kyrsten sinema's seat is up in 2024.as always -- already pretty obvious she would get to challenge their from a demrat in the primaries. this might allow her to one -- run for reelection as an independent and not worry about an angry democratic baits that looks towards the votes she has taken over the past years. in a three way race where you don't have support from one party or another, that can be a real challenge her popularity in the state is not all that high now. >> president biden spent a lot of time trying to court her and also senator joe manchin of west virginia over the last few years to get anything through the senate. does that mean just more of the same if he wants to get anything through the senate? >> it was interesting. joe biden and the white house released a statement saying they had worked with kyrsten sinema and she was pivotal in maj legislation they passed over the last two years and they woke -- look forward to working with her in the future and expected nothing to change with a democrat majority

we live under the tyranny of kyrsten sinema. of communication and clarity for what she stands. danielle, democrats like to say they are a big tent party, but are progressives glad that sinema he's out of the party? >> i'm going to speak for myself. i'm glad that sinema is gone. she hasn't done anything worthwhile for the democratic party, to be honest. there is nothing that is going to change. kyrsten sinema has been a thorn in the side of the democratic party for quite some time. she loves headlines. she loves the spotlight. she loves cozying up to mitch mcconnell and other republicans. at the end of the day, you know, what i want people to think about is the fact that as we are at a time when we are fighting for democracy, when our democracy is hanging on by a threat, where we have a very aggressive supreme court, where we have a very politicized and aggressive and violent republican party, that kyrsten sinema has looked at the democrats who are fighting for democracy and said, you know what? i'm really not about that anymore.

number two, i certainly have no bones to pick with kyrsten sinema. i think she has served this country well. and, look, it will be a choice. elections are about choices. the arizona people are going to have a choice now whether a democrat, independent, or republican that represents them in the united states senate along with senator kelly. and they'll make that call based on the same kind of information they will in any state in the union. >> do you think democratic leadership ought to give her some deference the way they give angus king deference? >> i mean, sure. they ought to try to treat everybody equally for sure. i don't know that angus king gets deference. >> well, they don't fund a democratic candidate out there. >> he does a really good job. he >> they don't fund an official democrat in maine. >> yeah, okay. i mean, that may be the case. i'm not aware of that. but the truth is that angus does a great job and deserves to be re-elected in maine. and one of my favorite people in the senate as a matter of fact. i really like this guy. he's done

. >> we would be happy to welcome her into her party. >> everybody is keeping an eye on kyrsten sinemawatch this kyrsten sinema, she's been in a lot of time hanging out in the well of innocent on the republican side c4 the majority post was lost in the late senator jim jeffers or the gop to caucus with the democrats and giving them the majority. >> this is not that they seems to be a cosmetic change c4 arizona democrat now teasing a senate run been accused kyrsten sinema of putting around interest first on capitol hill, "fox news". jon: for more on the fallout from senator kyrsten sinema's move, the spring and editor-in-chief of the washington examiner but an examiner in hugo, one has been critical of becoming an independent, his bernie sanders was to me seems so ironic because he's an independent any caucuses with the press what he calls himself, and independent. >> yes, you are right jon, his irony that he is one of the independence, farewell coming presuming this kyrsten sinema will caucus with the democrats wendy is one of three and the other one is angus king and me but you know,

guest: kyrsten sinema has not always been a democrat. she ran for the local city council in arizona as a ring party member that has a green party member. this is someone who's been running for office for around 20 years and has had three different party affiliations. she is not a lifelong democrat. she looks at which way the wind blows throughout her tenure in office and changes with what she thinks will get her elected which is what most politicians do. host: what do we expect as far as the end of the committee's work? guest: we should get a comprehensive look at president donald trump -- donald trump role in the january 6 attack in the capital and legislative recommendations to protect democracy against further attacks on the capital. i am tracking the efforts in the house and the senate to reform the electoral count act which is the 19th century law that deals with accounting of presidential elector. that's more important than the final report of the january 6 committee. these are dueling bills. i think it has 37 bipartisan sponsors.

