so tam, let's pick up where we left off with lisa's reporting. lisa desjardins' reporting. and that is we are are going to see a push this week. we know president biden, vice president harris headed to atlanta tomorrow to speak about voting rights. tell us what has prompted this push right now by the president. >> the white house has said that the president's two top priorities are passing the build back better act and getting some sort of voting rights legislation through. and obviously with the anniversary of january 6th. there was a lot more discuion around voting rights and around what happened on that day. including what the former president said and has continued to say, he's fighting with a republican senator today about whether the election was stoleen or not. republican senator speaking the truth, senator brown saying the election wasn't stoleen. and yet former president trump continues to claim that the election was stoleen from him. and that is the basis of a lot of local and state legislation around voting. that democrats are really concerned about, they see it

congressional correspondent lisa desjardins begins our coverage. pres. biden: my fellow americans lisa: today, a speech, a location and an anniversary which were all unprecedented. pres. biden: one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked. lisa: in one of the oldest parts of the capitol, president biden took on the january 6 attack with his most direct confrontation yet of his predecessor. pres. biden: we must be absolute clear about what is true and what is a lie. and here's the truth. the former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. he's done so because he values power over principle. he can't accept he lost. lisa: the words echoed inside statuary hall, a place that was filled with pro-trump rioters one year ago, a mob that wanted to stop the electoral count and the biden win. he recounted the scene that day in historic terms. pres. biden: rioters rampaging, waving for the first time inside this capitol a confederate flag that symbolized the cause to destroy america,

lisa desjardins, who was inside the capitol. 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, marc

with an update, our own congressional correspondent, lisa desjardins. lisa, democrats met today. what is the plan? lisa: big news and a big moment for senate democrats. ca out minutes ago, speakingk to reporters and unveiling what he intends to do now that it is clear he doesn't have the votes to pass voting rights. he will try and change senate rules for this bill, and i will tell you how. he wants to float the idea of the talking filibuster, something you and i have been talking about on this show. let me explain his proposal exactly, and again, it would only pertain to the voting rights bill. essentially the idea is that it would require senators to stand and weak they filibuster. it would still require 60 senators to end that filibuster, force an and to debate, but essentially all the opposing senators would use up their time, get worn out, and ultimately, they would stop speaking on their own. then at that point, the bill would have just a 51-majority vote threshold. this is an idea that we know senator manchin, democrat from west virginia, has said he is interested in. howe

here with her own update, our congressional correspondent, lisa desjardins. so, lisa, the democrats were meeting late today. what is the plan? >> reporter: some big news tonight in a very big moment for mocrats. senate leader chuck schumer came out just minutes ago speaking to reporters and unveiling exactly what he intends to do now that it's clear he doesn't have the votes to pass the voting rights. he is going to try and change senate rules for ths bill, and i'm going to tell you how. he wants to float the idea of the talking filibuster. that is something that you and i have been talking about on this show. let me explain what senator schumer's proposal is exactly only pertaining to the voting rights bill. essentially with regard to the talking filibuster, it would talk senators to stand and speak while they filibuster, continue to hold the floor. it would still require 60 senators to end that filibuster, force an end to debate, but here's the idea that, eventually, all of the opposing senators would use up their time, would get worn out and, ultimately, t

you can see it. >> desjardins: for the pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins. >> woodruff: let's break down a bit more of today's developments and how this fits into the larger economic picture going forward. greg ip is the chief economics commentator for the "wall street journal." greg, welcome back to the "newshour". so, first question -- how much do we expect the fed is going to raise interest rates and how quickly? >> well, they signaled about as clearly as they could that the process is going to get started in the month of march with a quarter point increase. now the last time they gave us detailed projections, they thought they would raise rates three times, three quarter point interest raises this year. the risk is they will do quite a few more rate increases this year and the reasons are simple, in the last two months all the data they look at has made the case for higher interest rates stronger. inflation has gotten worse since we got the bad 7% number and the job market is extremely strong with far more job openings than unemployed people. so the two things fed cares about which i

the talks will continue. >> woodruff: lisa desjardins reporting on it all, thank you, lisa. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> woodruff: secretary of state antony blinken was in ukraine today to meet with their president and high command, as more than 100,000 russian troops remain deployed on ukraine's borders. in a moment, i'll speak with two u.s. senators who are just back from ukraine, to get their views, but first, nick schifrin brings us up to speed. >> hello, nice to meet you. >> so good to see you. >> schifrin: in kyiv today, ukraine's president volodymr zelensky and secretary of state anthony blinken met while staring down the barrel of a gun. >> today, there are some 100,000 russian soldiers near ukraine's borders, and in that sense the threat to ukraine is unprecedented. ( explosions ) >> schifrin: those soldiers are signaling escalation. this week, the russian defense ministry released video of troops near ukraine's border practicing the urban warfare they would launch if they invaded. ♪ ♪ ♪ and now, russian tanks and russian troops are arriving in belarus to pomp and circ

