harass and look at this event that was mocked by right wing media. there are new headlines about rupert murdoch snubbing donald trump and there s new headlines about the story about elon musk. joining us to make sense of it all tara pal mary, the senior correspondent at puck, oliver garsy and elizabeth mayo, former online communications director at the rnc. protesters are gathering at the steps of the u.s. capitol to advocate for legislation that s stalled in the senate. you see pictures of the protest under way on the steps of the capitol. they re advocating for the passage of legislation to provide funding for veterans who have suffered from toxic burn pits in iraq and other previous wars. this exposure bill was stalled the other day by republicans. let s be honest about this, tara. this would not be as big a story were it not for jon stewart. he s used his celebrity status to force this to be a national news story. absolutely. the way he handles it, he s so direct. he
and the deepest dive into outer space a kaleidoscope of colour emerges from the first images received from the james webb telescope. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the funeral of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe will start in the coming hours following his assasination on friday. the 67 year old was shot at a campaign event in naru. mourners have streamed into a temple in tokyo to pay their respects.these are scenes from a vigil at the zojoji temple. world leaders have also paid tribute. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said mr abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between their two countries. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. shinzo abe was a fresh faced 52 year old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan s youngest postwar prime minister. it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he staye
the society can no longer perform its most basic function. the reason we have societies in the first place, which is to protect the weak from the strong. that s why you have a society well in places like this it becomes, among many other things, very hard to travel anywhere. you just can t go where you want to go with legitimate authority in retreat, roads are not controlled by the police. they re controlled by armed predators. and the armed predators take exactly what they want from travelers because they can. this is an ancient problem used to be called highway robbery. and for most of history it kept people very close to home. turns out it still exists, but now it s called carjacking. carjacking is the clearest possible sign that your civilization is falling apart and that s where you find it in places like somalia and south africa. places where force violence and clan loyalty have replaced law and order, places where might makes right in the city of johannesburg, for exam
the justice department goes public as the january 6th committee goes dark. i think that the hearings did an extremely good job of reminding us how important that day was. today congressman adam schiff and claire mccaskill on the merrick garland interview a new reporting that the dark department of is investigating donald trump. plus as pence for president essentially kicks off, can you really agree to disagree after a violent coup attempt? i don t know that the president and i differ on the issues. but we may differ on focus. and new reporting on the fake electoral campaign up on democracy in the republican running for governor who s in the middle of it all. all in starts right now. good evening from new york and chris says. in the past hour we just got a huge bit of breaking news. the department of justice is investigating donald trump. washington post is reporting that the doj is investigating the ex presidents actions as part of its criminal probe on january 6th.
i said it before. it is weird that hawaii is a state. it is way far away from the other 49. hawaii doesn t look, feel, or operate like the mainland, and covid proved that. hawaiians handled covid way better than us mainlanders. while tourists weren t allowed in, many americans took advantage of the fact that no one said you had to work from home in your home and they relocated to hawaii. maybe because of the covid thing but also, because of all this. and because of a lack of tourist dollars, the government of hawaii encouraged people to rel relocate. movers and shoppers is a group that aims to bring people to hawaii. people get a one-way ticket if they stay for at least one month and will connect with other professionals. lots of people consider it, like this guy. but me and my wife couldn t make sense. remember, i was there and i learned too much. everything is not okay. colonizers feel so entitled. so the hawaiian government sent out a warm welcome said give u