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tamara keith and amy walter break down the latest political headlines. are forest to adapt their agricultural practices because their main water source is drying up. ♪ announcer: this is a pbs news hour from the david rubenstein studio at w eta in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: for the first time since he fled the country, he had ruled with an iron fist and willingness to kill his own people the state and power, assad was heard from today. in a statement from exile in moscow he said -- at no point did he consider stepping down or seeking refuge that said he was evacuated from syria by russian forces after he left damascus. geoff: assad also said the country has in his words fallen into the hands of terrorism. that is a reference to the forces that led the lightning campaign marching a new chapter in syria's rebellion and leads the nation. the seeds of the revolution were sewn to the south of damascus by students and young people in 2011 as they arab spring took hold across the m

and tamara keith of npr. thank you very much. welcome to you both. tamera, let me start with you.arter had 40 years to define his legacy after the white house. not only does biden not have that much time, but is there a recognition that in fact, biden's successor could help define biden's legacy? tamara: absolutely. president carter gave himself a new legacy, a second i could see. 40 years is an incredibly long time. president biden does not have 40 years. the tables tell us that is basically impossible. his presidency is likely to be defined both by what he did in office and increasingly, by how his time in office came to an end. he ran in 2019, for president, to make donald trump a one term president. that was why he ran. that is he said. now, donald trump will be a two-term president. history remembers two-term presidents generally more fondly than they remember one term president's. i have spoken to several presidential historians who say president biden, much of his -- the fate of his legacy may well be defined by how people ultimately perceived donald trump. right now, if yo

we turn to amy walter and tamara keith. good to see you both. mr.have been on capitol hill trying to woo senators. and president-elect donald trump was in mar-a-lago and he said he believes rfk junior, if confirmed, will be less radical then you would think. bring us up to speed on where the nominees stand in terms of the transition and the republican senators they have been meeting with. >> the nominees have been making the rounds. it is standard. some things are very normal, and making the rounds to different senators trying to answer their concerns is a thing that happens every time there is a new nominate. what is different is that republican senators do have concerns with some of these nominees. they are not necessarily voicing them publicly as much as you might think in part because there is not a lot to be gained from that. and so they are talking a lot about wanting these nominees to have a fair hearing. and having a confirmation hearing, a fair hearing, i think that what we don't know yet is what are those hearings going to be like? and are

amy walter and tamara keith break down the latest political headlines.eading music through life. jazz trumpeter arturo sandoval's journey from cuba to international success. ♪ >> this is the "pbs newshour" from the david m. rubenstein studio from weta studio in washington and from the west at the walter cronkite bureau at arizona state university. william: the biden administration just approved a wind farm project off the coast of massachusetts- it's now the eleventh commercial-scale wind project of its kind to get approval. this comes at a key moment for this sector because president-elect trump has been a frequent critic. as science correspondent miles o'brien reports, researchers are racing to answer important questions about the potential unintended consequences of this promising form of renewable energy -- even while current windmills are under construction. miles: three decades after the idea was pioneered in europe, offshore wind power is just over the horizon in the u.s. in new bedford, massachusetts they are staging and stacking the pieces of th

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geoff: quick for usual politics monday duo of amy walter and tamara keith.eekly segment should fear not. they will be back next week. and remember, there is always a lot more online including some tips for giving back and volunteering during the holiday season. you can see that at pbs.org/news hour. geoff: and that is the news hour for tonight. i am geoff bennett. amna: on behalf of the entire news hour team, thank you for joining us. >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by -- supported by the macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at the website. and with the ongoing support of these institutions. this program was made possible by 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.] >> this is the "pbs news hour" from the david m rubenstein studio at weta in washington and from our bureau at the

. >> hans nichols of axios, npr's tamara keith and cnn's very own manu raju.u thank you for letting lauren run around after after the senators for a few hours. i'm sure your feet. thank you for it. yes i do. what are you hearing from your sources at this point? >> you know, i think that kash patel stands a decent chance of getting confirmed at the moment. >> this is still the very beginning, though, of the confirmation process, which can be arduous, which can trip any members up. there's going to be a background check. something could come up. we'll see how any one of these nominees do in their confirmation hearings but even though trump is taking breaking with norms and practice and essentially firing the fbi director who has three years left on his term, they typically stay for ten years. so new presidents don't bring in their own fbi director to do things, to act on a political basis. trump, of course, is forgoing that tradition and bringing in christopher wray. i've talked to a lot of republicans about that. the idea of pushing out christopher wray, there