johnat is pbs news week and for this sunday. ing new chapter begins for the pbs newshour. my friends and colleagues amna nawaz and geoff bennett take over the anchor desk. i'm sure you'll join me in watching and wishing these two great journalists all the best. for now, from all of us at pbs news weekend, thanks. have a good week. >> major funding for pbs news weekend has been provided by -- and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> -this program is brought to you in part by a passion for better understanding our world. -at their best, travel and public television accomplish the same thing -- they both allow us to venture into our world and experience great art, music, history, food, and people. hi. i'm rick steves, here with the story of europe's art from prehistory to the present. all my life, art has brought me great joy in my travels, and i've learned th

for pbs news weekend, i'm laura barron-lopez. john: barbara walters died last night that her home in new york. she was a trail blazer of women in news. >> i have a new colleague to welcome. reporter: she was the first woman to anchor and news show. in 1977, her voice joint interview with the leaders of israel and egypt. she moderated two presidential debates while at the same time becoming synonymous with celebrity tv interviews. >> are you worried you will lose some fans? reporter: a pop-culture hike herself. the subject of saturday night live. in 1997, she created and hosted the view. a format that has been much common sense. walters started behind the scenes as a writer and producer, notably on today in the 1960s. she regularly peared on-camera as what was called a today girl, but was not officially made a cohost until 1974, the first woman to hold that title. she jumped to abc in 1976, lured by a big salary and a seat at the evening news anchor desk. >> barbara walters. reporter: while cohosting 2020, her interviews became a v

>> tonight on pbs news weekend, by now, pay later. what you need to know about the interest-free payment plans that are exploding in popularity. then, research into the connection between air pollution and degenerative brain diseases. and, my conversation with martin luther king iii on his father's legacy and the meaning of martin luther king jr. day. >> every year i'm asked the question, have we achieved the dream that your dad envisioned? and my answer, unfortunately, every year is we didn't achieve it last year. but every january, we have an opportunity to start anew. ♪ >> major funding for pbs news weekend has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been able to make people connect. our customer service team can find a plan that fits you. visit consumer cellular.tv. >> with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible for the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank yo

tonight on pbs news weekend. at the border.he latest on the biden administration's immigration reform plans -- as the president visits the u.s.-mexico border for the first time since taking office. then, after the shocking collapse on the field of buffalo bills safety damar hamlin, we look at emergency medical care in the nfl. and lonely americans. why are more of us feeling alone and spending less time with friends and family? there are real health implications. >> individuals who report feeling lonely are more likely to experience things like dementia, heart disease, stroke. it actually affects longevity, meaning that people who self-report feeling lonely are even more likely to die than those that aren't. announcer: major funding for the pbs news weekend has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service to help people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of no contract plans and our u.s.-based customer service team can help find one that fits you. to learn more, vis

still to come on pbs news weekend, the state of abortion rights in america on the fiftieth anniversarye landmark decision. and, some good news about the ozone layer. ♪ >> this is pbs news weekend from wbt a studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour, we rights on pbs -- weeknights on pbs. john: an fbi search of president biden's wilmington's delaware home turned up yet more classified material. the friday search was coordinated between the fband mr. biden's personal attorney. it underscores the seriousness of the special counsel's investigation into mr biden's handling of classified material from his days both as vice president and as senator. white house correspondent laura barone lopez is here. laura, this is an fbi search of a sitting president's home. how did this come about? and what did they find? laura: president biden's personal attorney, bob bauer, offered this search to fbi investigators, saying that they've been trying to cooperate as much as possible fr the very beginning, and thought that -- it lasted about,lmost 13 hours on friday, january 20th. essentially what they

