♪ judy: good evening, i am judy woodruff. on the "newshour"ht tonig, chaos at the capitol. the natio begins recovery after a violent mob ofsu ectionists inspired by the president stormed the building and a failed attempt to halt the approval of prident-elect biden's victory. then, removing the president, because to expel mr. trump from office through the 25th amendment or impeachment grow louder across the political specum. then, law and a disorder. the ease with which the president's followers breached police protections of the capitol prompt demands for answers. plus, race matters.

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stephae: good evening, i am stephanie syt newshour west. we will join woody -- judy woodruff after the headlines. hi -- president trump released a video condemning violence and apared to finally concede to president-elect joe biden. he also imply he is not going anywhere. pres. trum the demonstrators who infiltrated the capital have defiled the seat of american democracy. to those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, do not represent our country. to those who broke the law, you will pay congress certified the results. a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20. my fus turns to a seamless transition of power. this moment calls for healing and reconciliation.

to all of my wonderful supporters, i know youre disappointed, but i also want you to know our incredible journey is only just beginning. stephanie: therein is cong fallout from a day of syrian washington, adding to a chorus of voices calling for the president part removal, the conservative leaning wall street journal said mr. trump should resign because in their view he crossed a constitutional line. also, the senate's sergeant at arm's -- arms, was asked to resign by mcconnell. he said michael stanger has done so, effective immediately. manyt questions linger abe assault on the u.s. capitol and what there might be. outside the u.s. capitol today, al guarde and nati patrolled the grounds, while, inside, workers cleaned up theis

debreft behind by the violent pro-trump mob that seized the symbol of american democracy. today, washington mayor muriel bowser accused president trump of inciting the attack. >> we must n underestimate the damage he can do to our nation and democracy the next few weeks. it is not just the president wlo must be ccountable. so too must the domestic terrorists who stormed the capitol and threatened members of congress. what happened yesterday is textbook terrorism. reporter: in wilmington, delaware, president-elect joe biden nounced the mob violence. pres.- elect biden: what witnessed yesterday was not dissent. it was not disorder. it was not protests. it was chaos. they were not protesters. don't dare call them protesters. they were a riotous mob, insurrectionists, domestic

terrorists. it is thatasic, that simple. and i wish we could say w' couldnt see it coming, but that isn't true. reporter: at thwhite house, press secretary kayleigh mcenany said the criticism is unfair. >> those who violently besieged our capitol are the opposite of everything this administration stands for. the core value of ourti administ is the idea that all citizens have the right to live in safety, peace, and freedom. those who are working in this building are working to ensure an orderly transition of power. reporter' she ignored reporters' questions about why the president didn't deliver the statement. throughout washington, the shock waves were reverberating. elaine chao quit as transportation secretary. the wife of senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said what the president's supporters did "deeply troubled me in a way deat i simply cann set a

earlier, mick mulvaney, the president's special envoy to northern ireland and former acting white house chief of staff, resigned. >> i can't stay here, not after yesterday. n't look at that yesterday and think, i want to be a part of that. reporter: there were other lower-level resignations, including matt pottinger, the national security council's asia specialist, and stepha grisham, the first lady's chief of staff and former white house press seetary and communications director. hours after acting department of homeland security secretary chad wolf said he implored the president to strongly condemn the violence that took pla, the president withdrew his nomination. and william barr, one of president trump's staunchest defenders when he was attorney general, slammed his former boss, saying "orchestrating a , mob to pressure congress is inexcusable." from places ranging from the national association offa maurers to senate democratic leader chuck schumer, president mi pence to invokee

the 25th amendment to the constitution and remove president trump from office. >> if there were no president trump,his would not have happened, plain and simple. the fish snks from the head, plain and simple. i believe the president is dangerous and should not hold office one day longer. reporter: house leader nancy pelosi said if administration officials didn't act, lawmakers y. >> if the vice president and cabinet do n act, the congress may be prepared to move forward with impeachment. reporter: officials said the four-hour siege of the capitol resulted in four deaths, capitol police as a mobby approached the house chamber. the officer who shot her has been placed on administrative lee. rioters stormed through the lohalls of congress, some oting offices, carrying away a lectern and a letter from speakerof

