congressional correspondent lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjardins: today, a speech, a location and an anniversary which were all unprecedented. >> one year ago today in this sacred place, democracy was attacked. >> desjardins: in one of the oldest parts of the capitol, president biden took on the january sixth attack with his most direct confrontation yet of his predecessor. >> we must be absolutely clear about what is true and what is a lie. and here's the truth: the former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. he's done so because he values power over principle. he can't accept he lost. >> desjardins: the words echoed inside statuary hall, a place filled with pro-trump rioters onyear ago, a mob that wanted to stop the electoral count and the biden win. he recounted the scene that day in historic terms. >> rioters rampaging, waving for the first time inside this capitol confederate flags that symbolize the cause to destroy america, to rip us apart. even during the civil war, that never ever happened. >> desjardi

lisa desjardins is here with the latest on where legislation stands, and what comes next. know the democrats are pushing two pieces of legislation as president biden and the vice president harris get ready to go to atlanta to talk about it. but walk us through what is in those two pieces of legislation. >> judy, many of our viewers know the constitution states clearly that states run elections but congress has the power to pass rules governing the elections of members of congress, so they are dealing with that, the first is a broader one, this is called the freedom to vote act. in the freedom to vote act, that national rule for how our elections should work, federal elections, it would ban gerrymandering for congressional seats. states would have to offer vote-by-mail or two weeks of early voting. states would be able to require photo i.d. to vote but they would have to accept many forms including potentially utility bills. this would also include an extension of registration, auction registration in every state at dmv's, for example. there is a lot more in this bill but es

lisa desjardins, who was inside the capitol.side the building as the crowd gathered. and yamiche alcindor, who was at the white house. the four of us spoke last year in the days following the insurrection for our podcast "america, interrupted," and when we sat down again earlier this week, we talked about how the country hachanged in the year since. lisa, let me start with you. you were inside the capitol, i remember it vividly, as the rioters broke through the glass in those doors. you were eyewitness to the worst attack on the u.s. capitol in 200 years. from a-- from a political standpoint, sa, it looks like a much more partisan even place what does it feel like from the inside? >> desjardins: i didn't think that the capitol could get more partisan than after the 2020 election ended, in 2020, but it has, and-- and i also have to say, a year ago, we all felt these palpable, very raw emotions from lawmakers right after january 6. and i knew they would continue. i thought they would continue february, march, april. democrats just

the talks will continue. >> woodruff: lisa desjardins reporting on it all, thank you, lisa. >> reportere welcome. >> woodruff: secretary of state antony blinken was in ukraine today to meet with their president and high command, as more than 100,000 russian troops remain deployed on ukraine's borders. in a moment, i'll speak with two u.s. senators who are just back from ukraine, to get their views, but first, nick schifrin brings us up to speed. >> hello, nice to meet you. >> so good to see you. >> schifrin: in kyiv today, ukraine's president volodymr zelensky and secretary of state anthony blinken met while staring down the barrel of a gun. >> today, there are some 100,000 russian soldiers near ukraine's borders, and in that sense the threat to ukraine is unprecedented. ( explosions ) >> schifrin: those soldiers are signaling escalation. this week, the russian defense ministry released video of troops near ukraine's border practicing the urban warfare they would launch if they invaded. ♪ ♪ ♪ and now, russian tanks and russian troops are arriving in belarus to pomp and circumstance. bel

with an update, our own congressional correspondent, lisa desjardins. lisa, democrats met today.a: big news and a big moment for senate democrats. ca out minutes ago, speakingk to reporters and unveiling what he intends to do now that it is clear he doesn't have the votes to pass voting rights. he will try and change senate rules for this bill, and i will tell you how. he wants to float the idea of the talking filibuster, something you and i have been talking about on this show. let me explain his proposal exactly, and again, it would only pertain to the voting rights bill. essentially the idea is that it would require senators to stand and weak they filibuster. it would still require 60 senators to end that filibuster, force an and to debate, but essentially all the opposing senators would use up their time, get worn out, and ultimately, they would stop speaking on their own. then at that point, the bill would have just a 51-majority vote threshold. this is an idea that we know senator manchin, democrat from west virginia, has said he is interested in. however, about an hour or

