>> martha raddatz with us all day here. martha, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the very difficult start to the trial in the ahmaud arbery case today, the emotional scene inside that courtroom in georgia, the trial of three white men charged with murdering arbery. arbery was shot and killed, pursued by a pickup truck, and prosecutors today said he was chased for five minutes. tonight, one of the accused claiming it was self-defense. steve osunsami now from georgia. >> reporter: it was the most painful moment during opening statements today, when prosecutors played the violent cell phone video. watching those last few minutes of ahmaud arbery's life led one juror to look down. >> mr. arbery is under attack by all three of these men. >> reporter: on the other side of this south georgia courtroom, the mother of the man who fired the fatal shot shook her head. and the other mother, of the black victim, let out a cry. saying it was her first time watching it all since her son was killed in february of last year. >> he

>> martha raddatz with us all day here. mart martha, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the difficult start to the trial in the ahmaud arbery case today, the emotional scene inside that courtroom in georgia, the trial of three white men charged with murdering arbery. he was shot and killed, pursued by a pickup truck, and prosecutors said he was chased for five minutes. tonight, one of the accused claiming it was self-defense. steve osunsami now from georgia. >> reporter: it was the most painful moment during opening statements today, when prosecutors played the violent cellphone video. watching those last few minutes of ahmaud arbery's life led one juror to look down. >> mr. arbery is under attack. by all three of these men. >> reporter: on the other side of this south georgia courtroom, the mother of the man who fired the fatal shot shook her head. and the other mother, of the black victim, let out a cry. saying it was her first time watching it all since her son was killed in february of last year. >> he was runnin

>> all right, martha raddatz live in washington tonight. martha, thank you. >>> and now over to capitol hill and pressure building tonight on house democrats to pass president biden's two bills. house speaker nancy pelosi pressed today, did failure to get at least the bipartisan inf infrastructure bill passed play into that republican victory in virginia on election night? and this evening, we're also now learning paid family leave has been added back into that second bill. but will it survive? and when could there be a vote on either one? rachel scott on the hill again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a new sense of urgency from house leaders on capitol hill, scrambling to hold a vote on president biden's domestic agenda after tuesday's devastating election results. >> it was not a good night. >> reporter: house democrats under fire for failing to pass the popular bipartisan infrastructure bill. the president warning voters are looking for democrats to deliver. >> do you believe the house democrats in any way were partially responsible for w

>> all right, martha raddatz with us tonight from washington. martha, thank you. >>> and from capitol hill tonight, pressure building on house democrats to pass president biden's two bills. house speaker nancy pelosi pressed today, did failure to get at least the bipartisan inf infrastructure bill passed play into that republican victory in virginia on election night? and this evening, we're learning paid family leave has been added back into that second bill, but will it survive? and when could there be a vote on either one? rachel scott on the hill again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a new sense of urgency from house leaders on capitol hill, scrambling to hold a vote on president biden's domestic agenda after tuesday's devastating election results. >> it was not a good night. >> reporter: house democrats under fire for failing to pass the popular bipartisan infrastructure bill. the president warning voters are looking for democrats to deliver. >> do you believe the house democrats in any way were partially responsible for what happened on tue

and here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: in his horned helmet, fur pelts and face paint, jacob chansley became known as "the qanon shaman." but prosecutors called him, "the most prominent symbol of a violent insurrection that attempted to overthrow the united states government." one of the first rioters to storm into the senate chamber, chanceley, sitting in then vice president mike pence's seat, leaving a menaciny handwritten note on his desk reading, "it's only a matter of time. justice is coming!" a federal judge, today, sentencing the 34-year-old chansley to 41 months -- nearly 3 1/2 years in prison. chansley, who had pleaded guilty to one felony count, expressing remorse. telling the court, "i may be guilty of this crime, absolutely," he said. "but i am in no way, shape or form a dangerous criminal. i'm not a domestic terrorist. i'm not an insurrectionist. i'm a good man who broke the law. in retrospect, i'd do everything differently on january 6th. i would try with all my heart and soul to stop people." he has already spent ten months in prison, so, david, he has just 2 1/2 years