pelosi's fice. >> because they work for us. reporter: when order wasor re, lawmakers returned to the duty at hand, counting the electoral votes to finalize president-elect biden's victory. >> let's get back to work. reporter: while some republican senators said the events of the day changed their minds about challenging the outcome, others, including josh hawley of missouri, pressed ahead. >> this body will act to address the concernsf all americans across the country. we do need an investigation into irregularities, frau reporter: but even one of the president's strongest tocongressional allies, se lindsey graham of south carolina, disagreed. j biden and kamala harris are lawfully elected and will become the president and the vice president of the united states on january the 20th. reporter: in the house -- >> there will be order in the house. reporter: -- temperatures flared

when democratic pennsylvania congressman conor lamb blamed the capitol attack on what he called republican lies. just before 4:00 this morning, the joint session of congress made it official. t announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of thepe ons elected president and vice president of the united states. rereporter: soon after,dent trump issued a statement that repeated his baselesclaims ofol a election, but finally vowed "there will be an orderly , transition on january 20." idthe prt's social media director had to send it out because twitter temporarily h lock account for inciting violence and spreading disinformation about the election. today, facebook said it was barrinmr. trump from posting on its platform at least until his terms ends, which could leave this social media president without a key means of airing his grievances in his final days in the white house. for the "pbs newshour," i'm john

yang. ♪ judy: what now for this president and the final weeks of his administration? yamiche alcindor has been tracking reaction at the white house, lisa des jardi tracking fallout from capitol hill. thank you both for being here and you are extraordinary reporting yesterday. lisa, to. you fir we heard in jn's reports, democratic leaders in both the house and f senate calli the president to be impeached. how serious is this talk on the lisa: i think that is to be determined. among factors there are questions about what biden wants to do. the timeline is the issue. january 20 is the last day in office for a president trump

let's go through exactly what could happen if an impeachment were to happen as fast as possible. impeachment articles can, immediately to the house floor. they do not have to go through the committee process,ha but is usually what happens. there is the option to go to the floor. then it would go to the senate trial. it took 49 days from the house to the senate last time, but senate trials can take days if the senate really wants to, or weeks. some of the r asking, can the president be impeached after he leaves office? one of the penalties of impeachment is it prohibits a president from ever running for office again. republicans in the senate would like to see, something that appeals to them. there is a possibility that impeachment after office would do that. however, it h never been

tested. it is not clear if congress has that power ors not. thereother issue. the senate moving tontemocratic l, when will that happen?he we do not know the two newly electetodemocric se in georgia will be certified. once they are, the senate will be 50-50. cee tie-breaking vote will be vice president pntil january 20. theem senatens republican majority until joe biden becomes president. any senate trial and the timing of it would be governed and determined by mitch mcconnell. judy: lisa: there are so many questions, we just don't know. judy: we are glad you are following it every dayetween now and w.n it becomes cle yamiche,th we also heare calls in john's report coming

from mostly democrats for the 25th amendment to the constitutiono be invoked. what is the re likelihood of that happening and how much support does the president have inside his own administration? yamiche: in the aftermat of the violb scenes we saw on capitol hill and the president tensions the white house are as high as they have ever been with allies of the president openly talking about the 25th endment, and others resigning by the dozens, or talking about it. we have seen eight resignations at least. each of tse people are saying what they saw yesterday is motivating theadto leave this nistration. the president's actions troubled them enough to break with the president. some say they are leaving too late.

some are talking about elaine chao and others who lefhe administration after years of people criticizing the president. what we see is a white house on defense. we saw the press secretary say this was the opposite of this white house. people are talking about, the president was at a rally telling people to go to the capitol. she did not take responsibility for the president's own words and actions. some say the vice president is reluctant to come up with the 20 for the amendment, -- 25th amenent, which would take cabinet to say the president is unfit and send that letter to congress. k trump could push b that. there are some who say the timing of this with trump only in office another two weeks is problematic. the sense ide the pre is angry and isolated, and those