he said that kyrsten sinema is an independent, and that's how she has always been.ctive senator and i'm looking forward to a product tively session in the new democratic majority senate. we will maintain our new majority on committees, exercise our subpoena power, an be able to clear nominees and discharge votes. and he was saying this thinking he would still have her vote for all of those important things, but democrats outside the senate, who have been very, you know, somewhat concerned about the fact, about the 10% of time, which is really all it is, that she bucks the democratic party, on some key issues that they really care about, and even in her own party, back in arizona, kind of came out pretty critical of this decision, and they said quote, senator sinema's party registration means nothing if she continues to not listen to her constituents. and so that kind of shows the juxtaposition that you find, the difference between what happens inside of this building versus the political optics that happen outside of it, and the arizona democratic party appears to a

maria: welcome back breaking news this morning senator kyrsten sinema registering as arizona independentking a video announcement saying she declared her independence from the broken partisan system in washington changing her affiliation from democrat to independent. joining the former congressman elect and combat veteran cory mills. congressman elect it's great to see you. thank you for being here this morning. give us your reaction to the kyrsten sinema news. i want to get into the breaking news of the morning but this happening so let's start there. >> i think it's something that we already had seen was coming to formation. we know kyrsten sinema has not necessarily towed the line with all of the social issues and different things the democrat party has been fighting for. i would actually think this would be to move made by joe manchin if anything to separate himself from the abysmal fossil fuel attacks and energy policies from the left and the biden of administration but i think it's a good sign a lot of people are not wanting to follow this perverse in america last ideology. that's

it is still unclear whether kyrsten sinema will get that when she runs. was defeated and then ran as an independent and said, and had to beat a half as a democratic senator on the way to winning that. it is a lot harder to winning that. it is a lot harder to win a three person race, particularly if you are an independent, because you do not have that infrastructure behind you. it is right have you help us make sense of that news, thank you joining us. police in bangladesh say two leaders of the main opposition party have been charged with inciting and planning attacks on the police, including the use of crude bombs. mirza fakhrul islam alamgir and mirza abbas, of the bangladesh nationalist party, appeared in court hours after they were detained. for more on this, i spoke earlier to the bbc�*s akbar hossein, who is in dhaka. the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, they have been demanding a non—party, neutral caretaker government to oversee the next general election, which is due to be held byjanuary 2024, because there was credible ev

there is potential bipartisan immigration a deal being worked out between the centers kyrsten sinemaom tells that proposes to legalize about 2 million dreamers for border security. >> the border patrol has told me, to my face that they will lose control of the border. they are already spread thin. this is a crisis the administration refuses to ask in us when we need to solve her. >> but neil, write another few details about what would actually be included in this bill. there's no administrative texts and people are raising questions about time running out as there is not many days left in this lame duck session to get anything done immigration. some six thank you for that aishah at the white house for it means i must go to congressman in texas he's been urging the president to move fast because time is running out in title 42 less than two weeks we are sunsetting here. what you think happens in congressman? >> i was listening to what they were doing about trying to work out an agreement. i hope they're able to work out an agreement we can work more funding for the border itself. but

that's why you saw statements from joe biden and chuck schumer really hugging kyrsten sinema, pointing out that she's been an important partner on bills like the infrastructure bill, and from schumer saying that sinema would keep her committee assignments which are given to you by the party with which you caucused. now, democrats have some experience with this. they're already two independent senator, bernie sanders and angus king who caucused with the democrats, so whenever we talk about the 51-seat democratic majority, we're really kind of lumping those independents in with them. so if sinema operates like them, no problem. but even if she operates in a way that makes the senate nor like a 50-49-1 division, democrats, thanks to raphael warnock, hanging on to his seat, and john fetterman winning his, still have that one-seat edge. so even with this announcement, likely democrats will have a little bit of an easier time on the committee level, and still probably just as challenging of a time on the floor, wrangling kyrsten sinema's vote. >> it also gives manchin a lot of power again. t

kyrsten sinema declaring her independence. she's done with democrats. this hour, what you haven't heard in her exclusive interview with jake tapper. why she's announcing this now, why she's switching parties a second time and will she support president biden in 2024? >>> will a judge old former president donald trump in contempt of court? the frustration building after more classified documents were found. plus, those who dare, self-proclaimed lava junkies risking the law and their lives to see volcanos up close. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm kasie hunt in today for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and that major shake-up on capitol hill which could have major ramifications in 2024. kyrsten sinema announced she's leaving the democratic party and registering as a political independent. the top senate democrat schumer and the white house are downplaying the news pointing to ways they've worked with sinema before in a bipartisan fashion. and sinema says in an interview with jake, she doesn't see much changing, but her move does cause uncertain

