in the code breaker, the best-selling author walter isaacson looks at the work of jennifer, who invented and editing technology. heather mcgee examines the cost of racism for all americans in some of us. when the triumph of nancy reagan, "washington post" columnist looks at the former first lady's political life and other books at the "washington post" notes as notable reports on how psychedelic drugs are being used for medicinal purposes. his book is called this is your mind on plants. and tangled up in blue, georgetown university law professor, former reserve officer rosa brooks offers officer rosa brooks offers suggestions on police reform. the police cannot change the law by themselves or the context and i think often the police get blamed for those that they didn't create in a social contact. it's a way for the rest of us not to look in fear and say if it harms the community we voted for the lawmakers and when you look at the long prison sentences that's prosecutors, judges, lawmakers. there are some things that cops can't change but as a society we need to change the massive over c

that the senate agreed to, relative to the death of the honorable john hardy isaacson, former united states senator for the state of georgia, senate resolution 484. signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table senate concurrent resolution 25 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: senate concurrent resolution 25. concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the capitol for the lying in state of the remains of the honorable harry mason reed jr., -- reid jr., a senator from the state of nevada. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from nevada seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the spea

examines the cost of racism for all americans in her book the some of us into the code breaker walter isaacson looks at jennifer who invented a dna technology and best-selling author malcolm gladwell examines the development of precision bombing during world war ii. his book the bomber mafia and fox news commentator jesse waters provides a critique of left-wing activists and their policies and wrapping up our look at some of the best-selling books of 2021, it's the "washington post" bob woodward and robert costas report on the transition between trump and biden administration's and their book that came out this fall was called peril. all of these authors have appeared on booktv and you can watch the programs any time on the website, booktv.org. thanks for joining us on about books. about books is available as a podcast on c-span now or wherever you get your podcasts. happy holiday season to you. we will be back in january with another episode of about books. >> you are watching booktv, the top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> welcome to our

thursday with many of them in georgia for the funeral of their former colleague, senator johnny isaacsoneek, trump canceled his own january 6 event but released a statement reviving his attack on president biden and the democratic party accusing them of rigging the election. and beyond speeches. prayer vigils and moments of silence. the house committee investigating the attack once the american people to know exactly what happened that day. there are a series of public hearings. >> and the members are hoping to start those in the coming months live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> most americans will be watching that closely. thank you for that live report. jesse. we do have continuing coverage of the one-year anniversary of the january 6th. the attacks coming up at 5.15, kron four's. catherine heenan speaks with representative jared huffman who reflects on what it was like for him being in the capitol that day. coming up at 5.30, what republican lawmakers are saying about the attack one year later. >> new tonight, kids age 12 to 15 in california can soon get a booster dose of pfizer'

while many republicans were in georgia for the funeral of former senator johnny isaacson, florida republican congressman matt gaetz in georgia, republican congresswoman marjorie taylor. greene pushed against the treatment of the former president's supporters january 6 last year wasn't an insurrection. this is a 2 tier justice system that should never exist in our country. even though donald trump canceled his event in mar-a-lago. >> he released a statement attacking the president, democrats and the election reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. we'll take a break here for 22. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. more than 2 years after a father and son died of a fentanyl overdose. >> we'll tell you what san francisco city leaders and advocates say needs to be done. so a tragedy like that never happens again. we'll be right back. we're back at 4.25. in yet another supply chain issue for the automotive industry. this time its tires. >> tire shops all around the country have had trouble getting their hands on premium tires from asia because they say the supply is still stuck on shipping

thursday with many of them in georgia for the funeral of their former colleague, senator johnny isaacson. this week, trump canceled his own january 6 event but released a statement reviving his attack on president biden and the democratic party accusing them of rigging the election. and beyond speeches. prayer vigils and moments of silence. the house committee investigating the attack wants to make sure that the american people >> know everything that happened that day and they're trying to do that. there are a series of public hearings. those should start getting scheduled here in the next coming months live in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> thank you, jesse. so imagine being among the lawmakers getting ready to certify the results of the presidential election. when word comes in that an outside protest had turned into a dangerous mob and they were getting inside the kron four's catherine hannah and her reflected today with 2 bay area. lawmakers who were there hiding terrified as it all unfold. >> in the midst of that day's incredible chaos to california. lawmakers agreed to talk to u

with a minimum wage of less than a $100.00 a month, protest or say the increase is unacceptable. isaacson's president sacked his cabinet and appointed a new acting prime minister. now he's calling for the unrest to stone. resume but go, i told me when he calls to attracts civilian and military offices are completely illegal and it is a crime and that will be punished. pow wow. will not fall. what we need is not conflict, but mutual trust and dialogue. am your conflict the government has, are lpg subsidies are unsustainable in the long term bud? it's plant a phase i'll price caps over 3 years, is being fiercely resisted the central asian country, long known in the region for its political stability, now faces widespread on rest. county a lopez of a young al jazeera last year to le, so visor, political activists thing, kazakstan. she says it's difficult to know exactly what's happening because of the government blocking the internet to pass a day or 2 with being like collecting pieces of information from various people from other activists. because the internet is cut off completely. but we k