on the global stage. ♪ >> this is pbs news weekend. the pbs newshour, we can nights on pbs. -- week nights on pbs. john: it's been five years since hundreds of thousands of rohingya were driven out of myanmar, fleeing the brutality of government security forces. most went to camps in neighboring bangladesh. now a growing number of them , have been setting out to open sea, in hopes of getting to malaysia or indonesia, where they believe they can live more freely. the united nations estimates the number of rohingya making that desperate journey went up fivefold last year. at least 348 people died or went missing attempting the trip, making it one of the deadliest years for rohingya refugees since 2014. >> they spent weeks adrift in a rickety wooden boat, coming adrift in the most northern province. hundreds of refugees have made landfall in indonesia. many of them needing medical attention. >> after five days, our boat began breaking down and we had no food or water. >> she arrived last month. >> five men jumped because they could not han

the videogame helping rescue cats. >> this is pbs news weekend from washgton. me of the pbs newshour. john: ever since covid vaccines became available, the federal government has been buying them from manufacturers and distributing them for free, but that was never intended to be permanent and soon they will be stributed by manufacturers and prices they sent. the government was paying $26 per dose for moderna boosters, but moderna and pfizer are saying they are considering $110 to $130 a dose on the open market. why the jump? what is the future? jennifer cates is the senior vice president and director of mobile health. let's be clear, the $110, what do those numbers represent? >> we think it is what the manufacturers say they might charge when vaccines are in the commercial markets. they could end up charging more, but this is what they are projecting. that would be four or five times what the federal government paid. there is good news and bad news. the good news is for most people with public or private insurance, we will not be paying. it's the buyers, the in

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. >> major funding for pbs news weekend has been provided by. >> consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of plants and our team can help find one that fits you. visit consumer cellular.tv. >> with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and, friends of the newshour. is program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions by viewers like you. >> good evening. in the streets of peru, demonstrators are vowing to demand resignation despite a strong police response and death toll. 55 people are dead and 700 are injured. the worst violence the country has seen in two decades began last month. overnight, more violent clashes between protesters and police. pushers and shoving. tear gas and smoke cloud the streets. dozens were injured. protesters arrived, defined the state of emergency to divan the resignation of the president. >> we want the usurper to step down and call for new elections. protests will continue. >> the protes erected last month after the

. >> this is pbs news weekend from washington. john: months after floods left 1700 people dead and one third of the country underwater, pakistan is struggling to recover. officials warn millions remain displaced as winter sets in. the crisis, they say, will only deepen. our special correspondent reports on the desperate conditions. his reporting was produced in partnership. >> the monsoon rains last year were like nothing anyone had seen before. >> we need help. >> in early spring ushered in a record-breaking heat wave. some temperatures topped 123 degrees. it has fueled unprecedented glacial melt. when the monsoon arrives, it dropped nearly twice as much rain as the 30 year average across the country. >> i do not have anything to feed my family. i lost everything. >> the violence swept away hundreds of thousands of homes. >> it has been leveled out. everything. we fit a huge number of dams which broke down. this is an unsustainable amount of water. roads have been wiped out. >> scientists and activists point to climate change is

and interviewing mark this evening, ann serves as pbs news hour and primary substitute anchor and she's been honored with an emmy award for her nbc news special inside the obama white house. society for features journalism reward. recipient of the international reporting project fellowship and in 2019 received a peabody award for her series on the global plastic problem and tonight she's going to discuss this terrific new book which remarkably reexamines the kennedy presidency for us and that has so often trapped behind the myth of camelot, if you will, and this will be a portrait of the kennedy presidency, its vision, its flaws, charm, its triumphs failures and certainly grace. bringing the stories to light for us this evening, please well them to the stage. thank you all. [applause] >> hello, everyone. how nice to be in person with people and especially with you, mark, thanks so much for having me here. >> thanks for doing this. wow. that's big stuff. >> here is one thing i'll say before we jump into questions. i have no personal connection to the kennedys. my family had not even set