and kyrsten sinema goes, hmm, okay.nderstand what this really would mean? how often did she vote with her party before she announced this today? >> if you take a look at the time that she's been in congress. i also want to include joe manchin because he's the other moderate in the united states senate. she voted with the party a little bit more than joe manchin did. the average democrat voted with the party about 90% of the time. manchin was close to 60%. sinema was closer to 70%. she said people would be surprised by this decision. i'm not exactly surprise. because she was the second most moderate democrat in the united states senate. she was frequently a little bit of a thorn in the side of leadership both in the house. and then when she joined the united states senate. >> right. but they're all trying to -- senator schumer today, oh, nothing to see here, it's all cool, we got our committees. you know, okay. but if her record before was only 70%, what's going to happen now? i mean, i guess the way to look at that -- y

the us political world has been shaken up for a second time this week, after democratic senator kyrsten sinemaews comes just days after the democrats secured a 51 to 49 seat majority in the upper chamber. sinema has ruffled feathers within the party, not always going along with the policies of president biden. here's our washington correspondent anthony zurcher. —— and we do have much more on this on our website. let's get some of the day's other news. gunmen in northern nigeria have abducted the family of a local member of parliament in the state of zamfara. people in the town of jangebe say the kidnappers broke into the home of the politician, aminu yusuf ardo, during the night and seized his wife and four children. the iranian president has said his government will continue its operations against protesters, a day after the first execution over the nationwide anti—government unrest. ebrahim raisi said the identification, trial and punishment of the perpetrators would be pursued with determination. president xijinping said china is looking to cooperate with saudi arabia and other gulf countr

one of your colleagues, arizona senator kyrsten sinema announced she is leaving the democratic party vote in georgia. can i get your reaction to senator sinema's bombshell news this morning? >> i first read her editorial and she explains her views on why she's made this surprising announcement. what i am relying on is her quote is i'll get up and go back to work and nothing much will change. i look forward to continuing to work with her. she has been an incredibly effective legislator who was at the very core of getting two of the bipartisan wins this last year. i'll remind you, president biden was just in arizona celebrating the investment of $40 billion in a new state-of-the-art semiconductor chip plant and senator sinema was critical to the infrastructure bill, one of the biggest and most important legislative successes of the last two years and contributed to the chips and science act which is going to bring advanced manufacturing and in particular semiconductor chips back to the united states and back to arizona. i'm a member of the judiciary committee. we just won a 51st seat wi

kyrsten sinema is leaving the democratic party.he arizona senator said she registered as an independent, an announcement that comes three days after democrats secured the 51-49 senate with raphael warnock's re-election in georgia. before we discuss what it means for president biden, senate democrats we want you to hear from senator kyrsten sinema directly on why she's taking this step and taking it now. this is what she told jake tapper in a television exclusive. >> you're here to make a significant announcement? >> i registered as an arizona independent. i know some people might be surprised by this. but i think it makes a lot of sense. a growing number of arizonans and people like me feel like they don't fit neatly in one party's box or the other. like many across the state in the nation i decided to leave that partisan process and really just focus on the work i think matters to arizona and our country, which is solving problems and get things done. >> so your voting record is pretty capital d democratic. your views are generall

kyrsten sinema has been very independent as a leader in the united states senate and i think that as far as the democratic majority, it's pretty much unchanged. we have two other independent members already who caucus with the democrats and that angus king from maine, susan collins' counterpart as well as bernie sanders from vermont. so, i think day-to-day things will be unchanged, but i really think that the independent label is very much reflective of who kyrsten sinema is in the senate. >> and senator collins, you mentioned another bipartisan piece of legislation in your last answer the electoral count act. we are still waiting to hear what happens with that, if it's going to be attached to some sort of end of year must-have legislation like government funding. time is running out. how confident are you that that legislation and to remind our audience, would work to ensure that another january 6th does not happen again, to clarify the role of the vice-president, et cetera on that day. how confident are you to -- that this will be passed before the end of this year? and we also kno

kennedy, and i believe kyrsten sinema voted for every single one of them.ing to leave the democratic party, but we should look at the remarkable accomplishments president biden has had over the last two years and senator sinema has played a key part in many of them. the infrastructure bill, she was at the center of negotiating the bipartisan infrastructure bill. the chips and science act, which is going to bring lots of high-skilled manufacturing back to the united states, there was just an announcement of a $40 billion investment to build a new state-of-the-art chips plant in arizona. the prescription drug price cuts, the progress we're going to make in fighting climate change, a gun background check bill and the mental health investment bill, even the respect for marriage act, which president biden has just signed into law. senator sinema may have left the democratic caucus, but we are still going to be a 51-49 majority and she's still going to be serving on our committees and will continue to support some of the most important parts of the biden agenda.

