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fostering informed and engaged communities. ♪ >> and with the are going support of these individuals and institutions. -- ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. jeff: welcome. days of chaos and uncertainty on capitol hill appeared to be winding down. a bill backed by donald trump to keep the government open was rejected by the house last night but this afternoon, a breakthrough on a very similar agreement was announced by mike johnson.

>> we will not have a government shutdown and we will meet our obligations for our farmers, disaster victims, and for making sure that military at essential services and to everybody relies on the federal government for a paycheck is paid over the holidays. jeff: the house passed the bill with bipartisan support. now heads to the senate just hours before the midnight deadline. where do things stand right now? reporter: let's take a quick look at the house floor. that vote was just completed. this could very well be the last houseboat of this congress. 366 votes for this spending bill that would kick things down the road. 34 no votes, all republicans. democrats help this get over the finish line. what is in this exactly? this bill would extend

government funding until about mid march. it has 100 billion dollars for disaster aid. there is not an increase in the debt ceiling. does that look just like a graphic he used the other day? it does. this bill is similar to a proposal that failed earlier. the debt ceiling has been removed. this has been a problem for republicans. talking to them coming out of their caucus meeting this morning, they were very eager to be unified and positive. jeff: what did you hear from democrats in terms of how they were able to get to yes? reporter: i want to talk about the democrats who say they want to make sure the government does not get shut down. i think part of this was coming out of that republican meeting, republicans are trying to be unified and positive and get democrats on board. let's listen to what they said. >> i think we came together.

i think speaker johnson did a great job. i think there is very good communication happening with the white house. which is crucial. reporter: what is notable is that when they say the white house, house republicans are talking about trump. throughout all of this, it was as if trump was already president. in the end, he did not get what he wanted. here's what he posted on social media just in the last day about what he wanted. i want to show you exactly what he wrote. congress must get rid of the ridiculous debt ceiling. without this, the republicans should never make a deal. in the end they did make a deal. part of this deal is a handshake agreement between house republicans and trump to increase the debt ceiling next year by $1.5 trillion but also

have some cuts going along with the. jeff: what does all of this mean for the house speaker, mike johnson, and his leadership moving forward? >> we are waiting to see what the senate is doing tonight. the shutdown is coming at midnight. the senate could move equally. it could pass this deal by midnight or shortly after. it looks like if we have a shutdown, it could be a technically short one. we need to watch that carefully. mike johnson absolutely is not out of hot water yet. at least one republican member today told me she is a hard no on johnson continuing to be speaker. let's listen to what he said. >> you can change the name of the office, but until you change the way this place works you will not really get different results. i have a different operating theory on this boat. -- vote. mike johnson is not qualified to be speaker. reporter: with the margin that

johnson will have in the next session, he really cannot lose anymore members and keep the speakership. over the course of this reese's -- recess, there will be a important moment for the speaker. i did confirm a meeting with steve scalise next to him. he kind of joke tif anybody else could get 218 votyes. god bless them. that will be a test for him. jeff: help us understand, despite the chaos we have seen, it appears that congress has voted and approved a spending bill that for the most part mirrored what they started with a minus this effort to raise the debt ceiling. is that right? reporter: that is exactly

correct. i'm glad you're pointing this out. the house knew this was coming since september. so did president-elect trump. what happened was there was a very large bill that speaker johnson negotiated with democrats that he presented to his chairman but did not get them to weigh in on. that bill had essentially these items and it plus more policy and a bunch more spending and some health care policy. then trump and elon musk waiting. they wanted the debt ceiling. so johnson added that. that did not work. now that has been taken out. we have gone through all of this is a learning curve for speaker johnson and trump on how to work and how it does not work. one thing i will go through quickly here is the debt itself. there were substantive issues for many of the republicans negotiating here with arrow already. looking at this debt deal, i want to explain this handshake

