lisa desjardins looks back at what we've learned so far, and looks ahead to what the committee's finalort this week might reveal. lisa: americans witnessed the mayhem of january 6 in nearly real-time. but for those who thought they understood that day, the committee revealed new, and often personal perspectives. >> what i saw was just a war scene. it was something like i had seen out of the movies. i couldn't believe my eyes. there were officers on the ground. they were bleeding. they were throwing up. lisa: weaving live testimony with scores of video clips, the january 6 committee's 10 public hearings and meetings were tv-friendly and mission-driven, dissecting why it happened, and focusing around one main allegation. >> the central cause of january 6 was one man, donald trump, who many others followed. none of this would have happened without him. lisa: the committee methodically laid out its arguments, including that the former president pressured vice president pence to overturn the election on january 6, and before that, that mr. trump tried to manipulate republican state official

our lisa desjardins has more.licans are stepping into power in part because of wins from candidates of color as well as in some hard-fought swing districts. those who won now have a seat at the table over the future of their party. one of them is our guest, congressman-elect john james from michigan. he will be the first black republican elected to congress in the state. first of all, congratulations. mr. james: thank you so much. lisa: i want to ask you, what do you want to do, and specifically what bills do you think republican should pass in the house next year? mr. james: franca, recognizing that the only colors that matter are red, white and blue in my district and across the country. bring back our jobs. these are things that folks in my district and around the country are desperate for. making it a more permissive area to innovate and create jobs. i am excited to bring my background to help secure our country and make our county stronger as well. lisa: that sounds like deregulation? taxes? mr. james: we nee

lisa desjardins has more. 4000 miles from the u.s., the tribal village in alaska is drowning. the community has lived here by the winding river for centuries but the rising waters from climate change has eaten the ground out from under them. >> all of the little hills are gone. it is getting marshy. and the erosion is getting faster. reporter: carolyn george is a native. to survive, her village is relocating nine miles away but that site can only house half of the population now leaving others like george and her kids waiting where erosion already has destroyed sewage and water systems. >> and the homes are moldy too. they do not have running water. it is really hard. reporter: now, they are poised to get help from congress. 25 million dollars from a breakthrough bill passed last year. >> the bill as amended is passed. reporter: senators from both parties including lisa murkowski came together to write the trillion dollar infrastructure investment and jobs act. >> infrastructure is about bringing america toget

the democrats' agenda in the senate and for arizona politics are our capitol hill correspondent lisa desjardins, and from newshour west in phoenix, stephanie sy. hello to both of you. lisa, i'm going to start with an fyo the senate and what does it mean for what democrats want to get done? lisa: if you think of this is a political earthquake, which is what this felt like for a few minutes of this morning, it is more of a tremor about the future, a signal about what is going to happen ahead. it hasn't really changed the landscape in congress. sinema will allow democrats to still have 51 votes for how they organize the senate. the committeetructure will stay the same. they wilable eso se b toe,lebpse quickly than they could in the 50-50 senate, and she will retain her spots on committees, at least two subcommittee chairmanships. while she is being clear she is not caucusing with republicans, she has not gone to democratic caucus meetings in the past. she is not someone who participated in those meetings, and s is not going to in the future. so she is not exactly in the democratic caucus. she just

here's lisa desjardins. : this weekend, the taliban ordered that women can no longer work for any nongovernmental organizations, including relief agencies. any such group that continues to employ women will lose its license, according to the economic ministry. in response four of the largest international ngos, upon which the country depends for aid, decided to suspend operations entirely. this, days after the taliban moved to block women from universities, effectively banning women and girls from middle school through college. for more we turn to vicki aken, the afghanistan country director at the international rescue committee. she is in minneapolis. and fawzia koofi, who was a member of parliament in afghanistan and headed the parliament's woman affairs commission. she is also an author of the book "the favored daughter: one woman's fight to lead afghanistan into the future." she joins us from london. thank you both. very esteemed in this area. vicki, what is happening in afghanistan right now. what kind o

