your role. but in this case, it's roberts' argument because you are forcing him to speak by putting on the jersey which he disagrees. one more if i have time, and i think i do. smerconish, a blue tie on eagles game day? smh. i think that's shaking my head. that's cool because i came into the studio this morning under the cover of darkness in center city, philadelphia, all the high-rises are illuminated in green getting ready for the giants tonight. i was tempting at 5:00 a.m. to boot my horn. i didn't do it. i let them sleep. okay. thanks for watching. happening now in "the newsroom," frustration mounts in ukraine as germany and the western allies spar over whether to provide tanks to counter

russian aggression. >> every day yothere is no alternative to this decision. >> we are live in ukraine with why this aid is so critical for ukrainians. a stunning set of new arrests related to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. three active duty marines under arrest for their part in the insurrection, one allegedly wanted to wage a second civil war. silence from actor alec baldwin as he is facing involuntary manslaughter charges connected to the "rust" set shooting. what we are learning about changes on the set as the crew vows to finish the movie. i feel, you know, sad, but also i have a sense -- >> new zealand's prime minister speaking out after her shocking resignation earlier this week and her decision to step down is resonating with women worldwide. and that parade of recent storms in the west prompts a big turnaround when it comes to the drought. "newsroom" starts right now. ♪

good morning. it is saturday, january 21st. i'm amara worker. >> i'm boris sanchez. we are grateful to have you. >> we begin with the war in ukraine and a stalemate over tanks. ukraine's president says the country desperately needs them and there is no alternative. >> but germany has failed to reach an agreement on esending the leopard tanks to ukraine. officials indicated they will not send them unless the u.s. sends abram tanks. >> the u.s. finalize an aid package for ukraine. secretary austin says u.s. for for ukraine is unwavering. >> this is a decisive moment for ukraine ain a decisive decade fr the world. so make no mistake. we will support ukraine's self-defense for as long as it takes. >> president zelenskyy says that

ukraine is grateful for the, all the assistance, but says gratitude only goes so far on the battlefield. >> hundreds of thank you are not hundreds of tanks. >> let's get the latest from ukraine on that tank stalemate and the most recent strikes. >> cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman is live in ukraine. ben, what more are we hearing from president zelenskyy? >> reporter: well, boris, the president is trying to be somewhat diplomatic, but if you read between the lines -- [ inaudible ]. >> that is unfortunate. we lost ben wedeman's signal. we will try to get it back up later this hour. pivoting to politics here in the united states, the justice department signaled on friday that it's unlikely to share information about on going criminal investigations with the new republican-controlled house.

>> let's bring in cnn white house reporter jasmine wright who has been following this story. what more are you learning? >> reporter: well, this really all started bus jim jordan, who chairs the judiciary committee in the house, has been asking for a broad selection of documents from the department of justice materials briefingings and so now the department of justice is saying that while we want a positive working relationship with the committee, there are certain things we are not going to be able to provide and that includes materials for ongoing investigations, which would include that special inquiry into president biden's handling of documents, but also it would include former president trump's handling of classified documents. so in a letter to jim jordan, the department wrote consistent with longstanding policy and practice, any oversight requests must be weighed against the department's interest in protecting the integrity of its work. we see them relying on past

precedent. for the white house's part, they also haven't really responded to requests from the judiciary committee or the oversight committee in the house that have requested materials and scheduling of interviews of staff for things like biden's handling of classified documents as well as other facets of the administration that they have promised to investigate. officials on that side of pennsylvania avenue, they say they will respond to good-faith inquiries and signaled they don't feel based on who are on these different committees that will really these requests are made in good faith. boris, amara. >> and house speaker kevin mccarthy we are learning has accepted an invitation from president biden to meet and discuss the debt limit. we know they are on completely opposite sides. what is the white house saying? >> reporter: the white house has been firm for some time that they are not going to negotiate on raising the debt ceiling. they want a clean bill.