own government do no think he is fit for office. judy: separately, you have republicans very criticalid of e prt, whether calling for him to be removed or not. what at you hearing about w they are saying about how he is navigating this and his role in pewhat hd? yamiche: the biggest question i heard om republicans was, what is the path forward? you have people staunchly in trump's lane,lin, others like john kelly, former chief of staff who said trump islad and the cabinet should be getting ready to remove him. there are big questions for the gop. you have joe biden saying thisis culmination of the president's actions. democrats are looking at the gop saying, i that is a party th in ruins. there is a lot of nervousness. judy: lisa, a lot of discussion

today about security or lack of security at the capital --capitol yesterday. what are people saying about repercussions? be the lisa: we expect leadership changes. nancyal pelosid for the resignation of this person, capitol police chief stephen -- steven sund. house sergeant at arms paul irving, also in charge of security of that chamber, being asked to o resigthreatened to be fired. senate sergeant at arms, michael gest

a lot of questions, even from what i saw. capitol police day-to-day deal mostly with tourists. they prepare for threats like armed terrorists, truck bombs. asthis protest group -- many have said they were concerned is group was given a permit to protest within a football fi.sd's length of the capitol. the police assume it would be peaceful and did not have enough people on the ground to deal with them. judy: so much conversation about what went wrong. in the minute you have been talking i am hearing reliably we have confirmed the capitol police chief has resigned, effective now. all of these are fast-moving stories. elidded -- lisa c yamiche alcindor, thank you. ♪

:ju representative madalyn dean,re rntative from pennsylvania one of a growing , number of lawmakers calling for president trump's cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment to thn constituo remove him from office, or for congress to impeach him again, and this time convict him. she is a member of theteudiciary comm and us from washington. congresswoman dean, thank you for joinin spirit i want to ask how you are. your son yesterday while you were in hidi. it seemed like such a deeply harrowing perience. rep. dean: thank you for asking. fine, well, safe. i y sorryamily was so worried, that staff was put at peril and risk.

i am sad for our country that yesterday's disgraceful actions took place. but i am fine and if anything i , am more determined than ever to make differences tohe good. judy: why is that? yesterday thatou gives you that determination? rep. dean: i the morning we saw the president at a rally at the white house. what i think of as lighting a fuse, a fuse that was built along es and disinformation that he spewed for the lastan four-plus yearthat others, both in the legislature, the t house, a senate, contributed to and in his administration it made me so sad. i was in the gallery at the time of all the insurrection and the attempted coup it made me so sad for our country. i will tell you, over the course of the hours of the day, i and everybody else was determined to t back into that chamber that

had been so violently pierced, i call it a cathedral of our edmocracy. i was so determ to get back there and finish our civic duty and make sure that we certified the election of joe biden, which we did. judy: we see congresswoman dean, you and 50 something other democrats in the house callingnt on the presio be removed by the 25th amendment or by impeachment. but when it comes to the 25th amendment, is that realistic? why focus on that at this point? rep. dean: if i think of the 25th amendment and the invoking of it, i can think of se scenario that would call upon us, demand us, command us to invoke the 25th amendment. he is unable, unfit to discharge

his duties as president, as horrifically evidenced yesterday. what more do we needhe put democracy -- he has ove time put this democracy at peril. last night on the floor, inde nding the pennsylvania slate of electors, all of the pennsylvaniaelegation had a ance to make very eloquent arguments. i chose to quote the words of john lewis. said democracy is not a state, it is an act. what we do as citizens, elected or otherwise, the acts that we matter.racyld what this president has done was the opposite. hewo iing to tear down our democracy. he is a threatul to our peac existence and the world is watching. judy: at this point, given there are 13 days left in his time as president, is it realistic?

we heard yamiche alcindor reporting the vice president leaning against invong the me25th ame. if you don't have him on board, more than half the cabinet, you can't get it done. that means you would be talking about congress impeaching. we know in a long, drawn out process that is. we know that we're very handicapped by theleailed ership of this administration. close up to this administration and knows better than you and io unfit this president is. we also have the complication of a cabinet that is in disarray. people are jumping ship many of , them are notonfirmed by the senate. amngress can play a role in invoking the 25tdment, if only we had some leadership from vice president pence. what you heard from speaker epelosi today was, there other tools at our disposal, emergency, urgent tools,s break-the-glols like impeach this president again. we can move with greaterpeed.

