geoff: good evening. i'm geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on "the newshour" tonight, the republican divide leaves the house of representatives leaderless for a third day after kevin mccarthy once again fails to garner the votes to become speaker. geoff: president biden announces plans to both rapidly exl more migrants entering the u.s. illegally and allow more people to apply for asylum under an expanded humanitarian program. amna: and, two years after trump supporters attacked the u.s. capitol, a network of intelligence gathering centers comes under scrunity. >> the problem is there's so much collection that it's hard to discern which threats are real and which os aren't, and particularly when there's so much disinformation.

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this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pb station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: welcome to "the newshour." it's another historic night on capitol hill. geoff: after three days and hundreds of votes cast, the house has still not elected a speaker. there is no sign that kevin mccarthy has broken his gop opposition, leaving the republican party divided, and congress paralyzed. lisa desjardins has the latest on where things stand. lisa: outside the usual speaker's office, a watch and wait, as a line of journalists and pressure both grow around republican kevin mccarthy and his allies. quick sort of things stand right now, what do you think?

>> we will see. lisa: today, one thing new, next to mccarthy as he walked out was opponent paul gosar. a flurry of closed-door meetings with hold-outs showed promise last night, but then today, key opponent stt perry tweeted that confidences were betrayed by a leak and it is now even more difficult to trust mccarthy. on the house floor -- >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. lisa: almost no change, mccarthy gained no votes. though his allies pitched a plea for unity. >> the american people have told us, by putting a republican majority here, that they want republicans to lead and they want a government that works and that doesn't embarrass them. and we are failing on both missions. that must change today. lisa: there was something different, florida's matt gaetz

added a new name for speaker. >> donald john trump. lisa: the former president received just that one vote. but that was more than mccarthy gained, as a small, fervent republican rebellion gave no ground. this stalemate is rare but not unprecedented. in the lead up to the civil war, the house twice had so much trouble choosing a speaker, it lowered the threshold to a mere plurality, not a majority. the most recent speaker stalemate was in 1923, when it took nine ballots. >> our situation is most analogous to 1923 when you really just have two parties and it's a dispute within one party. lisa: georgetown university is matthew glassman bristles at the suggestion that a yet-to-be-formed congress represents a constitutional crisis. >> and if they need to work through it for days or weeks, that may not be the greatest policy outcomes, but it's certainly reasonable for us as a

republic. lisa: meanwhile, house democrats have shown a united front in the midst of republican division. but they raise a concern about what this all means. >> we cannot organize our district offices, get our new members doing that critical work of our constituent services, helping serve the people who sent us here on their behalf. lisa the house, divided, still : has not managed to stand behind one speaker. and right now, the 10th allott for speaker still shows kevin mccarthy coming up shark -- short and no speaker elected. that means we've surpassed that boat from 1923. geoff: they hope it will yield

some meaniful results or progress with his detractors but that is not inflicted on the house floor, at least not yet. ring is up-to-date on what has just happened. lisa: i just jogged upstairs fr a closed-door meeting to find out what happen. this is a tale of two sessions. first, session number one, what is going on behind closed doors. that is seeming to look better and better for kevin mccarthy. i spoke to one of his closest allies coming up the stairs. he said he is as optimistic as he has ever been. they are putting pins to paper to lay out a series of rules changes that they think will bring on board maybe a dozen of the holdouts. there indicating they want to get there. that is the situation behind closed doors. the other session is the one we are watching on the house floor. it tells you they need far more than those holdouts that think they can get with this potential deal tonight, and is not clear that they can get them.

there are more never kevin's then there were before. congre is terrible at math and we still don't quite see the endgame. there are some outside factors at play here as well. groups like the club for growth, whicis a conservative fiscal group, they made a deal last night with a conservative pack associated with kevin mccarthy. this is some that is highly unusual, but they said we have a key agreement in support of kevin mccarthy. they help get elected some of the more conservative members of the house. the deal is that the mccarthy aligned super pac would stay out of some house races. one thing i'm hearing from these conservative mccarthy allies, they say they are getting word from their constituents that they d't wt kevin mccarthy, they are getting pressure the other way from their constituents. off: the work of congress is