this happened because president biden on friday made remarks when talking about the national debt saying he had to have a little discussion and people thought he was talking about kevin mccarthy. so kevin mccarthy tweeted he accepted president biden's invitation to the white house. now, of course, the white house has said that they were going to invite these congressional leaders which is customary at the start of a new session, but after kevin mccarthy tweeted that, the white house press secretary issued a statement clarifying. she said like the president said many times, raising the debt ceiling is not a negotiation. it is an obligation for the leaders to avoid economic chaos. congress has always done it and the president expects them to do their duty once again. that is non-negotiable. so very firm stance here from the white house. we expect in the next few days or weeks that we'll learn exactly when that meeting will take place. the white house says they are not negotiating the debt ceiling.

boris, amara. >> thank you. well, three active duty marines who work in intelligence have been arrested in connection with the january 6th capitol riot aone was reportedly pushin for a second civil war. >> micah coomer and sergeants joshua abate and dodge dale helenen are facing several charges, including disorderly conduct in the capitol building. cnn's jeremy herb has the following -- he has been following the details, i should say. what are authorities saying about these arrests? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. these three marines are facing a number of charges, including disorderly conduct in a capitol building. the three marines were arrested earlier this week. according to court documents, they spent nearly an hour in the capitol and they went into the rotunda, took a photo putting a regular maga hat on one of the

statues in the rotunda, which provides some interesting details about how they were discovered. micah coomer, the fbi found photos-his instagram page where he posted himself inside the capitol. they also included, there was an stchl message he sent to an associate after january 6th. in that message he said, quote, everything in this country is corrupt. we honestly need a fresh restart. i am waiting for the boogaloo. what's a boogaloo? civil war two, he replied. courting to court documents, joshua abate, he admitted while he was interviewed for a security clearance he had gone into the capitol with two of his friends. he allegedly said in this interview according to court documents when he saw the riot was being portrayed negatively, he decided not to tell anyone about his involvement. these arrests are two years after the january 6th attack. we schanote that all three men have not yet entered a plea when it comes to their conduct

related to the riot. the marine corps say, in a statement, they are aware of this investigation and they are aware of these allegations and they say they are fully cooperating with the appropriate authorities in this probe. boris and amara. >> and with these three arrests, that makes a dozen service members arrested for their involvement in the journalist insurrection. jeremy, thank you so much. let's discuss this and other headlines with cnn senior political commentator and former republican congressman adam kinsinger. a dozen service members arrested for their activity on january 6th. you are a former air force veteran yourself. what can the military do to try to find folks that have these extremist views and eradicate them from the armed forces? >> yeah, it's tough to do. people can have, as we know, their own political opinions. there is a big difference between having a political opinion, which, you know, causes

you to vote a certain way, than having this view that it's time to overthrow the government and the government's corrupt. when you join the military, no matter what rank and job, you have to swear an allegiance to the government, allegiance to the constitution that you are not out to overthrow the government. you are not a member of a group or organization that seeks to overthrow the government. this is a really sad thing to see for me particularly, and i think for most americans, at the same time we can't let this reflect on the larger thing in our military that does a great job every day. but i just think commanders and ncos, that see people talking about things like overthrowing the government and their ranks, need to have a chain that they can report that stuff up to. >> yeah. sir, what's your reaction to that letter from the department of justice to your former republican colleagues telling them they are not going to share information about ongoing investigations, including those related to president biden? >> yeah, i mean, look, i need a

little more detail in terms of what is the reason on the biden side of things s it because of the, you know, the criminal investigation? congress has an oversight ability and responsibility. and i think it's important to notice that. however, when it comes to things like what we're seeing -- look, we've seen the republicans and congress at the moment make it clear they want the department of justice to stop investigating january 6th. they want them to stop investigating donald trump, for instance. the question is, what is the goal here? and quite honestly, on this oversight committee, there is not a lot of people i think that will keep any private information private. i can see the doj's concern on that. from the other hand, look, congress does have an oversight responsibility. >> congressman, we have hit the debt ceiling just this last week. again, lawmakers are sparring over what to do. ultimately, the debt ceiling is