i am still here ho d.c. i'ng we will be called back into session very, very quickly to move forward with either the 25th amendment or impeachment. if not, i don't know the legal possibility of both. this man is an extraordinary, grave threat to our democracy. i have to tell you how terrifying yesterday was, terrifying for us as a nation, not so much terrifying for me. it didn't seem quite real, even though it waquite real, when they pierced the chamber of the house. it was terrifying for our nation. the threat is now. is urgent, past due. i call upovice president pence to invoke the 25th amendment. failing that, we should immediately impeach. judy: what is your fear that the president might do between now and january 20? rep. dean: well, i never imagined, judy, frankly, yesterday.

we all imagined disruption and chaos and protests, but clearly that was not protest. it would be wrong to call it that. that was insurrection. that was an attempted coup incited by the president. the president has responsibilities and relationships or failed relationships around the globe. so, i worry, internationally, what mischief he might cause. certainly, i worry about his pardon power. he has irresponsibly invoked it already. this man is desperate. he knows that he is criminally maliable i other places when he walks out that door. i don't even want to think of the nightmare scenarios ofhe havoc he could wreak. he has already wreaked great havoc in our institutions, in our law forcement, in the department of justice. there's much, much more damage he can do at his fingertips. we need to move swiftly. i'm calling upon my colleagues in the house, our colleagues in

the senate, vice president pence, and this cabinet, do what is right for this country. protect our democracy. it is up to us. fragile. judy: h do you see the culpability of republicans in the congress who are supporting this president, who went so far in the last few days to object to joe biden's electoral vote success? rep. dean: thanks for asking me that. i ha tried really to process it. cover trse -- i have been in congress just one term, just beginning my second, and, of course, rvedn judiciary through impeachment and so many other important pieces of legislation. i tried to process i yesterday, as i went into the chamber a little after 1:00 in the afternoon and the arguments began around arizona, i stood there almost with my hand overin my mouth, hetheir arguments that were so false,w and they k.

they were willingly spewing untruths, stoking fear, stoking ignorance, smearing others. all i can say -- i stood next to my colleague dean phillips, an i said, shame we said sham that's before the insurrection, before the attempted coup. i do not understand my colleagues. one thing i read about was marget chase smith. if you remember, she was an impornt figure, a republican congresswoman, who stood up she called upon -- i will paraphrase this -- she called about her republican colleagueso and saidcan't search for victory, political victory, by riding the four horsemen of calumny. she called them fear and ignonce and bigotry and smea you can't want to ride to ctory on that four horsemen. that's what i say to my

republican colleagues. are you willing to do that? are you willing to sell your soul for political victory? i call upon them to reject that judy: representative madeleinenn dean of pesylvania, thank you very much. rep. dean: thank you, judy. ♪ judy: as lisa mentioned earlier, there are serious questions about securityn and around capitol and why there was not better preparation and plans ahead of time. william bngham explores how the law meant disorder. william: moments after the president's speech, thousands of his supporters were on thedo moe pennsylvania avenue. around 1:00 p.m.,he mob forced

itself through barricades and passed a line of capital police officers. there were scuffles, but social media video showed officers opening the fencing and at least one location. the writers then pushed up the steps on both sides of the capitol building, endingdo on s and breaking windows. at around 2:00 p.m., the capitoe had been bd. out numbered members of the police forceoere unable contain them. in one stairwell a single officer was left to fendff a crowd. elsewhere, streaming footage showeds officer taking a selfie with a rider. -- rior. the group groomed freely through the historic halls of congress, the rotunda, statuary hall, the chamber.