on hold, at least inhe lower chamber. members cannot be sworn in or do the work of the american people. what options are left for the house moving forward right now? lisa: one is the idea that kevin mccarthy flips some votes. the others that maybe he makes a deal with democrats for committee assignments. another idea, switch to plurality. that is not politically very feasible. really it's either flip those votes, get him elected, or he's got to drop out. he probably needs to make that happen in the next couple of days, one or the other. geoff: lisa, thank you. ♪ amna: in the day's other headlines, the latest in a series of extreme storms blasted california and claimed at least

two lives. howling winds and heavy rain struck the state after years of severe dry weather. stephanie sy reports. stephanie: drought-stricken california has been drenched with torrential rains. creeks like this one in santa barbara county are overflowing, sending gushing water into nearby areas. gale force winds have toppled trees and taken down power lines. this afternoon, about 150,000 cuomers across the state were still without electricity. victoria james' apartment in oakland was damaged by a fallen tree. she and her children escaped with nothing but the clothes on their backs. >> there's big holes in the ceiling, like in my bedroom, the living room, in the kitchen for sure i saw that tree trunks came into the apartment. so it is flooded in there right now. it's definitely flooded. stephanie: it's the third

so-called atmospheric river storm the state has seen in the last week caused by vast amounts , of water vapor moving quickly through the air. winds in the northern part of the state gusted to 85 miles per hour, blowing over the canopy of this gas station. many of those same areas were still reeling from a powerful new year's weekend storm. with the ground already saturated, flooding risk goes up, mandatory evacuation orders were issued for some low-lying communities. the golden state's many re-scarred hillsides are also more vulnerable to mudslides. governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency yesterday to help expedite relief and recovery efforts. the downpours across california are expected to taper off later today. for the pbs newshour, i'm stephanie sy. amna: there is strongly encouraging news tonight on pro football player damar hamlin. doctors now say that all signs indicate his neurological state is intact. the buffalo bills safety's heart

stopped during a monday night game in cincinnati, and he'd been kept under sedation -- at the university of cincinnati medical center -- until last night. his doctors held a virtual news conference today. >> we are in the situation where we wanted to allow him to gradually you know wake up as the rest of his body was healing and last night he was able to emerge and follow commands and even ask who had won the game. amna: hamlin remains in critical condition on a ventilator but is able to communicate through writing. tragedy engulfed a small town in southern utah today. a murder suicide that claimed eight lives. investigators say a 42-year-old man shot and killed his wife, mother-in-law and 5 children -- then killed himself. police found the bodies late wednesday in the town of enoch. court records showed the gunman's wife had filed for divorce last month the man accused of fatally stabbing fouuniversity of idaho students has made his

first court appearance. bryan kohberger is facing murder and burglary charges. he entered no plea today and was ordered held without bail. newly unsealed court documents indicate that police found his dna on a knife sheath at the crime scene. in the war in ukraine, russian president vladimir putin declared a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire starting at midday tomorrow for the orthodox christmas holiday. a senior ukrainian official quickly rejected it as a cynical trap, and ukrainians in kyiv agreed. >> i think this is utter hypocrisy. on the 31st of december there was no peace. we were under such bombing for new year's eve. just hypocrisy on putin's side. >> this is just a pretty candy wrapper which russia uses to present itself as a country that wants to end the conflict without actually doing anything. amna: meantime, the biden it will sin several dozen bradley fighting vehicles to ukraine.

germany and france will supply armored personnel carriers and light tanks. the late pope emeritus benedict has been laid to rest, beneath st. peter's basilica at the vatican. pope francis joined tens of thousands of the faithful today at a requiem mass in st. peter's square. it was a rare instance of a living pope presiding over the funeral of a predecessor. china insisted today it is fully sharing data on a rapidly spreading covid outbreak. the foreign ministry rejected criticism from the world health organization, and, it id, the situation is under control. but in beijing, patients were sleeping on cots in hospital hallways -- with no beds available. it was the latest sign that infections have overwhelmed chinese health care facilities. back in this country, the south carolina supreme court struck down a ban on abortions after about 6 weeks of pregnancy when cardiac activity begins in the fetus. the 3-to-2 decision found the law violates the right to privacy under the state constitution. south carolina will still bar most abortions at 20 weeks under a previous law.

