ramirez. it was important to the baby. it was important to the ramirez family to bring them some measure of justice. >> cat trial behind them, the ramirez family and karlyn's friends focused on raising vale and teaching her about her mother.? you are my sunshine?? my only sunshine? >> she sang to her when she bathed her. she sang to her when she dressed her.? my only sunshine? >> vale could still hear that loving voice. karlyn's sister put a recording of her singing inside a teddy bear.? you'll never know dear?? how much i love you? >> we are at this point the constant in her life. we want her to feel protected, loved, everything that i know her mom would have given her. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline. " i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching.

as we near the end of the year, there's a lot on my mind. as usual, most of it having to do with politics. i wonder, for instance, if the democratic party has learned any of the correct lessons from the midterms. a lot more congressman, pat ryan about, it just ahead. and it won't be long until the russian invasion of ukraine reaches the one year mark. we'll ukraine be able to keep forcing russia back? what do the off-ramps for peace look like now? plus, from abortion rights to protests in iran, some of the biggest and most impactful social movements this year have is often the case been led by women. that's all coming up in the special year end addition of the program, so let's start the show. welcome to the show, what a year it has been. fighting in ukraine, the

overturning of roe v. wade, the continuing covid crisis. but of course, the biggest story on the show, was the battle to save american democracy. ahead of the midterms, the issue was front and center, thanks to a series of blockbuster hearings by the january 6th committee. yes, that was this year. and august it embassies are news survey found that registers -- threats to democracy the number one issue facing the country, and of so-called kitchen table issues. still, things looked bleak when committee vice chair liz cheney lost her congressional primary to a trump backed challenger. at trump's sycophant become the only viable republican candidates? the 2022 primaries overall were a boon for election deniers on the right. they ran for key statewide offices including secretary of state across the country. more than 80% of primaries for secretary of state featured an election denier. and of those who ran on a major party ticket, 50% advanced to the general election. in arizona, michigan and

alabama, election deniers one primaries for secretary of state for attorney general and for governor. 60% of americans have deniers on the return ballots. liz cheney and herself describe how bad things can get if these conspiracy theorists were able to take power in november. >> with every effort to excuse or justify the conduct of the former president, we chip away at the foundation of our republic. indefensible conduct is defended, inexcusable conduct is excused. without accountability, it all becomes normal and it will recur. >> and even president biden, despite so much quote unquote, conventional wisdom, that he should focus as message on, inflation and on gas prices, he let americans know that democracy was at stake in these midterms. >> mega forces are determined to take this country backwards. they promote authoritarian leaders and they fanned the flames of political violence.

that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. >> it seems, like this message was received because voters were able to beat back a full red wave, and heard many of the worst potential mid term outcomes. democrats kept the senate, and election deniers law statewide races in 12 out of 13 races in key battleground states. additionally, many of the most prominent trump endorsed candidates lost their races, but at the same time, republicans did gain control the house. and more than 170 election deniers won their federal or state level midterm elections. this is clearly not a problem that is going to disappear anytime soon. a new york, congressman pat ryan as an example of how to run on a pro democracy platform, and when. he went two for two this year, winning an august special election for his house seat, and he got elected again in the midterms. ryan was able to pull off to

close winds by focusing on abortion in voting rights. he told me so on the show. >> we did not pull her punches, we did not -- we are not triangulate, we said freedom of choice or on the ballot, it is our duty as patriots, i believe, who believe in this country in our founding values, to stand up and continue to say that, in the face of further escalation by the far-right. >> there will be further escalation. the election deniers, the conspiracy theorists, the authoritarians in fascists. we'll be with us in 2023, sadly. so, we need a democratic party willing to keep up the fight for democracy. and that, as congressman pat ryan puts it, a party that won't pull its punches. new york democratic congressman pat ryan joins me now. congressman, thanks for coming back on the show. 2020 year 2022, excuse me, was they are democrats did run on democracy. do you think that's why your