tune in saturday to pbs news weekend, we will have a look at pakistan's recovery efforts following lester'sevastating floods. i am yamiche alcindor, good night from a wild washington. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by -- consumer cellular. additional funding is prided by -- koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation. committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. sandra and carl delay-magnuson. rose hirschel and andyhreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] ♪♪ o0 c1 ♪♪ [ dog barking ] ♪♪ -in april 1944, with the outcome of world war ii hanging in the balance, two jewish prisoners lay hidden near the outer fence of the auschwitz concentration camp. -it was almost impossible to escape from auschwitz. [ dog barking ] -so many people were caught almost immediately and tortured and killed. [ dog growls, barks ]

don't forget to watch pbs news week and on saturday for the latest on the death of tyre nichols. have to say this, my heart goes out to the family of tyre nichols and those who loved him. god bless you. find peace. my heart also goes out to anyone across the nation who has watched this video or will watch this video. it is important to watch it, brace yourself. i am yamiche alcindor. good night from washington. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service to help people do what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can find one the fits you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.tv. >> additional funding is provided by -- koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation -- committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. sandra and carl delay-magnuson. rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by the natio

. ♪ john: tonight on pbs news weekend, a community in shock and morning. kills 10 people in the los angeles suburb of monterey park. >> monterey park is resilient. and what i know about the people here is that we will get through this together. john: then, more fallout for president biden, after an fbi search uncovers more clsified material at his wilmington, delaware, home. and, on the 50th anniversary of roe v. wade, a look at the state of abortion rights after the preme court reversed the decision last year. ♪

. >> tonight on pbs news weekend, by now, pay later.now about the interest-free payment plans that are exploding in popularity. then, research into the connection between air pollution and degenerative brain diseases. and, my conversation with martin luther king iii on his father's legacy and the meaning of martin luther king jr. day. >> every year i'm asked the question, have we achieved the dream that your dad envisioned? and my answer, unfortunately, every year is we didn't achieve it last year. but every january, we have an opportunity to start anew.

on saturday on pbs news weekend, the health and financial costs of looming covid price hikes.s you know, this show features some of the best reporters in journalism. one of those reporters died this week at the age of 44. nick, eugene and i worked with blake and there is no doubt he left an indelible mark. we send our deepest condolences to his family and those who left and worked with him. good night from washington. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. our u.s.-based customer service team can find one the fits you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.tv. >> additional funding is provided by -- koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation -- committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. sandra and carl delay-magnuson. rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning perfor

interviewing mark this evening serving as the pbs news hour chief correspondent and primary substitute anger and honored with the media award for her news special inside the obama white house a society award and recipient of the national reporting project01 fellowship and in 2019 receive the peabody award for a global plastic problem and will discuss a terrific new book which remarkably re-examines s the kennedy presidency for us and that has so often been trapped behind the nest of camelot. this will be a portrait of the kennedy presidency the vision and flaws in charms and triumphs and failures and certainly the grace. bringing those stories to life this eveningng please welcome them to the stage. [applause] >> hello everyone. so nice to be here thank you for having me. >> thank you for doing this. >> the one thing i will say first i havee no personal connection to the kennedys. my family had not even set foot onn the shores at the time he was president but yet i was fascinated by it absolutely reads like a novel and i can't wait for everyone else to read it but let's go through my b

tonight on pbs news weekend. at the border.dministration's immigration reform plans -- as the president visits the u.s.-mexico border for the first time since taking office. then, after the shocking collapse on the field of buffalo bills safety damar hamlin, we look at emergency medical care in the nfl. and lonely americans. why are more of us feeling alone and spending less time with friends and family? there are real health implications. >> individuals who report feeling lonely are more likely to experience things like dementia, heart disease, stroke. it actually affects longevity, meaning that people who self-report feeling lonely are even more likely to die than those that aren't.