michigan democratic senator debbie stabenow says she will not run for a fifth term in 2024. her surprise announcement today opens a senate seat in a battleground state. stabenow is 72. she said she wants to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders. and, on wall street stock indices fell one to 1.5% after strong jobs data suggested it will take more interest rate hikes to cool the economy. the dow jones industrial average lost 339 points to close at 32,930. the nasdaq fell 153 points. the s-and-p 500 slipped nearly 45. still to come on the newshour, the controversial legacy left behind by pope emeritus benedict the sixteenth. the federal trade commission proposes a ban onon-compete clauses and damar hamlin's high school coach explains what makes the nfl player so well-loved. plus much more.

>> this is the pbs newshour, from debbie eta studios in washington, and in the west, from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona ate university. amna: the white house today unveiled a new immigration plan that will increase expulsions at the u.s.-mexico border. the plan cracks down on those who enter the country illegally but also allows 30,000 migrants from cuba, venezuela, nicaragua and haitto enter the country each month as part of a humanitarian parole program. the president and his homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas spoke today. >> the actions we're announcing today will make things better, will make things better, but will not fix the border problem completely. there's more that has to be done. >> if individuals from these countries attet to cross the us border without authorization or the mexico or panama borders after today, they will not be igible for this new legal

pathway. so, the message is clear. individuals should stay where they are and apply for these processes from there. amna: the announcement comes ahead of biden's plans to travel to the border city of el paso on sunday. joining me now is krish o'mara vignarajah, president and ceo of the lutheran immigration and refugee service. welcome back, thanks for joining us. the biden administration is grappling with record numbers at the u.s. southern border. you heard president biden say these actions will make it better. do yougree? >> it's a mixed bag. expanding pathways at a time of unprecedented global need is welcome, but we can't crack open a door as we -- crack open a window as we are slamming a door. that is what today's announcement feels like. yes, the administration is allowing a very limited number of nicaraguans, haitians, and cubans to apply, but also as the

white house expands the use of the trump era title 42. migrants of these three countries would face immediate expulsion. amna: title 42 is something that been trying to end, but they have been forced to keep it in place under a supreme court ruling. what do you suggest they do? they cannot defy the supreme court, right? >> that's right, but it does feel disjointed. the fact that at the time when the administration is fighting title 42's use in court, they are also expanding it. we saw it in the announcement with venezuela and then today's announcement. we have a refugee resettlement system. this is a temporary band-aid. these are both under the president's power and he should be implementing them. but we can't see a purported public health rule that the administration doesn't back being expanded, and that's what

the administration did today. amna: even looking at it through the lens of what happens at the border, immigration more broadly, this was the president's first big speech on this major topic. you mention some of the promises he made as a candidate. when you look at what is been done so far, how well has the administration lived up to those promises? >> we been grateful for the administrations new military and global leadership, when it comes to resettling afghans. in terms of actually meeting their pledge, there is still room for improvement. first the administration had a message of don't come, to migrants. it seems like the carrot and stick approach. that only works when they have the choice to choose the carrot before the stick. we are talking about migrants who are fleeing for their lives.

the idea of having an orderly process, yes, of course there are organizations that stand by the need to create pathways. but we cannot create systems th no one can access. amna: everyone agrees the migration system is antiquated and broken and will require congressional action to fix it in a meaningful way. when you look at what president biden could do immediately, given his own power, what else could they be doing right now to try to alleviate some of the pressure? >> there's announcements, and there's execution. today's announcement indicated they will increase the ceiling of refugees that can be admitted to 20,000. but both this year and last year, the white house has only been able to resettle a maximum of 2500. that's an example of, does the administration prioritize the

rebuilding or the building of the infrastructure? do they want to create permanent pathways instead of the temporary? ? band-aids do we want to have a system that does not just privilege certain nationalities are those that have a u.s. sponsor. we want to make sure that people who are fleeing for their lives have access to asylum which is protected under u.s. and international law. yes, we need to create these pathways, but we have to allow for people who are fleeing for their lives, women, families, children who are coming to our border. we believe that america is a nation great enough that we can help them. amna: thank you. >> thanks for having me. ♪