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john isaacson, son of the late u.s.elector if the former president won re-election but refused to be included on the new slate. he told the ajc that participating seemed like, quote, political gamesmanship. state representative susan holmes, a moticello republican, declined to comment while c.j. pierson said he couldn't serve. but each avoided potential criminal repercussions. did they have better lawyers? did they know it was false? did they have a line into raffensperger and sterling who said there's no fraud here, there's no need for this? i mean, what prevailed for the folks who would not put their name to a fake slate? >> yeah, i think for john isaacson jr., maybe for representative susan holmes, they were conscientious objectors, it sound like. they knew this was a publicity stunt, that it could be more than a publicity stunt, it could lead to legal ramifications and frankly they saw it as a waste of time, it sounds like. for the others on that potential slate, c.j. pierson's still very involved in republican poli

thursday with many of them in georgia for the funeral of their former colleague, senator johnny isaacson. this week, trump canceled his own january 6 event but released a statement reviving his attack on president biden and the democratic party accusing them of rigging the election. and beyond the speeches, moments of silence and prayer vigils, the house committee investigating the attack wants to show the american people exactly what happened that day a series of public hearings. >> and the members hope to start holding them in the next coming months in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> the events that took place on january 6 started as a rally and then ended as an attack. we have been reflecting on that tragic day here at kron for joining us now with more insight tonight, our political analyst michael yaki. michael, thank you for being with us. i just watched a documentary looking back at that day and it's still chilling to see what happened in the nation's capital. how do you think president biden's remarks will be received today, especially in light of the fact that the nation is stil

today in atlanta, georgia, we had a memorial service for senator johnny isaacson and that's principledlifting, it was bipartisan. people came together and they recognized that's a man that really led with principled leadership. that's what the high calling i think all of us that hold elected office should be driving striving to do, it was a tremendous service for a tremendous man. >> bill, you talk about secretary raffensperger, i know you completed and had a 91-page rebuttal to the cyber ninjas fraud in arizona. you went through it point by point by point, 93 pages, and doing it in the context of a poll that 62% of republicans say there is evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, which is identical -- it's basically identical to the number of republicans who said that one week after the attack on the capitol. so look, secretary raffensperger has written a book. you have put out a 93-page report. do you think anything will break through to people who believe this stuff? >> well, erin, you know, it's not easy. but the reality is we have to present the facts. and we were doing

most republican senators were in georgia today honoring their long-time colleague, the lat johnny isaacson. two moderates did release their own statements alaska's lisa murkowski saying the mob was incited by mr. trump and she'll never forget the violence and desecration of that day. mitt romney said the lessons of january 6th will be ignored at our peril. shep >> kayla, thanks >>> attorney general merrick garland has vowed to arrest and charge anybody responsible for the insurrection at any level even if they didn't physically storm the capitol. so far the justice department has arrested and charged more than 725 defendants. of those arrested more than 225 are charged with assault or resisting arrest more than 75 of them accused of using deadly or dangerous weapons against police officers. not all of the capitol rioters were hardened extremists or right-wing militia members we saw americans from all walks of life, blue collar, white collar, even the famous. there was an olympic champion swimmer who won gold for the united states on the world stage. cleat keller was wearing his jacket from

now my good old friend and colleague johnny isaacson his funeral was today. 30 of the republican senatorspose. 20 are not. and i just think it is noteworthy that there was not a single, republican united states senator in the building. >> i thought as i was watching that speech that there was a chance to do something right afterwards which was the president was impeached a second time the first time in american history. the largest bipartisan vote for conviction but not the threshold. one of the punishments you could have dealt out had he been convicted in the senate was just barred from future office. i wonder if you think about that at all and how devin things might look in america had republicans understood that was their opportunity to sort of cauterize this wound? >> that could have been it. they could have used that opportunity to get rid of trump. they used him as an instrument to get their supreme court justices installed, get their tax cuts done and then they could have thrown him on the ash heap of history having achieved a bunch of right wing goals but basically saying we'll dr

thursday with many of them in georgia for the funeral of their former colleague, senator johnny isaacson this week, trump canceled his own january 6 event but released a statement reviving his attack on president biden and the democratic party accusing them of rigging the election. and instead of only speeches, prayer vigils and moments of silence. the house committee investigating the attack plans to show the american people exactly what happened on that day. there are a series of public hearings in the coming months. >> in washington, i'm jessi tenure. capitol rioters came looking for house speaker nancy pelosi wanting to kill her when they could not find her. they trashed her office instead. and pelosi says there was damage done. >> not only to the capitol building but also to democracy as well. but she says it is important to remember that the attempted insurrection failed. >> we won that night. won that night. these people because of the courageous work of the capitol police and metropolitan police and others of they were deterred and their action to stop the peaceful transfer of po