don't forget to watch pbs news weekend on saturday for a look at the antigovernment protests in peru becoming increasingly deadly. i am yamiche alcindor, good night from washington. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service to help people do what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can find one the fits you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.tv. >> additional funding is provided by -- koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation -- committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. sandra and carl delay-magnuson. rose hirschel and andy shreeves. robert and susan rosenbaum. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] ♪ -♪ oh, they built their ship, titanic ♪ ♪ to sail the ocean blue ♪ ♪ and thought they had a ship ♪ ♪ that the water wouldn't go through ♪ [ bell clan

a new project spotlights the work of indigenous american artists. plus much more. >> this is the pbsr from our studios in washington and from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> today's jobs reports signal good news for people worried about recession and inflation. it cap to very strong year on the jobs market overall. it suggests that there is still difficulty fighting workers for some jobs. >> this year's economy may be ok ter all. >> there is nothing to complain about. >> she says on top of thousands of new jobs and rock-bottom unemployment, the report highlights a key metric that will make the fed happy. >> wage growth moderated. that is with the federal reserve once deceived. >> it reduces the danger of continued inflation. >> yes. needing to throw too much cold water on the economy. >> last year turned out to be just right. >> it was a goldilocks year. 2020 was much too cold with millions of jobs lost. 2021 was too hot. surging inflation. this year saw 4.5 million jobs added. but not so large that it caused inflation. inflation and wage grow

the pbs news hour correspondent into primary substitute anger honored with an emmy award for the nbcin special inside the oba white house society for the features journal distorting the recipient of the international reporting projectt fellowship ad received a peabody award for the news our series onic the global plastic problem. tonight she's going to discuss this terrific new book felt remarkably re-examines thehe presidency and that has so often been trapped behind the myth of camelot if you will end this ans will be a portrait of the visions and applause, charm, triumph, failure. bringing those stories to light this evenings please welcome mak to the stage. thank you. [applause] >> hello, everyone. how nice to bees in person and with you, mark. >> thanks for doing this. i have no personal connection to the kennedys. my family hadn't even set foot on the shores in this time that he was president and yet i was fascinated by this book. it absolutely reads like a novel and i can't wait for everyone else to get the chance to read itg but let's go through some of my questions here's the

in a report coproduced with pbs newshour, a kaiser health news correspondent spoke with those gatheredington about what this moment means for them. sarah: today in the nation's capital, antiabortion activists celebrated an achievement decades in the making. >> this year is different. we have overturned roe v. wade. sarah: but movement leaders and grassroots activists gathered here say there is still work left to do. christine miller is from texas. abortion is illegal there. >> we've got to take this fight more to people and the people's hearts. it's letting people understand that we love each baby and each woman and we want to help them , just show them that through all the difficulties of life we are here to help them. sarah: would you like to see a federal ban on abortion? >> absolutely we would like to see a federal ban, yes. sarah: lawyer nelly gray held the first march. >> babies are being killed in our hospitals and clinics. i can't tolerate it. america can't tolerate it. sarah: since then church groups , and conservative christian organizations have fueled the movement. for many

>> i watch pbs news hour. [applause] i don't watch much of cnn or msnbc.mainly because i am writing all day and the last thing you want to do when you come home is get more facts put into your head. [laughter] but i don't watch the 24 hour. >> do you sleep at night? >> this is getting more and more personal. [laughter] i don't sleep all that much as it happens. i normally don't sleep much. ms. bill clinton talks about you spent part of the time talking about how little we both sleep. >> while you are thinking. >> i didn't say i was up thinking. [laughter] i said i was up trying to go back to sleep. [laughter] >> while you are up, have you formed an opinion or might you come about what have become vietnam if jfk lived? >> that's a great question. and i have to say i am working on that right now. i never try to talk about something you have finished writing it because i found what i do can i take a pass on that? >> the best last question. did you ever leave something out? to protect a source is there anything you would now want to add back? >> that covers a