geoff: this week marks two years since the attack on the u.s. capitol. among the intelligence networks that identified the threat of violence that day? so-called fusion centers, state and locally-run intelligence hubs created to gather and dissemine information across multiple jurisdictions. but as william brangham reports, thcenters are coming under increased criticism for undermining civil rights. william: as rioters overwhelmed police barricades near the capitol on january 6th, eventually breaking into the building itself, it was clear that law enforcementid not anticipate the scale, or the violence, of the crowd. >> stop the steal! stop the steal! william: but that didn't mean there weren't warnings. >> prior to january six, a number of analysts around the country were identifying individuals that were talking

about potentially bringing weapons to the u.s. capitol. william: mike sena is director of a fusion center in northern california, and president of the national fusion center association. mike: we held a national call with about 300 participants around the country talking about the threat, talking about what we believed may happen and the potential that of what could happen. william: the head of the dc fusion center later told the january 6th committee that he saw quote information, suggesting that some very, very violent individuals were organizing to come to dc. as the nation watched, it was just one of the many warnings that went unheeded that day. fusion centers were created after the intelligence failures leading up to 911. designed to be a national network that could more effectively share information between federal, state and local law enforcement. today, there are 80 fusion centers, and they're each run by the state or locality where they operate.

>> one of the roles that we play is trying to identify threats in advance, and to do that, a lot of it deals with looking on online threats dealing with tips and leads that are reported and our job is to triage all that information and try to give that to those folks in law enforcement and public safety, so that they can make the best educated decisions that they can. >> what january six showed to me is that this this intelligence network they built was entirely ineffective. william: michael german is a retired fbi special agent who focused on domestic terrorism. >> the problem is there's so much collection that it's hard to discern which threats are real and which ones aren't, and particularly when there's so much disinformation and misinformation being pushed through this network of fusion centers. so it just dulls the response that you're constantly hearing this alarm go off. william: it's a boy who cried

wolf situation. >> exactly. william: german is now a fellow at the brennan center for justice and the co-author of a new report titled ending fusion center abuses. he argues the centers have been ineffective in assisting in counterterrorism efforts, they lack effective oversight, and the broad collection and sharing of intelligence that is not connected any specific crime has led some fusion centers to abuse civil liberties. >> for almost 20 years now, these institutions have improperly collected information about people exercising their first amendment rights. william: for example, in 2020, german says hacked, leaked data revealed that fusion centers in at least minnesota, maine, texas, and california surveilled and then hyped the threat posed by black lives matter protesters. environmental activists have also been targeted. lauren regan: a fusion center is this orewellian black hole.

william: lauren regan represents two local climate groups that are suing oregon's department of justice, which operates the state's fusion center, alleging they were being surveilled despite not being suspected of committing any crimes. >> oregon, through its fusion centeris spying on lawful political organizations and activists primarily using digital means, merely because they were advocating, in this case, in opposition to the jordan cove lng pipeline. william: the oregon doj declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. regan says what her clients allege happened to them in oregon is not an isolated incident, with similar tactics seen during the protests against the dakota access pipeline. >> we hope that this case will basically ensure that the government and the state are checked in their overstep of

using these types of fusion centers as sort of black holes of spying and intelligence gathering where the public doesn't get to know what is beg done or why. william: one of the criticisms that's been leveled against fusion centers, is that in looking for illegal activity, sometimes people who are engaging in lawful, constitutionally protected activity like tests have been targeted. what do you make of that? >> well, when you look at the role that fusion centers play in first amendment protected events, we have multiple standards on the information that we can collect, as well as what is suspicious behavior. now, when we look at first amendment protect activities, the role of fusion centers is to protect those events, and when you look back at charlottesville and the attack that happened there with the vehicle ramming, that for me was a tuing point and why fusion centers have to have a stronger role in trying

to identify threats before they happen. people who may be planning to go to an event with weapons, people who may be planning onoing violence or doing some crimina acts when people are trying to express their freedom of speech or their other protected rights. our role is to protect those people, their physical safety, but also to protect privacy, civil rights and civil liberties. william: to ensure that balance is met, the brennan center's michael german argues independent federal oversight is needed as a watchdog on fusion centers. >> when they were created, i worried that the federal government was promoting them as a way to keep their hands clean, let the state and locals run the centers that way when they , get in trouble will say not us it's a bad apple over there. , exactly. and what they don't seem to understand is that if you're operating in a network, the network is only as good as its worst actor. and if the worst actor is putting misinformation into the network, all of the information

