and political reporter extraordinaire. thank you. >> this week something beautiful should be called slithery. at the east bay place you can find snakes, lizards and a komodo dragon. there trial land scorpions and transient was. yamiche: president biden gets a supreme court pick. president biden: the person i will nominate will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme cou. yamiche: justice steven breyer announces his retirement. and president biden vows his replacement will make history. >> i'm going to give the president nominee whoever that may be a fair look. yamiche: setting the stage for a senate debate ahead of the midterms. plus -- >> we're acting with equal focus and force to bolster ukraine's defenses and prepare a swift united response to further russian aggression. miche: tensions over russia and ukraine intensify. next. announcer: this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided b-

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let's continue this discussion with the one and only congresswoman from california, activist extraordinaire, i could go on and on, congresswoman maxin, ms. chairperson maxine waters. let me start with as we've been saying the one-year mark for january 6th insurrection is thursday. you always have been a lightning rod for the right and you were in the capitol when it was breached and as we were watching that day a lot of us were worried, where is maxine? we knew you'd be a target. what were your feelings that day and what are your feelings a year on? >> thank you so very, very much. let me say happy new year to you. >> happy new year. >> despite all we have encountered over the last year i'm optimistic. if there is anything that i can do it is encourage the democrats to learn how to fight. and to deal with the issues at hand. you are absolutely right in, you know, talking about what happened that day. i was there. i was in my office. i could not believe what was taking place because just a couple days before that i had an hour long conversation with the police chief of the capitol and i begg

sidney poitier, and as i grew older and became involved in activism, i found he was an activist extraordinairell actor's circles and appreciated all over the world. it was through harry belafonte several times. his commitment as he would talk about human rights and civil rights was as real as his ability on the screen. he crossed this culture over into dealing with a black and having the skills and the perfect weapons that they needed as actors and actresses when it wasn't fashionable. he was the one that broke down the walls of mainstream hollywood when he became the first african american in history to get an academy award, and we as a nation, and certainly those of us in marginalized communities, must wish sidney poitier to rest in power. as i thought about sidney, i thought about how this coming tuesday, my new book is coming out about those that didn't have fame or fortune but that made real change, were pivotal in the movement for civil and human rights in this country. it is called "righteous troublemakers." trouble makers, in the words of john lewis say good trouble, that were righteou

happy to have you i know vanderbilt happy to have you elise gave us a brief bio of who you are extraordinaire author personality voice hip-hop scholar minister ordained minister and all of the above so welcome again, we're gonna get started. you know, i i went through this book and you know, i my routine is that i have a million posted notes and a million question. yep. yep. i am that person who read it all so so get ready doctor does amazing. you have to tell me what's in there. i probably read all of it. i'm just joking y'all. i read the book. i wrote it. i got it. okay, he read the book and i have 13 pages of notes because i'm a great student. so yes, please lord lord. you got it. i hope my students are watching man so they can see how you do it. you know, i hope so. i hope so, so please if you haven't had a chance to get the book we're gonna dive into i don't want to give too much away. one of the things i love about this book dr. dyson entertaining race performing blackness in america. first of all 24 24 books and ham in 28 years. do you ever sleep? haha. yeah the same that i do, you kno

musician, activist extraordinaire, legendary musician from the legendary heath family, james entuve,t national action network with wynton marsalis, and it makes me think i used to talk about the foot soldiers that never got credit, which is why on tuesday when my book comes out, "righteous troublemakers," where i talk about people that made such an impact, gave such sacrifice and never got recognition. you need to read their stories. you need to read those events. you can get it at any bookstore starting tuesday. "righteous troublemakers" by reverend al sharpton or you can order it right now at www.alsharptonbooks.com. we'll be right back. >>> that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here next weekend at 5:00 p.m. eastern. alicia menendez picks up our news coverage now. >>> thank you so much, reverend sharpton. i am very excited to pick up a copy of your book. hello to everyone. i'm alicia