deal with president trump. they said they would try to increase the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in the spring. in exchange, they went to 52 $.5 trillion in mandatory spending cuts. that is a level we have not seen before. that might not be easy to do. they would need agreement from the senate. this is the deal they have with trump. currently the national debt sits at $36 trillion. that level is going up and up. the interest on the debt is nearing $1 trillion per year. that is why this is a big issue for many republicans. that will not go away nor will the complexity of dealing with it in the next congress. it may only get harder. jeff: for more insight let's bring in a congressman from arizona who joins us now. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. she is clearly one of the very best. jeff: i would have to agree with

you on that. you opposed the first two funding bills but you voted in support of this bill tonight. why? >> the debt ceiling was removed from it. the opportunity to now step in and say this is the modernization, this is the spending reduction, i now have a path to move those things forward. the previous set up on the boat had all sorts of things that i thought were christmas treed in and a substantial increase in the debt ceiling with no understanding that that is a stressor around here. we do our work when there is a stressor. jeff: the version of the bill that failed last night, the bill that have the debt ceiling increase that donald trump supported, 38 republicans voted against it. you are one of them. what should we take away from that?

those that show the limits of mr. trump's influence and power? >> i would take it slightly in a different direction. in some ways it was less about trump or mr. musk. the fact of the matter is we now live in a time where so far this fiscal year, we are 70 days into this fiscal year, we are barring over $100,000 every second. it is the demographics and the interest on the data that is starting to chew us up. it is constantly this battle of people want things. there are lines of lobbyists and groups in these always wanting things and almost no one wants to actually talk about how we pay for it. jeff: you mentioned elon musk. given that you are a vocal fiscal hawk, what do you make of the fact that you have this unelected multibillionaire with a number of vested interests, many would argue conflicts of interest, calling the shots on

something that should be the prerogative of elected members of congress? >> i am actually thinking it is wonderful. if you have someone with a freaky high iq who is willing to in some ways evangelized saying we need to modernize how we deliver health care, government. what we do because the fact of the matter is intellectually, congress, the reporting class, others, are almost fearful to tell the public just the scale. we are barring so far this fiscal year $8.7 billion every single day. and yet the triteness of somebody of the solutions that we get, if this actually raises the profile. i know people want to take a shot at someone because of what they do. but how much of the public actually understands that we are

clicking off a trillion dollars of barring every 118 days? if this actually sharpens the mind and the intellect and actually deals with the reality of our demographics, 100% of the debt through the next 10 years is interest in health care. it is demographics. it is not democrat or republican. it is what we are as a society. jeff: i take your point about shaking up the status quo. what about the process? for americans watching this new era of republican control, what should the american people take away from it? >> forgive me because i will say this. this is the reality when you do not have bundles of free cash to hand out to people to buy their votes. in a previous era when you have someone who wanted something, we said we would build that bridge, do that road.

that is how you took care of their desires for their vote. today we do not have that bank account to buy votes. now we have to deal with the honor, the facts of the math. the math will always eventually win here. things will be more difficult. but this is the reality of the avoidance of the last decade of telling the truth of what our demographics have brought us. jeff: what is your assessment of house speaker mike johnson's leadership so far. >> he has done fine. forgive me, and maybe a bit pathologically optimistic here. what we went through the last 36 hours was building a rhythm of how do you deal with very difficult math when you have only a couple of votes margin and build the model of how do you listen to people? someone like myself who is from a very well-educated district.

i represent the phoenix-scottsdale area. compared to someone who may have a rural district that is not have the same opportunity. jeff: there are a lot of educated people in rural areas. >> the point is we all come with different desires. if you take a look at some of the no votes, it was we wanted more aid for what is happening in agricultural america. others have issues with what is happening in the middle of the country compared to the coasts. we have to be very careful that this is not populist versus conservatives versus liberals. it is an understanding that the movement of how we vote is actually more complex. jeff: thank you for your time this evening. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. ♪ jeff: we start today's other

headlines with an unfolding tragedy in germany, where a car drove in high-speed through a crowd of people at a christmas market in a northeastern city. at least two people are dead and dozens are injured. a german media outlet says the death toll could be as high as 11. officials believe this was a deliberate attack and the suspect is a 50-year-old saudi doctor who has been arrested. they called the attack a dark day for the city so close to the holidays. >> we are shaking. we are full of sympathy for the relatives. we hope nothing has happened to our relatives, friends, and acquaintances. jeff: this week marks the anniversary of an attack on a berlin christmas market eight years ago that killed 13 people. ukraine and russia traded deadly missile strikes today. a russian official says ukraine