party was able to beat back the red wave and some of the most prominent trump backed candidates? >> when we stood clearly, unequivocal-y and said, this is existential. we love our country, but we believe in our democracy and as a party that increasingly throwing that out the window for their own power and political gain. and in races where we made clear what was at stake and made clear, as i certainly did twice, we were gonna fight with every ounce of are being to defend our democracy, we won. and i think that we have to, clearly, we have to continue that. because as you said, this fight is not going away. and certainly, my resolve is even stronger. >> so, you held on to the senate your, party, but democrats lost the house, where you sit narrowly. and new study suggests the five closest swing districts were only lost by around 7000 vote total. some people are saying that

your state, new york, a traditionally blue state, should've done more to help deliver dams to the house. do you have regrets about the way new york democrats, including dccc -- patrick maloney, who lost his own race, one of the first dccc chair to lose a seat in decades, do have regrets about the new york democrats handle these midterm elections? >> well, certainly, we were not hoping, i wasn't hoping to be the only democrat in new york that won one of these toss-up seats. we have to do better than that, certainly, just like i did as an army officer, after every mission we need a fulsome after action review, that's something i've called for and i'm excited to be a part of. the good news is, the path to retaking the house will run right through new york. and the roadmap that we laid out, fighting for fundamental rights and delivering economic relief, those are the twin thrust of the campaign that we need to continue to run. and ultimately, we will be able to show, i think, in the next

two years, we are here, democrats are here, to deliver. to listen to what folks needs are, on both protecting freedom and the economic relief that they need, and then actually deliver results. and i commented fashioned, i still believe that if you listen, and then deliver, you earn voters trust. >> so, let's keep talking about new york. when we talk about democracy and existential threat, people might think of florida or texas, but what did you make of the new york young republicans club? hosting just the other day white supremacists and election deniers at a gala? can you do bipartisan work, i hear a lot from democrats, regan have to be bipartisan in the senate and house going forward, can you do bipartisan work with republicans who not just tolerate but dine with holocaust deniers and conspiracy theorists and white supremacists? >> this is an existential threat to our democracy, and it

happened right here in new york, as you said, it's happening in towns and cities across the country. look, i took an oath when i graduated west point, to support a defend our constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. and when there are domestic threats to the sanctity of our constitution and our democracy, we have to call them out. and we saw that here where marjorie taylor greene said that she literally thinks she could've led a more effective insurrection against the united states government. that is the definition of seditious traitorous behavior. we have to call that out. to me, to your question, they are are patriots who believe in our principles and our democracy, and i think there are some in the republican party, those are folks, patriots are people that i can and will work with, but those who are in for themselves in their power, we can give no quarter to them. >> one quick last question, congressman, what is your

number one priority legislatively when the new congress begins in january? >> well, one of the first bills i introduced is protecting reproductive freedom act. in over 20 states right now, there are attempts to rip away access to medication abortion. abortion medication, pardon me. this is happening across the country, we are already seeing the far right doubling down on this, trying to take away further reproductive rights and abortion rights. so, this is legislation i already introduced in the house and want to continue to push forward to make sure that every american has access to this health care and has reproductive freedom, a fundamental american freedom, that millions have risked their lives to protect, throughout our country's history. we have to continue that fight. >> we'll have to leave it there, congressman pat ryan, thank you for your time. appreciate it. still to come, russia launched

what they called a special military operation in ukraine ten months ago. but it didn't go as planned, how ukraine continues to surprise russia in the world in pushing back against that illegal invasion. that's after a very short break, don't go. don't go. ot boost and febreze.

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everyone should have it and now a lot more people can. so let's go. it was just about ten months the digital age is waiting. ago on february the 24th that russian president, vladimir putin, announced a quote, special military operation to, quote, denazifying and demilitarize ukraine. what was in fact a massive brutal illegal invasion by a nuclear great power against it's much smaller neighbor. it's hard to remember now just how bleak the forecast word for

ukraine back then. just weeks before the invasion, general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told lawmakers on capitol hill, it would take the russians three days to seize the ukrainian capital of kyiv. and that vladimir zelenskyy, the comedian turned president of ukraine, would be swiftly deepest or even killed. you know that turned out? i think we all do. despite the death and destruction, despite the millions of refugees fleeing the war zone, kyiv still stands. and so does the zelenskyy. who was seen giving an interview that aired just the other day to david lederman in a busy metro station in kyiv. this is the biggest story of 2022, the ukraine is not just surviving, but by many accounts, it is winning. last month an analysis by the new york times fat ukraine had recovered 54%, more than half, of the land captured by russia since the war began. both the british and the u.s. military now saying more than 100,000 russian troops have died, been injured or deserted