senator braun, who is businessman extraordinaire, said he did creative things to bend his cost curve by providing healthier food options to people. if you could just put in! -- but an exclamation point, this is a fiscally conservative approach, right? we know if we do nothing wrong we are going to be doubling major increases in government spending, but we can invest in programs, we know, drive down government costs. if there is anything we can agree on, we are about to run government in the ground with one out of every three dollars being spent now on health-care costs, as opposed to if we do nothing, as you said, diabetes along costs grew 25%. more money thing the entire department of agriculture. i know senator marshall is in great demand, probably has to go to another hearing and the floor vote, if there is one more thing you can say, you were talking to a fiscal conservative, what would you say, hey, these are some of the best dollar investments you can make in changing this nightmare for a lot of families and individuals? dr. mozaffarian: i consider myself a fiscal conservative

tomorrow here on "gma," the one, the only, the tweet extraordinaire, the wonderful dionne warwick joins news. after four weeks in the top spot, "spider-man: no way home" has finally been dethroned by another man in a mask. that would be ghostface from "scream." the slasher franchise's fifth installment taking home $36 million over the holiday weekend. that number surpassing industry expectations by quite a bit. the reboot which comes over a decade after the last installment is being called the best since the original. this one stars original cast members, courteney cox, neve campbell and david arquette alongside newcomers like dennis quaid and meg ryan's son jack quaid all getting scared out of their wits. fans, even "scream" cast members, calling for another installment. first, if you want to see this one, it's in theaters everywhere right now. >>> also in movie news this morning as we start to gear up for the oscars in march we're getting a clear picture of the contenders. this time thanks to the african american critics association who announced their winners for the 13th annual awar

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an extraordinaire story, as you say like some other cases heard around oxycontin and our pharmaceuticalsociety? >> i think, you know, the justice department deserves a lot of credit in this case. as you say, the model we all know is that drug companies routinely come under federal investigation for their marketing practices and opioids have come under tremendous scrutiny, but you never see a trial. what happens is, years later, the whole thing arrives at a settlement. a dollar figure's they make it go away. the executives walk away. so in this case, they actually put people in handcuffs, and took them to trial. does that change everything? i'm doubtful that it does. this was uniquely reckless, just incredible misconduct at the company. recruiting exotic dancers to doctors, flagrant -- put everything in an email. that sank them a trial. but, you know, will other companies continue to push the bounds of the law to push these products? absolutely. >> yeah. i was just going to ask. how much of this is actually, has been targeted, has this company been targeted? because it is opioids, becaus

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, as a brilliant life long housing rights activist, affordable housing developer, just person extraordinaire. when i hired amy over four years ago and i first called her up on the phone and asked her if she would ever consider working for me as a legislative aide, she immediately responded thank you so much, but no. and it wasn't until i put on the hard sell and really told her how much of a difference she could make at the local level around housing policy and land use, that she accepted and i think that was the best hire -- being able to hire her and work with her the last four years, i will count among one of the best successes of my life. amy, your politics, your unwavering passion or justice, our disgust with greed and b.s., your intense hard work ethics. you are irreplaceable and i'm going to cherish for the rest of my life the four years i had working by your side. i love you. we love you. and i'm so grateful to you for all your extra ordinary work. and congratulations on your much deserved retirement. i held on for dear life and got her to stay close to a year longer than she wanted

, as a brilliant life long housing rights activist, affordable housing developer, just person extraordinaire. when i hired amy over four years ago and i first called her up on the phone and asked her if she would ever consider working for me as a legislative aide, she immediately responded thank you so much, but no. and it wasn't until i put on the hard sell and really told her how much of a difference she could make at the local level around housing policy and land use, that she accepted and i think that was the best hire -- being able to hire her and work with her the last four years, i will count among one of the best successes of my life. amy, your politics, your unwavering passion or justice, our disgust with greed and b.s., your intense hard work ethics. you are irreplaceable and i'm going to cherish for the rest of my life the four years i had working by your side. i love you. we love you. and i'm so grateful to you for all your extra ordinary work. and congratulations on your much deserved retirement. i held on for dear life and got her to stay close to a year longer than she wanted