then becomes questionable. william: twenty years since 911, the january 6th attack showed that the collection of intelligence, and acting smartly on it, remains an ongoing challenge for law enforcement in the united states. for the pbs newshour i'm william , brangham. geoff: in the first general election after the attack on the capitol, many of the most highrofile election deniers lost their races. but threats to democracy remain. laura barron-lopez has more. laura: extremist political factions remain emboldened, former president donald trump's third presidential bid is built on lies about us elections, and cities are reporting record number of hate crimes. here to discuss is cynthia miller idriss, the director of research at american university's polarization and extremism research innovation lab. and kim lane scheppele, a constitutional scholar at princeton university. thank you ladies for joining the newshour.

cynthia, one of the biggest takeaways after the midterms was that a lot of election deniers that are running in statewide races lost, they suffered big defeats. but you've said that the fever still hasn't broken. why? >> i think that people want to think that the fever has broken, and of course that is understandable. we should acknowledge and celebrate the fact that not all of the election deniers won their races, but many did. we are seeing a faction in the republican party of election deniers who are holding up the democratic process in a way that is making us laughable to the rest of the world. so there are many ways that democracy and be chipped away at an eroded, and we are continuing to see the repercussions of election did nihilism today. laura: congress recently passed reforms to the lectern reform

act. arc -- electoral reform act. are there threats to democracy out there, or their other ways to harden the laws after january 6? >> is good that congress fixed some of the problems with the law that trump and his associates were trying to bend by making january 6 an event wherthe results of the election might've been overturned. so that threat has been minimized. but there are still a great many threats, because we have a constitution that puts running federal elections in the hands of states. and we are still seeing states enacting laws that restrict voting and the most recent ones might actually put the selection of presidential electors in the hands of state legislatures instead of in the hands of voters, or rather in cases where the voting is unclear, and as

we've seen in the last election, they became unclear after the fact. so there are still dangers out there in the legal structure of our election system. laura: i think i said 1987 but that was 1887. we are at the two year anniversary mark of january 6. what has the u.s. done since then to crack down domestic extremist groups? >> to be honest, we have seen a lot of movement on the prevention side. washington state came out with a major report on countering domestic violent extremism, which is a model for the nation that argues for a public health and preventative approach that uses all agencies, that uses public libraries, and sees this as a much more upstream problem. president biden held the first

summit on hate fueled violence in september and laid out options including apartment of education and health and human service engagent. there has been a lot on the prevention side. that obviously we hav't solved it, and we have still been very much caught up in issues of accountability. and seeing it through a law enforcement lens as the primary strategy. i think we should celebrate some of the wins that we have seen in the last two years. laura: i spoke to a former fbi agent recently whoaid there should be a domestic terrorism statute to help define exactly what that is. >> we have a definition of domesticerrorism, but we don't have a way to independently charge actors independent of a federal crime. so you end up having a lot of workarounds. it is sloppy, it makes it confusing to everyone. if you're seeing someone who is charged with weapons offenses or

child pornography instead of domestic terrorism. i think there should be some cleanup, but i don't like to see the prosecution and accountability linens distract from the prevention linens. ultimately it is a band-aid and doesn't solve the problem, it just tries to address it once criminal acts have occurred. laura: when we talk about the political movement that was inspired by january 6 or ahead of january 6 by the former president, there were at least two incoming freshman that were at the stop the steal rally, from wisconsin and new york. do you think this political movement will survive beyond the former president? >> one thing we have seen is that it existed before the former president, even as his hold on the republican is slipping, the worry is that it

sets a new standard for what accounts as not outrageous enough to hold off this behavior. so we are seeing a lot of people running for office who have a lot of very unusual views and don't have the qualifications to actually hold office. so the worry is that it is not just about one person or about one day, january 6. if it becomes part of the cuure of a whole political party in the united states, and in a two-party system, we cannot do without one party. so what we need are two parties that actually honor the constitution, forswear violence, and are in favor of free and fair elections. as long as we are uncertain about that, democracy is in danger. laura: a former washington dc police officer spoke to a crowd

