Washington Today (12-28-23): Nikki Haley after backlash: 'of course' Civil War was about slavery

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley tells a New Hampshire radio show "of course" slavery caused the Civil War, one day after did not mention slavery when asked the question at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire. We will talk about it with Nathaniel Rakich, senior election analyst at FiveThirtyEight. (5) House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) suggests that President Joe Biden may have “engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress” by being part of his son Hunter Biden's defiance of a subpoena to testify in the impeachment inquiry of the President. The latest on immigration and border security talks in Mexico City between the Mexican President and Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Sec Alejandro Mayorkas. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) marks the five-year anniversary of the detention of her constituent, Paul Whelan, in Russia. Both she and the State Department say the detention is unjust. Israeli American Judith Weinstein, who was believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, is now confirmed dead, murdered in Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel. This comes days after her husband, Gad Haggai, was also thought to have been held hostage, was also confirmed killed. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) remembers Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) as "that amazing combination of thoughtful, kind, effective, down-to-Earth, and incisive." Herb Kohl has died at 88 years old. The inventor of the iconic Glock handgun, Gaston Glock, has passed away at age 94. We will hear from Paul Barrett, author of "Glock: The Rise of America's Gun", in a 2013 C-SPAN interview. Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ Visit the C-SPAN Shop: https://c-spanshop.org/ #cspan