struck in a border region with u.s. supplied weapons, killing at least six people, including a child. ukrainian soldiers have held part of the area ever since a surprising incursion earlier this year. in kyivv, official say one person was killed during a russian missile attack. the foreign ministry said russia in dad -- endangered other countries diplomats. >> as the result of the missile attack, several embassies were damaged. you can see a car with diplomatic plates that belongs to one of the diplomatic institutions. here is the interior of the embassy. all of these embassies are housed in the same building, which was heavily damaged by the russian strike. jeff: moscow claims this attack was retaliation for ukrainian strike on russian soil earlier this week that used american-made weapons.

baristas at a handful of starbucks stores went on a five-day strike today after contract negotiations reached a standstill. >> no contract, no coffee. jeff: union organizers said the walk-offs happened in about 10 stores in the los angeles, seattle, and chicago areas. the coffee giant said in a statement that there would be no significant impact to operations. the biden administration announced today that it would forgive another $4 billion in student loan debt for roughly 55,000 borrowers who work in public service. the relief is part of a fixed the education department made to a program. the president has forgiven more student debt than any other president. a republican led legal challenge has hindered his efforts at delivering widescale relief.

party city, the once popular party supply store, is closing its doors after nearly 40 years in business. corporate employees were told today would be their last day as the company winds down operations. this comes as the discount store big lots also prepares to shut its doors amid bankruptcy. both chains have struggled against online competitors. on wall street, stocks turned around a dismal week. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 500 points. the nasdaq had a big gain of nearly 200 points. the s&p finished up more than a percentage point. still to come, our guests weigh in on donald trump's decision to complicate a funding deal. and a court wrangles on who owns a vibe after one social media influencer sues another for

copying her look. >> this is the news hour from our studio in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. jeff: american diplomats were in syria today for the first time since the u.s. shed its embassy in damascus in 2012. they met with the defected new ruler and announced that the $10 million bounty that the u.s. placed on him would be removed. assistant secretary of state told reporters that he was committed to ensuring that terrorist groups cannot pose a threat inside syria or to other countries. >> i would characterize the discussion as quite good. very productive. detailed. we ranged over a wide set of issues, domestic and external. he came across as pragmatic. it was a good first meeting. we will judged by deeds, not

just by words. jeff: u.s. officials also said they are expanding their search for the american journalist who was kidnapped in damascus 12 years ago. for perspective, we turn to a former u.s. ambassador to syria. thank you for coming in. >> my pleasure. jeff: help us understand the significance of the u.s. dropping the bounty it had offered for the syrian rebel leader whose forces led to the bow -- ouster of assad. >> i think it is a very good sign. at one point he was an islamic stater. at another point he was al qaeda. then he had his own offshoot. but he and the organization seems to have evolved and recognized that they cannot rule syria or govern syria without changing to some extent the islamist ideology and being

inclusive and much more tolerant. syria is a mosaic of many minorities with thesunnis perhaps being the majority. inside that grouping, there are many secularists or people who do not want islamist rule. jeff: what is the u.s. interest in syria right now? >> i think the first interest is that it does not become a cockpit for exporting terrorism. as afghanistan was. syria has isis still out in the desert in the western desert. the u.s. has about 2000 troops there. we have recently increased the number of troops. they are there to work with what is known as the syrian democratic front but is largely a kurdish organization. to root out isis.