today and here'what he had to say about january 6. >> to the new speaker of the house, whoever the hell that ends up being, and other gop house leaders, here is my message to you. you have this job because you promised to represent the people. we the people are calling on you to condemn political violence. as you take on new roles, i will be watching and waiting for public statements from each and every one of you to do just that. laura: so what role do you think the republican party has in combating this political violence? >> there are two things he sd that a really important to callout. need to have unequivocal condemnation of political violence. we need to hear that from every elected official at the local and national level. we are not hearing that and strong enough or sometimes at

all. that is dangerous for democracy and for public safety. but you also hear in his words some of the frustration we are seeing citizens increasingly feel about what is happening this week, lack of trust and increasing frustration people feel watching people who are supposed to be just doing their jobs of democracy, infighting and childish tactics that prevent the work of democracy from getting on. i think we are seeing many different ways that democracy gets eroded here, and some of it is happening right from within. laura: and much of it we will be tracking as we head towards 2024. thank you so much for joining the newshour. ♪ geoff: pope emeritus benedict the sixteenth was celebrated today at a funeral mass in st.

peter's square -- with his successor, pope francis, presiding. though retired nearly a decade, benedict was a leading light for conservatives in the catholic church. others look at his mixed record on child sexual abuse in the church as a failure. nick schifrin looks at benedict's legacy, and a historic funeral. nick: in saint peter's square, a solemn service that hasn't taken place for more than 200 years. a living pope, francis, led the funeral of a former pope, benedict xvi. francis called benedict devoted to god, and summed up his life with christ's final words on the cross. >> together, we want to say: father, into your hands we commend his spirit. benedict, faithful friend of the bridegroom, may your joy be complete as you hear his voice, now and forever! nick: the ceremony ended with

holy communion, and one final, intimate moment for two popes. before benedict entered his eternal resting place under the basilica. pope benedict xvi was born joseph ratzinger in 1927. he was ordained a priest in 1951, became archbishop of munich in the late 70s, led the vatican's chief doctrine and discipline office, the congregation for the doctrine of the faith starting in the early 1980's, until becoming pope in 2005. >> catholics will say that joseph ratzinger, benedict the 16th, is the greatest theologian to occupy the chair of peter here in rome in at least 1600 years. nick: father roger landry is a priest of the diocese of fall river, massachusetts, and columbia university's catholic chaplain. he says one of benedict's lasting legacies will be what he called the reconciliation of faith and reason. >> on the one hand you've got exaggerated faith, separated from reason that can lead to irrationality. and on the other hand, you have

an exaggerated secularism that thinks that faith is a danger. what pope benedict tried to do in his time before the papacy and during the papacy is unite the two. nick: benedict is often labeled a conservative. he reinforced the churchs stances against birth control and married priests. but the label is too simple for a man who as a young priest was progressive, says landry. >> while he remained the same about the ideas he was trying to push, he thought culture went in a much more progressive direction and for that reason, he who started out as a progressive was eventually labeled as a conservative. nick: what do you believe pope benedict's lasting legacy will be? >> he fell short of his obligations to the vulnerable children within the flock of the roman catholic church. nick: shaun dougherty is the board president of the survivors network of those abused by priests. starting at the age of 10, he

was molested, and later raped, by his parish priest. he argues benedict's is a legacy of failure on church abuse, and shielding abusers. >> pope benedict will take, you know, the legacy questions as to why he fell short and why he shielded people with him to the grave. the organization as a whole, until they get ahead of it and quit shielding these abusing priests, this will be part of their entire legacy from this point moving forward. nick: in early 2022, an independent report commissioned by the german church found archbishop ratzinger guilty of mishandling four cases of sexual abuse. in a written letter benedict asked for forgiveness, but denied wrongdoing. >> we will try and make this the least award as possible i guess. nick: they had the rare opportunity to confront their

