Washington Week

A Deeper Look at A Historic Week

Clip: 01/08/2021 | 13m 54s | Video has closed captioning.

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The panel discussed what possible consequences there may be for the mob & how the police response this week compared to the police response to Black Lives Matter protests this past summer. Yamiche Alcindor of The PBS NewsHour guest moderates. Panel: Nancy Cordes of CBS News, Astead Herndon of The New York Times, Philip Rucker of The Washington Post, Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News

Aired: 01/08/21

Rating: NR

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