and here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: in his horned helmet, fur pelts and face paint, jacob chansley became known as the qanon shaman. but prosecutors called him "the most prominent symbol of a violent insurrection that attempted to overthrow the united states government." one of the first rioters to storm into the senate chamber, chansley, sitting in then vice president mike pence's seat, leaving a menacing handwritten note on his desk, reading, "it's only a matter of time. justice is coming." a federal judge today sentencing the 34-year-old chansley to 41 months, nearly 3 1/2 years, in prison. chansley, who had pleaded guilty to one felony count, expressing remorse, telling the court, "i may be guilty of this crime, absolutely," he said. "but i am in no way, shape or form a dangerous criminal. i'm not a domestic terrorist. i'm not an insurrectionist. i'm a good man who broke the law. in retrospect," he said, "i'd do everything differently on january 6th. i would try with all my heart and soul to stop people." chansley has already spent ten months in prison, so, david, he has just 2

. ♪ >>> finally tonight, my colleague martha raddatz brings us a new reminder of cokie roberts' life and legacy shared by one of the many who loved her. >> reporter: tonight, the words and wisdom of our colleague, our friend, cokie roberts. >> we're following two major stories tonight -- >> reporter: from her husband of 53 years, steve roberts. >> this has been home for a long time. >> reporter: celebrating his wife in his book "cokie: a life well lived." as a kind and generous mother and mentor, and a pioneer in journalism at a time dominated by men. >> that's all for us this sunday. until next week, that's "this week." >> here she was totally unfazed, giving it back to him, playing with the big boys. >> what is your definition of womanizing? >> most women know when it they see it, senator. >> reporter: steve roberts sharing the stories he heard from so many after cokie's death two years ago. when i looked up to cokie, it wasn't just professionally. it was because she was doing the things that people said we couldn't do. >> cokie coming out with two kids, six grandkids, a long marri

. >> -- martha raddatz reports on rising sea levels. alarming erosion eating at hawaii's coastline. >>> and -- >> countless young women saw her on tv and said, i can be here. i can be that strong. >> the new book honoring our friend, colleague and trail blazer, cokie roberts. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air this morning, president biden is attending the g20 summit in rome. the first in-person meeting of the world leaders since the pandemic. he went to mass last night receiving communion with first lady jill biden. this morning, joe biden met with turkish president erdogan before heading to glasgow for the u.n. climate conference. cecilia vega is traveling with the president. she joins us this morning from rome, and cecilia, two big items on the agenda at the g20, climate change and getting vaccines to poor countries. >> reporter: yeah, exactly, george. good morning to you, and this is why this is so important. we're talking about the world's 20 largest economies who are responsible for emitting 80% of

his funeral service in washington, our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz is on the scene at the national cathedral. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. colin powell had such a distinguished and trailblazing career. he was the first black secretary of state, the first black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and today here honoring him will be president biden, former president obama and former president bush, all will be here as well as hillary clinton. colin pow will be eulogized by the former secretary of state, and the current chairman and defense secretary will be here. eulogies will be delivered by madeleine albright and colin powell's deputy, richard armitage as well as two of his children, michael and linda, linda is an actress. michael is the former chairman of the fcc. of course, colin powell died of complications from covid, but he was also suffering from a rare blood cancer and parkinson's disease. he was vaccinated. his career was tarnished by his support of the iraq war using faulty evidence to back it up. he said that was a mistake. but i

here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: tonight, the words and wisdom of our colleague, our friend, cokie roberts. >> we're following two major stories tonight -- >> reporter: from her husband of 53 years, steve roberts. >> this has been a home for a long time. >> reporter: celebrating his wife in his book, "cokie: a life well lived," as a kind and generous mother and mentor and a pioneer in journalism at a time dominated by men. >> she was totally unphased. giving it back to them, playing with the big boys. and women all over the country started noticing this, martha. >> reporter: now sharing the stories he heard from so many after cokie's death two years ago. cokie was a tremendous mentor to so many women, me. and when i looked up to cokie, it wasn't just professionally, it was because she was doing sog many of the thing s we couldn't do. >> here was cokie coming in with two kids, six grandkids, a long marriage, and yet still managed to have the career she did. and so many women saw her as a role model, because that's the life they wanted. they didn't want to have choose. there would be