here to explain how it could play out is congressional correspondent lisa desjardins. hello, lisa. we know this is happening, as we know, at a time when there is a 50/50 divided senate. wh is the -- what does the process look like that we should expect to see? >> lisa: a slow week on capitol hill sure got busy fast for many capitol hill staffers. the 50/50 senate will mean a slightly different process for president biden, than was the process for president trump. let me take you through this. that first step in the process, of course, is the judiciary committee. in the 50/50 senate, it is 11 democrats and 1 1 11 republicans. if there is a tie, democrats can get around that by using a discharge process. they used it repeatedly with judicial nominees. it would go to the full senate, where a supreme court nominee currently requires a majority vote. there is not the 60-vote threshold involved any longer for supreme court nominees. now, the question is: how much will republicans fight this nominee? and, of course, who the nominee is will make a very big difference. this is one reason th

here to explain how it could all play out is congressional correspondent lisa desjardins. , hello, lisa. we know this is happening, as we know, at a time when there is a 50/50 divided senate. what is the processwhat does t process look like that we should expect to see? lisa: well, i'll tell you, a slow week on capitol hill sure got busy fast for many capitol hill staffers. i want to tell people that the 50/50 senate will mean a slightly different process for president biden, maybe a more difficult process for him, than was the process for president trump. let me take folks through this. that first step in the process, of course, is the judiciary committee. and in the 50/50 senate, it is 11 democrats and 11 republicans. a tie vote in that committee for a nominee fails the nominee. now, if there is a tie, however, democrats can get around that by using a discharge process. at's something they have used repeatedly with judicial nominees. then the nominee would go to the full senate, where a supreme court nominee currently requires only a majority vote. there is not the 60-vot

here with her own update, our congressional correspondent, lisa desjardins. so, lisa, the democrats were meeting late today. what is the plan? >> reporter: some big news tonight in a very big moment for mocrats. senate leader chuck schumer came out just minutes ago speaking to reporters and unveiling exactly what he intends to do now that it's clear he doesn't have the votes to pass the voting rights. he is going to try and change senate rules for ths bill, and i'm going to tell you how. he wants to float the idea of the talking filibuster. that is something that you and i have been talking about on this show. let me explain what senator schumer's proposal is exactly only pertaining to the voting rights bill. essentially with regard to the talking filibuster, it would talk senators to stand and speak while they filibuster, continue to hold the floor. it would still require 60 senators to end that filibuster, force an end to debate, but here's the idea that, eventually, all of the opposing senators would use up their time, would get worn out and, ultimately, th

we will watch, lisa desjardins on top of it. > woodruff: british prime minister boris johnson is fighting for his political life. he was forced to apologize to paiament today, after it was revealed he attended a cocktail party in the garden of his official residence at the height of the covid crisis in mid-2020, when strict nationwide restrictions were in force. from the united kingdom, special correspondent malcolm brabant reports. >> reporter: never before in the 2.5 years of his turbulent premiership has boris johnson faced such heat over his integrity. he headed to parliament to explain why a cocktail party was held in the garden of 10 downing street in may 2020, when britons faced heavy fines for breaching lockdown rules. >> mr. speaker, i want to apologize. i know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months. i know the anguish that they have been through, unae to mourn their relatives, and i know the rage they feel with me, and with the government i lead, when they