in the meantime, he's at work on two new feature films and has an upcoming gallery exhibition of his photography and videos. for "the pbsy brown in new york's hudson valley. ♪ geoff: we want to turn back to our lead story tonight, the mass shooting in monterey park, california, where new details about the attack are still emerging. let's bring back in amna. amna: that's right, we are still learning new details this afternoon. the l.a. county coroner's office released two more names of additional victims from saturday night's shooting. they include valentino alvaro, and a 57-year-old, who would be the youngest of the confirmed victims so far. we are also learning details about the gunman. they say in 1990 he had an arrest of unlawful possession of a weapon and they say they found 42 casings at the scene over my shoulder in their investigation, speaking to the brutality of the scene. the mayor says they will host a visual for the community to heal. that is the newshour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz in monterey park, california. geoff: and i am geoff bennett. thank you for spinning part of your evening with us. >> major fund

new year as billions of people travel to celebrate with family. david brooks and jonathan k partway in on theatest political headlines. >> this is the pbs newshour. >> ukraine will soon receive an unprecedented amount of new weapons systems thanks to a deal made by a group of some 50 nations today. the weapons do not include the one item that ukraine calls its priority, western tanks. >> for ukraine's western military support, todayas the best of times and the worst of times. for the first time the u.s. will send stryker armored personnel carriers in addition to hundreds more bradley fighting vehicles and european armored vehicles designed to help ukraine with fundamental building blocks for help modern armies fight. it's a major upgrade to ukraine's mostly soviet era armor to help kyiv try and seize occupied territory. >> this is a very capable package and if employed properly it will enable them to be successful. >> if you did not get the item that says it needs, western tanks. germany today resisted calls to send its own tanks or allow other countries to re-export their own tanks to ukraine. >> i can thank you hundreds of times and it will be a

a new project spotlights the work of indigenous american american artists... and much more. >> this is "the pbs from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalm at arizona state university. geoff: today's jobs report signaled good news for those who are worried about a recession and inflation. it also capped a very strong year for the jobs market overall -- more than 4 and a half million new jobs created in 2022. that's the second highest year ever since record-keeping began in 1939. but it still suggests that it's hard to find enough workers for some jobs. economics correspondent paul solman has our report. paul: the final jobs report of 2022 hints that this year's economy may be okay after all. julia: there is nothing to complain about in the december jobs report. paul: zip recruiter jobs maven julia pollak says on top of 223,000 new jobs and a rock bottom unemployment rate of 3.5 percent, the report highlights a key metric that will make the fed happy, though not workers. julia: it showed wage growth moderating, which is exactly what the federal re

. >> pbs news our anchor and managing editor was a white house correspondent for nbc news. >> he camehe door and was waving. i remember, he raised his arm to wave to people there. >> 15 feet away was a rogue line, which separated a small crowd of reporters and bystanders from the president. in that crowd, a sandy blonde hail 25-year-old named john hinckley junior. moments later -- [noise] >> it sounded like firecrackers. you knew in an instant that it couldn't be. you then assumed it was a gun. >> he unleashes six shots and 1. 7 seconds. >> everybody yelled, get down, get down! all i saw was a jumble of people, shoving the president. i couldn't tell who else into a car. >> he seemed to shoot recklessly, almost randomly, in reagan's direction. all three network set camera crews at the event, which later allowed reporters to break down every horrifying moment. >> first shot his jim brady in the head, he hits the ground. the second shot hits -- d. c. police officer, he falls to the ground. fourth shot hit him mccarthy, secret service agent, who turned in took a shot in the vest, without

joining us now is the coanchor of pbs news hour. just looking at this gentleman, who changed the course of that evening, 11 people lost their lives here. who knows how many could have lost their lives. had he not individually taken a stand. to prevent further death and loss here. that's worth underscoring. >> i had the privilege of seeing you yesterday. you spend your day talking and listening and sharing. what is it that you took away from this community? >> this is an extraordinary community. there's so many things that tie these communities together once they are touched by this gun violence. you hear the same thing over and over again. the shock and disbelief. i never thought it would happen here. the grief, the long tale of trauma, the many witnesses who saw what happened in that dance hall. i spoke to one woman who said her children when they heard about the shooting worried about them being in danger themselves. there are impacts and ripples from these events that stay with the community long after all of us leave. >> today t

