nikole hannah jones, welcome back to democracy now!ongratulations on your new books as you join us from des moines on the way to waterloo. can you talk about that moment in high school? what the difference i school teacher makes? >> absolutely. thank you for having me on. my teacher changedy life. he is the teacher who introduced to how vast black history was, even though we had not been taught hardly any of it. he is the teacher that introduced me or suggested that i join my haskell newspaper and write the stories i wanted to see. i opened the preface for the 1619 book with that because that was a transformative moment for me. i had no idea black americans had been here this long, that we had a lineage that went back on us as long as the english people . and that number stood to me for any erasure and really made me understand at a young -- 15 or 16-year-old that the history are taught is not necessarily the most important thing for all there to know, but was summit has determined what we should know and there's so much more out there

nikole joins me to talk all about all of it next.eally need to sleep you reach for the really good stuff. new zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. it's non habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. new zzzquil ultra. when you really really need to sleep. my hygienist cleans with a round head. so does my oral-b my hygienist personalizes my cleaning. so does my oral-b oral-b delivers the wow of a professional clean feel every day. >> two years, ago the new york times magazine decided to publish the 1619 project. this deep examination of racism and slavery in this country. an essential ot to the spine of american history. it was quite an even. the magazine issue with so popular, just look at this line of people standing outside the new york times building, waiting to get their hands on physical copy. when those ran out, copies of the issue we were reportedly signed for $100 on tv. what a remarkable moment. now, there's a book which expands on the groundbreaking journalism of the original piece.

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. tonight a jury in kenosha, wisconsin is expected to begin deliberations in the murder trial of kyle rittenhouse. the 18-year-old could get up to life in prison if convicted to have the most serious charge, first degree intentional homicide for killing two men at a violent protest. cbs's nancy chen was at the courthouse for today's dramatic closing arguments. good evening, nancy. >> reporter: good evening to you. today the judge dismissed one count of illegal gun possession and allowed the jury to consider two lesser charges, less severe consequences but will make a conviction more likely. >> him putting the fire extinguisher on the ground and racing the gun. >> reporter: in the closing arguments, prosecutors show this video of kyle rittenhouse raising a ar-15 rifle at a protester and shooting rosenbaum four times at close range. >> a second shot which goes through mr. rosenbaumas hand and a third and fourth, one that grazes the right scalp and one that goes into mr. rosenbaum's back a

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you.here is breaking news tonight from los angeles where a judge has freed britney spears from the legal arrangement that has controlled her life, career, and fortune. cbs' carter evans now on the big celebration for britney and her fans. >> it is official, the conservatorship of britney spears has been terminated. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: it's independence day for britney spears, hundreds of loyal fans erupted into cheers outside the courthouse after hearing news that a judge ended spears' 13-year conservatorship, meaning the pop star will again be in control of her life. >> i'm just so happy she can get her life back. >> reporter: minutes after the decision, spears posted this message on instagram: "good god, i love my fans so much it's crazy. i think i'm going to cry the rest of the day." ♪ ♪ ♪ late yesterday, spears' fiancÉ posted this video on instagram. the 39-year-old wore a "free britney" t-shirt. >> i think the biggest challenge she's going to face is making sure she f

still to come on the newshour: journalist nikole hannah-jones' new book offers an expanded look at theg legacy of slavery in the u.s. tamara keith and amy walter break down the coming congressional battle over the president's agenda. the life of the late designer virgil abloh and his impact beyond the fashion world. plus much more. discussed, the number of deaths from covid-19 has surpassed 775,000, a staggering figure. but left behind are tens of thousands of children, some orphaned entirely, after their parent or a grandparent who cared for them died. in this report co-produced with the newshour, kaiser health news correspondent sarah varney looks at the risks these grieving children face to their well- being, both in the short and long term. >> i think the little boys don't really have a concept of what's really happening, what really happened. because i think they keep looking for him. >> reporter: betty hamilton says her five grandchildren still haven't accepted that their dad died suddenly of covid in august. the boys, ages four to ten, came to live with her in eastman, georgia b