lisa: i'm lisa desjardins. let's break down a bit more of today's developments, and how this fits into the larger economic picture going forward. greg ip is the chief economics commentator for "the wall street journal." how much do we think the fed will raise interest rates, and how quickly? greg: they have signaled the process will get started in the month of march with a quarter went increase. last time he gave a speech, they thought they would raise rates three times, three quarter increases this year. at the body language from powell today says that they will do quite a few more great increases this year. the reasons why our simple. in the last two months, all the data they have looked at has made the case for high interest rates even stronger. inflation has gotten worse since the bad 7% number, and the job market is extremely strong, with far more job openings than there are unemployed people. the two things the fed cares about much, a strong job market and keeping inflation down, both fronts tell them tha

but, as lisa desjardins reports, the fed chairman said that the state of the economy required changingardins: from the fed chair today, a clear message: the central bank hopes to clamp down on inflation with an interest rate hike in a matter of weeks. >> the committee is of a mind to raise the rate at the march meeting. >> desjardins: fed chief jerome powell is signaling what would be the first fed interest rate increase in three years, and the potential for more in future months. this, as rising inflation weaves into daily american life, with costs up in gas stations and grocery stores. in december, prices were up 7% over the previous year. but the fed must also balance the continued spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and its eect on the economy. on that, powell indicated reason for optimism. >> fortunately, health experts are finding that the omicron variant has not been as virulent as previous strains of the virus. it's expected cases will drop off rapidly. if the wave passes quickly, the economic effects should as well, >> desjardins: powell noted that unemployment i

and lisa desjardins; she was on the hill today. hello to both of you. geoff, let me start with you. as we said, the president did meet with democrats today, hoping to make some progress on the filibuster. tell us what happened. >> he had those meetings but he wasn't able to persuade members of his own party to support him in this effort. i think it was a political reality best underscored by the fact that senator sinema delivered that senate floor speech, even before president biden arrived on the hill for that closed door lunch meeting with senate democrats, she making clear her opposition to having a carve-out that would allow the two bills, those voting right bills, to move forward in the senate. now, white house press secretary jen psaki told us today in that meeting, the president warned the setors of what he sees as a systematic effort to dismantle the democracy. and he told them right now they have an historic chance to change that. but he came out of that meeting and spoke to reporters and he talked about thisoting rights push, judy, in the past

judy: all right, geoff bennett, lisa desjardins following it all. we thank you both. well, now, for more on the democrats' push for voting rights, i'm joined by a lawmaker who is close to the issue. he's democratic senator raphael warnock of georgia. senator, welcome back to the "newshou" thank you so much for joining us. and yet, for you, for the democrats, this has not been a good day. we have been listening to the reporting. the republicans continue to be opposed. you don't have the votes, even among mocrats, to get the rule change you need. is it going to be worth going through the vote on this, given that? sen. warnock: thank you so very much. it's wonderful to be here. the answer is yes. we have to keep moving forward on this issue. voting rights are preservative of all other rights. we are at a moral moment. and everybody has to be heard on this issue. i come from the state of georgia, which is ground zero these days for voter suppression. we saw a historic turnout last election. and it is as if the state legislature is trying to punish voters in georgia for sh

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lisa desjardins begins there. lisa: one year later, some officers, like u.s.y dunn, are still recovering from the emotional scars sustained that day. others, like capitol police sergeant aquilino gonell, are still recovering from the physical toll. gonell recently tweeted out graphic photos, showing the gashes, bruises from crushing, and other injuries to his shoulder, his hands, and to his foot. dunn and gonell cowrote an op-ed today for the washington post, demanding accountability for the capitol riot. officer harry dunn and sergeant aquilino gonell join me now. thank you both so much for protecting the capitol, personality, and thank you for joining us now. i want to start the fact op-ed. he had strong words. one sentence, you wrote, it will not enough to identify and punish those who physically attack the capitol and tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. strong words. sergeant, what do you mean and what do you want to happen in terms of the accountability? >> it is a lot of people who were involved with what transpired on january 6 including so

