who are celebrating. i m ali velshi we begin this hour with th latest in the investigation an the insurrection, and th historic january six committee s highly anticipated final report the document is massive, bot in scope, it s 845 pages long, and importance, relating to th future of democracy in the united states. however, synthesizing th monumental report down to on line is easy it s this. quote, the central cause o january six was one man. the man is exactly who you think it is, donald j trump. the report also notes, quote none of the events of januar six would ve happened withou him. separately, the committee is voted to refer trump to th committee of justice for prosecution and for criminal charges, including obstruction of an official proceeding, a well as 18 and insurrection. important to know right now, the 14th amendment of th constitution, vance individual who engage in an insurrectio from holding federal or stat office the committee reports persists recommendations
this christmas sunday, as we wrap up 2022, we can t ignor the fact that it s been a toug year over the past 12 months, there s been a recurring theme and the stories we ve covered. the fight for democracy here and abroad we have witnessed th resilience determination of th ukrainian people as they continue to resist russia invasion over in a wrong, the death o mahsa amini sparked mass protests and civil unres against the ruling regime. here in the u.s., voters pushe back pushed back at the ballot box. overcoming ideological differences to reject election denialism. and as we head into the ne year a new poll by ipsos showe that 65% of adults worldwide say they re optimistic tha 2023 will be a better year for them then 2022 earlier, i spoke with the most reverend michael curry and dr. barry see black. chaplain of the senate who reminded us that in a worl that can often seem dark, ther is always one thing that can provide light and guidance hope the most reverend michael curry
jamie raskin: umm, you know tommy left us a note, and the note said, please forgive me. my illness won today. look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me, all my love, tommy. umm, so, he didn t have anything in there about take some time off. (laughs) and, uh. crowd: usa! usa! usa! usa! jamie raskin: why is america such an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. we re unified by one constitution and one rule of law, and then the values under our constitution. it is an aspiration. it s a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn t be some kind of fetish document. it should be the living commitment that we all have to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war and reconstruction. that is the constitution that we ve been fighting for since then. and we ve got to keep fighting for it. crowd: trump! trump! trump! trump! trum
listen to it. they know when it hits the bottom, it will be 1990, good-bye to the 80s. will this horrible year never end? when the 90s begin, we re starting to see a lot of experimentation. five, four, three, two, one! the simpsons in some sense was inspired by not necessarily hatred of television but distrust. tv respects me. it laughs with me, not at me. you re stupid. doh! i think the sitcoms of the 80s were such a sort of warm safe humor. you see, the kids they listen to the rap music, which gives them the brain damage. and i think there was a real yearning for another type of humor. we were able to spoof fatherhood. what a bad father. which at the time and i stress at the time was bill cosby as a shining example. did you ever know that you re my hero the stuff they got away with because it s a cartoon, the father strangling the child. why, you little! we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family to ma
[medical machines beeping] wow. A busy body. Aww, look at that. [machines beeping] its a boy. Oh, my god, i knew it. All wow yeah, its a boy. [laughter] oh, wow. Congratulations. Oh, my god. Yeah. What names did you have picked out . Tyson. Tyson. Oh, thats cute. You did a great job, mom. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, i tried. Now its dads time to shine. This is his■this is his■ this is his time. Yeah. We owe this to him. This is■ you know, i think that blessings come■ i cant wait till he meet winston. Yeah, me too. And tyson. Yeah. Blessings always come on time. And i want us to have, like, this huge coming home party for him. He needs that, you know . He needs to feel that love. Like, we never let his hand go even though all the distance. Im sure thatll make him happy. Hopefully we dont have to wait too much longer to find out. Just pray. Nothing like prayer. [soft dramatic music] as the state of michigan takes on recreational sales of marijuana, one man i