an arbitrary number, right? it's just set by congress and in recent years both democrats and republicans have crossed that threshold really without giving much thought to the debt. so if no one is going to abide by it, do you think congress should abolish the debt ceiling? >> well, my personal opinion is i think, yeah. i think the debt ceiling debate needs to go away. the real debate happens when you decide to spend. the real debate happens if you tax, anything like that. now, that said, i think from a democratic perspective, the democrats should come to the table to some extent and say, look, we recognize there is a $30 trillion debt in this nation. maybe the place to negotiate it isn't on the debt ceiling. president biden has made it clear he recognizes there is a big problem with debt and deficit. it may be a good opportunity for both sides to actually have a broader discussion. something like, you know, we have something in the big -- they call it the supercommittee. i think we should have a

different name than 2011. but a chance to tackle the issues without holding the debt limit hostage. i worry about where we are at on this. i worry about our ability to get through it. it was hard for us do it in 2011 and we were a little more, i'll say, reasonable in 2011 than what you are seeing today. >> while we have you, we want your thoughts related to ukraine. we are covering a lot of ground this morning. we appreciate it. the dispute between the united states and germany over providing ukrainian forces with western tanks. why is a consensus on this issue critical for ukraine moving into this next phase of the war? >> so the united states can lead but we have to lead almost with europe. it is very important that europe is with us on this fight. this is as much their fight as ours. the german leopard tanks have a much easier maintenance footprint. they are much easier, obviously, to get into theater in ukraine. they use diesel, which is in

ukraine, whereas u.s. tanks have different variants of fuel, including jet fuel. and so it makes a lot more sense for the leopard tanks to go in there. plus, a lot of allies have them. i don't understand germany's hesitancy here. they have always had to be drug into these positions. somebody said that the chancellor is worried about german tanks being on front and russia again, you know, like it was in world war ii. well, they are the only ones concerned about that. everybody else is like let's support ukraine. the sooner this war ends, the cheaper it's going to be for everybody in lives and costs. so i hope the germans get there. poland made it somewhat implied they will send them anyway against the wishes of germany. he hope we can all be on the same page on this. >> former congressman adam kinzinger, thank you for sharing part of your weekend with us. >> you bet. have a good one. we are following details on the supreme court's investigation into who leaked the draft of the landmark opinion overturning roe v. wade.

the official in charge of the investigation says all nine justices were interviewed but they still don't know who the leaker is. cnn's jessica schneider with more. >> reporter: boris and amara, the lead investigator of the supreme court leak revealing that she did in fact speak to all nine justices on multiple occasions and found nothing to implicate the justices themselves or their spouses. this is a clarifying statement released from the court on friday. it comes after the report itself left open that question of whether the nine supreme court justices had been interviewed as part of this investigation. we now know they had. just as it's clear that the public may never know the identity of this leaker. the court issued a 20-page investigative report on thursday. it said that even after 126 formal interviews with 97 employees, they have essentially reached a dead end here and are

unable to identify the person or people responsible for that leak. the report did eveal crucial details, that 80 people received copies of that draft opinion early last year before it was leaked. some of those employees said that they shared details of the draft of the decision with their spouses, which breached court confidentiality. despite all these months of investigations and interviews and forensic work, the leaker has not been pinpointed. however, the supreme court says that it will put in place new procedures and protocols to really ensure something this devastating to the court does not happen again. guys. >> jessica, thank you. five first responders indicted in the 2019 death of elijah mcclain, the charges they are facing and why the judges ruled there will be three separate trials. actor alec baldwin facing manslaughter charges potentially in connection with that shooting on the "rust" movie set. up next, we are joined by an armorer with what he thinks