lisa desjardins is here with the latest on where legislation stands, and what comes next. hello. are pushing two the legislation as president biden and vice president harris get ready to go to atlanta. but walk us through what is in those two pieces of legislation. lisa: judy, many of our viewers know the constitution states that states run elections, but congress has the power to pass rules governing the elections of numbers of congress. these are two bills dealing with that p the first is the broader one. this what is called the freedom to vote acts. this one -- would set national rules for how our elections should work. the federal elections. th would ban gerrymandering for congressional seats and states would have to offer a vote by mail or two weeks of early voting. states would be able to require for -- photo id to vote. but they would have to accept utility bills. this would also include an expansion of registration automatic registration at dmv for example. there is a lot more in the bill but think of it is something that had national standards for these kind of big ticke

to help us get a sense of where things stand, i'm joined by our congressional correspondent, lisa desjardinst the capital. they succumb a remind us what democrats are trying to do here and what political waves this has been causing. lisa: the ultimate goal for democrats is to pass voting rights legislation, a national standard for how we vote across this country. we know they do not have the votes. so what they are also trying to do is change senate rules to allow voting rights to come through via the talking filibuster. this is a reminder of what they want to put on the table. we expect this today or tomorrow. the idea from democrats is to force senatorsho want to block the voting rights bill to stand and talk their way through it through the talking filibuster. it would mean the debate could be very long, but it could also mean that a final majority te would happen once every senator who opposes the bill finished speaking. to pass the rules change, they need all 50 democrats oboard and we now that at least senator manchin and kyrsten sinema of arizona also oppose changing the rules biparti

lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjards: i am joined by troy nehls, a republican congressmantexas; also a former sheriff and combat veteran. thank you for your service and thank you for talking to us today. i know on january 6th, you were there with a chair leg in your arms at the door to the house chamber to keep rioters out. i wonder how you reflect. what do you think happened on january 6th? how do you see it? >> well, actually, thank you, lisa, for having me. it actually was a hand sanitizer. it was a wooden hand sanitizer. i was at the back doors, the center doors leading into, obviously, the house chamber. those doors would be the same doors a president would walk through when he would deliver a state of the union. and i was positioned back at those doors, and, obviously, you know, once we were going through the objectors in the arizona and the state of arizona was there and all of a sudden several personnel in plain clothes rushed nancy off the dias and back into her speaker's lobby. the doors started shaking violently. the doors were locked but people were banging on

lisa desjardins picks it up from there. >> desjardins: judy, it's called the filibuster, the right ofors to derail votes, in theory, with infinite debate. and it's why there is a 60-vote threshold for most senate bills. long speeches have always been part of the senate, but requiring a super majority vote to end them, that came in 1917, and it has defined the modern senate. it has changed some, with a lower threshold and 160 workarounds in its first 100 years. today, all 50 senate democrats agree on voting rights reforms, but they do not agree on whether to change the senate's rules to pass them. for more on the debate over the filibuster, we turn to adam jentson, the executive director of battle born collective, a progressive communications firm, and former adviser to democratic senate majority leader harry reid; and brian darling, senior advisor to navigators global, a conservative communications firm, and former adviser to republican senator rand paul. gentlemen, thank you. let me just jump right into this fornt debate, 5d and-- adam, why should the filibuster change. >> the filibu

lisa desjardins has the story. >> desjardins: kelly comebest is the nurse manager in the emergency roomt the singing river health system in pascagoula, mississippi, there on our gulf coast. kelly, take us right into the e.r. what does it look and feel like right now? >> well, today is a great example, we are congested and clogged up as the phrase is lots of patients that are admitted that should be upstairs in the hospital and are still staying in the e.r. and it just slows everything down and it gets can be chaotic. >> desjardins: what does that mean, exactly how long are these patients who are waiting for a bed somewhere else? how longre they in the e.r.? >> averaging about 24 to 36 hours. we have some longer, but we are very much the exception in mississippi. most of the hospitals in mississippi have a several day wait to get their patients out of the e.r. >> desjardins: so help our viewers understand what's going on here. can you talk about your staff shortage and where you are? how short staffed are you at this point? what's going on? >> we have multiple closed units at all of our