sandra and carl delay-magnuson. rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, from washington, moderator yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." we have a special new year's edition of the program. we will discuss the biggest stories of the year with top newsroom leaders. these are the folks who decide what you read, watch, and listen to every day. here to talk about trust in the media and lessons learned, are elisabeth bumiller, new york times assistant managing editor and washington bureau chief. every challenge, political director at cnn. julie pace, senior vice president at the associated press. and terence samuel, managing editor for npr. want to start with the january 6 insurrection at the capital and the lies about the 2020 election that continue. you're only days away from the anniversary of the attack, and it was a watershed moment in american history and journalism. reporters covered the s

yuen foundation committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities, sardinha and carl delay-magnuson, rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and sues be rosen palm. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington modetor yamiche alcindor. yamiche: good evening and welcome to "washington week." president biden was busy this week with two major issues, the supreme court and the possible invasion by russia of ukraine. now, on thursday, the first -- for the first issue, justice steven breyer announced the end -- that he would have retired at the end of the supreme court term. with breyer leaving the ideological balance of the court will not change. but this does give president biden a chance to make history and energize the democratic base. as a candidate president biden pledged to nominate a black woman to the bench. the promise came with the strong urging of a key political ally of the president, south carolina democrat jim clyburn. >> one of the real yurnd current throughout the black -- und

additional funding is provided by -- the hgyuen foundation, sandra and carl delay magnuson, robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to washingtonweek. this week we start major developments into the investigation into the january 6 attack. re than one year after the insurrection the justice department has brought the most serious charges to date, seditious conspiracy against the leaders and members of the far right extremist group known as the oath keepers. they are accused of attempting to overthrow the united states government. joining me tonight, and national security and law enforcement reporter at the washington post, jeff bennett, and leeann caldwell. welcome to you all. thanks so much for being here. dublin, i went to start with you. seditious conspiracy is not a charge we hear often but it is the most serious charge related to january 6 so far. what do you know about why the department of justice brought the specific charges against these