our lisa desjardins is on capitol hill with more. first of all, what is in this bill.eporter: this is a sweeping piece of legislation. i have not read all 4000 pages. overall, a 4.6% pay raise with more support for ukraine. this includes a great deal of important policy. judy: starting with how we change the military justice system. reporter: this is historic and something we have discussed on the show for years. right now in general, commanders are the ones who oversee wheth those who serve under them would be prosecuted. this bill would change that. those crimes include things like murder, sexual assault, which should be included over the course of two years. this includes things senators have been working on. kirsten gillibrand spoke about why this was important to her. >> taking these cases and other types of violent felonies will allow for a serious look so that there can be a chance of convicti. the convictn rate is extremely low. so few cases go to trial and court-martial. reporter: we kw there is a low rate of reporting things like sexual assault. this is somet

lisa desjardins has the latest. the thidd water -- this is the third water crisis in two years after a system breakdown in 2021 and a treatment-plant failure last august. each time residents were left without water for weeks. mayor chokwe lumumba said the city is making progress but this was again caused by systemic issues. >> when the t temperatures drops low as they do, when we have the issues in the hundred of miles of pipe that we have there is no way to deal with that. lisa: the problems were so bad the department of justice stepped in and as part of an agreement with the city appointed expert ted henifin as a new "ierim manager" to help fix the problems there. and ted henifin joins me now. ted: it is always terrible that they did not have enough pressure to get water into their house. we have been working the last couple days to remedy that. today, i would like to report that the majority have enough pressure to actually get water in their homes paid we have a boil water notice which is a precautionary notice t

lisa desjardins brings us up to speed. hello, lisa.st two days away from the government funding running out. where does this leave us? lisa: part of the good news is at congress, as you may expect, is going to punt its own deadline down the road. moving through congress right now is a bill to extend that deadline by another week. so what does that mean? we would have the biggest spending deadline of the year right up against christmas eve, on december 23, not the first time. now lawmakers have to get to work to actually finish funding by then. let's talk about what the options are form one of the most important functions are congress undertakes every year. first of all, one option they have is to pass what is called an omnibus. that is the traditional means of full year funding agency by agency, congress actually deciding what should go where. however, while there is a agreement in principle that was reached last night to the overall spending totals, there is an issue of timing. whether this several thousand page bill can actually be w

lisa desjardins has more. >> lawmakers from both chambers came together to cheer final passage of theill, the respect for marriage act. it comes after a supreme court justice expressed interest in reconsidering the supreme court decision that protects marriage equality following the high court's decision to overturn roe v. wade in june. looking at it closely is kate sauce and, who reports on issues for the 19th news. how significant is the bill? a lot of people are reporting that this protects marriage equality and in some ways, it does. but it does not caught up -- codify marriage equality. it would make marriages transportable from state to state for states that do have pro-marriage laws on the books. with bands, you can still not get married. christ that is if the supreme court takes the step of overturning it. it would really make it a state by state situation. republicans were key in passing the law. most of them voted no. many same because they were worried about religious liberties. what are their arguments? what does the bill say about that? >> the republican talking points ab

lisa desjardins was in the hearing today and joins me from the capitol. s start with the news, lisa. these criminal were found them and to whom are they aimed? lisa: let's look at those four criminal referrals, recommendations to the department of justice. first, obstruction of an official proceeding. that's for obstructing the actual january 6 count of the electoral votes by congress. then, conspiracy to defraud the united states. that refers to several instances the committee says, including the so-called big lie, as well as the idea that former president -- former vice president pence could stop the ectoral count. next, conspiracy to make all statements. that specifically is about the sche as the committee puts it, to try to put false elector slates on the board, overturned the actual electors for each state, and finally, assisting and aiding or comforting and insurrection. these are all clearly very serious charges. he's not the only one getting a criminal referral from the january 6 committee. another trump ally involved, attorney john eastman is bein

lisa desjardins has our report and then looks at some of the key issues in the dispute. >> the gentlemanized. lisa: today in congress, both parties fervently engaged in trying to avert a national economic blow, a rail strike in just over a week. >> every major industry from automobiles to agriculture to energy will be severely impacted if we fail to act. >> it has come to us, as much as we might not like it, to have to negotiate this. lisa: the house took the first step today. >> the ayes are 290, the nays are 137. lisa: passing a bill to force a tentative labor deal into place. back in september, skies looked clear as the biden administration helped broker that deal with union chiefs. that agreement would raise salaries by 24% over five years and give thousands of dollars in retroactive bonuses to rail workers. but it only grants them a single day of paid sick leave. [train horn] lisa: and that issue was pivotal to rank and file members. as a result, four unions including some of the largest voted down the plan and are threatening to strike. a sense of impending crisis was one reason mr

