Correspondents roundtable on 'Face the Nation,' December 26, 2021
The following is the full transcript of the year-end CBS News correspondents roundtable with Weijia Jiang, Ed O'Keefe, Nikole Killion, Jan Crawford and David Martin that aired Sunday, December 26, 2021, on"Face the Nation."
JIANG: Well, I think the problem is that, you know, when you look at West Virginia and you look at how poor it is when you look at all the levels of unemployment and how much the need is there for some of the measures in the social spending plan, the poison pill is attached to it and that is the president's sweeping climate proposals. So, perhaps if there was a way to decouple them, Manchin would be more on board.
DAVID MARTIN: Well, the estimate is that once the ground freezes so that Russian tanks and personnel carriers can get good traction. They'll be- they'll be liable to go from all those Western districts of Russia into eastern Ukraine. I mean, what Putin is trying to do here is basically walk back history by pulling Ukraine back into the Russian sphere of influence. And he's made these demands like he needs a legally binding guarantee that Ukraine will never be allowed to join NATO.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But Jan, in terms of predictions, we'll get to those later on in the program. But the big one that I remember you making just a few weeks back when we were all talking about the future of Roe vs Wade and the Supreme Court was that we won't really know the answer to the question on the court's direction until maybe June.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And what does that scenario look like? Then we just have a patchwork of different states –CRAWFORD: If the court would take a position that, as conservatives have long maintained since Roe was released, that it's a lawless opinion with no basis in the Constitution, there's not a right to an abortion in the Constitution.
KILLION: Well, and Sen Sinema as well. But we do know that there have been active discussions in the Senate about these rule changes. Just recently, we know some Democrats met with former senate parliamentarians to try to see what they can do.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And David, you know, when we talk about what's happening on the state level and concern about election integrity and votes, all of this gets intertwined into Jan 6th and the insurrection. When you look at what's happening right now and the folks you talk to at the Pentagon, do they believe the biggest national security threat is internal or external?
MARGARET BRENNAN: Jan, I mean, it's incredible that we're talking about this. And it was a very real moment and very real conversations. This is not in any way theoretical, I know. Jan, when you look to the courts and this question of faith in our institutions, whether- what David is just sketching out is, he's saying, essentially, the military followed a chain of command and orders – the institution did what it was supposed to do.
MARTIN: Well, that's going on right now. I mean, the flights are- are what we see, but there are constant cyber attacks, and there are constant attempts to isolate Taiwan – diplomatically, economically. At the beginning of the COVID crisis, China blocked Germany from sending vaccines to Taiwan. I mean, that's- they just leave no stone unturned in trying to make life difficult for the island of Taiwan.
KILLON: I mean, the bottom line is the speaker hasn't shown her cards. And you know, from those sources that I've talked to, they do fully expect her to stay in her position through the midterms. I mean, keep in mind, she's one of the biggest fundraisers for Democrats, so there's no way I would say it's very unlikely we would see her step down prior. And she's also indicated that she'll likely run for re-election.
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