one intruder sat at the desk of speaker pelosi. hethe storming of capitol d turneddly really capitol poce officer shot a woman allegedly trying to t ent house chambers where some house representatives were still sheltering. eventually the filing out, some walking pastn a ho appears to be a police officer who did not arrest or by 6:00 p.m., officials declared the capitol complex secure. this incident raised sharp questions from both sides of the aisle about what went wrong. how is it the 2000 member capil police force about such dangerous breach at thedeeart of the l government? mitch mcconnell called for a painstaking investigati and it said yesterday represented a massive failure o institutions, protocols and planning that are supposed to protant the first of our federal

government. representative tim ryan, democrat from ohio, shares the olbcommittee that funds and oversees the cap police. >> it is clear there will be a number of people without employnt veryoo because this is an embarrassment, both on behalf of the mob and the president and the insurrection and attempted coup, but also the lack of professional planning and dealing with what we knew was going to occur. william: former chief of the capitol police spoke t' nbcs today show. >> c aarly the failures. there have to be a lot of questions and answers. ceponderestimated the violent crowd and the size of it and overestimated their ality to control it. william: in a statement the current capitol police chief

steven sund defended his "heroic" officers, 15 of whom were hospitalized, one critically. he said the attack was unlike anything he experienced, and the department is conducting a thorough review ofhe incident, planning, policies and procedures. the widespread criticism also centered on the treatment of this crowd, almost all white, compared to tactics used by police forces elsewhere on blac brown protesters. o many pointedthe violent crackdowns on racial justice esters this summer in washington, d.c. and around the country. the associatedss reported 10 thousand people arrested in protest between the end of may and the start of june alone. wly elected missouri congresswoman cori bush was a leader of the 2014 protests over the police killing of michael brown and ferguson. >> had we as black peopl done

the same things that happened today with the police, had we fought with fists police officers,io the reawould have been different. we would have been laid out on the ground. there would have been shootings, people in jail, w people beh batons. i know because i have been there. william: a senior law enforcementfficial rejected the assertion that racial bias played any role. this official told the "wshour " capitol police were surprised by the size and violence of the mothat broke into the capital --capitol, and did not have the manpower or reinforcements. they could not make mass arrests outnumbered, but they did promise more arrests would be coming. today the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. said they filed 40 cases, mostlyaw for uful

entry, but some assault and weapons charges and said those were jt the beginning. the doj confirmed two explosive devices had been found and neutralized near the capitol yesterday. for the pbs newshour, william brangham. ♪ judy: as we hav bee reporting, there are number of questions about president trump, how he stoked the mob out the capitol, and whether he is a danger while he continues to hold pder. arn a vase talks to a man who held a key role in the trump administration on how he sees this moment and the road ahead. amna: first seven medths, kevin se in president trump's cabinet as acting head of october of 2019, is now a ceo of

a travel technology company and joins me now. welcome back to the newshour. let's start with the events we have been reporting on and the world was watching yesterday. what was you reaction? kevin: i found it appalling, shocki disgusting, to see an organized mob assault on one of most central in co democratic processes, and temporarily successful. very difficult, very hard to watch. we also should note we saw our institutions hold. we saw our congressional leaders returned to the capitol to complete the process, to do their jobs throughout the night, and to count the votes and certify the victory of president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala

harris. it is important to see the full ope of the day. amna: when you look at what happened and h quickly it happened and how easily we saw protesters breach thearriers, a lot of people were wondering, where is the law enforcement, federal forces, dhs? we knew people would be descending, we hee d the words esident had been delivering. shouldn't there have been a more robust force? kevin:re they really important questions raised. leader mcconnell's point about painstaking investigation on planning failure. it is a complicated environment. it is also one where we see incredible crowds, protests, marches, inauguration's state of the union, with security every year. that is due to great anning, coordination s

you have supported and backup on-call, a rapid reaction force. what i saw yesterday, those elements were not in place. there had to be a of intelligence in protecting -- predicting that groupe would that size and head toward the capitol. they attacked the capitol from alles s amna:. what more -- amna: pardon the interruption what more intelligence? pandemic.airing the why should't federal officials have expected this to go the way it did? kevin: they were prepared for violence between protesters who became riotsers and counterprotesters roughout the city, as we have seen in prior

weekends in washington, d.c., but not that organized approach. should they have predicted that? probably. you have to look at the sources of organization online, what groups are talking about. some of the rhetoric was dangerous approaching this rally that became a riot. amna: do you think president trump is responsible for what happened yesterday? kevin: i think his rhetoric created a dangerous suation, inviting that group to d.c., talking about going down to the capital. we have seen that in the past where presidential words matter. hrd president-elect biden, commentators talk about the importance of communication from the white househa onis acceptable and what is not. calls that violencever heard acceptable by any protest movement. wht becomes a riot, an assault on a democratic process,