nikole killion, cbs news, philadelphia. >> dokoupil: beautiful story from nicole. we'll be right back. is nuct nantuckett >> dokoupil: on tomorrow's "cbs evening news," steve hartman is "on the road" with a story of a foster dad who has much to be thankful for, and the kids who are thankful for him. and that's tonight's "cbs evening news." for norah o'donnell, i'm tony dokoupil. happy thanksgiving, everyone. >>> right now at 7:00 -- >> we are doing everything we can. >> the bay area is heading into black friday in the middle of a retail crime wave. shoppers should expect, and the plan to keep them safe. >>> the dry weather continues through the holiday weekend, but we have encouraging news with the latest update from the drought monitor. >>> posing in on a major vaccination milestone tonight. >>> think your holiday feast was tricky to prepare? the california communities that had to cook by candlelight. >>> the bay area will launch into the holiday shopping season in the middle of a violent retail crime wave. >> so what is local law enforcement planning, and what sh

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. tonight, houston's police chief isn't ruling out criminal charges after that deadly concert over the weekend, and investigators are demanding key security information from concert organizers, which they have yet to turn over. we get more now from cbs' lilia luciano. ( screaming ) >> reporter: a grieving community is demanding answers on how things went so horribly wrong and why so many warning signs were missed, ending in at least eight deaths and hundreds injured. late today, houston police chief troy finner responded, his first press conference in nearly four days. >> we're going to hold people accountable. we owe it to the city. we owe it to our nation. and we need to learn lessons from this. >> reporter: chief finner met with travis scott just before friday night's concert, expressing concerns about crowd control and scott's social media messages. >> i had no reason to believe that it wasn't going to be safe, but i-- i'm the kind of chief that i meet with people. i told you, i met

here's nikole killion. >> we've been growing these seeds together -- >> reporter: for amirah mitchell been farming since i was 14. >> reporter: now at 28 she's a seed keeper. >> these are the seeds of the green striped squash. it's the exact same variety as the one that my great grandfathr used to grow. you see how beautiful they are. >> reporter: almost looks like a pumpkin seed. connecting to her ancestral past sprouted a passion for heirloom crops that she grows on this urban farm nestled in the heart of philadelphia. >> my favorite seeds are important to the african diaspora. so i love growing any kind of southern black eyed pea, i grew collard. >> reporter: all catalogued from a seed library where she helps others discover their roots. >> i've cooked recipes from some of the vegetables i've been stewarding here, and i would tell my mom, "mom, i made catfish etoufee." and she says, "that is not etoufee that is mother catfish," and grandmama made it like this. >> the seeds and stories tell not just a personal story but also the story of where we come from and our culture. >> report

everybody is supposed to genuflect at the altar of nikole hannah-jones and if you don't you might find yourself out. if you cross the mildest line which that like like a move then you find yourself out. you can be the editor ede editor and finders of out of a job because you write a pretty generic op-ed by a united states senator. you can be donald mcneil and be the science writer for the "new york times" and finders of out of a job because on a school trip a while ago you said to a student there were certain uses of the inward not the same uses of the inward and newspaper campfire you over that after the groundswell. this comes to the nature of a bunch of little some of these institutions. the "new york times" was a liberal and has been for decades. the problem is liberals didn't have the courage in saying to the radicals we have may agree with you on a lot of these policies but you don't get to destroy individual rights and individual freedoms and freedom of the press and the ability to think broadly. you don't get to destroy that in the name of your agenda but liberals are embarrass

norah. >> o'donnell: nikole killion, thank you. tonight, houston's police chief isn't ruling out criminal charges after that deadly concert over the weekend and investigators are demanding key security information from concert organizers, which they have yet to turn over. we get more now from cbs' lilia luciano. ( screaming ) >> reporter: a grieving community is demanding answers on how things went so horribly wrong and why so many warning signs were missed, ending in in theasty least eight deaths and hundreds injured. late today, houston police chief troy finner responded, his first press conference in nearly four days. >> we're going to hold people accountable opinion we owe it to the city. we owe it to our nation. and we need to learn lessons from this. >> reporter: chief finner met with travis scott just before friday night's concert, expressing concerns about crowd control and scott's social media messages. >> i had no reason to believe that it wasn't going to be safe, but i-- i'm the kind of chief they meet with people. i tol

