♪ >> tonight, a powerful winter storm bears down on tens of millions of americans, packing a dangerous mix of snow, ice, and heavy rain. four years after the attack of the u.s. capitol, we examine the legacy of a day that still divides the country.

as many as a billion birds die every year in the u.s. from collisions with glass. what one american city is doing to be better. >> folks do not realize how much of a threat to this is because it is a passive threat. it is because of the way we live that is killing birds. ♪ >> major funding has been provided by -- the 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. >> good evening. a fierce winter storm is barreling across the country, with more than 70 million americans on their winter weather alerts tonight. 4 million face blizzard conditions. heavy snow blanketed parts of than there are these. this will reach the mid atlantic area later tonight. it is expected to bring frigid temperatures as far south as florida. a senior meteorologist joins us.

thank you so much for being here. when you look at what is coming down now and what is forecast to come, what is most concerning for you? >> the fact that we are not to seeing snow. it is the mix. it is really complicating things. that makes it hard for clues to get ahead of the game in situations like this. cold arctic air is infiltrating the planes. >> why is it that we are seeing this? wire we also seeing rain in the mix so that? >> one of the issues with this system is twofold.

it is bringing a river of warmth and moisture at the mid-levels. this is why this is a water loaded system. we are seeing if all is liquid and freeze on the ground. that is enough to pull down power lines. an knocked down tree branches. >> help us put this into context. it is january. people expect snow and cold. but this seems to be a little bit out of the ordinary. >> we have winter storm warnings.

this could be the biggest snowfall in years. it is setting records across the country. on the backside of this system, it is set to produce blizzard conditions later on tonight. every type of hazard is on the table with the system. i think a lot of people will see significant disruptions for quite some time. >> i imagine that travel will be near impossible. >> it goes back to what we were saying. snow has been a headache. aviation is a big problem right now. it is cascading flight delays right now. interstates will be very rough.

we hope folks can stay home. wait for things to get better. most folks should be in a much better state by tuesday or wednesday. >> what else can people do tuesday smart? >> not going out on the roads. waiting this one out. so many times we are tempted to go out and see a get a first-hand perspective. in this situation, we should not be doing that. this is a lightning loaded system. we have seen thunder snow across kansas. there is enough to get sparks of lightning. people might be trying to shovel and a flash of lightning comes down. you should not be outside shoveling if you hear thunder. people forget that this time of year.

the lightning can be dangerous. >> how many days should people expect this and then do things clear up? does it look like relief will be insight? >> things will wind down west to east overnight tonight. in washington, things will wind down by tuesday morning. but the active weather will not be over. a new system to form in texas later this week. there is a system it could go up the eastern seaboard. >> thank you so much. ♪ there are new details tonight into the investigation into the deadly new year's terror attack in new orleans.

the fbi now says the suspect visited the city twice before the attack. he wore special glasses that surround -- recorded his surroundings as he bicycled through the french quarter. >> i have specifically requested through the white house that the city of new orleans be assisted with getting a tactical expert to map our city. >> 13 people still remain in the hospital from their injuries. president biden is set to visit new orleans tomorrow as the investigation continues. jimmy carter continues to lie and rib close at the carter center in atlanta. -- in repose at the carter center in atlanta.

hundreds of mourners today pay their final respects today. strikes across gaza today killed more than a dozen people as pressure mounts to agreed to a cease-fire. palestinian medics say the total number killed this weekend is 102. the strikes at the gaza strip a day after hamas released video of an israeli soldier alive. the family asked that the full video not be released. they want to broker a deal as soon as possible. the controversy in south korea has now spread to his security detail.

he refused to comply with an arrest warrant. his lawyers say it is illegal and invalid. that led to protests today. still to come, it has been four years since the violent attack on the u.s. capitol building. we look back at a day that changed america. and how to save migrating birds. >> this is pbs news weekend from our studio in washington, home of the news hour. >> tomorrow marks four years since the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol building, a day that shook the city emanation. a mob of term supporters smashed their way into the capitol

building, believing that the election have been stolen. a bipartisan senate report found that at least seven people lost their lives in connection with the attack. years later, the legacy of that day and what it means to our country remains a bitter partisan divide. joining us to discuss our journalists who were there that day. and they have been covering its impacts ever sent. our pentagon reporter and an npr reporter. you were both therefore years ago. -- there four years ago. how does it stand out to you? >> i was covering trump's speech. there was a sea of people. i was interviewing everyone. they were all respectful.

people were laughing and joking and waving to each other. it was like a storm was coming in. there was a sense of anger and bad energy. she called me. she was in the middle of the mob. >> i was there with another correspondent. there was this hunger for violence. people were really ready to start something. they were speaking about it. they had an eagerness to see violence and participate in it. >> they have been trying to define and redefine that day. there have been written normal -- an enormous sense of a revisionist history. >> initially everyone agreed that this was a bad thing. this was an insurrection.

