MOVE EXPECTED TO SAVE - NEARLY $12 MILLION. - NEARLY EVE COLLEGE AND

- UNIVERSITY SURVIVING THE - PANDEMIC HAS A CASH FLOW PER - - ROCK JONES: WE REFUNDED THE ROOM - AND BOARD FEES THAT STUDENTS HAD - PAID FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE - SPRING SEMESTER. - WE CANCELED OUR PLANNED THREE - PERCENT INCREASE IN TUITION, - ROOM, AND BOARD FOR THIS YEAR, - OF REVENUE.NIFICANT LOSS - WE INCREASED OUR FINANCIAL AID - BUDGET, BECAUSE WE KNEW FAMILIES - WERE HAVING FINANCIAL STRUGGLES - WITH THE RECESSION, AND - UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS INCREASING. - AND THEN WE'VE HAD ADDED - EXPENSES FOR TESTING. - REPORTER: SO, YOU'VE INCREASED - YOUR COST, DECREASED YOUR - REVENUESLL - TO A LOT OF ES, THAT'S NOT - GOOD MATH. - ROCK JONES: WELL, IT'S NOT GOOD - MATH AND AGAIN WE'VE FOUND WAYS - TO REDUCE EXPENSES. - REPORTER:REPORTER: AND IT IS ON - TOP OF MATH THAT HAS BEEN BAD - FOR A DECADE. - SINCE 2010, ENROLLMENT AT TWO- - AND FONA-YEAR COLLEGES - ONWIDE HAS DROPPED BY ABOUT - 2.5 MILLION, DRIV IN PART BY A - SMALLER POPULATION OF HIGH - SCHOOL STUDENTS MOVING DIRECTLY - TO COLLEGE AND CONCERNS OVER THE - SKYROCKETING COST OF COLLEGE - EDUCATION. - A TEAM HAD ALREADY BEGUN LOOKING - FOR CUTS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. - >> I BELIEVE THAT COVID HAS NOT

- CREATED CHALCENGES BUT HAS - RATED CHALLENGES. - IT HAS FORCED US ALL TO THINK - DIFFERENTLY AND QUICKLY. - REPORTER: LAST SPRING, THAT - MEANT TRANSITIONING TO ONLINE - ONLY EDUCATION WITHIN DAYS. - AND THIS ACADEMIC YEAR FOR - HOOLS LIKE OHIO WESLEYAN, IT - ALSO MEANT FINDING A WAY TO - BRING STUDENTS BACK FOR A VERY - DIFFERENT VERSION OF THECEOLLEGE - EXPERI - >> FEELS ALMOST LIKE A ZOMBIE - TOWN. - EVERYONE'S WALKING AROUND - BASICALLY FACELESS BECAUSE ALU - CAN'T SEE THEM. - SELF-QUARANTINED FOR 22 DAYS - LAST SEMESTER AFTER REPEATED - EXPOSURES TO THE VIRUS. - BUT HE SAYS BEING ON CAMPUS WAS - WOH THE CHALLENGES. - LIF NEEDED THE SOCIAL - EVEN IF IT WAS GOING TO BE - RESTRICTED DUE TO COVID, ALL OF - MY FRIENDS ARE HERE. - THAT'S WHERE I TOOK A RISK. - REPORTER: NOT SO FOR EVERYONE. - MORE THAN 560,000 UNDERGDUATES - IN THE U.S. DECIDED NOT TO - RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS FALL,

- EITHER IN-PERSON OR ONLINE. - THAT'S A 3.6% DROP IN 2019. - FRESHMAN ATTENDANCE SAW AN - PRECEDENTED 13.1% DROP, - ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL - STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE RESEARCH - CENTER. - THE PANDEMIC HAS COST U.S. - SCHOOLS, BY ONE ESTIMATE, $120 - BILLION AND COUNTING.IT IS DEVAL - LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOLS, TO BE - SURE, BUT ALSO BIGGER PUBLIC - SUPPORT PLUMMET IN RECENT YEARS. - DAN HURLEY: THE STATE - UNIVERSITIES OF MICHIGAN, ALL 15 - OF THEM, ARE FACING THE MOST - OF THEM EVER HAVE SINCE THEIR - FOUNDING. - REPORTER: DAN HURLEY THE - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE - MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE - UNIVERSITIES. - >> AS AN EXAMPLE, MICHIGAN STATE - UNIVERSITY, ONE OF THE LARGEST, - RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 15,000 TO - 17,000 BEDS ON CAMPUS COMPLETELY - EMPTY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. - REPORTER: MICHIGAN STATE WENT