nikole killion, thank you.ge of covid cases in europe, and health officials are sounding the alarm. six out of 10 cases being reported around the globe right now are in that region, leading the c.d.c. to move some countries to its highest risk level for travel. we get more now from cbs' charlie d'agata. >> reporter: grim scenes in parts of europe today recall the darkest days of the pandemic, patients stacking up in overwhelmed i.c.u.s, body bags and coffins stacking up in the hallways. eastern europe has become the epicenter of the delta variant outbreak, driving up that quarter of a billion covid cases worldwide, and more than five million deaths globally. one reason countries like romania and latvia are bearing the brunt-- far fewer people have been vaccinated than in western europe, says the world health organization's hans klugger. >> i recently came from portugal, which has the highest vaccination uptick in the world, 85%. but still people are adhering to the three ws-- wear the mask, watch the distance,

everybody is supposed to genuflect at the altar of nikole hannah-jones and if you don't you might find yourself out. if you cross the mildest line which that like like a move then you find yourself out. you can be the editor ede editor and finders of out of a job because you write a pretty generic op-ed by a united states senator. you can be donald mcneil and be the science writer for the "new york times" and finders of out of a job because on a school trip a while ago you said to a student there were certain uses of the inward not the same uses of the inward and newspaper campfire you over that after the groundswell. this comes to the nature of a bunch of little some of these institutions. the "new york times" was a liberal and has been for decades. the problem is liberals didn't have the courage in saying to the radicals we have may agree with you on a lot of these policies but you don't get to destroy individual rights and individual freedoms and freedom of the press and the ability to think broadly. you don't get to destroy that in the name of your agenda but liberals are embarrass

nikole killion, thank you. and there's a surge of covid cases in europe, and health officials are sounding the alarm. six out of 10 cases being reported around the globe right now are in that region, leading the c.d.c. to move some countries to its highest risk level for travel. we get more now from cbs' charlie d'agata. >> reporter: grim scenes in parts of europe today recall the darkest days of the pandemic, patients stacking up in overwhelmed i.c.u.s, body bags and coffins stacking up in the hallways. eastern europe has become the epicenter of the delta variant outbreak, driving up that quarter of a billion covid cases worldwide, and more than five million deaths globally. one reason countries like romania and latvia are bearing the brunt-- far fewer people have been vaccinated than in western europe, says the world health organization's hans klugger. >> i recently came from portugal, which has the highest vaccination uptick in the world, 85%. but still people are adhering to the three ws-- wear the mask, wa

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nikole, thank you so much. it's great to see you.moisture. seattle, washington has had their entire month's average rain. evacuation along some of the rivers and one place could reach its highest level >>> our chief washington correspondent jon karl is here out with a new book called "betrayal, the final agent of the trump show." jon, thanks for coming in this morning. you know, like you, i covered the trump administration intensely. especially in those days after the last election, but it's only in reading your book that i realized it was even worse than a lot of us thought. >> george, i think we got really close to losing it all. i mean, we knew it was terrible. we knew that we had reached a point of crisis in our country. we saw those people invade the capitol, but what i learned in going back over this is that trump almost succeeded in disrupting the transition of power. it was not a peaceful transition of power, but he almost succeeded in disrupting joe biden's inauguration on the 20th, and if it weren't for the actions of a few

i just heard what you said, nikole hannah-jones, the 1619 project, you know the controversy recentlyat unc. would she be welcome at the university of austin? >> i'd certainly love to bring her and have a debate about whether this country originated in 1619 or 1776 with the declaration of independence. that's the kind of debate we want to have. there are invitations and no disinvitations for her. people have criticized and she has creditize criticized us al social media. >> that is a debate i'd love to watch. dr. niall ferguson thank you for your time. >>> on twitter, higher ed is not broken. you are supporting indoct indoctrination centers. >> really, dmc? you're using the critique of a monoculture. i think there's a need for it and it would be healthy. that's the kind of campus environment i would love to be a part of. >>> do you remember back in march during president biden's first news conference he said he plans to run for re-election in 2024? >> have you decided whether you're going to run for re-election in 2024? >> the answer is yes. my plan is to run for re-election. that's m