the kurds actually garner some very big prisons containing thousands of isis fighters. jeff: is it in the u.s. interest to lift sanctions and provide more humanitarian aid and urge other countries do the same? >> i think it is. i mean, our assistant secretary who we just heard from, it is her job as a diplomat to be positive and hopeful. but in this case i think it is the right thing to do. because he recognizes that he has a country in ruins. people are suffering. he has to deliver for them. if he wants to consolidate his groups position in syria and stamp out resistance, people have to have hope. that hope will come through international community first providing humanitarian aid and

then reconstruction aid. and even help with governance. he seems to be a very astute fellow who knows a lot and has come a long way. i am not saying he could not reverse himself. plenty of leaders have. i am old enough to remember castro in cuba who told us he was a democrat and turned out to be a communist. people can say one thing and do another. he not only has to talk the talk, he will have to walk the walk. jeff: you have just articulated one of the immediate risks that syria faces peer what are some of the others right now? >> there are so many. the civil war is really not over. we have a truce between turkish facts forces and the kurdish forces i just referred to in northeastern syria. but it is only on matters of --

matter of days until a truce expires. we could see fighting again in that area and we can see more extremist elements from other organizations trying to push him aside because he is to moderate. we also have many other things that can happen. i mentioned isis. they could gain a bigger foothold and expand their reach in syria. israel has been taking territory that was supposed to be demilitarized in an agreement. that is putting pressure on him. he does not want a problem with israel. he does not want to have to be a confrontational leader. but they are embarrassing him badly. jeff: the outgoing administration is engaged in

this frantic round of diplomacy, but tribe has made clear -- trump has made clear that syria is not our fight. how might his worldview affects the u.s. approach moving forward and what might that mean for syria? >> first of all, we have been working with the kurds in northeastern syria since about 2012. you had an ambassador on the show who said we never had an agreement with the kurds for an independent kurdish state or natomas region. but there is a moral obligation. the kurds have been abandoned more than once by the u.s. and the west. if a slaughter takes place there, their blood will be on u.s. hands. turkey has said not only isis is an organization that supports terrorism but the syrian democratic forces are also a terrorist organization. something we do not agree with. our interest in syria is to not

be a totally failed state and isis and other organizations not be able to export terrorism to the west and europe. if trump pulls out too quickly, if he throws up his hands and says i'm not getting any aid, with the arabs worry about it, things could deteriorate very quickly. i'm hoping his advisors can talk him into let's say a more moderate withdrawal since he criticized the withdrawal from afghanistan. ♪ jeff: overnight in the west bank, and mosca was vandalized.

attacks against palestinians have increased. israel describes the west bank is one of several fronts it is fighting on. we begin this story in a nearby village. reporter: it is a window into life in the occupied west bank. >> i have been building this house for 15 years. reporter: they stand in the wreckage of a home they built. he just finished it. they say it is nearly impossible to contain.

>> if i wanted to build a house like this again, it would be 100 years. israel has blocked thousands of livelihoods. by suspending their work permits. >> before october 7, i used to work in israel. i used to work construction. they knew who i was and they liked me. since october 7, if i say hello, they do not respond. they shoot at me. we have no future now. even my daughter has no future.

i asked what happened to the house and i say the army flattened it. reporter: that defeatism toward death is shared by those responsible for saving life. >> we are both living and we are not. you don't know if when your child leaves the house, they will be back safe. reporter: they accused israeli forces of targeting health care facilities, workers, and ambulances. >> before october 7, the stop and searches were fewer. now they have no problem shooting at anyone. reporter: the epicenter of the recent violence has been this refugee camp.

another round of raids last month ain't that what israel called terrorists. they called this fighting urban warfare at its most difficult. the israeli campaign has intensified using tactics previously unheard of. local said they will not rebuild here because they fear if they did, israel would hit it again. first it was controlled by jordan. this has among the highest rates of unemployment and poverty. >> they are living in a

stressful situation. reporter: he is a leader here. he says the toll on west bank civilians has been high. they say it is no place to grow up or to parent. >> they are growing up around pressure in terror and killing. that is abnormal. i had to sign out of school. parents were terrified. this is intentional to terrorize people. reporter: israel argues that the terrorism is palestinian. last week, israelis held a

funeral for a 12-year-old. in early october, they say there was an attack here. >> the west bank is one of the seven fronts on which israel fight against the axis of resistance led by iran. reporter: he said his last job was leading strategic planning. >> the job is to keep terror down. the israeli term for that was mowing the lawn.

you go after laboratories. reporter: they govern part of the west bank. palestinian police fought militants. >> this is to save for people from the chaos they are working on. reporter: it also comes from violence launched by jewish residents. >> their appetite for friction, their expression that the government is supporting them.

reporter: the israeli army is responsible for palestinians. they say they are not doing their job. >> the israeli police is disinclined. it is showing its weak hand against those aggressors. the newly appointed minister of defense just said that administrative arrests were jews will not be used anymore. that is a big step backward. reporter: they hold suspects without charge.