i am afraid rhetoric helped inspire it and create the circumstances it arose from. amna: if his words matter, inspired a riot, is an attack on a democratic process, is he said to serve? should his cabinet be removing him? kevin: the constitution has processes defined for that, the 20 for the amendment. -- 25th amendment. amna: do you thinvethey should orward? kevin: the verdict was from the american people. they elected president biden. are best suited to make thatrs decision based on the facts presented to them. amna you hav been very quiet since he left, you have notsp en out often.

the president often said things or took actiona lot of people said, why aren't people close to him speaking out? why aren't you speaking out kevin: i am talking about these incidents because an assault on our democracy is beyond the pale. as a career official coming through the ranks, i am surprised to be offered a political appointment to lead a department i treasure, homeland security,o lve a crisis at the time. i was a civil servant. i wrestled with speaking outtry. before and after. i did resign due to concerns about the politicization of law enforcement and the dangers that represented. i made that decision 15 months ago. it is difficult seeing the long-term impact of a situation like yesterday, to not state how

unacceptable it is and that there must be accountability. amna: that was kevin mcaleenang join tonight. thank you for yourime. let's turn to another key part of t fallout. how police responded and treates the mob thatrmedhe capitol. my colleagues and i witnessed it in real times, reporting oside and around the cital --capitol . they broke inndere walking out, very few were being arrested. different from what we have seen with other protests, including most strikingly, black lives matter protests this year. that distinction sparked a new discsion. with us, the director and founder of the center for antiracist research at boston universir , the aut how to be an antiracist, and the

upcoming book 400 souls. welcome back to the newshour. people.rreal for so many you were watching in real time. what were u thinking? ibram: my biggest take away was, in many ways, we saw white privilege on display in the u.s. capital. u had many people who are black, latinx, nativok many people g at what those white domestic terrorists were doing and were thinking, that if they had beenla, they would not only -- they would certainly haed been arrest. people believe they would have been killed. the fact they were able to lay

siege on the u.s. capitol and in many cases walk out without being arrested, even guided out by the police, for me, was white privilege on display. amna: there are a lot of comparisons made between what we saw unfold yesterday and the way law enforcement has responded to the black lives matter protests over the summer. the split screen images are riking. we should mention there is a distinction. we'olre talking about the cap police, which are separate and unique. they are not like other metropolitan police departments. but the comparison remains. what do you make of those side-by-side? ibram: i am so glad peop are recognizing that extreme double standard. the reason whichrs police offi

are able to show extreme restraint for violent white terrorists who are laying siege on the u.s. capitol while they do the opposite, often times for peaceful demonstrators protesting again racism and police violence. when i say peaceful i am n just saying that without data. one study that analyzed upwards of 8000 demonstrations last year , demonstrating against racism, found 93% were peaceful. i am a professor. a 93% is an a. amna: some people say this was not about race, it was politics. they were protesting on election what do you say?sult. ibram: in most cases they are

arguing that vot cast in milwaukee, detroit, atlanta, black populations, phoenix,arge another city with a large black and latinx population, that these votes were illegal and the election was stolen from their president. say black and latinx and native to be speaking about race. theus grandfather cis in poll taxes, literacy tests. the history of racism in this country often times does not speak directly and openly about race, but we know racism when we see it. amna: t we reported on number of people arrested as a result

of t p action. d.ice are looking for people. there are scores of video and video imagery. in the way of accountability, what needs to happen next? ibram: those of u who study the history of racism and even those of us who study the hisry of white domestic terrorism, one thing we find again and again, those who engage in this form of terror are not held accountable. the confederates were not held accountable at the scale it should have. many engaged in lynchings who were not held accountable. police officers who killed people in cold blood are not held accountable and these white people who lay seizures to the u.s. capitol, will they be held accountable?th