while many republicans were in georgia for the funeral of former senator johnny isaacson, florida republican congressman matt gaetz in georgia, republican congresswoman marjorie taylor. greene pushed against the treatment of the former president's supporters january 6 last year wasn't an insurrection. this is a 2 tier justice system that should never exist in our country. even though donald trump canceled his event in mar-a-lago. >> he released a statement attacking the president, democrats and the election reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> this morning the search continues for whoever shot and killed in alameda county sheriff's recruit. coming up, i'll tell you what the department is doing to help the public and they're giving >> 6.30, right now and we are checking out the weather heading friday and the weekend. pretty good. are you reading? i'm ready and waiting for the yeah. a lot of plans. james, do i don't know how shiny new deals how china will see. yeah, i got some shows the need to pinch some. that rain has suggested some of the check those out. hold have you been working

mostly of republicans plan to travel to atlanta to attend the funeral of the late senator johnny isaacson, senate minority leader, of course. marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz will weigh in with their own views of january 6th with what they're calling a, quote, republican response. meanwhile demands for accountability with regard to the capitol riot are growing louder, and they're being increasingly directed to the biden justice department. as "the new york times" asks, quote, will the justice department move beyond charging the rioters themselves? today the attorney general, merrick garland, tried to respond to the mounting pressure on his department. during his speech garland gave something of an update on the ongoing criminal investigation into the riot and noted that more than 700 people have been arrested and charged. he then vowed to pursue everyone who might have been involved in the insurrection. >> the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6th perpetrators at any level accountable under law whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally

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senate minority leader mitch mcconnell attending the funeral of the late georgia senator johnny isaacson, other slamming memorial events organized by democrats as a partisan exercise. florida governor ron desantis has accusing the media of biased reporting on the insurrection, calling it their christmas. they are going to take this and milk this for anything they could to try to be able to smear anyone who ever supported donald track. trump scrapping his own news conference planned for today is counter programming. instead releasing this statement slamming biden's january 6 speech. >> saying biden is working hard to try and deflect the incompetent job. he is doing in the statement. trump continues to push false claims the election was stolen. now more than a year after his loss. again, that was kelly meyer reporting for us tonight since an attack, more than 725 people have been arrested for storming the capitol building. >> the charges range from obstruction of an official proceeding to assault the one year later. just 71. rioters have been sentenced. and as of now, only 31 people will s

with a minimum wage of less than a $100.00 a month, protesters say the increase is unacceptable. isaacson's president sacked his cabinet and appointed a new acting prime minister. now he's calling for the unrest to stop resume but go, i told rumor when he calls to attack, civilian and military officers are completely illegal and it is a crime and that will be punished. power will not fall. what we need is not conflicts but mutual trust and dialog on new conflict. the government has argued lpg subsidies are unsustainable in the long term. but it's plant a phase i'll price caps over 3 years, is being fiercely resisted. the central asian country, long known in the region for its political stability, now faces widespread unrest. katya lopez, or the young al jazeera peterson. my of is executive director of erasure. democracy initiative may says of ireland protests of surprise from west kazakstan the city of channels in a new sort of violence because i had never known indisposed so yet independent history. exactly. 11 years ago, over 16 people died in that city in similar products. what is differ

and many republican senators including mitch mcconnell are in georgia for former senator johnny isaacson'seral. the most organized republican event we can find on this anniversary is a press conference from matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene in afternoon which they bill as a republican response to today's events. joining me now is new york republican congressman tom reed. for what it's worse and no offense to congressman reed we asked 60 republican lawmakers could come on to our air and mr. reed was the only one willing to come on. congressman, good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> a year ago -- a year ago and a few days you came on this show and i asked you about january 6 and you said the following, let me play it -- >> i'm going to continue to listen to those 74 million voices that voted for him, but of the 74 million, the small percentage that stormed the capitol and engaged in that insurrection that were trump supporters, i will tell them there's no place in the republican party for you in my opinion. that's not the republican party i believe in. they need to be held to accou

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yes, this out of the isaacson rowe bill is drafted and moving forward in the conversations now. there were some nuances, just so you're aware, about the definition of urban indian, just because that's not necessarily a term and so we've been working with the indian health services, as well as human health services, as well as other tribal organizations to ensure we get the language correct and that we're referring to the right population. but other than that, the regulation is moving forward. it, unfortunately, is not on time. i was told it won't make the january timeline, closer to middle of 2022 calendar year. but it is moving forward. >> great. and, dr. matthews, if you do need any more assistance on that, especially with the definition, we would love to be helpful on that. i worked on the research committee. and i want to make sure this is fully implemented. this is a general question for whoever can answer. earlier this year kelly and i sent a letter to the va in response to findings that the phoenix va had made critical errors in taking care of a patient. we want to make s

>> reporter: well, a lot of senate republicans are at the funeral for johnny isaacson, the republican figure up here. many of them are in georgia for that. house republicans are just wherever they feel like being today. the house isn't voting today. they're not in session. and house republicans, with those -- the exception of the one named cheney didn't come today. they didn't feel compelled to be part of this. again, they said it was a political demonstration. there was essentially a statement from kevin mccarthy that made that argument, that this is just about politics. not even about remembering the people who died here, both rioters and police officers. i mean, five people lost their lives here and that has been almost entirely washed away by the politics of this. >> john heilemann, i remember, and it will be seared in my brain forever, the images of that building behind garrett haake, the evacuations and there were not democrats running with democrats and republicans running with republicans. there were democrats and republicans largely running for their lives, and maybe the repu

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