and now as co-anchor of pbs news hour, i'm wondering how you see your responsibilities and your role. you are leading the way for many of us. >> that is so kind of you to say. i hope you know i have always said that about you in this industry. that's a shared respect we have. jeff and i see our responsibility as maintaining our mission-focused journalism. we have a fidelity to the facts. we coanchor a show that's one of the most trusted and credible brands in news. we love to come here and share our reporting with you. but this is our job as journalists, to continue to put facts and information into the vouds and make sure people feel empowered. that's our role. that's our service. >>'s thank you very much. it's good seeing you. it's great to see you in person. thank you. >>> other news, microsoft just announced its laying off 10,000 employees we're going to get the late nest a live report on that. >>> plus the white house is talking, but isn't saying enough about president biden's handling of classified documents. we'll skr a former prosecutor what he thinks. you're watching "jose di

jeff is an outstanding nbc news contributor i was recently named co-anchor of pbs news hour. proud alum of morehouse college. one of the nation's top historically black colleges. today we learned some impressive news about jeff. he is using his success to pay it forward. establishing a new scholarship for english and journalism majors at his alma mater. in an interview with any magazine. jeff said this. it is vital for news organizations to look like the communities that they serve. we need more black journalists. there needs to be more of us doing this work. it is one thing to walk through the door. but you have to make sure that door stays open. and help other people walk through it after you. well said. by the extraordinary jeff bennett. we cannot wait to see who walked through the door next. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. jeff bennett is an amazing guy. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow

with that, let's bring in our lead off panel, omnibus, the new co-anchor of pbs news anchor, and an nbc news contributor. near impose a cynic response from new york magazine. she's also the coauthor of notorious rpg, michelle goodwin, law professor at the university of california irvine. it's good to see you all. for years, the antiabortion movement, they were in lockstep, they knew what they were working toward, but with this march, there seems to be less unity about how they go for record. your sense of how overturning roe has changed their movement? >> i think the anti-abortion rights movement has always been consistent and always been clear. their goal has always been to and all abortion access in america. anyone ever talk to in the last several years has made that very clear. since the overturning of roe, i think the real confusion lies with the members of the republican party in which many of the anti abortion rights activists have found their space of support there in terms of legislation and policy making. the republican party is not speaking with one voice when it comes to what

stay with us here and bring in cnn's political analyst and white house correspondent for pbs news hour, laura barone lopez. laura, i mean, the next question is what does tomorrow look like be? these republicans got concessions from mccarthy are still holding out and marccarth said he's not dropping out after that first ballot. so what can people expect. >> could very well see multiple ballots on the floor. you know, representative bob good, melanie mentioned, said today on fox that he thinks there are going to be 10 or 15 on that first ballot that do not vote nofor mccarthy. pore terrib potentially someone who could emerge would come after that. difficult to see him getting votes on the first ballot. the second or third, how chaotic on the floor. it's impossible to tell and i think it's striking everyone is preparing for this potentially messy, chaotic vote. president joe biden is preparing this week to head to kentucky and appear alongside senate minority leader mitch mcconnell trying to show house minority is having a messy rise to power as he is working with republicans on the other

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that's saturday on pbs news weekend. ♪ amna: after the police beating in memphis and mass shootings inica is once again , ckoning with its chronic struggle to prevent violence and hold the powerful accountable. let's turn to the analysis of marcus and abernathy. that's washington post columnist ruth marcus and her post colleague gary abernathy. david brooks and jonathan capehart are away. welcome to you both, thanks for being here. i want to begin with this video we love the show with, the pending release of the video showing the death of tyre nichols, or rather the police beating of tyre nichols. as we speak, it has not been released. as we begin to cover it in the days ahead, i would like to get both of your takes on where we are right now, having heard from officials how horrifying and graphic the video is, and anticipating what happens next. gary, what you begin? -- why don't you begin? gary: that's what striking, very quickly -- it's only been three weeks, but very quickly, the police chief determined this was a feeling of basic humanity, he said. they are preparing people for a h