here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: tonight, the words and wisdom of our colleague, our friend, cokie roberts. >> we're following two major stories tonight -- >> reporter: from her husband of 53 years, steve roberts. >> this has been home for a long time. >> reporter: celebrating his wife in his book, "cokie: a life well lived," as a kind and generous mother and mentor and a pioneer in journalism at a time dominated by men. >> what is your definition of womanizing, sam? >> most women know it when they see it, senator. >> she was totally unfazed. giving it back to them, playing with the big boys. and women all over the country started noticing this, martha. >> reporter: now sharing the stories he heard from so many after cokie's death two years ago. cokie was a tremendous mentor to so many women, me. and when i looked up to cokie, it wasn't just professionally, it was because she was doing so many of the things people said we couldn't do. >> here was cokie coming in with two kids, six grandkids, a long marriage, and yet still managed to have the career she did. and so many women saw he

martha raddatz spoke to him about it. >> we are following two major stories tonight. >> reporter: she was a fixture of broadcast news for nearly half a century. >> the candidates seem to think it works and they all keep opting into the system because they like the system. >> reporter: from capitol hill to the anchor desk here at abc news, cokie roberts covered history. in the new book, "cokie: a life well lived," author steve roberts, cokie's husband of 53 years, writes of her life when the cameras and microphones were off. as a mother, friend, mentor and role model. >> when i looked up to cokie, it wasn't just professionally. it was because she was doing the things that people said we couldn't do. >> there are a lot of women in the very early days who felt they had to choose between a professional career and a personal life and here was cokie coming in with two kids, six grandkids, a long marriage, and yet still managed to have the career she did and so many women saw her as a role model because that's the life they wanted. >> reporter: cokie's passion for politics was in her blood.

raddatz was saying what's to come next? how are you going to tell employers with 5 or 10 employees that they have to mandate this vaccine for their employees? >> yeah. you ask some really great questions. where does it stop. i don't know that it will stop unless the courts step in and stop them. because, i think we will see small employers. i think we might see children. they may limit transportation. who knows where they will go. if they're not put to a stop, i don't know if we can have any idea what the limits of this administration's willingness to affect people's lives. carley: when do you think the apiece court will make this decision? because this vaccine mandate is coming down on january 4th. will there be a ruling on it before that? >> yeah. i think there will be. they have already put a stay in place. we filed for a broader stay over the weekend. i think you will see quick action on this. i think the courts know. the fifth circuit realizes how important this is to people's lives. yeah, i do think we are going to ge

here now co-anchor martha raddatz. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." as we approach the thanksgiving holiday, millions of americans will be on the move. the tsa predicting travel may near pre-pandemic levels, and as covid cases rise once again, concern growing about another winter surge. the cdc on friday green lit vaccine booster shots for all adults. dr. anthony fauci is standing by, but we begin this morning with the dramatic verdict in the kyle rittenhouse trial, a case that inflamed debates in this country about race, guns, and vigilantism. the jury finding rittenhouse acted in lawful self-defense when he fatally shot two men and wounded a third during a turbulent racial justice protest in kenosha, wisconsin, last year. the victims' families expressed outrage at the criminal justice system as rittenhouse applauded the verdict. >> the jury reached the correct verdict. self-defense is not illegal. it's been a rough journey, but we made it through it. >> reporter: and here to analyze the fallout is our abc team following the case since the beginning,