be surprising, may have felt like an earthquake in washington, but for those who have observed kyrsten sinemat few years, this was not entirely surprising. i was reminded how much anger there is directed at senator sinema by democrats. i spoke to several arizona voters today who reminded me of a couple really last year when senator sinema was being ambushed at her office at the -- at her office, at the airport, on flights, even in bathrooms because of her position on deciding she wanted the filibuster to remain intact. what that meant is the biden administration and many progressive democrats would not be able to pass the type of legislation they thought they would be. another democrat said she has been a fake democrat. there has been a lot of anger directed at her from base democrats here in arizona. the arizona democratic party censured h. today, the party issued a scathing statement saying that "she has shown she answers to corporations and billionaires." the way a lot of people here are seeing this move, one political watcher probably put it best. he said, senator sinema's move today was

caller: i think kyrsten sinema made a wise decision.s we have this president burden , just acting as a king, doing these executive orders every day , over 100 the first day in office, just has been a terrible two years. for her to make this wise decision to reject the national democratic-socialist workers party and move toward an independent affiliation, i think that is fantastic. polls do not mean a lot as you know. i think she is very popular with millions of americans and probably in her home state as well. host: we are waiting to hear from those voters. james in mississippi, independent. good morning. caller: how are you doing? host: go ahead, james. caller: yes, i just want to say, miss cinema is not a hello? host: we are listening, james. you have got to meet your television. caller: ok, it is muted. i would say that cinema has always been a republican in hearts. now she not only turned from being a republican, she has turned into being herself. she is for herself because if she wanted to, she could have helped the republican, par

arizona senator kyrsten sinema switched her official registration from democrat to independent. but she will not caucus with republicans, so democratwill keep their narrow majority. in mesa, arizona, today, sinema said rising partisan divisions drove her decision. >> arizonans know that i don't spend much time talking about the politics or the electoral stuff. i really just stay focused on the work ahead of us. so today's announcement was a reflection of my values, and i think the values of most arizonans who are tired of a political system that pulls people to the edges and doesn't reflect who are as a people. judy: we'll return to this, after the news summary. u.s. health experts urged older americans today to get covid-19 boosters before the holidays. they said only about a third of those 65 and older have received updated boosters. meanwhile, the cdc approved the new shots for children as young as six months today. we'll focus on all of this and more with dr. anthony fauci later in the program. social media users in china are reporting rising covid cases, now that pandemic re

. >> arizona senator kyrsten sinema. who wielded modest power telling cnn's jake tapper she has left the democratic party, and is now an independent. >> i just, not worried about folks who may not like this approach. but i am worried about is continuing to do what is right for my state. >> reporter: following her announcement,for talked with a food bank on friday, saying she's not focused on reelection, but on her constituents , her term is up in 2024. >> today about this announcement is a reflection of my values, and i think the values of most arizonans, who are tired of a political system that pulls people to the edges, and really doesn't reflect who we are as a people. >> reporter: kyrsten sinema gave senate majority leader, chuck schumer advance warning on friday, schumer said, in a statement, she will keep her committee assignments adding, quote, i believe she is a good and effective senator, and i am looking forward to a productive session in the new democratic majority senate. we will maintain our new majority on

kyrsten sinema's move comes just days after raphael warnock�*s re—election in georgia gave the democratsg, our north america correspondent anthony zurcherjoins us now from washington. was this a horrible shock to democrats, senator sinema saying she is going to be an independent? i think it did come to a surprise to democrats. they knew as you mentioned that pearson cinema had an independent streak, and if you look backin independent streak, and if you look back in her history, she started supporting ralph nader's independent presidential bid in 2000, she was a member of the green party for several years and she was sort of an independent when she made it to the senate, but they were not inspecting this, although i do not think it is going to change the dynamic because kyrsten sinema is going to continue to work with the democrats, she is going to hold her set of committee seats with the democrats. that will give the democrats still that operating majority in the us senate committee committee power that goes along with it and the other prerogatives they go along with it. anthony, does it