pbs news hour co-anchors alison a mystery signature reader. ali, first i want to start with your scoop here. what can you tell us about this meeting? >> lindsey, my colleague haley talbotton i have seen your reporting on how kevin mccarthy is spending this last weekend as he battles for the speakership. we know he's going to hold its 4 pm call with house gop member to try and lock in every last ounce of support he can. before this make-or-break moment on tuesday. when the speaker's election is said to be held. that's in addition to morning meeting on tuesday. warehouse gop members for a coalescing talk about what they plan to do when that election is finally held. this is because mccarthy knows is gonna come down to a tricky game of numbers. remember, he needs that magic number 218 votes to win the speakers gavel. right now, there are more house gop members publicly opposing him then he can afford to lose and still win. right now, we know he's making concessions. he's considering making these concessions like changing committee rules. lowering

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now, john dean who served as white house counsel for former president nixon and laura lopez from pbs news hour. first to you, our paula reid said something that was interesting. she said is this all of the documents now? at this point could there be more and paula's answer was we don't know. there still could be more documents out there in biden world. how much of a problem is that? >> well, look, obviously this is not something that the white house wanted to be dealing with right now. right as president biden's approval ratings were just starting to improve earlier this year and he was feeling pretty emboldened and after the midterms went better than democrats expected. and when you're a sitting president, you don't want to have look at the fact that you're being investigated by a special counsel. but paula is right, we don't know how many documents are left out there. the white house clearly was trying to get ahead of it this weekend with president biden's personal lawyer bob bower who used to be the white house counsel under president obama has now taken that over and he tried to put o

joining me are the moderator of "washington week" and the co-anchor of pbs news hour, former democratic senator claire mccaskill and stephen hayes, editor of "the dispatch." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longes running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. after the murder of george floyd, there seemed to be a bipartisan consensus that something had to be done on the national level. but nothing happened. now we're watching this brutal beating of tyre nichols in memphis, tennessee and asking, how can this be happening again? will this be the moment that sparks real action nationally? look, it's not a secret americans are losing confidence in their institutions including the police. and their political leaders in general. in fact, our new nbc news poll out this morning paints a picture of a deeply pessimistic country, distrustful of government in general, with an overall outlook that is historically bleak. asked to describe where america is headed in the next year more than t

she eventually joined pbs news as its first substitute anchor and correspondent. she's the author of five books, several which are available now from curious out front. she lives in florida and on martha's vineyard and moderator today is dr.. known to folks all over atlanta. dr.. is a black feminist scholar, writer and editor who is the anna julia professor of women's studies and english at spelman college. right in atlanta, georgia. she's the founding director of the spelman college women's and resource center, the first at a historically black college or university. dr. guy shut has published a number of influential texts african-american women's studies, including the first anthology on black literature. sturdy black bridges, visions of black women and. so we're very excited. have this conversation today. we will invite all to ask questions towards end. so you'll just queue up to one of these two microphones and we'll have time for just a few questions. so please sit back, enjoy and thank you both so much for your work and for your wisdom. thank you. let me say

commentary has appeared in a wide range of media outlets including the new york times, washington post, pbs news hour, politico, c-span, and abc world. he is currently a professor of political science and international affairs and the director media studies at the university of washington. he has taught courses in science, journalism, and political science at -- university, mcgill university. and georgetown. during his tenure at mary washington, dr. farnsworth has earned the reputation of being an outstanding teacher. as evidenced by winning the universities three most put stitches awards on excellence in teaching. a distinction for their attested by his being the 27 recipient of the virginia outstanding faculty award from the state council of higher education. he will be finally recalled by great lies patrons for his five previous presentations on presidents harry truman, lyndon johnson, richard nixon and ronald reagan, as well as on iconic entertainer johnny carson. it's a pleasure to welcome back to the great lives podium, my good friend stephen j. farnsworth. >> thank you so much, bill. i'm