- ALMO ENTIRELY VIRTUAL THIS - FALL MEANING30 THE 5 CAMPUS -- - ACRE CAMPUS WAS ALMOST DESOLATE. - >>G DIN CENTERS, SUMMER YOUTH - PROGRAMS, CONFERENCE SERVICES - PROGRAMS, ALL OF THAT AUXILIARY - ENTERPRISE WENT AWAY, AND WITH - IT TENS OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF - DOLLARS. - AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE - ATHLETIC ENTERPRISES U OF M AND - MICHIGAN STATE AMONGI - THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN - IMPACT IN THE TENS AND TENS OF - MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. - AND FOR THOSE INSTITUTIONS, - THOSE DOLLARS DON'T JUST BENEFIT - YE ATHLETIC ENTERPRISE, T - HELP SUBSIDIZE OTHER ASPECTS OF - THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. - REPORTER: IN ANN ARBOR, THE - UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TRIED TO - OFFER STUDENTS SOME SEMBLANCE OF - NORMALCY WITH MASK MANDATES IND - ROUTINE TE - BUT WITHIN WEEKS, COVID CASES - SURGED. - IT DIDN'T SURPRISE NURSI - STUDENT CHRISTIAN MAGNO. - >> WE ARE VERY TEMPTED TO GO AND - HANG OUT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, - BECAUSE IT'S THE CULTURE THAT - THIS CAMPUS IS. - REPORTER:BE IN OCTOR, - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WERE - ORDERED TO STAY IN THEIR DORMS - UNTIL EARLY NOVEMBER TO HELP - BRING DOWN THE INFTHTION RATE.

- AN HAVE BEEN ASKED NOT TO - COME BACK TO CAMPUS AFTER WINTER - BREAK UNLESS NECESSARY. - MOST HOUSING CONTRACTS FOR - WINTER AND SCAING HAVE BEEN - ELED. - >> I KNOW ERE'S A LOT OF - CONTROVERSY, WOULD YOU TAKE INTO - CONSIDERATION HUMAN LIVES, IT - REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF - INTERACTION PEOPLE HAVE WITH - EACH OTH. - REPORTER: BUT THESE MOVES COME - AT A COST, HURLEY SAYS. - >> THERE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO - BE A LOT OF BELT TIGHTENING. - REPORTER: U.S. COLLEGES AND - UNIVERSITIES HAVE SHED NEARLY AT - TENTH IR EMPLOYEES IN - RECENT MONTHS, TIED TO BOTH THE - PANDEMIC AND LONGER-TERM - CHALLENGES, INCLUDING ADJUNCT - 2900 PROFESSORS AT CITY - UNIVERSITY ONEW YORK. - CAMPUS-WIDE FURLOUGHS AT - UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. - MORE THAN 230 COLLEGE ATHLETIC - TEAMS NATIONWIDE HAVE BEEN CUT - OR SLATED FOR ELIMINATION. - IN OHIO, URBANA UNIVERSITY, - FOUNDED IN 1850,LELOSED SHOP - COLY THIS YEAR DUE TO THE - PANDEMIC AND YEARS OF LOW - ENROLLMENT. - ERALYSTS SAY HUNDREDS OF O

- ARE AT RISK OF FOLLOWING SUIT IN - THE NEXT FEW YEARS. - HANNAH CARPENTER IS A SENIOR AT - OHIO WESLEYAN. - HOW ARE THE CHANGES THE - UNIV - COMES TO THE BOTTOM LINE GOING - TO AFFECT YOU? - >> IT'S HARD TO SEE PROGRAMS - LOSE FUNDING THAT YOU WANT TO - SEE CONTINUE BECAUSE YOU KNOW - THAT PART OF THE LIBERAL ARTS - UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE IS HAVING - ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FIELDS - AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO EXPLORE. - SO, IT DEFINITELY IS NOT THE - BEST FEELING TO KNOW THAT YOUR - UNIVERSITY IS STRUGGLING - FINANCIALLY, AND THAT - UNIV - STRUGGLING.YWHERE ARE - BUT I KNOW AT THE OTHER ENDF - THIS, THERE WILL BE - OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH IN THE - END AND THINGS WILL EVENTUALLY - INBE ON THE UP AND UP AGA - REPORTER: AT LEAST, THAT'S THE - HOPE. - FOR THE PBS "NEWSHOUR," I'M HARI - SREENIVASAN, IN DELAWARE, OHIO.D - JUDY: THE IC IS TAKING A - PARTICULARLY DRAMATIC TOLL ON - STUDENTS OF COLOR. - WE'LL EXAMINE WHY IN THE NEXT - INSTALLMENT OF OUR "RETHIINKING - -- RETHINKING COLLEGE" SERIES, - NEXT TUESDAY. - AND THAT IS THE "NEWSHOUR" FOR - TONIGHT.

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- Tijuana.

- You've probably heard - a lot about this place, - but what's - the real Tijuana? - It's complicated. - It's a melting pot - on a border wall. - People come from - all over Mexico - in pursuit of - one dream or another,ng - brinheir unique - culinary cravings with them. - This Mexico - is new to me. - ls No towering cathedra - overlooking peaceful - town squares, - this place is alive! - Here in Tijuana they're - making it up as they go, - and you can taste it. - Tacos, tortas, modern moov, - Tijuana has ited, - and believe me, - . I'll be trying all of - First bite - in Tijua! - Pati narrates: - And of course, - I'm bringing the flavors of - Tijuana back home to my kitchen. - I'm making an - outrageous Tijuana take - on a shrimp taco, - Tacos Gobernador.