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responders indicted in the 2019 death of elijah mcclain have entered not guilty pleas. mcclain, a 23-year-old black man, died after he was placed in a chokehold and given a powerful sedative. the original autopsy report listed the cause of mclain's death as undetermined. >> an amended autopsy report completed in 2021 two years after the incident said mcclain's death was caused by complications from ketamine injection following restraint. the manner of death was left undetermined. lucy kafanov reports. >> reporter: the two paramedics and three officers involved in the death of elijah mcclain were arraigned in court on friday. each pled not guilty to all of the charges. three separate trials have been scheduled for the summer in the

early fall. all five were indicted back in 2021 on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. in august of 2019, mcclain, a young black man, was walking home from the convenience store. he was listening to music on his headphones, had ice tea with him. he was confronted by three aurora, colorado, police officers who were responding to a call about a suspicious individual. although mcclain wasn't doing anything wrong at the time, police attempted to apprehend him. one of the officers, nathan woodyard, attempted to retrain mcclain with a neck chokehold that has since been banned, causing him to briefly lose consciousness. the other two helped restrain mcclain, even though he repeatedly said he could not breathe. the paramedics were called in. they then gave him a large dose of the powerful sedative known as ketamine. too much for his body weight,

later emerged. mcclain was declared brain dead and passed away a few days later. he was just 23 years old. now, the initial autopsy report listed the cause of death as undetermined, but it was amended to say his death was caused by complications from the ketamine injection following restraint. the manner of death remains undetermined. and the various defendants have been pointing fingers over who is to blame. so the judge this week ruled that there will be three separate trials. woodyard, the officer who performed the chokehold, will be tried separately in september. the other two officers who also helped restrain mcclain will be tried together. that trial is scheduled for july 11. and the two paramedics will also be tried together. their jury selections begin on august 7th. back to you. >> thank you. a source close to alec baldwin tells cnn the actor producer intends to finish the

movie "rust" despite facie involuntary manslaughter charges for the shooting death of a crew member. >> the film's cinematographer hala gorani was shot when a prop gun fired a real bullet. it killed hutchins and wounded the director. cnn's gloria pass mean a joining us live with more. hi there. what do we know about baldwin's plans? >> it is going to be a long road ahead for this process. baldwin and the armorer that was on the set will have to have preliminary hearings to determine if there is enough probable cause to actually go to trial. that's going to take several weeks. in the meantime, the film tells us that they plan to move ahead with production and a source close to baldwin telling cnn that he will continue to star in the lead role. now, the film attorney tells us

themmel they will have several safety procedures in place, including making sure there is no working weapons or ammunition on set and they will also have safety supervisors along with union crew members to ensure the safety of everyone. so it certainly seems like alec baldwin, who you see going into his home in manhattan yesterday, avoiding the press, plans to move forward with plans to finish this film and with fighting the potential charges here. we have heard from baldwin in the past when this incident first happened defending himself, saying it was up to the armorer and the other people in charge of safety on the set to ensure that that weapon was properly set up and not dangerous to himself or others on the set. obviously, we know there was a fatal outcome there. so it looks like the plan here is to move ahead. meantime, we have yet to hear from alec baldwin himself. you saw him avoiding the press

yesterday here in manhattan. but it looks like we have a long legal road ahead and a team of legal -- of legal representation behind baldwin who is hoping to fight these charges. >> all right. gloria, thank you very much. >> joining me now is dutch merrick, a prop master and founder and chief instructor of prop gun safety llc. dutch, appreciate you joining us this morning. just hearing, you know, gloria's reporting, industry professionals have said that it's the armorer and the assistant director who has the responsibility to ensure that the prop gun is safe before they are used. baldwin has been charged. what's your reaction to that knowing the industry's standards and practices? >> well, it shocked all of us armorers when we heard the story as it unfolded as the investigation exposed what happened on the show. all of the normal rules and processes seemed to have been