abuser with a hidden camera and validate their story. >> i'm certainly sorry for the harm i've caused. and ashamed of anything i did back then. nick: koharchik was removed from ministry, but never arrested. >> i'm angry. but i have forgiven you a long, long, long time ago for this. but the part that i cannot forgive is the coverup. that crushed me. nick: when daugherty was 24, he tried to kill himself. >> part of their legacy is that is the trail of broken survivors that they have left behind them. and they are really not doing anything for us at all. we are left on our own to to survive this. nick: benedict's supporters argue he forced the church to confront abuse, and threw out hundreds of priests. >> i think it's unfair characterization to say that he said that he did anything other than trying to root out what should never exist in the priesthood. nick: critics would also say

that the church itself, under cardinal ratzinger and under pope benedict, at times shielded some of the people who were committing these crimes. >> that's unfortunately absolutely true. and it will always be a shame of the church. that reeducation that has to take place, not to mention the norms and the application of church law to every circumstance. that's not something, unfortunately, that can happen overnit. nick: what did change the church overnight, perhaps benedict's lasting legacy, his most radical act: as the first pope in 598 years to resign. >> he was the tip of the spear there, exercising a lot of the courage that he displayed in other parts of hisife. nick: until the end, benedict remained the church's pre-eminent traditionalist thinker. francis has remade the church. but benedict's legacy is likely to linger, evan as it is still debated. after his death. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick

schifrin. ♪ amna: the federal trade commission today issued a proposal banning non compete clauses that prevent workers from switching employers or starting a new business. about 1 in 5 americans, approximately 30 million people, are affected by these policies. the ftc will accept public comments for 60 days before it can finalize the rule. elizabeth wilkins, director of the office of policy plannin for the ftc, has worked on this proposal, and joins me now. most people associate non-competes with high-paying jobs, tech workers and so on. what are some of the industries and jobs that we don't typically sociate with non-competes that are impacted by this? >> you are right. 30 million americans we think are covered by noncompete spirit everybody from minimum-wage

workers, security guards, folks who are flipping workers -- flipping burgers, journalists, nurses, or all affected by this. amna: about half of all states have rules limiting these are banning them. why is a federal rule necessary? >> one of the really interesting and disturbing pieces of evidence we have is that in states that ban non-competes, you actually see them and just as many contracts as states that don't. that means workers don't know what the rights are and they may be chilled from trying to find a better paying job even when those clauses are not enforceable. so a clear federal rule would go long way to making sure people n actually switch jobs, find better pay and better workin conditions. amna: what do you estimate could be the potential impact on worker wages? >> pretty big.

there could be an increase of $300 billion for workers who can find better wages and working conditions and where employers would have to compete for those workers instead of preventing them from moving. amna: we have seen unusually high rates of quitting and job switching, numbers from november of 2021 suggest 4.5 million workers voluntarily left their jobs. that seems to suggest that non-competes are not an impediment to worker mobility. >> we have seen unprecedented switching in the wake of the pandemic. it is one big shock to the labor market. what we are talking about a long-term effect. we are hoping this is good long-term for their productivity of the economy, when workers can match with the jobs they are best suited to, that is good for

employers also. as we've seen in this moment, employers will have to compete come based on wages and benefits for their workers. amna: it is a type job market, workers have a lot of leverage. if you don't want to take a job where there is a noncompete, can't you just not take that job? ? and going find another one >> that is the idea. research suggests worrs don't even know they are signing a noncompete. you get a stack of paperwork and you may not know what is in it. some workers are asked to sign a noncompete after they start. even well-educated employees don't know what they are signing up for, until they try and get another job and find out they can't. amna: there is some competing research that suggests non-competes spur job creation in some sparta -- some startups. they want to invest in the people they hire so they don't go somewhere else. what do you say to that?

>> we acknowledge there are some good reasons that employers might want to use non-competes. there are nondisclosure agreements, if they are worried about information or trade secrets. there is also trade secret law. thousands of lawsuits are brought every year. obviously if workers are not restricted, employers can say, i will offer you better for you to stay. amna: some areuggesting it is very vag and could face legal challenges. >> we think we have clear authority to promulgate this kind of rule. congress gave us this authority and we feel obligated, and a place that is appropriate, like nash that we should use it. amna: elizabeth wilkins, thank you for joining us. ♪

geoff: one of damar hamlin's first thoughts after he woke up in the intensive care unit last night was to ask, in writing, who won monday night's bills-bengals ga where the bills safety went into cardiac arrest. to which doctors say they told him: damar, you won. you've won the game of life. william brangham is back, with a conversation with someone who knows hamlin well. nick: -- william: so for a better understanding of damar hamlin and his connection to his hometown of pittsburgh, i'm joined now by his former high school football coach, terry totten. he just retired after nearly four decades in and around football. for the last 21 years, he was the head coach at central catholic high school in pittsburgh, where hamlin attended and played. coach totten, thank you so much for talking to us. i know this has got to be a pretty rough stretch for you all. could you just take us back to monday night when you saw what was happening in that game?