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lisa desjardins brings us up to speed. t two days away from the government funding running out. where are we? lisa: part of the good news is that congress will punt its own deadline down the road, moving through congress right now cluding tonight in the house of representatives, is a bill to extend that deadline by another week. that means we would have the biggest spending deadline of the year against christmas eve on december 23. now lawmakers have to get to work to finish funding by the. let's talk about the options, for one of the most important functions the congress goes under every year. one option they have is to pass what is called an omnibus. that is the traditional means of full-year funding, agency by agency, congress deciding what should go where. however, while there is an agreement in principle that was reached last night to the overall spending totals, there is an issue of timing, whether this several thousand page bill can be written and passed through both chambers in time, and there is a question of wheth

lisa desjardins looking at the whole year. thank you.e welcome. ♪ judy: when he read tires in january, vermont senator patrick lahey will leave the presidential line of succession and the seat he has called home for nearly half a century. before he steps down he took a moment yesterday to sit down with me reflecting on a career few in our nations history can match. senator lakey, thank you for joining us. after all of these years in the united states centers, you -- senate, you are taking your leave. i have to say i was struck in the introduction of the book when you speak how you still have a great awe of what the government does for the american people and you hold that side-by-side with a great disappointment, frustration. how does that work? >> i have kept notes during all en theen irs i i was thinking how excited i was when i got there, i realized it was not perfection. i look back and i have seen so much of the goodness that has been lost. and after january 6, the whole country is being riveted and torn apart. and i said, i will wr

lisa desjardins takes stock of what voters want to see from this new congress and how they view the twoties. lisa: judy, a divided electorate weighed in on the future of democracy, compromise among lawmakers and more in our latest ll.ewshour, npr, and marist here with me to talk about all the findings is lee miringoff. he is the director of the marist college institute for public opinion and he runs this poll. let's jump right into it. following the election and ahead of the january 6 select committee's final report, we asked americans what they think about any threat to democracy, and 83% said yes, they do believe there is a threat to democracy, a serious one right now. we also asked them which political party poses a greater threat. 48% saying republicans and 45% saying democrats. how unusual are those numbers and what do they tell you? >> they reflect the times we live in. they see it as a serious strength. that has grown. we have a lot of people who are very concerned. what is interesting and somewhat surprising in this is the comparability of the two parties, the fact that both dem

congressional correspondent lisa desjardins is here to break down what happened, what's next, and whatot know about representative-elect george santos. hello, lisa. an extraordinary story. what exactly did he claim and what is true? lisa: let me take you to long island where he won an open and competitive c. george santos is 34 years old, and yours may be familiar with him because he made history as the first republican who will enter congress as an openly gay person. as part of his campaign, he made several claims about his life history. let's look at what he has claimed and what he is now admitting. first of all he claimed he worked for citigroup and goldman sachs, he says that's not true, he now says he worked at a firm that works with them. he also claimed he graduated from college, he never graduated from college. he also claimed to be a successful businessman, owning 17 properties, he now says he doesn't own any property, and for the time being he is living with his sister. how does he explain all of this? he's been doing interviews with local media and he says these were embelli

thank you lisa desjardins, stephanie sy. ♪ after a five-decade long career in public health, dr.auci is stepping aside from his job. he has been one of the leading public health voices in the country since he took on the role of director of the national institutes of allergy and infectious diseases in 1984, and he's advised seven presidents. his exit comes as the country is dealing with the worst flu season in a decade and another covid winter surge. the u.s. has come a long way with covid over the past three years, but the problem is not over, and hospitalizations are rising again in some areas. for a look at all of this, dr. fauci joins me now. welcome back. dr. fauci: thank you, good to be with you. judy: anthony fauci, so you are coming up on the end of your public career. but as we just said, covid is still here. you were at the white house today with first lady jill biden, encouraging people again to get their vaccine, their covid vaccine. as we just said, hospitalizations up just in the last two weeks. this is not over, is it? dr. fauci: no, by no means. it's not over at a