in the fight, a phenomenal number. and on monday, the british defense minister and stated that russia has lost 4500 tanks and armored vehicles, 63 jets, 70 helicopters, hundred 50 drones, 12 ships and hundreds of artillery pieces. all in less than a year of combat. now, ukrainian forces are even going on the offensive against russian positions in the east, as winter sets in, and while russia increasingly relies on poorly trained conscripts and mercenaries, and burns through its munitions faster than it can replenish them, the ukrainians have proved us all wrong. but to be fair, ukrainian guests on the show told us all year how this will play out. >> so, we're but we're on our territory, we destroyed russian forces here. we've been doing that effectively. >> -- it's only so far you can run before yet to face them, so why not face them at home. and what ukraine's like that. if there is a threat, you only see our back, yoshi our face. >> the mood in ukraine right

now is absolutely fantastic, people not only have hope that we will regain all of our territories, people know it. same way as we know with the day one of the war. we will be fighting and at some point, we will take what is ours, restore our sovereignty and free our people. >> astounding. just an incredible story of defiance against the odds, against an authoritarian imperialistic regime. against war crimes. but hold on, because most of the questions that played to ukraine in the west at the start of this conflict are sadly still unanswered. ukrainians say this only ends with all the russians leaving all of ukraine's territories. but how and when can that actually happened? and is there an off ramp to negotiations anywhere to be found? what should be the level of u.s. commitment to ukraine, especially as an incoming republican house majority threatens to cut current levels of aid to ukraine.

and it's not just in the u.s. where future aid is at stake, how long will international intention remain focused on ukraine before war fatigue sets in. hasn't already said in? and what is when repetitions real endgame now? and every setback, every failure, the russian authoritarian leader has doubled down on his invasion. threatened war with nuclear missiles, and dirty bombs. as winter bogs down both forces, on both sides, and as putin is faced with a stalemate or even a retreat. how willing as he to push that button. this week, zelenskyy, the ukrainian president answered that question with a lighthearted jab and his russian counterpart. [speaking non-english]

>> i mean, it's kind of funny what he says, and it doesn't seem inaccurate. but with the fate of ukraine, russia and arguably the world on the line, it's time to revisit all of these questions and ask at the end of this year, when and how does the killing and? joining me now, -- founding partner in washington correspondent for -- -- and senior research fellow at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. both of them have covered russia and ukraine throughout their long careers, and i've talked about these issues on this show. so welcome back to you both at the end of the year, you both came on this show back in february when the war began, or the eve of war, so julia, our for this to you first and then two and a tall. julia, did you see where we would see in december 2022?

how shocking to find where we are right now, to see the situation in ukraine is in? >> yeah, i did not foresee this. i was really hoping against hope that russia wouldn't do this, that putin would not invade. because, i mean, as we've seen, his decision to invade ukraine was based on completely flawed assumptions, on the assumptions that ukrainians are basically russians, pretending to be ukrainian. that ukraine is a made-up country with a made-up culture, made-up language, made-up identity. and that ukrainians would welcome the russians with open arms, and that the ukrainian government would fold and ukrainian army would fold. obviously, that is not happened. i did not expect that the ukrainian army would still be fighting, that they would be winning, and that we'd still be here today, it's absolutely astounding. and the ukrainian people, i mean, they're the people of the year in my book. >> same question to you, how

surprised are you by the ground situation in ukraine today? >> well, i did not expect, actually, the russians to try to take kyiv. because it was clear, to me, and i thought to russian intelligence, that there would be tremendous ukrainian resistance. so, i thought that putin would stop at trying to take eastern southern ukraine, we have a population of russian speakers who they could have, you know, deluded themselves into thinking that they would support russian invasion. i must say, julia is absolutely right, putin was completely deceived by his own bad intelligence, or by his own wishful thinking, but as you pointed out in the beginning of the program, western intelligence made the same mistake. and also thought that ukraine would crumble. very quickly.