>> the arrests were different. reporter: you have been a lawyer for more than 20 years. they alleged abuse. they say prisoners died while in custody. >> the israelis are using torture in their prisons. there were mattresses taken away . they were subjected to

psychological and mental torture by staying in the dark and lessening the amount of food they were given. reporter: the israeli prison authority has said repeatedly that all prisoners are detained according to the provisions of the law. >> i am surprised by my misfortune in recent days. when i say palestinian prisoners must be killed. reporter: all of this adds up to tensions remaining high. >> this conflict is not a reconciliation. there is not a political process insight reporter:. so the cycles of violence will continue. ♪

jeff: congress spent the week on yet another chaotic, down to the wire funding battle. we turn to the analysis of our guests. what is your assessment of the drama? keeping the government-funded is the basic purpose of the government. they were coming up with what we can now call a new plan. it was not what speaker johnson

had promised. it kept the government open. it got disaster aid. elon musk started tweeting against it. donald trump joined in. you cannot expect anything to get past if you sweep it at the last moment and blow up the deal. when you have people who ran on cutting the debt. what is surprising tuesday actually got a deal done and they got it passed with a lot of votes. jeff: there were republicans who said that by taking aim at the washington status quo, since the

government is viewed with so much distrust. >> i thought i had a positive week with this. i thought all parties had peace of the truth. we should get rid of the debt ceiling. it is kind of a sham procedure. the 38 republicans who defied donald trump were right. they said if we are getting rid of the debt ceiling, we should actually cut spending. speaker johnson was also right. this is not the time. you cannot do something massive like cutting all of this out of the federal budget. i think speaker johnson did the right thing. donald trump learned a lesson. you can say things on the campaign trail but there are

realities in governance. he weighed in at the wrong time. he is on the right chorus but he cannot do it at the last minute. i think what we learned is that is the reality. jeff: what about the influence of elon musk? he led the rebellion against the initial bill. his swift accumulation of power has sparked criticism. >> remember, this all got started not because donald trump waiting first, elon musk waited first. no one elected him to anything.

republicans on the hill listens to what they had to say. if what we saw this week is prologue, we should be prepared for weeks like we have now. jeff: what can this suggest about moving forward? donald trump will rightly have to renew his tax cap plan. he says he wants to embark on deportation. that will take or dating with congress. >> it is reality. donald trump has been against the debt ceiling for a long time. he did not let elon musk tell him about that.

this is going to end in tears. i give it 30 days. we will all be crying as they part ways and to start taking shots at each other. i don't expect elon musk to be around very long. if he can do some good, maybe he can do some good. one of the things that even democrats saying is they missed a chance to reform government. if you are trying to improve the delivery of veteran services or medicare, there are rules and regulations that impinge that. sensible democrats know that. they should've done something about it. if some billionaire walks in and can perform some of those rules, i expect that donald trump has some correct instincts. but he does not know anything about the reality of governance.

my posture right now is let's let him try. he has some instincts that are terrible and some that are not terrible. changing government is phenomenally hard. you have to really know what you're doing. neither donald trump nor elon musk knows how the game is played. jeff: where was president biden in all of this? at one point donald trump posted on social media, if there will be a shutdown in government, let it begin now. there was no response. >> why should he respond? if this were any other time or any other president, everybody would be saying that the president is staying out of it because when your opponent is digging the hole, let them dig the hole. that is what i think was up with

president biden. to go back to elon musk, i will not be crying when it implodes. while i understand that government needs to be reformed, what concerns me most about the world's richest person being in charge of an agency that does not have any power, i don't really know what his values are. i don't know if that is what he will be focused on. >> this is your final appearance before the holidays. this is been quite a year. so much to mold in the world. what you find yourself most grateful for? >> i am in new york right now.

