amna nawaz has our report on why violent crime has increased and how cities can prevent it. >> nawaz: a grim start to the year in new york city, with residents across the boroughs reeling from a series of attacks: in times square, a woman pushed to death on the subway tracks. in the bronx, an 11-month-old baby shot in the face. and in harlem, two police officers shot to death while on duty. it's sent newly inaugurated mayor eric adams, a former n.y.p.d. captain, to prayer vigils, roundtables and to the center of a national debate on gun violence and public safety. >> we need washington to join us and act now to stop the flow of guns in new york city and cities like new york. >> nawaz: the issue is resonating nationwide. over the weekend, an officer was wounded in washington, d.c. and a deputy killed in houston, texas. >> we cannot have people like this on our streets. >> nawaz: the overall picture of violent crime in america right now is complicated. a new report by the council on criminal justice tracks that in 2021, the homicide rate rose by 5%. an increase, but by a much smaller ma

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amna nawaz takes a look back with this timeline of the historic and deadly events of that day. >> nawaz: one year ago today, trump supporters from across the country gathered in the nation's capitol to protest congress's certification of the 2020 presidential election results. >> to use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with: we will stop the steal. >> nawaz: at a rally near the white house, president trump spoke to a crowd estimated in the thousands, everyone from ordinary americans to conspiracy theorists, to members of right- wing extremist groups. >> we will never give up. we will never concede. >> nawaz: trump repeated the lie that the election was stolen, urging his supporters to march to the capitol and fight. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> nawaz: around 1:00 p.m., as trump wrapping his remarks in this park, the day turned violent. a group of his supporters on the western side of e capitol confront the handful of police guarding the barrie

amna nawaz reports. >> nawaz: they broke through barricades, assaulted police, smashed their way into the capitol, and sent lawmakers into hiding. yet, even as the attack was playing out, there were already alrnative narratives being spun about who was to blame. >> some reports that antifa sympathizers may have been sprinkled throughout the crowd. >> possibly antifa insurrectionists possibly could have infiltrated some of these movements and maybe instigated some of this. >> the "washington times" has just reported some pretty compelling evidence from a facial recognition company showing that some of the people who breached the capitol today were not trump supporters. they were masquerading as trump supporters and, in fact, were members of the violent terrorist group, antifa! >> in the first hours and days afterward, you could see trump and his allies and supporters sort of groping for what the appropriate narrative was. >> nawaz: david graham is a staff writer at “the atlaic” magazine. >> so, on the one hand, you had trump coming out with his video on the day of saying, "we love

amna nawaz reports. >> nawaz: they broke through barricades, assaulted police, smashed their way into the capitol, and sent lawmakers into hiding. yet, even as the attack was playing out, there were already alternative narratives being spun about who was to blame. >> some reports that antifa sympathizers may have been sprinkled throughout the crowd. >> possibly antifa insurrectionists possibly could have infiltrated some of these movements and maybe instigated some of this. >> the "washington times" has just reported some pretty compelling evidence from a facial recognition company showing that some of the people who breached the capitol today were not trump supporters. they were masquerading as trump supporters and, in fact, were members of the violent terrorist group, antifa! >> in the first hours and days afterward, you could see trump and his allies and supporters sort of groping for what the appropriate narrative was. >> nawaz: david graham is a staff writer at “the atlantic” magazine. >> so, on the one hand, you had trump coming out with his video on the day of saying, "we l

amna nawaz reports. >> nawaz: students around the country filed back into classrooms in the new year, but thousands of schools chose to delay that return, as parents rushed to secure covid swabs amid record cases of omicron nationwide. >> nawaz: schools in newark, milwaukee and cleveland moving to virtual learning or cancelling classes altogether today. schools in washington, d.c., baltimore and detroit extending winter break to ease staffing shortages. north of the border, canada's most populous province of ontario moved all classes online, delaying re-opening until at least january 17th. back in america, districts forging on with -person classes, this weekend ramped up testing efforts. >> we've seen this for the last >> nawaz: in the nation's largest school system, new york city, families were urged, but not required to get their kids tested. newly inaugurated mayor eric adams, on abc yesterday, dermined not to shutter schools. >> we lost almost two years of education. we can't do it again. >> nawaz: all this, as the f.d.a. today authorized pfizer booster shots for kids aged 12 to 1