and offered to evacuate zelenskyy, because they thought kyiv would fall very quickly. indeed, the ukrainians have surprised us all. >> julia, volodymyr zelenskyy recently told david lederman that if there were no putin, there would be no war. but let's flip it around, how different with this war have been a volodymyr zelenskyy were not part of it? if he truly instrumental to the ukrainian resistance, cannot resistance survive if something were to happen to him? how crucial is he been to the story of this year? >> i think that's been the other surprise of this war. is the strength and the competence of zelenskyy's leadership. going into this war, he was a deeply unpopular president. his approval ratings were something like 25, 28%. the ukrainian people did not much like or approve the job he was doing. and when the war came and

turned out that the things that made him a good showman, his communication skills, his ability to get people to pay attention to him and convince them of what he was saying, proved instrumental. i do think, though, that given the agree justice of the russian attack, that pretty much any, well, any competent leader who stayed, who rallied his people, especially at this point, would probably do a halfway decent job. because i think so much of it is the ukrainian people are in who are doing this. i think he's done a tremendous job of rallying people and keeping them united. but the fact that he is the one that became such a competent and inspiring leader to ukrainians, given where he was before the war started, is also a big shock. >> you mentioned the failures of russian intelligence and western intelligence, what about the failures of, i don't

want to call it, geopolitical analysis. because some, and i'm including you here infill frida pushback, and me to an extent provenance four as you, but the discussions about the role of nato in provoking this war in terms of nato expansion and russian grievance, that kind of disappeared very early on when russians in the kremlin, putin himself, russians in parliament, russians on state tv to this very day, making it very clear, this is less about nato and much more about russian imperialism, wiping ukraine off the map. they say it all the time. they said it all year long. >> hang on, the two are not mutually exclusive. obviously, russia has wished for a sphere of influence. over ukraine. but if the west had not challenged russian interests so directly i think that there was a chance to avoid this war. and by the way, that's not just my opinion, read the memory of the president head of the cia, william burns, in which he says

several times, that the u.s. push to bring ukraine into nato was an absolute red line for every russian, every russian. he talked to. and that he was warned again and again that there would be a violent russian reaction against this. so, no, you cannot simply ignore the role of western strategy in bringing about this for. though, of course -- naturally that does not excuse putin's invasion at all. >> let me bring julia beckon, julia, is an interesting to you that you covered d.c. politics for -- it's been traditionally the left that's question foreign entanglements, foreign wars, and yet, right now, the house majority coming into power in january, the republican majorities made it very clear, they're not interested in supporting ukraine, they think it's awoke war and they think ridiculous phrase, and they think zelenskyy is some kind of dictator while putin is some

kind of democrat, the marjorie taylor greene's, matt gates's of this world. but there's that law, there's the far-right, and then there's american public opinion as a whole, the war began with the ukrainian flag colors on the kennedy center in d.c., people putting ukrainian flags on their porches. but americans tend to have a very short attention span when it comes to foreign wars. how long, with a republican majority in the house, as time goes by, how long do you think american support for ukraine sustains? >> i think isolationism is a very american feature of both the left in the right. of course, you're seeing it much more on the right right now, with the maga movement. and it's, you know, it's echoed on both sides of the pond what you're seeing on fox news, what you're hearing on fox news, you often hear on kremlin state tv. about how this war is actually not about nato, and not about russian imperialism, but is actually about fighting the idea that instead of mom and

dad, we'll have parent number one and pair number two, in putin's own words. but i actually think that because americans generally support this war, and actually because of their short attention span, that support for ukraine, given the direct military spending, is actually going to be pretty much okay, given the mainstream of both political parties. and given the fact that much of the spending that the u.s. is allocating to ukraine is actually coming back directly to america. these are american made weapons that are made in america factories, with american workers. this is creating jobs back in the u.s., some of them in the reddest states, for example, javelins are made in troy, alabama, which is a county that trump carried by 20 points. in 2020. they're gonna have to double up their factory space and hire more workers. so, i don't know. i think support for ukraine is pretty good for mega. >> it's interesting, because