i am a few blocks from the christmas tree. this holiday season, this is a time that is more alive. you walk over to the tree here in you watch the children with glory in their eyes and you cannot help but think this is a magical season. it is a season when the lord is more present in the world. the radical reality of god coming down and being born in a manger that smells like dung is magical. >> i can't even top that. i don't know about grateful. i answered this question during thanksgiving.

i guess my answer is a little more political. i don't think of it as grateful as much as what brings me optimism for the new year. the 50.1% of the american people who voted for someone other than donald trump. that brings me optimism because after he is inaugurated on january 20, it will be those americans who would be called upon to defend american values, their communities, and defend their loved ones for whatever may come their way from a new trump administration. jeff: optimism seems to be in short supply in our politics these days. what can we look to to feel better about the current state of our politics? >> postponement. i have started to postpone my panic. terrible things might happen but

i will wait for it. i will not react to everything donald trump says. maybe there will come time in january and february were things will be very harsh but right now i will just enjoy the holiday season. jeff: our best to you both and your families during this holiday season. >> same to you. ♪ jeff: who owns a vibe? that is at the heart of a lawsuit where one online influencer is suing another for copyright infringement. she claims that a 21-year-old fellow influencer knowingly replicated her aesthetic in her posts on social media. we spoke to a new york times reporter who has been covering

this story extensively. >> welcome. thank you for being with us. >> >> >> that to be here. let's start with these influencers. tell us more about who they are. >> she is a 21-year-old influencer who uses her time to suggest things her followers should buy. they are both young women looking for items to inspire people to buy. >> how would you describe what it is they are putting out to their followers? >>'s the way they would describe it is very minimalist. not very busy. oversized sweaters, clear plastic basics. they like things to look very

clean and neat. >> what is the relationship between these women? >> they were influencers who followed each other at one point and they met up to hang out and they took some pictures of themselves. to brainstorm things on their social media accounts. and then their relationship sort of dissolved when one of them unfollowed the other. >> the idea that you can see someone over and aesthetic, how does that work? what is the case being made in federal court right now? >> she noticed that the other ones posts started looking a lot like them. whether that is the aesthetic or the bible or the minimalistic style or the clean style. some poses and some outfits.

the lawsuit basically says that she got her entire look. she is saying she has infringed on her profit. because they use their social media accounts to promote their amazon marketplace where they can influence people to buy things off of amazon and amazon gives them a commission to do so. that is why she has brought this lawsuit >> >> in federal court. in your reporting you quote a professor of intellectual property law who explains that in this online space there is an idea that you are a creator and a borrower. how hard is it to lay claim to an aesthetic? >> it is such a layered issue. the algorithm feeds you similar pose and influencers. if i see a raga and i take a picture of it in another influencer takes a picture of it

in a similar way, we could have both reached that same photograph by following a lot of different influencers and celebrities. it is hard to say that an aesthetic was reached because of one other influencer because it is so popular. that look is very popular right now. the algorithm is feeding followers and influencers the same kind of posts. it is hard to say that this one influencer copy the other as opposed to the algorithm fed her a million other posts that got her to that endpoint. >> you have noted there is an entire economy built around this, content creation. when it comes to this case, what is at stake here? >> it is unprecedented.

it could really change the content creator world. because influencers can now be beholden to copyright law. they would have to be careful how they arrange things. if one person owns an aesthetic, that another person and say they own another aesthetic and now we are not building on these different vibes and social media looks. we are stifling that world. if this case moves forward. jeff: it is a fascinating case. we will be following your reporting to see how it goes. thank you for your time. >> thank you. ♪ jeff: there is a lot more online including a story about a push to finalize compensation for

veterans with a debilitating lung condition before the end of the biden administration. be sure to watch later. the panel will discuss elon musk's influence over tromp and congressional republicans. and a humanitarian aid worker talks about the effect of the war on children. for all of us here, thank you for spending part of your evening with us. we will see you after the holidays. have a great weekend. >> major funding has been provided by -- ♪ and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions and friends.

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