amna nawaz looks at what's behind this volatility and the market's recent slump. >> nawaz: ju, at one point, the dow jones was down more than 1,000 points, and the s&p 500, which is a wider gauge of the stock market, had fallen into correction territory, a drop of 10% from its previous high. all of the major indexes came back, finished on a positive note. but they are down since the start of the year. to understand more about all of this, we turn to dana peterson, chief economist at the conference board, a non-partisan business think tank. >> nawaz: david peterson, welcome to the newshour. thanks for being with us. i want to ask you about what we saw before that late rally this afternoon, which was a continuation of a weeks' long slide. what was behind that? what were investors watching and worried about? >> i think is investors were watching and worried about a number of thing. certainly tech stocks have sold off with the raising interest rates. there is a lot of missing in terms of earning, in the fact that omicron interrupted business. many workers were sick and they required guara

amna nawaz looks at what's behind this volatility and the market's recent slump. >> naw: judy, at one point, the dow jones was down more than 1,000 points, and the s&p 500, which is a wider gauge of the stock market, had fallen into correction territory, a drop of 10% from its previous high. all of the major indexes came back, finished on a positive note. but they are down since the start of the year. to understand more about all of this, we turn to dana peterson, chief economist at the conference board, a non-partisan business think tank. >> nawaz: david peterson, welcome to the newshour. thanks for being with us. i want to ask you about what we saw before that late rally this afternoon, which was a continuation of a weeks' long slide. what was behind that? what were investors watching and worried about? >> i think is investors were watching and worried about a number of thing. certainly tech ocks have sold off with the raising interest rates. there is a lot of missing in terms of earning, in the fact that omicron interrupted business. many workers were sick and they required guarant

amna nawaz has our coverage. >> nawaz: after surviving more than 11 hours on saturday held at gunpoint in his texas synagogue, rabbi charlie cytron-walker spoke today with "cbs mornings." >> it was terrifying, it was overwhelming. >> nawaz: sharing for the first time h and he and other hostages escaped. >> the exit wasn't too far away, i threw a chair at the gunman, and i headed for the door. and all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired. >> nawaz: the f.b..i has identified the hostage-taker as malik faisal akram, a 44-year-old british citizen. on saturday morning, akram entered congregation beth israel in the fort worth suburb of colleyville, taking the rabbi and three congregants hostage, during a livestreamed sabbath service. more than 200 local, state, and federal law enforcement quickly converged on the site, and hostage negotiators engaged with akram, reportedly heard on the livestream demanding the release of dr. aafia siddiqui, a pakistani neuroscientist convicted in 2010 of trying to kill american soldiers in afghanistan. currently serving an 86-year

amna nawaz has our coverage. >> nawaz: after surviving more than 11 hours on saturday held at gunpoint in his texas synagogue, rabbi charlie cytron-walker spoke today with "cbs mornings." >> it was terrifying, it was overwhelming. >> nawaz: sharing for the first time how and he and other hostages escaped. >> the exit wasn't too far away, i threw a chair at the gunman, and i headed for the door. and all three of us were able to get out without even a shot being fired. >> nawaz: the f.b..i has identified the hostage-taker as malik faisal akr, a 44-year-old britiscitizen. on saturday morning, akram entered congregation beth israel in the fort worth suburb of colleyville, taking the rabbi and three congregants hostage, during a livestrmed sabbath service. more than 200 local, state, and federal law enforcement quickly converged on the site, and hostage negotiators engaged with akram, reportedly heard on the livestream demanding the release of dr. aafia siddiqui, a pakistani neuroscientist convicted in 2010 of trying to kill american soldiers in afghanistan. currently serving an 86-year sen