the growing challenge to kyrsten sinema's reelection bid. and free speech for me but not for the, elon musk misunderstands the first amendment and it's hurting all of us. i'm michael steele, in for ayman mohyeldin. let's get started. this hour, we are continuing our focus on january 6th final report. nbc news reports that the panel has yet to make a decision for criminal referrals for donald trump. but it's actively considering recommending charges for insurrection. for obstructing up an official proceeding and conspiracy. all three recommendations are possible but three different sources involved in the january six committees the liberation's tell nbc news that a final call has not been made yet. more on that in just a moment. i we want to talk about republican house leader kevin mccarthy, yes, we need to talk about kevin. you've heard never trumpers? well what about never? cabins i vowing to stick together against him. threatening his candidacy for house speaker while simultaneously tearing the gop apart. republicans men -- met rosendale,

kyrsten sinema is no longer a democrat announcing her exit from the party. and democrats earning a 51st seat from raphael warnock's re-election in a georgia runoff. and sinema told jake topper why. >> i know some people might be surprised by this, but i think that it makes a lot of sense. a growing number of arizona i don't knows and people like me don't feel like we fit neatly into one party's box or the other. so like many, i decided to leave that partisan process. i intend to maintain my position on my committees and keep doing the work that i've been doing for arizona. so i don't think that things will change in terms of how i operator the work that i do in the united states senate. >> let's get to jessica dean on capitol hill. so what is the reaction in congress to this news? >> reporter: this has been big news in a week we've had a lot of big news especially for senate democrats here on capitol hill. we heard from chuck schumer, he was told that he was told in advance about this decision and he called her a good and effective senator and said that she w

kyrsten sinema did this for one reason. that's kyrsten sinema. united states that ruben gallego was going to challenge her. she was going to have a great deal of difficulty winning. what do you do to avoid a democratic primary challenge? you turn independent so maybe you can make it straight to the general. the problem is that now that gives somebody like kari lake an opportunity, a chance to swing through and maybe make it to the united states senate in the 2024 elections. we shall see how that shakes out. but kyrsten sinema, i want to be clear, did this for one reason only, for kyrsten sinema. >> got it. kristin, we were talking about this, the speakership bid by kevin mccarthy, and if you look at the big picture for the republicans, it seems like things are in disarray at least intraparty-wise, especially coming off the heels of walker's loss to warnock. now you have this battle of hard line conservatives and those pro-kevin mccarthy. can you talk big picture in terms of the finger-pointing and where republicans see the direction of the party

is she also could not become a republican because obviously, -- a republican is glad to have kyrsten sinemaproblems. it makes them happy. but which senator lake and sinema, republican voter is going to take the actual republican. what she is doing is during democrats to run a democrat in the general election saying i could be a spoiler in this three-way race so don't you dare throw a c2 or republican. but i think she under his to face the hostility toward her. i think democrats -- underestimates the hostility toward her. democrats will challenge her no matter what. amy: alejandra gomez, you are in arizona right now. you say senator sinema has betrayed voters will in what way? what are your demands as lucha arizona to the sitting senator? has she ever met with your group? >> thank you so much for having me. since her election, she has not met with voters. she has not hosted one town hall most she is not had open meetings with her constituents. and time and time again, what we have seen -- it is interesting she sa she wants tget things done. we have not seen her do or even lead with issues th

in washington, senator kyrsten sinema's abrupt decision to leave the democratic party caught capitol hill offguard. while it won't rob democrats of their majority, it will complicate their agenda and add new uncertainty. we'll discuss all of that in a moment. >>> but first, that surprise diplomatic breakthrough between the u.s. and russia, the prisoner swap freeing basketball star brittney griner, who's now receiving medical care at an army facility in texas. while her freedom has been celebrated across the country, president biden is facing fierce blowback over the deal. former marine paul whelan still in a russian prison. while a notorious russian arms dealer jailed for conspiring to kill americans is now free. for wnba star brittney griner, her ten months of detention finally over. while the release itself was widely welcomed, that dramatic prisoner exchange, griner's swapped for one of the world's most notorious arms traffickers, viktor bout, became a wave of bipartisan criticism. >> the more we engage in exchanges, the more americans are at risk of being scooped up and held as l

kyrsten sinema has been independent as a leader in the u.s. senate. i think as far as the democratic majority, pretty much unchanged. we have two other independent members who caucus with the democrats. susan collins counterparty as well as bernie sanders from vermont. day to day inks will be unchanged that i think the independence -- independence label is reflective of who kyrsten sinema is in the senate. >> senator collins you mentioned another bipartisan piece of legislation and at your last answer, the electoral count act. we are still waiting to hear what happens with that, time is running out. how confident are you that that legislation and to remind our audience, would work to ensure that another january 6 does not happen again, to clarify the role of the vice president etc. on that day. how confident are you that this will be passed before the end of this year? we also note the house does not love the senate version of the bill. >> it is imperative that this bill become law for the end of the year. they -- there are very few bills of this natu