. >> the dna, all over nikole's body was george burch.> and the cord that was moved and used for the murder weapon. we had george burch dna. >> were you nervous? >> yes. >> you must have been on pins and needles waiting. >> you don't even know. it was such a nerve wreck. >> the courtroom listened intently as the judge read the jury's decision. >> the verdict reads as follows. we the jury find the defendant george burch, guilty of first degree intentional homicide. >> what was that moment like for you, after so much time spent working this case? >> i just feel great for the family. it's not going to make nikole come back. it's not going to fix everything. but it's a part of the healing process for. them >> angela and the rest of the did you supporters were we -- >> i screamed hallelujah. and i was so happy. >> technology played an unprecedented role in this case. >> the fitbit was almost like a witness in this case. >> but a witness of some sort. >> it definitely played a big part. >> according to detective slinger, advancement in dna exam

i think most of the problems are with the main essay written by nikole hannah-jones, here is sean will lens writing in an essay beyond just the factual mistakes about the american revolution being fought to preserve slavery -- the that was the main factual problem with 1619 -- wilentz goes on to say instead of the trying to instruct about the importance of slavery and racism to american history, the project promoted a narrow, highly ideological view of the american past according to which white supremacy had been the nation's core principle and chief mission ever since its founding. so i understand your point about competing narratives. it's not the right way to look at this. but on on the one side, we do he some folks saying our founding has been a fraud, our principles were betrayed from day one and on the other side saying our glorious past, valley forge and d the-day and george washington -- d-day and george washington never chopped down a cherry tree. >> again, sean's a very good historian. >> i love sean. he knows that. >> i disagree with him, he disagrees with me. we could sit h

he has a question. >> nikole, i want to ask about your experiences as a journalist.usiness, this is a dream, to write something that becomes central to our national conversation. there is a flip side to that, because this has become such a target for people on the right. i just want to ask you what that's been like for you. >> thank you for that question. it has been challenging. it's not easy to go from being just a journalist to a symbol. many people have seen me as a symbol, if they love my work or revile my work. we can disagree on the premise of the 1619 project. we can say that we don't buy the arguments of the project. but the effort to really discredit the project and to discredit me as a journalist has been really hard. it's -- it is difficult to be targeted by some of the most powerful people in the world. the president of the united states at the time, donald trump. he was tweeting about my work, giving speeches about my work, and that sends a vile hatred into your inbox, into your voice voicemails, on social. it's challenging. what i'll also say is we don

nikole hannah-jones, thank you. >> thank you. >>> rachel maddow starts now.u here. it has been a busy news day and a lot is continuing tonight. we got word late this afternoon, feels like evening, we got word that the fda looks like it's going to move this week to approve booster shots for all adults. the previous approval had just been for high-risk adults to get boosters, but a bunch of states started ignoring that and making boosters available for any adult that wants one. it's moving tonight that that should be the national standard by the end of the week, booster shots approved for all u.s. adults. that's good

nikole hannah-jones, thank you. >> thank you. >>> rachel maddow starts now. good evening, rachel. >> thank you, chris, much appreciated. welcome to you at home. happy to have you here. it has been a busy news day and a lot is continuing tonight. we got word late this afternoon, feels like evening, we got word that the fda looks like it's going to move this week to approve booster shots for all adults. the previous approval had just been for high-risk adults to get boosters, but a bunch of states started ignoring that and making boosters available for any adult that wants one. it's moving tonight that that should be the national standard by the end of the week, booster shots approved for all u.s. adults. that's good news. it's at least sort of simplifying news in terms of the rules and formal government advice about vaccinations. that news comes on the same day, we've learned, that pfizer is going to the fda to get approval for its new antiviral pill. this is not a vaccine, this is a pill you take as a treatment for covid. merck has one of these antiviral pill