is the question people are oasking, will the preside the united states who riled them up, who called them to d.c., will he be held accountable. will other republican congress men and women be held accountable? those are the questions we are king. amna: i have to ask you a big question. you have written extensively on the issues we wrestle with on the institutional a everyday ways racism is perpetuated. if there is a lesson to be who we are from yesterday, what can we carry forward? ibram: what we saw at the u.s. capitol is part of us. that is who we are. it is not all of us, but it is part of us, part of america. ther is a long history of white domestic terror laying siege on american democracy. we have to own that and except

that so we can read this count of it -- rid this country of it. amna: ibram kendi, great to talk to you. ibram: thank y. ♪ judy: the events of yesterday reverberated around the globe. nick schifrin reports on the world's reaction. years america' isersaries argued democracy too messy to be trusted. yesterday gave them ammunition. in russia where vladimir putin clai only a strong government can keep pressure and safe, state tv said the u.s. is no longer credible. >> the u.s. lost all rights tooc pursue the demratic path and lost their rights to impose it

on other countries. nick: in china a tabloid accused the u.s. of double standards for calling yesterday a riot, but prairsng hong kong demonstrato in 2019 who broke into the legislative council. that was echoed by one t at pointed ke pompeo. >> pompeo said he wanted to free the people of hong kong from oppression. he should open his eyes and look at the people in china and hong kong today. we are living a good life. it is the american people who should be liberated and reued. chinesever mind president xi jinping stifles all ssdient. on beijing' behalf theyof arrested dozen protesters. yesterday's failed insurrection allowed countries to deflect and present the u.s. as weak and hypocritical. iranian president rouhani -- >> what we saw proved what

failurthe western democracy is and how fragile its foundation is. nick: in europe, handwringing and shock. in france, a fracture democracy and chaos in washington. french president macron -- cou >> what happened today and washington, d.c. is not america, we belve in the strength of american democracy. nick: british prime minister boris johnson -- >> are my life america has stood for important things, an idea of freedom and demracy. i am pleased theharesident-elect been duly confirmed in office and that democracy has prevailed. : german chancellor markel -- >> i am relieved we received the news the certification has been

made in congress that joe biden hall be the next president. democratic force prevailed. i always expected that te the united sof america. nick: western european leaders are most looking forward to a reset under biden and in the end of the trump administration. pmanynted president trump as the problem. tv corresponnt accused trump's reporters of being -- a suorters of being cult members. many are worried about the fragility of freedom and post trump. before if they can happen in the u.s., can happen anywhere. >> everyone is responsible for their own actions, but every democracy has to stand up and prove its resiliency. >> this is a difficult time for e u.s.. they are a great friend of australia and one of the greatest democracies. our thoughts are with them. we hope for a peaceful

transition to take place. ni: those thoughts and prayers are not repeated in countries where the u.s. has tried and failed to impose democracy. ali lives in baghdad. >> they claim they have democracy for their own people, but it is only a few. it does not exist. they tried to show a false image of arab countries, saying we are disorganized but look at them. nick: w the worldl soon have a new american president, but america at i best has been a beacon on the hill. for allies and adversaries, that light has been dimmed. for the pbs newshour, nick scfrin. ♪ stephanie: in more fallout from theiots at the capitol, secretary of education betsy divorce now resigned from

president trump -- dos has resigned from president trump's cabinet. she said it was an inflection point. publisher simon & schuster canceled the deal with republican josh hawley, l who the vote that culminated in the mayhem. they called his actions a dangerous threat to democracy. the virus killed nearly 4000 people nationwide on wednesday. more than 1000 deaths over 48 hours. overall december was the deadliest month yet's and health officials warn january could be worse. joe bidenis introduced pick for attorney general, federal appeals court judge merrick garland. garland was obama's nominee to the supreme court, but a hearing. refused to give him rhode island governor gina raimondo is the choice for

commerce secretarynd marty walsh for labor secretary. in afghanistan fllsh violence 23 civilians and troops esdayte plans to resume peace talks. the attacks included a suicide car bomb, an airstrike, and an assault on anrmy checkpoint. wling will pay $2.5 billion t i settle a proo its 737 max. they were charged with defrauding safety regulators after crashes that killed 346 people. the settlement includes money for the people's families. stephanie sy, thanks for watching. >> major funng for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> architect. bee keeper.

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