they blames trump. almost immediately the revision started. it was antifa orb black lives matter. fbi agents were up there instigating the crowd. it really >> started with fox news. >>once the fbi started making arrests, it became unavoidable who was there. it was trump's supporters. then a new narrative shift started where it was trump's supporters but they were patriots. they did not do anything wrong. agent -- they were just cut up a crowd. >> donald trump still calls them patriots. it looks like he will pardon quite a few of them. >> this few bad apples idea percolates a lot of this. can you tell us about the man at the center of that? >> he was a marine and still is a marine who was a sergeant in

the marine corps. he grew up about an hour west of washington. he was among those who enter the capital that day. how does the marine corps reckon with him and other marines who showed up that day? >> 1500 people were arrested. a large number of them were marines. they are the smallest of the fighting forces. the military does not know if there is an extremism problem in the military because they are not collecting data like they would for sexual harassment or sexual assault. only this past year to date put

up guidelines. all of the services are supposed to collect the data to make sure they do have a handle on whether there is a problem or not. i think a lot of that will be brushed aside under the next administration. >> the reason we think that is because there is a lotto verbal condemnation right away. we condemn this. these are not good marines. but when it came to action, when it came time for them to enact real consequences, nothing really happened. the words did not really match the actions when it came to how they were reckoned highly so many of their people being out there that day. >> there were three marines from quantico. they were all charged with distant meters and they all did community service. 279 hours of community service. one for every marine casualty in the civil war.

in all three cases, after they were convicted, the marine corps tables decided to keep them in the marine corps. he is still a marine. the secretary of the navy has yet to decide whether to keep them in or not. one was kicked out by a general at camp pendleton. he is the only one left. >> really tremendous piece of reporting. > thank you so much. you are welcome. ♪ >> as of january 1 this year, most new buildings in the nation's capital are required to be feather friendly. that means treating glass windows to prevent birds from crashing into them.

as many as a billion birds die when they collide with the glass. we went to see an effort to reduce this kind of carnage in philadelphia, where it turns out that residents love more than just their eagles. >> birds are attracted to the brightness. >> the sun is barely up over downtown philadelphia and the guy known as the bird man is already at work. he is a fixture here looking for birds not in the skies but on the sidewalks, where they have fallen after hitting a window. some are dead, some are injured, others just stunned. >> they don't know what glass is. they think they can go in or through. >> it did not take long for his eagle eyes to spot a dead songbird. >> so beautiful. they have this orange crown.

they have this allowed voice. >> the species and other details go into his logbook. the dead bird goes into a plastic bag to be taken to a lab to be studied. he moves on. he is a volunteer for birds safe philly, a partnership aimed at creating safe spaces for birds. since 1970, the u.s. and canada have seen a decline in bird species of 30%. >> folks do not recognize itself serious a threat this is. it is a passive threat. it is not something we are actively doing. like deforestation or paving over areas of habitat. it is a threat to birds and it

is killing birds. >> he runs a lab studying birds at the academy of sciences. its collection of birds dates back nearly 150 years. >> there are specimens from 1877. this one from 1906 is actually from windows here in philadelphia. when city hall was first lit up. there were some window strikes just from the gap -- glass alone. when you add lights into the mix, it makes it a lot worse. >> birds make their long migratory journeys mostly at night and for a reason still not fully understood, they are drawn to artificial light. philadelphia sits on a migratory superhighway.

a mass collision occurred on october 2, 2020. hamas we had about -- >> we had about 450 birds at this building. >> how many birds did you collect that day? >> about 900. >> that happened essentially in my backyard. i live in that area. there is a general misconception that it is the high-rises that are the biggest problem. the statistic is that it is four stories or less where most of the collisions occur. >> she is working to reduce those numbers. and to convince lights to be turned off. >> people do not know that there

is a problem. they are shocked to hear when they hear that there may be 300 million birds traveling across the country now. >> the night before we went out on patrol, an estimated 660 million birds were over the skies in the u.s. that makes for a busy morning. an injured bird is set into a bag for transport for rehabilitation. he helps a stunned bird trying to regain it since of direction. another injured bird. >> i actually have him in my contacts on my phone. this is so sadly regular.

>> they use to just clean up and move on. now we are trying to save as many as possible. >> he is working to get his counterparts on board. >> we encouraged all of our members to sign up for this program. we had a terrific response. >> some cities and states require birds safe design. a new york city law mandates that lights are turned off at night during migration season.

in west philadelphia, the university of pennsylvania makes feather friendliness part of its sustainability plan. window glasses are etched with vertical stripes, a pattern that has been found to reduce collisions. >> i have somehow become the bird expert in my group. >> he monitors this as part of his work study program. >> they have been birds i picked up right after they were hit. i can feel the remnants of life and their body. it is really hard.

it has always struck me as a microcosm of how humans react to the environment. it is our influence on the environment around us that is causing birds to get hurt and die. >> it informs her work. >> the way i got interested in birds was through trying to find another way to understand whether our landscapes were functioning. if we are inviting these birds and by creating these important habitats that they need, then we absolutely have to make sure that it is a safe space for them. we cannot invite them in just to let them die in the built environment. >> the solutions being employed are just some of the methods found to be effective. at the discovery center in philadelphia. >> this is a cost-effective

technique. when a bird's flying through there, it will not feel comfortable. >> he wraps up tuesday. he has collected 13 dead and injured birds. they were all available to be used for research. >> it is very sad to find these birds. they're coming up north looking to raise a family. traveling thousands of miles. ♪

>> that is our program for tonight. for all of my colleagues here, thank you so much for joining us. have a great week. >> major funding for pbs news weekend has been provided by -- the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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