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kyrsten sinema has gone independent. we will talk about that next. bloomberg. ♪ sonali: big surprise from capitol hill today, kyrsten sinema is changing her affiliation from democrat to independent which will make the narrow majority more complicated. here to talk about that is bloomberg's washington correspondent annmarie hordern. >> she will still be caucusing with the democrats. how she contacts her self the senate floor, the democrats have individuals like senator king and senator sanders. our numbers show that she has voted with the democrats 97% of the time. she has made headways with the closing of the loophole. it doesn't affect how she will conduct herself. the white house is saying that we understand her decision to represent as an independent doesn't affect our control of the senate. they have 51 seats now. they are in a good place right now. they have a cushion. guy: was she waiting for georgia before making this decision? if it had gone the other way would she have made this decision? >> she was probably thinking about this given the fac

>> guest: one thing i want to bring up his kyrsten sinema has not always been a democrat. she ran for local city council in arizona as a green party member in the early 2000s she switched to the democratic party when she was involved in the arizona state legislature. that elected and u.s. house as a democrat, elected to the senate as a democrat and is that an independent. this is someone running for office friend 20 years and has it three different party affiliations. she's not a democrat for her whole life. you have seen sinema look at what the political winds are throughout her tenure in office and change with what she thinks might get her elected. >> host: we are about to do the january 6th committee of wrap updo work and issue its fil report. overall what are we expecting as far as the end of the committee's work? >> guest: we'll get a comprehensive look at former president donald trump's role in agenda at sixth attack on the capitol. we will see some legislative recommendations to protect democracy against a further attack on the capitol. in my opinion i am tracking t

. >> john: all new at 2:00, senator kyrsten sinema shaking up washington with the bombshell announcement she is leaving the democratic party just days after they secured a 51-49 majority. >> today's announcement is a reflection of my values and i think the values of most arizonans. my stand today is about joining the many americans and lots of arizonans, the majority of registered voters who don't believe any political party fits them. >> john: sounds a lot like the last democratic senator to jump into the independent vote, senator joe lieberman of connecticut. >> sandra: back in 2006, and the long time democratic senator made big headlines and some political enemies for that matter as running as an independent. he joins us at 2:00 to talk about sinema's path ahead and what it tells him about the tight balance of power facing chuck schumer and the president, joe biden. >> john: john roberts in washington. good to be with you. >> sandra: feels like friday, noting monday is a couple days away. thanks for that. i'm sandra smith in new york. chatter already in full gear that joe manchin coul

open question whether kyrsten sinema could be the party's nominee, democrat or independent in 2024.r political stature in the senate if only for a short period of time. >> everyone in congress should be an independent with their own agendas, walking around, wearing their own little capitals, clawing each other's eyes out to appear with chuck todd every sunday. >> this great country was built on individuals acting 100% independently. we remember in 1944 a bunch of 18-year-olds decided to storm the beaches of normandy. >> 1969, buzz aldrin and neil armstrong went to the moon at the same time. >> i would like to announce i am now a completely independent news man. this is a rooting, tooting studio you have here. >> shut the [ bleep ] up. what does that mean, independent news man? >> well, partner, it means no one tells me to what to report. i just report what's in my heart. isn't that right, rusty? >> no one is independent. everyone gets money from someone, even you. don't you live with your mother? >> well, every cowboy needs a place to rest his head and it's my grandmother. >> i'm al

debra alfarone has reaction from capitol hill. >> reporter: arizona's kyrsten sinema helped box food at a charity event in mesa, arizona, friday. it was her first public appearance since announcing she is leaving the democratic party to become an independent. >> today's announcement is a religion of my values. i think the value of most arizona residents who are tired of a political system that holds people to the edges it doesn't reflect who we are as a people. the first time cinnamon says she will be keeping her committee assignments. >> i look forward to working across the aisle with anyone to get step in for arizona. >> reporter: the move comes just days after democratic senator raphael warnock won georgia runoff election, adding to the democrat's narrow majority in the senate. democrats are downplaying the switch, thank you will have more of an impact on her re-election plans than it will in the senate. >> i don't believe this is going to shake things up quite like everyone thinks. >> reporter: kyrsten sinema and joe manchin are both considered moderates . they have often been at