the polls show that american support ukraine overwhelmingly still, but those polls also show that americans portlandia video magic settlement. which is controversial this year when democratic -- last word to you, you recently coauthored a paper warning that russia's losses in ukraine are a catastrophic success for the west. explain that briefly, but also explain to me how you see any kind of diplomatic negotiations, given as to yourself conceded, putin's behaved outrageously it is diluted himself in many times. >> look, i have always supported aid, military aid and economic aid to ukraine in this war, but that does not exclude in the end the possibility of a negotiated settlement. after, all as president biden has said, and even zelenskyy said earlier, most wars and with negotiated settlement. it just a questionable along what lines. i do thing from this point of view it's worth remembering, the most important issue has

been settled. due to a tremendous courage of the ukrainian armed forces, the solidarity of ukrainian people. with western support. the -- the question at the beginning was indeed, would ukraine survive as truly independent state, or would it once again become a satellite of russia. then the second question, would ukraine lose perhaps a third or half its territory to russia? both of those have been settled. the simply is not going to happen. because of russian defeats. so, what we are now talking about is actually fairly small areas of territory. in eastern in southern ukraine. some of which will previously part of russia in the case of crimea, others of which after russia that to me raise the possibility eventually of an agreement that does not actually betray ukraine. >> that is the. to me with. hard to cut you off.

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rile up a market to attack parliament in the same way republicans like josh hawley did in 2021. that brings us to moment number one. this year, in 2022, we learned about this stunning moment. that was josh hawley running from the insurrectionists that he had saluted only hours earlier. people were laughing in the committee hearing room. there are a few words that come to mind which come to that -- it's hilarious, but it's also cowardly, hypocritical, and ridiculous. those are the words that come to mind when i try to some of the year of the republican party, a party running away from crises they themselves create. up next, around the world, 2022 was a year of battles for

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it was primary day in kansas for the 2022 midterm cycle. front and center was not the candidates for office but abortion. it was the first statewide referendum on abortion rights since the supreme court ended the constitutional right to an abortion into the dobbs case back in june. with momentum seemingly in their favor, abortion rights opponents hoped that kansans would help advance their cause. they hoped kansans would vote to remove abortion protections from their state's constitution. kansas did the opposite. in a trump plus 15 state, in a very red state, they voted resoundingly by 17 points to keep those abortion protections in place. suddenly, republicans across

the nation realized they had made a mistake, something -- the day after the kansas vote. >> the extreme republicans who have been pushing this antiabortion message, who have installed these supreme court justices that are absolutely out of sync with the rest of the country and overturning these constitutional rights which have been settled law for 50 years completely underestimate the fury and the wrath of people across this country, of women across this country. >> the country felt that fury. dogs set off a wave of new voter registrations among women, especially rising by 35% across several states. women made up a whopping 70% of all new voters. women turned out in high numbers on election night. the result, voters in every state that put abortion on the ballot chose to preserve the right to choose from reliably

blue california all the way to bright right kentucky. not only did women send a bad message on abortion rights, they were pivotal to preventing the predicted red wave. to be clear, the fight to preserve abortion rights is not over, nor is the u.s. by any means the only place where we saw women fighting for their freedoms as here. we saw in china in those massive protests against covid lockdowns women were at the forefront holding down sheets of paper, a country showing little tolerance for dissent. as hong kong or journalist lena hong finch told me in light november, for the women on the front lines, this was about more than just covid. >> young women in particular have really been upset for many years, even prior to the pandemic. there is worsening gender inequality, many different kind of gender discrimination intensifying.

>> despite heavy government crackdowns, nevertheless, women persisted, just as they have done in iran. women have been leading uprising in the months after the death of mahsa amini who died after being detained by the so-called morality police for allegedly violating iran's dresscoat. iranian women have taken to the streets chanting women, life, freedom. they have burned hijabs and caught their hair. as iranian american writer hoda cosby told me last fall, these protests were not a matter of religion. >> at the core of this is not just his job, mandatory job, not just dress code, but a larger critique of the state as it exists right now. i think the chant that you mentioned earlier in the program of women, life, freedom, it speaks to the broadness and the intensive-ness of the demand that iranians are making right now with women at the forefront. >> even in the midst of violent crackdowns, thousands of arrests and some executions,