here to explain how it could play out is congressional correspondent lisa desjardins. hello, lisa. we know this is happening, as we know, at a time when there is a 50/50 divided senate. wh is the -- what does the process look like that we should expect to see? >> lisa: a slow week on capitol hill sure got busy fast for many capitol hill staffers. the 50/50 senate will mean a slightly different process for president biden, than was the process for president trump. let me take you through this. that first step in the process, of course, is the judiciary committee. in the 50/50 senate, it is 11 democrats and 1 1 11 republicans. if there is a tie, democrats can get around that by using a discharge process. they used it repeatedly with judicial nominees. it would go to the full senate, where a supreme court nominee currently requires a majority vote. there is not the 60-vote threshold involved any longer for supreme court nominees. now, the question is: how much will republicans fight this nominee? and, of course, who the nominee is will make a very big difference. this is one reason th

and lisa desjardins; she was on the hill today. hello to both of you. so, geoff, let me start with you. as we said, the president did meet with democrats today, hoping to make some progress on the filibuster. tell us what happened. >> he had those meetings but he wasn't able to persuade members of his own party to support him in this effort. i think it was a political reality best underscored by the fact that senator sinema delivered that senate floor speech, even before president biden arrived on the hill for that closed door lunch meeting with senate democrats, she making clear her opposition to having a carve-out that would allow the two bills, those voting right bills, to move forward in the senate. now, white house press secretary jen psaki told us today in that meeting, the president warned the setors of what he sees as a systematic effort to dismantle the democracy. and he told them right now they have an historic chance to change that. but he came out of that meeting and spoke to reporters and he talked about thisoting rights push, judy, in the

lisa desjardins begins there. lisa: one year later, some officers, like u.s. capitol police officer harry dunn, are still recovering from the emotional scars sustained that day. others, like capitol police sergeant aquilino gonell, are still recovering from the physical toll. gonell recently tweeted out graphic photos, showing the gashes, bruises from crushing, and other injuries to his shoulder, his hands, and to his foot. dunn and gonell cowrote an op-ed today for the washington post, demanding accountability for the capitol riot. officer harry dunn and sergeant aquilino gonell join me now. thank you both so much for protecting the capitol, personality, and thank you for joining us now. i want to start the fact op-ed. he had strong words. one sentence, you wrote, it will not enough to identify and punish those who physically attack the capitol and tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. strong words. sergeant, what do you mean and what do you want to happen in terms of the accountability? >> it is a lot of people who were involved with what transpir

lisa desjardins picks it up from there. >> desjardins: judy, it's called the filibuster, the right of senators to derail votes, in theory, with infinite debate. and it's why there is a 60-vote threshold for most senate bills. long speeches have always been part of the senate, but requiring a super majority vote to end them, that came in 1917, and it has defined the modern senate. it has changed some, with a lower threshold and 160 workarounds in its first 100 years. today, all 50 senate democrats agree on voting rights reforms, but they do not agree on whether to change the senate's rules to pass them. for more on the debate over the filibuster, we turn to adam jentson, the executive director of battle born collective, a progressive communications firm, and former adviser to democratic senate majority leader harry reid; and brian darling, senior advisor to navigators global, a conservative communications firm, and former adviser to republican senator rand paul. gentlemen, thank you. let me just jump right into this fornt debate, 5d and-- adam, why should the filibuster change. >> the

lisa desjardins begins our coverage. >> desjards: i am joined by troy nehls, a republican congressman from texas; also a former sheriff and combat veteran. thank you for your service and thank you for talking to us today. i know on january 6th, you were there with a chair leg in your arms at the door to the house chamber to keep rioters out. i wonder how you reflect. what do you think happened on january 6th? how do you see it? >> well, actually, thank you, lisa, for having me. it actually was a hand sanitizer. it was a wooden hand sanitizer. i was at the back doors, the center doors leading into, obviously, the house chamber. those doors would be the same doors a president would walk through when he would deliver a state of the union. and i was positioned back at those doors, and, obviously, you know, once we were going through the objectors in the arizona and the state of arizona was there and all of a sudden several personnel in plain clothes rushed nancy off the dias and back into her speaker's lobby. the doors started shaking violently. the doors were locked but people were bangi

lisa desjardins has the story. >> desjardins: kelly comebest is the nurse manager in the emergency room at the singing river health system in pascagoula, mississippi, there on our gulf coast. kelly, take us right into the e.r. what does it look and feel like right now? >> well, today is a great example, we are congested and clogged up as the phrase is lots of patients that are admitted that should be upstairs in the hospital and are still staying in the e.r. and it just slows everything down and it gets can be chaotic. >> desjardins: what does that mean, exactly how long are these patients who are waiting for a bed somewhere else? how longre they in the e.r.? >> averaging about 24 to 36 hours. we have some longer, but we are very much the exception in mississippi. most of the hospitals in mississippi have a several day wait to get their patients out of the e.r. >> desjardins: so help our viewers understand what's going on here. can you talk about your staff shortage and where you are? how short staffed are you at this point? what's going on? >> we have multiple closed units at all of ou