amna nawaz, who was outside the building as the crowd gathered. and yamiche alcindor, who was at the white house. the four of us spoke last year in the days following the insurrection for our podcast "america, interrupted," and when we sat down again earlier this week, we talked about how the country hachanged in the year since. lisa, let me start with you. you were inside the capitol, i remember it vividly, as the rioters broke through the glass in those doors. you were eyewitness to the worst attack on the u.s. capitol in 200 years. from a-- from a political standpoint, sa, it looks like a much more partisan even place what does it feel like from the inside? >> desjardins: i didn't think that the capitol could get more partisan than after the 2020 election ended, in 2020, but it has, and-- and i also have to say, a year ago, we all felt these palpable, very raw emotions from lawmakers right after january 6. and i knew they would continue. i thought they would continue february, march, april. democrats just seething with anger. democrats who don'

i'm amna nawaz. judy woodruff is away. onhe newshour tonight: covid surge. new cases soar, breaking pandemic records across the u.s., as countries around the globe celebrate new year's eve. then, colorado's wildfires. fueled by hurricane-force winds, the blaze leaves thousands homeless, and could be the most destructive in the state's history. also, legendary actress and beloved comedian betty white has died, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. and, it's friday. david brooks and jonathan capehart reflect on the year in politics, and democracy in america. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour.

amna nawaz has our report. >> nawaz: judy, this month, the city of san antonio is reporting the highest average of cases since the pandemic began. on monday, health officials reported more than 7,000 new cases, the positivity rate has climbed to 38%, and over the last two weeks, hospitalizations have increased 80%. dr. jason bowling is an infectious disease specialist at university health, and an assistant professor of infectious disease at u.t. health-san antonio. dr. bowling, welcome to the "newshour" and thank you for making the time. you guys in san antonio are now dealing with the fourth covid surge, hospitalizations there tripled since the start of january. what is it like for you to go into work every day? >> well, it's incredibly busy, as you can imagine, with the numbers increasing so quickly. we are really seeing a lot of hospitalizations and app lot of business in our outpatient settings in the clinics, with this most transmissible variant, the number of cases has gone really high and even though it's relatively less severe than the delta variant, given the high number of cas

amna nawaz is back with a look at some of these developments. she spoke earlier today with o of moderna's top scientists. amna: dr. paul burton is the chief medical officer of moderna. and he joins us now. dr. burton, welcome to the "newshour." thank you for making the time. let's begin with vaccines and young kids, because this is on a lot of people's minds right now. parents of kids under the age of 5 are really struggling, worried about how to keep their kids and families safe. a couple of weeks ago, moderna had announced you're going to share efficacy data on your vaccine for kids aged 2 to 5 by march. so, should we take that to mean that parents shouldn't expect a moderna vaccine for those young kids anytime before march? dr. burton: well, so look, first of all, i share those sentiments. certainly, with omicron, those little kids, 2-to-5-year-olds have been disproportionately impacted and affected. and it's an unmet need. you know, we need a good vaccine for them. we are on track to have data, as you say, by march. we will get that to regul

amna nawaz joins me now to look at what he has done so far. hello, amna. so we know this is a huge issue. tell us how he's delivering on it. >> reporter: that's right, judy. it's a massive issue. climate change is clearly now a climate crisis. so to better assess how president biden has done in year one to address it, we're going to take a look at four key commitments he made. number one, he has promised to develop a clean energy economy. also to build more resilient communities to reestablish america's global leadership on this issue and to work towards environmental justice. so, judy, this is not a comprehensive list but illustrative of some of his key commitments. >> woodruff: so let's take these one by one, starting with this clean energy economy. how has he done specifically on that? >> reporter: tt's right, judy. well, it's a massive, ambitious goal, the president's goal of hitting net zero carbon emissions by 2050. let's take a look back. here's how he framed it when he was talking about it in july 2020. >> we also know that transforming the america