the women of iran showed no signs of slowing down their demonstrations. women everywhere are saying, our bodies are ours, our choices are our's. enough is enough. they have been seeing it for ages. until the structure seems to exist, women will resist. joining me now is christina greer, associate professor of political science at fordham university. thank you both for coming back on the show. christina, let me start with you. without women voters, there would have been a republican red wave this year, whether not half? it's women who helped the dems to five political history. >> there i say, black women. we often talk about a gender gap, but when we look at the data, it's black women who actually skew the data because they are so overwhelming. the second largest democratic -- a distant third is latinos and

asians. at the bottom tier, we have white women and white men. you know, yes, women did save democracy in many ways, but i want to be more specific. black women have been the canaries in the mind and continue to be the canaries in the mind, alerting the country and the world as to the dangers that lie ahead. very good point. unfortunately, coverage of all movement that coverage is not created equally. jessica chastain called out the double standards and how our media talks about various conflicts around the world. she told mary claire, of a lot of press recently, a lot of people talk about ukraine. when i bring up iran, no one wants to talk about that. when asked why she thinks that is, she didn't flinch, she said, i think it's because a woman led revolution, i think because ukraine is mostly white people. how important is it for a person like her to call this out? >> i think it's very important. one of the most important quotes that we've been repeating, especially to our colleagues in the media and

politicians around the world, if you care about human rights violations, only when the enemy is your enemy commits them, then you really don't care about human rights violations. and we keep hearing the stories from ukrainian women who go to poland and basically there tonight abortions, but when we hear a lot of stories from iranian women who are detained in raped in jail. and their story doesn't get the same coverage, and the same outrage by the international media. and above all, from the politicians who, at this moment, are still struggling what kind of reaction they have when -- mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, arrested a human rights activists, women rights activist like many of the people that we know of. and then they torture them, rape them in, jail. and then there are willing to talk about iran, but they will not willing to do more than talking. and when it comes to saudi arabia, they basically shrug it off. >> yes.

it is fascinating, that globally, women are protesting and yet, we're kind of boxing women into different categories. are these women posters against countries and governments we like or don't like? are they protesting for things we like or don't like? christina, as much as abortion galvanized women at the polls here in the u.s., it won't be enough to codify abortion rights at a federal level, especially with the house gone. president biden urged voters to help get two more senators, only to admit after the election, he looks to won't be enough votes to codify next term. what happens now? what happens in terms of the fight for abortion rights? it can be left women alone, can it? >> no. it actually can't. in many, i think women parents wake up and realize the republican strategy of making women carry children to term, they will have some real financial ramifications. not just for women, before meant to. if you are saying that, you know, a child's life begins at inception or conception, you know, does that mean that a

woman can file for child support at that moment? you know, because republicans believe in ripping out the social safety net from underneath society, then what are the financial ramifications of some of their policies. i do think though, mehdi, the interesting historical narratives that republicans have been working very diligently for the past 50 years to overturn, roe v. wade from 1973, and i think democrats have to be just as aggressive and methodical and dedicated as republicans have been. especially in lower level courts, jill biden really does need to put more justices on these lower level courts. >> i apologize for cutting you off, i'm cutting off christine only because we've got less than 60 seconds, honoring -- around has just been ousted from the u.n. commission on the status of women. is that enough? is there other things the international community can be doing? we have very little time left, sorry. >> absolutely not enough. we need to support this revolution.

iranian people are one of the most incredible people, they're asking for democracy. for freedom. for dignity. for basic human rights. we cannot continue to say, yeah, the ukrainians we need to support them ukrainians, and help them. but the iranians and the egyptians and others, no, we need to be consistent, otherwise, the fight actually is not about, you know, democracy really, it's about somehow interests. and this is one of the main reasons why when we talk about women's rights in the united states or the fight for human rights globally, if democrats don't lead that charge, without rely on robbins, we know where we know they do -- and push there's others. >> we can definitely end by saying, we can't rely on the republicans. i apologize for pressing on time, the and segment, the and guest assessment of the end show of the year, i apologize your both great as ever. christina greer, -- thank you both. up next, before we finish, a few people i'd like you to

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