sidestepped to some degree and there was a kman of events that in the class that i teach, we outline about 30 things at least that contributed to this happening. basically procedures were not handled. so it wasn't a surprise that somebody was charged. it's a surprise that more people aren't charged, actually. there were so many failings that led up to this. the way we do it in hollywood is inherently safe. >> so then walk us through that because we keep hearing about the armorer and assistant director who are facing criminal liability. what other checks and balances should have been done and by whom? >> first and foremost, the producers had an environment that seemed to be chaotic. people were working extremely long hours, 14-hour shoot days, you are in there prepping and wrapping. most lived an hour a day. they are getting four, five hours of sleep a day. the camera department walked off

that very morning. the biggest smoking gun, if you will, is where did all this live ammunition come from. the investigators turned up 25 live cartridges scattered in different places on the set, on working carts. one in baldwin's own band lear. he was wearing live ammo on his person and didn't know it. the recipe for disaster was set long before this accident happened. >> the d.a. we heard her saying there are a lot of people responsible, but also the actor should have doubled checked this prop gun even if alec baldwin was told by i think the gun was handed to him by david halls, who is the assistant -- was the assistant director in "rust" who said that the gun was cold and safe. so should alec baldwin have double-checked? >> well, there is a few things to unpack here. first of all, you mentioned david halls, the first a.d., who

never should have been between the armor and actor. that's a sacred relationship. an armorer hands the gun to the actor and the actor should only accept the gun from the armorer under the supervision of the first an.d. why dave halls was there in the first place shouldn't have happened. so ultimately the actor is holding the gun. if something is wrong in this the middle of a scene, for example, it's their finger on the trigger and their final decision. the steps that led up to this, this actor, who has done this 35, 40 years putting his trust in the crew around him to hand him something safe, had they tell him it is safe, it wasn't and it had a live round in it. that's never happened in the history of hollywood, having a live round in an actor's hand like that. >> it raises so many questions. you know, how did this happen that a live round was there on set? so you heard that a source tells cnn that alec baldwin intends to finish the movie "rust." in terms of moving forward, do

you feel like at least the industry has changed its standards and practices or, i guess, strengthened certain protocols? >> yeah, there is definitely more scrutiny on our department, the armorer department, when we handle the guns. armorers work under a prop master. we are all qualified to do that. you know, i work regularly on the show s.e.a.l. team on paramount plus. over six seasons, we have fired 1.5 million blank rounds without an injury. that's one tv show. there is tens of millions of rounds fired. what we do is inherently safe. the challenge is when you are on a show like that where you have brand-new rank amateurs cutting corners, there is not enough time, and they missed a beat. >> dutch amemerrick, appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> thank you.

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considering leadership in the future, this is a place. the foundation is being laid long before me to make it possible to be in these roles in a way that in the past it just wasn't in the same way. you can have a family and be in those roles, lead in your own style. is there more work to do? yes. but that was not the cause for my departure. >> here to discuss is michelle king, the author of "the fix, overcome the invisible barriers that hold women back at work" and host of the "fixed" podcast. i read your op-ed in forbes about why ardern's decision to quit resonates with most women. you heard some of it there. you heard it during her resignation speech this week that ardern no longer had what she said was enough in her tank to perform her job. we know burnout affects everyone. why did her resignation strike a

chord with so many women? >> thank you for having me on the show. you know, i think what we're seeing sort of globally, particularly post-pandemic, is a ton of research coming out showing that burnout rates are at an all-time high. a gallop 2022 report found that about 50% of all employees feel burned out. when we look at that from a gender perspective, there are differences. you have got about a quarter of men feeling burned out and a third of all women. a consequence of that burn out is you have higher rates of people sort of wanting to take time off work, but ultimately it leads to 2.6 times more likely individuals are to want to quit if you feel burned out. so a lot of the burnout is really affecting everybody, but i it's disproportionately affecting women. there are a wide range of reasons for this. a lot of people could really