amna nawaz is here to lay out how he's doing on those fronts. amna, as we're suggesting, big promises from then-candidate joe biden. how, as president biden, has he made a difference on those promises? >> judy, you're absolutely right. he came into office saying he's not just going to undo what the previous president had done. he's going to work towds and create a more fair, more humane overall immigration system. some of his earlier actions when he came into office were immigration related. in his first days in office, president biden stopped construction of the border wall. he ended the trump-era travel bans. he created the family reunification task force to find and reunify those families separated under the trump administration, and he reinstated daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals program that shield children from deportation. he also started to lay out a broar groundwork and strategy for you had to address some of the changes that quite frankly people have been calling for in decades in a system that hasn't had meaningful refo

amna nawaz picks up the story there >> nawaz: stewart rhodes is a yale law graduate. he's also head of a nationwide network of anti-government militants, known as the "oathkeepers." he and many of his comrades were on the grounds of the u.s. capitol last january 6th. the justice department alleges in a complaint released today that the "oathkeepers" conspired to violently overthrow the u.s. government. joining me now to discuss the significance of these charges, and the strength of extremist movements like the "oathkeepers" is kathleen belew. she's an assistant professor of history at the university chicago and the author of "bring the war home: the white power movement and paramilitary america." kathleen, welcome back to the newshour. this ser ditious conspiracy charge is not one a lot of americans are familiar with. in basic terms, how often is it used? and what is it prosecutors are-- have to prove to make it stck? >> so, seditious conspiracy has been used only in a hand full of cases across the 20th and early 21st centuries. we see it deployed for things like puer

insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andra mitchell, eugene robinson, amna nawaz, and anthony continetti of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. every new administration enters office with an agenda of optimism. for president biden, the plan was that covid would be defeated, the economy would fully recover, and he would be able to deliver a return to normalcy, but plans have a way of going sideways. a year into mr. biden's presidency, unemployment is down, wages are up, but inflation is also up to a 40-year high. build back better is stuck at neutral. most important, though vaccines are available and effective, delta and omicron have dealt a one-two punch to the economy, the supply chain, and that promised return to normalcy. and on thursday the supreme court blocked mr. biden's vaccine or test mandate for large businesses, perhaps taking away the last effective tool in

. >> nawaz: on january 11, 2002, the first 20 detainees arrived at guantanamo bay detention camp. it was four months to the day after the september 11th terrorist attacks. since then, it's held about 780 detainees. the majority have never been charged. 741 have since been transferred out, and today, 39 men remain. so too, do questions about their future-- and the future of guantanamo bay itself, as president biden renews a pledge to close it. for more on all this, i'm joined by "new york times" reporter carol rosenberg. who has done extensive reporting at guantanamo bay. carol, welcome back to the newshour. carol, welcome back to the "newshour". thanks for being here. let me ask you about those 39 men who are still there. about a dozen or so have been charged, right, the majority are awaiting trial including five men we should say for the 9/11 attacks, but most have never been charged. so how is it that the u.s. is still holding them? >> so you're correct that there's six people there awaiting death penalty trials and the majority have not been charged, a few more have been charge

amna nawaz, thanks very much. a jury was selected today in the federal trial of three former minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of george floyd. john yang has more. john: judy, this is the next chapter in efforts to hold minneapolis police officers accountable in the death of george floyd. what began as a call to a convenience store more than a year-and-a-half ago touched off protests around the world for racial justice and police accountability. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro begins our coverage with a reminder of how we got to this point. and a warning, some of the images in this report are disturbing. fred: one down, three to go. that was the message above the minneapolis intersection known as george floyd square in the weeks after derek chauvin's conviction last year. it was a reference to the three other former minneapolis police officers, tou thao, j. alexander kueng, and thomas lane, who were at the scene on may 25, 2020, and now face federal civil rights charges. almost a year aft

