Jan 19 Biden inherits a deeply divided nation, but most voters think he will bring unity By Laura Santhanam The Biden presidency is starting at a precarious point in American history, but a majority of Americans say the next president will do more to bring the country together than to tear it apart, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 8:51 How concerned is the military about insider threats in the National Guard? The inauguration is now just days away and officials around the country are pulling out all the security stops. But worries kept Washington very much on edge Monday, and the FBI and National Guard are vetting those who are securing… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch 9:25 How the intelligence community views the dangers of domestic extremism With President Trump's looming impeachment trial in the Senate, some are asking what kind of access he should have to intelligence briefings after leaving office. Susan Gordon, the former principal deputy director of national intelligence, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss… Continue watching
Jan 18 Inauguration rehearsal evacuated after fire in homeless camp By Andrew Taylor, Colleen Long, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Officials said participants were evacuated from the West Front of the Capitol on Monday, after a fire in a homeless encampment. Continue reading
Jan 18 FBI vetting National Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing the inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet 25,000 National Guard troops. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 5:38 An Olympian, a therapist, professionals: A look at the rioters stoked by extremism By Christopher Booker, Laura Fong Dozens have been charged for their role in the Capitol Hill riots and the FBI has identified at least 270 more people for the siege. While some of them have had ruins with the authorities in the past, the rioters,… Continue watching
Jan 16 Some in the GOP parrot far-right talk of a coming civil war By Jay Reeves, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press War-like imagery has begun spreading in Republican circles after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters, with some elected officials and party leaders rejecting pleas to tone down rhetoric calling for a second… Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 5:43 Symbols of hate, and their racial implications, at the Capitol Hill riot By Ivette Feliciano, Connie Kargbo Last week's riot on Capitol Hill was filled with hate symbols: nooses, confederate flags, violent graffiti symbols. Ivette Feliciano spoke with civil rights lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, about the racial implications of the riot,… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 13:22 Internet radicalization experts knew violence was brewing. What did they see? By PBS NewsHour While the events at the nation’s Capitol last week caught many by surprise, those who monitor extremism on the internet had already seen a rebellion brewing. Charlie Warzel is the New York Times Opinion Writer-at-Large and reports on online radicalization. Continue watching
Jan 15 PBS NewsHour Special Report: American Reckoning By Judy Woodruff, Amna Nawaz, William Brangham We explore what drove the Jan. 6 attack on the nation’s capital, the failures to heed warnings about growing anti-government and white nationalist extremism, the role of misinformation and disinformation online, and where we as a country go from here. Continue reading