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plus arizona senator kyrsten sinema is now finished with the democratic party.s putting a damper on the party after uptick in the dem's senate majority. >> what i think is important about this decision and move is i'll be able to show up to work every day as an independent and not be stuck into one party's demands of following without thinking. an unthinkable genocide took the lives of six million jews. and thousands of jewish survivors are still suffering in poverty today. god calls on people who believe in him to act on his word. "comfort ye, comfort my people." especially during this holiday season of hanukkah. when i come here and i sit with lilia i realize what she needs right now is food. these elderly jews are weak and they're sick. they're living on $2 a day this now, is how god's children are living. take this time to send a survival food box to these forgotten jews. the international fellowship of christians and jews urgently need your gift of $25 now to help provide one survival food box with all of the essentials they critically need for their diet f

kyrsten sinema, what is happening, and why is it happening now? >> the bombshell story of today, kyrsten sinema saying that she is going to become an independent house re-register to voters as an independent. i think within the parameters of the senate is not going to have much of an impact, she is going to continue to be on our committee, she's going to continue to be a democrat for the purposes of keeping that majority in place. so not really a big deal there. not terribly surprised, so i would love to go to this independent -- with the three of them. now that they would have, them but i would love to see that happen. i think it matters a lot more for 2024. kyrsten sinema is looking at potentially reelection race in arizona -- >> that's my question. do you think the reelection is what is driving? this >> it, does it really does. >> well, donald protection running for president as an independent. she definitely has a difficult part in arizona. they told him for months and months that she's evil. and she has -- >> let's talk about who wants to run

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one former kyrsten sinema supporter told the atlantic, quote, she made an idiot -- and made an idiotf the people i spoke to. but i, for one, have not been that surprised by the senators move, quite frankly. and you have some local our zona reporters, including ron wright's nick of 12 news, the nbc news affiliate in mesa, arizona, where he had this to say, to chuck todd last week on meet the press now. >> this was an inevitable move. she has been going in this direction for at least the last decade, i believe, since she won her seat in congress in 2012. >> let's bring back our panel. so, representative kenyatta, i just read a former sinema supporter saying that the senator made an idiot out of her. as a politician, how do you read that? how do you see and hear when a person says that, a supporter says that? >> let me say this. as a politician, i see this as what it is. it's about politics and it's not about some particular principle that the senator is holding. listen, at the end of the day, the senator can be a member of whatever party she wants to be a member. of the question is, wh

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senate shake-up-- arizona senator kyrsten sinema quits the democratic party and changes to an independentobert costa's new reporting on the reasons behind the lawmaker's big move and what it means for the democrats' new majority. kids in handcuffs. children as young as five years old in handcuffs. a cbs news investigation uncovers the disturbing cases in schools acrossthe country. our exclusive with treasury secretary janet yellen. her warning about the popular app tiktok and how their data on american teens could end up in the hands of the chinese government. and "on the road." cbs' steve hartman on the triumphant return of the dancing grannies. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. tonight, as we come on the air, we're monitoring a major coast- to-coast weather system set to bring snow over the weekend. and in just a moment, our cbs news investigation looking into why a growing number of kids in school, some as young as five, are b

. >> kyrsten sinema announces she has left the democratic party and registered as an independent. top republicans criticize former president donald trump for calling for the termination of the constitution. >> she is safe. she is on a plane. she is on her way home. >> brittney griner is released from russian detention. >> this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided by -- >> consumer cellular helps people communicate and connect. to learn more, visit our website. >> additional funding is provided bythe yuen foundation. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. yamiche: good evening and welcome to washington. raphael warnock the herschel walker -- beat herschel walker in the georgia runoff election. >> my mother grew up in the 1950's. taking someone else's cotton and someone else's tobacco. but tonight she helped pick her youngest son to be a united states senator. yamiche: his victory was also supposed to mean senate democrats would have a 51-49 majority. but today, se