can you just tell us how what was that like for you? just like everybody else, his parents, his teammates. it was horror unlding on the football field. anybody who watches a lot of football knows that that was not a standard injury. you could see in the faces of his teammates the concern, the tears, the drama of the medical people getting out there as quickly as they can. everybody associated with this game, that's the last thing they want to see. it's a kick in the gut. it's a horror movie unfolding in front of your eyes. william: you were his coach all through high school. can you just give us a sense what was he like as a teenager? >> he was an incredible person. very, very quiet, very steady, very even demeanor no matter what. when he was at the height of things or going through some of the adversities, he was hurt for a couple games one year. it was all the same standard. it was all the same level of

commitment, loyalty to the team. he never wavered. he didn't go up and down like a lot of teenagers do. emotionally, he was steady. i've said that word 2000 times in the last four days, and that was his trademark that he was he was an even keeled guy, mature beyond his years, even at the age of, you know, when i got him here at 14, he just seemed to be level headed and steady as she goes. william: and now to see him and the prowess he's showed on the field. did it make sense to you that he seemed destined for the nfl back then? >> well, i know it was a dream of his and it is now coming to light. it sort of came to light the last couple of years for me that he had coinciding driving goals. one was to play in the national football league and one wants to use that platform to return to his community. this community here, his geographic community, his hometown, and to the people who

had helped him get there. he was going to use his platform to help people come back through the same system he did. he avails his time over here at central catholic. he returns to our youth camp often, often taking pictures with the kids or throwing the ball around. he financially supports his charitable organization in mckees rocks presents for toys for kids and just he's one of those guys. this is a diverse community over here at central catholic, and he embraced that. he reached across all lines to help a lesser student, to help a lesser athlete. william: i mean, as far as we know, what happened to him was a pretty freak accident. but as you, and everyone else well knows, there ara lot of other injuries that nfl players can suffer. some of them are life threatening. do you think that this event in any way makes young people think twice about football and a professional career?

or does their love of the game and the desire to reach the nfl just trump all of that? >> these guys know the risk they take every time they take the field. now, this is very, very unusual. and i hope it doesn't have a, you know, a bad effect on on the game of football itself. but that that will be remain to be seen by a personal choice of each individual. but that risk is there. and it showed up on monday night. william: you've been through now four decades of football. have you seen the game evolve? i mean, these guys do seem to be bigger and faster and hitting with more impact. have you seen that evolution of the game yourself? >> absolutely. you hit the nail on the head. they are year round training. they are bigger. they are stronger. they are faster. they are hitting each other much, much harder than even even ten years ago, let alone 20 years ago.

it is a physical, it is a tough game. it is an impact game. and i guess there are parts of the human body that aren't made for it. but, you know, it's a great game and it's hopefully it carries on. and they are trying to find safer methods. and i'm sure this will they will explore this one as well. but you are absolutely correct abt the size and force of these people. william: we understand he's his condition is improving and we hope that that continues on that trajectory. i mean, as his former coach, if you could say something to him now, what would you tell him? >> oh keep fighting, brother. you've got so much left to give. and he does. and he will just keep fighting, brother. you're getting the best care you can get. you know, let it take its course, and hopefully there's a full recovery. just keep fighting. william: all right. former coach terry totten, so

good to talk to you. thank you so much. geoff: keep fighting, there is no better message than that. everyone who knows damar hamlin speaks so highly of him. amna: that's the newshour for tonight remember there's a lot more online. geoff: and join us again here tomorrow night, where we'll look at where prosecutions of the capitol rioters stand two years after the january 6th insurrection. i'm geoff bennett, amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on behalf of the entire newshour team, thank you for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular has been offering plans to help people do more of what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can help find a plan that fits you. to learn more visit consumer

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