identify with her reason to quit, particularly women, giving the high rates of burnout. to be clear as to what burnout means, it's chronic workplace stress that has been unmanaged. so we are seeing workplaces really not work for women, particularly in a post-pandemic hybrid work environment. >> yeah, we have done so many stories about that. as we went through the pandemic and just thinking of the high rates of women quitting their jobs and staying home and caring -- carrying so much of the burden. i know you interviewed ardern in 2017. she talked about the pressure placed on women to do more, do better at work and at home while smiling and balancing life for themselves and those around us. look, men don't feel the same pressure to do their best at both home and at work. does this double standard add to the burnout? >> absolutely does. i think what's really fascinating are the reasons why we are seeing this trend in

burnout. i want to be clear that there is a great study done by deloitte called women at work that really unpacks some of these reasons, and i think what we need to be clear on, what is driving this. absolutely having children is one contributing, not the cause. the study i referenced earlier, it shows that between parents and non-parents there is very little difference in terms of burnout. the key difference is managers. do you have a manager that supports your ability to integrate work and home life, that supports your ability to use a flexible workplace policy. at the moment we don't have leaders who are leading. we shifted to hybrid way of working and what dsupport did w provide leaders? a great example of this, and it affects sort of the new political arena as well, is the higher rates of exclusion, higher rates of -- so we are seeing across the board in that deloitte study women reports

high rates of microaggressions, feeling discriminated against and in an environment where they don't feel like they can report it. that is compounding the issue. you are not going to want to go to work, not feel motivated or engaged and it affects individuals who are in individual contributor roles. if you are not managing somebody, you are much more likely to feel overwhelmed by the workload, less likely to be able to report some of these issues because you are worried it will negatively impact your career. >> big picture before we go. you are an expert on gender equality. i wanted to ask about ardern and her legacy and impact on women and women's rights. she was only 37 when she took the helm. i think she was the second world leader to have a baby in office. what is her lasting legacy going to be especially when it comes to women and women in the workplace? >> i think the way she left tells us so much about the contributions she left behind. she made it safe for women to talk about the challenges it

they face with workplaces that don't work for them. this is a workplace issue, not a women's issue. and i think a lot of what she shared has helped us understand how these challenges are showing up. and so for me it's about speaking up, calling out these issues and it's holding workplaces accountable for the cultures they are creating. >> and the fact she is so real and her humanity and humility is what stands out to so meany people. thank you for your time. >> thank you. still ahead, after several weeks of intense rain and snow, california's no longer considered to be in an extreme drought, but the state is still in a dire drought situation. we will take a look at where things stand right now.

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improvement. >> for weeks storms battered the state turning communities into lakes, leaving waterlogged homes in mud in its wake. president biden visited california on thursday promising federal funding for recovery efforts. let's get to meteorologist allison chinchar in the weather center. so it's not as dry as before, but it's still dry. what can you tell us? >> yeah, i think that's the key thing. yes, they had a lot of rain and made improvements, but you have to understand how bad the drought really was to begin with to understand why all of that rain still doesn't really take them out of drought. let's back up. let's rewind three weeks ago, okay? you had 7% of the total state in exceptional drought, the highest category possible. 35% in extreme drought, and 80% in severe. now, fast forward to the current drought. thanks to all of that rain and snow that they have picked up in recent weeks, the top two categories are now at zero. but you have 40% of the state?

severe and, yes, 90% of the state in some level of drought. but again it was a lot of rain and it was all thanks to multiple atmospheric river events which are basically very narrow but intense corridors of moisture. just one after another after another kept coming at california, which is why you got impressive rainfall totals. huntington, california, 47 inches of rain. boulder creek, oakland, very impressive amounts. some of them breaking records. not just the rain, but also snow. when you factor in all of that precipitation, the good news is look at all of the reservoirs that have their numbers above where they normally would be compared to historical averages. looking at the snow, too, look at this, mammoth mountain 240 inches, tahoe 155. the reason why snow is more important is because snowpack accounts for 30% of california's fresh water supply. so good, guys. but not necessarily enough to remove them from drought

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