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yamiche alcindor, amna nawaz, lisa desjardins, what a great conversation. thank you. as we look back on the siege of the capitol, and how it will be seen for many years to come... we, as journalists, understand the important role we have to chronicle history as best we can and here at the newshour, we remain firmly committed to that cause. you can continue to follow our coverage of the aftermath of the capitol siege on our website, pbs.org/newshour and you can find our podcast, "america interrupted" wherever you listen to podcasts. announcer: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. man: you're watching pbs. ♪ >>> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & company." here's what's coming up. >> on this day of remembrance, we must make sure that such attack never, never happens again. >> washington reflects on the first anniversary of the assault on the capitol. i speak to democratic rosa delauro who was trapped inside congress that day. >> we're standing on th

for the pbs newshour, in washington, i'm amna nawaz. judy: so hard to see those videos. but despite the disturbing scenes we've seeof the january 6th insurrection and what we think we know about that day, many unknowns still exist. among them, the actions of then-president trump who was silent for more than 3 hours as his supporters wreaked havoc inside the capitol. that's one area under examination by the bipartisan house committee investigating the january 6th attack. representative bennie thompson, democrat from mississippi, chairs that committee. i spoke with him a short time ago. congressman thompson, thank you very much for joining us. you should know, you received a vote of confidence today from vice president harris. when i spoke with her, she said she has full confidence that you and your committee will get to the bottom of what happened on january the 6th. my question to you is, are you equally confident and that you will also get to the bottom of the complicity of the former president? rep. thompson: i thank the vice president for her vote of confidence. i can

joining me are nbc news chief white house correspondent andrea mitchell, eugene robinson, amna nawaz and american continetti of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. every new administration enters office with an agenda of optimism. for president biden the plan was that covid would be defeated, the economy would fully recover and he would be able to deliver a return to normalcy. but plans have a way of going sideways. a year into mr. biden's presidency, unemployment is down, wages are up by unnation is also up to a 40-year high. build back better is stuck at neutral. most important, though vay seens are available and effective, delta and omicron have dealt a one-two punch to the economy, the supply chain and that promised return to normalcy. on thursday the supreme court blocked mr. biden's vaccine or test mandate, perhaps taking away his last effective tool in the covid toolbox. that same d

amna nawaz joins me now to look at what he's done so far. hello. we know this is a huge issue. tell us how he is delivering on it. amna: it is a massive issue. climate change is now in crisis, so to assess how president biden has done in your one to address it, we will look at four commitments he made. he promised to develop a clean energy economy, and to build more resilient community is, to reestablish america's global leadership on this issue and to work toward environment of justice. this is not a comprehensive list but it is illustrative of his key commitments. judy: let's take this one by one, starting with the clean energy economy. amna: it is an ambitious goal, hitting zero carbon emissions by 2050. this is how he framed it when he was talking about it in july 2020. pres. biden: we also know that transforming the american electrical sector to produce power without producing carbon pollution and electrifying an increased share of our economy will be the greatest spurrg of job creation and economic competitivenesin the 21st century. amna: so he has taken some action on th

amna nawaz picks up the story there. amna: that's right, judy. stewart rhodes is a yale law graduate. he's also hd of a nationwide network of anti-government militants known as the oath keepers. he and many of his comrades were on the grounds of the u.s. capitol last january 6. the justice department alleges in a complaint released today that the oath keepers conspired to violently overthrow the u.s. government. joining me now to discuss the significance of these charges and the strength of extremist movements like the oath keepers is kathleen belew. she's an assistant professor of history at the university of chicago and the author of "bring the war home: the white power movement and paramilitary america." kathleen, welcome back to the "newshour." this seditious conspacy charge is not one a lot of americans are familiar with. so just in basic terms, how often is it used? and what is it prosecutors are -- have to prove to make it stick? kathleen: so, seditious conspiracy has been used only in a handful of cases across the 20th and early 21st cent