roberts and laura pasolokwa. a great shout-out to stacey abrams and her whole team at firefight georgia. for ten years she and her team amend so many of the black women's groups worked and worked and worked to change georgia. stacey would be the first to tell you she didn't do it alone. so a huge thank you to the many organizations who had been working so hard for so many years to get this moment. of courts, none of this would be possible without the hundreds of thousands of organizers and volunteers who put their time, sweat -- >> you have been listening to senator chuck schumer, of course, speaking after we are getting some results in, some results still tbd from those georgia senate runoff races. we'll keep this up live because we think he might take questions here. i want to check in with nbc's kasie hunt. the person on our screen right now is maybe poised to become the majority leader in the senate if, in fact, jon ossoff can retain the lead he has over david perdue in georgia right now. >> reporter: that's

then christy came out, robert watson came out, and i said now they are going to sell a man with his tools. listen, listen, listen. he listened. by the end of all of that, he said if i had known the history, i may not be here. i went, okay. so whoever was in charge of explaining what they were going to see, weeks beforehand, they did not do a good job. >> i'm sorry, i did. >> no, no, no, no but... >> but go back and explain what's your talking about. you are not just talking to a visitor. >> no. >> you were talking to protesters. many might not know about the estate sales. just go back. >> christy can probably explain it more than me. all i know is that every year there is an estate sale... >> every year, colonial williamsburg did a program on columbus day weekend called the kings ascension weekend. part of that programming had always been one of these options on the steps of one of the taverns. so we were still african american programs then and we had a conversation about, isn't it about time? so that did not happen -- that originated in african american interpretations. we took that to

singer songwriters robert plant and alison krauss reunite for a new album. plus, much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at izona state university. judy: as we reported, president biden has nominated jay powell for a second term as the reserve chairman. the president's chairman comes -- decision comes at a tricky moment. job growth has been better-than-expected. inflation is at its highest in decades. both are concerned that powell and leo brainard will have to valance if confirmed. avgas guess joins us now. david, welcome back to the newshour. we know that chairman powell was reportedly looking seriously -- i'm sorry, president biden and was looking seriously at powell and brainard. why is it thought that he went with powell? >> i think the president said it quite clearly this afternoon. he said he was looking for stability and independence. stability in that given this tricky time with the economy, having a familiar face, someone who has a track record now was

gibbs, and former republican new jersey governor and epa administrator christy todd whitman. senator, to you first. big picture. what went wrong for democrats this week? was it a lot of little things that were specific to virginia and new jersey, or is there a bigger problem here? >> well, i think -- >> it was both. >> obviously, it comes down to local politics and you can see that terry mcauliffe made some big mistakes when he said things like parents shouldn't be part of their children's education or shouldn't tell teachers what to teach at a time when that critical race theory, even though it wasn't being taught in virginia or anywhere else that i can figure, that's what people were focused on, so he was a little bit tone deaf. he didn't reach out to his base in the way that he should. here in new jersey, what happened was that jack decided -- jack ciattarelli, the republican candidate, decided that he wanted to hone very close to the republican base, the more -- the very much more conservative base, and what that tells you as far as i'm concerned is while you want to, bec

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victor and christi. >> lauren fox for us on capitol hill. thanks so much. let's bring in cnn political commentator errol louis, host of the you decide podcast. and michael zeldin, former prosecutor for robert miller at the justice department. gentlemen, good morning to you. let's start with the questions of witnesses. i want to split it up, errol, kyle come to you with the political implications in a moment. mike, the legal element tehere. tommy tuberville said he spoke with former president trump and mentioned that the vice president has been taken out of the chamber. and cnn's reporting is that mike mccarthy spoke with the former president as insurrectionists were breaking into his office through the window. should they be deposed? should they be called as witnesses? michael, first. >> i think they should be called as witnesses because there's a key aspect of this case not yet solidifiyiyied because what did president trump know as far as mike pence being in trouble and what did he not do in response to that knowledge. we have reports that mccarthy was in

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and then christy came out, and then robert watson came out, and then i said, now they are going to sell a man with his tools, and he listened. and by the the end of all of that and he said, well, if i had known the history, maybe i would not be here, and he kind of ha, ha, and i was okay. so whoever was in charge of explaining what they were going to see, weeks beforehand, they didn't do a good job. >> well, i am sorry, i did. >> no, no. no, no, no. >> disclaimer. go back to explain to them what you are talking about. you weren't just talking to a visitor, you were talking to protesters. there are a lot who may not know about the estate sale. so go back to -- >> christy can probably explain it more than me, because all i know. >> and the reaction to the estate sale. >> every year there is an estate sale. >> every year, colonial did a program called the king's ascension program sale. and there was a sale on one of the taverns and so we were still african-american programs then. and so we had a conversation then about isn't it about time, so that happened, that originated in african-ameri

are political pod cast i was just and robert young agrees the whole case is full of a pole christie. the argument that's being made right now is this is protected by the 1st amendment and i would say not speaking as a lawyer but just a random guy that that would seem to make sense to me that both what was said during the summer by democrats and what donald trump said is protected under the 1st amendment because either directly said hey go break that window right now but where in a very politically charged environment and ultimately it doesn't really matter because the republicans have enough votes to make sure that donald trump is not removed despite the fact that he has already been voted out by the people it's kind of a a one side hypocrisy and the other side legally we did not hold them account for it so why should we do it with. another poll finds most americans also now find this system of government unsound it's the 1st time a majority of that view just in robert young says there's a good reason why they've reached that point it shows that we live in a very polarized society we

singer-songwriters robert plant and alison krauss reunite for a new album. plus much more. >> woodruff: as we reported, president biden has nominated jay powell for a second term as federal reserve chairman. and his decision comes at a tricky moment. job growth has been better than expected, even as the country grapples with covid, but inflation is at its highest in decades concerns powell, and lael brainard as fed vice-chair, will have to balance if confirmed. david wessel is with the hutchins center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution. and joins us now. david, welcome back to the newshour. so we know that chairman powell was reported to be looking seriously at both-- i'm sorry president biden was looking seriously at both jay powell and lael brainerd, why is it thought he went with powell. >> i think the president said it clearly in his press conference this afternoon. he said he was looking for stability and independence. stability in that given the tricky time of the economy as you pointed out, having a familiar face, someone with