martha raddatz goes one-on-one with surgeon general dr. vivek murthy about vaccines for young children, and the vaccine mandates. one year to the 2022 midterm elections, martha talks to swing state voters about last tuesday's election results and what they think of the biden presidency so far. juju? >>> and now to some significant news overnight. the iraqi prime minister targeted by an assassination attempt by drone. the government releasing a statement saying he was not harmed. abc's julia macfarlane is in london with more. good morning to you, julia. >> reporter: juju, good morning. the iraqi prime minister was as you said targeted last night by explosive drones headed for his residence in baghdad in his heavily fortified green zone. residents reported hearing gunfire following the sound of explosions. reports also say that half a dozen of his detail were injured. however, this morning, the prime minister addressed the nation on camera saying he was fine, describing the attack as cowardly and called for peaceful dialogue. in the last mon

martha raddatz goes one-on-one with dr. anthony fauci about booster shots and how to gather safely this holiday season amid rising covid cases, plus a special panel discusses the verdict in the kyle rittenhouse trial. gio? >>> now to that missing chinese tennis star and new images this morning that supposedly show her alive and well. until they emerged this weekend, she had not been seen since accusing a senior chinese leader of sexual assault. let's get right to abc's julia macfarlane. she's in london right now with more. julia, good morning. >> reporter: gio, good morning. it would appear that chinese tennis star peng shuai has made her first confirmed appearance back in the public eye. a chinese state media editor releasing a video appearing to show the former doubles world number one being introduced alongside the china open director at a youth tennis tournament on sunday. now, back on november 2nd, peng shuai wrote on social media accusing a former vice premier of sexual assault before they embarked in an on/off consen

. >> i'm martha raddatz here in baghdad. >> cairo. >> at the site of the sochi olympics. >> we're here at the historic governor's mansion in des moines. >> we join you this morning from boulder, colorado, after spending the week on a cross-country road trip speaking with voters across the nation. >> i hear people talk all the time about, i don't know why this person is a better candidate than the other person, and i think that's a role "this week" plays so well. >> as the program took shape, so eventually did our sunday morning family. >> there were three people, and each of us is quite different. donaldson has made a reputation for himself by being an aggressive reporter which he is. some of his questions i wouldn't want to ask, but i don't mind hearing the answers. >> i get to answer the questions. you can give whatever answer you want. do you want to ban abortion? >> he's extremely bright and quite conservative, and you can always count on him for some kind of thoughtful point of view about whatever the topic is. >> it's the annotations. >> i can give dramatic readings. >> instructi

martha raddatz has the latest. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, michael. many of these migrants have been trapped at the border for weeks, hungry freezing, but the tensions escalated with a new crush of migranmigrants. this morning, growing crowds of desperate migrants in belarus surging towards the main crossing point into poland. polish police amassing on the other side with the polish government there sealing the border, refusing to take them in, and belarus refusing to take them back, leaving the migrants stranded. >> we were there 15 days without food, without anything. the belarusian army said if we saw you again, we'll kill you. >> reporter: abc news was out with activists who were trying to help migrants who did manage to cross into poland. >> we see every day, people in the forest. most of them totally wet, freezing. >> reporter: the eu accusing belarus' dictator alexander lukashenko of tricking the migrants into coming to the border as punishment to the eu after sanctions were imposed on his country. many of the migrants from syria and iraq looki

our chief global affairs anchor martha raddatz is at the federal courthouse. martha, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. it's impossible to forget those images of jacob chansley parading through the capitol with that spear and fur hat. he was one of the first 30 rioters to penetrate the capitol then making his way into the senate chamber where prosecutors say he scrawled a menacing note for mike pence that read it's only a matter of time. justice is coming. chansley pleaded guilty to one felony count and has been jailed for the last ten months but prosecutors want a sentence of 51 months saying the government cannot overstate the seriousness of the defendant's conduct citing his rhetoric, they say, about violently removing the traitors in our government. defense attorneys say chansley suffers from significant mental health vulnerabilities and are seeking a lesser sentence. if chansley is sentenced to 51 months it will be the longest of any of the capitol rioters thus far. george? >> martha, thanks. >>> to capitol hill where a republican congre