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What should you know about the January 6 Certification?
Good morning. It's Monday, January 6th. I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shemitah Basu. Hope you had a great holiday season. This is Apple News Today. Coming up on today's show, remembering Jimmy Carter, a new warning about alcohol, and how to prepare for the cross-country winter storm. But first, today Congress will formally certify Donald Trump's presidential election victory. Despite a snowstorm that's closed federal offices in D.C., Congress will still meet. And USA Today reports that the certification process is expected to go smoothly, with no reports of threats to the process. But just four years ago, it was a very different story. That is the sound of Trump supporters attacking the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, as they tried to stop the certification of that presidential election. One protester was shot and killed. About 140 police officers were injured in what the Justice Department has called possibly the largest single-day mass assault of law enforcement in American history. Today's certification is expected to be without incident.
No one is publicly contesting the results, for one. And after the riot four years ago, Congress passed an updated version of what is called the Electoral Reform Act. It makes it clear that the vice president, in this case Kamala Harris, does not have any power to determine the results of certification. It also makes it more difficult for a member of Congress to make an impactful objection. And there are now more security measures in place. Still, some of those on the front lines of the attack in 2021 remain haunted by that day. NPR visited with the family of Brian Sicknick. He was a Capitol Police officer who was sprayed with a chemical substance as he defended the building from rioters. Sicknick died of multiple strokes the following day.
How did the January 6 Capitol attack impact security measures?
Sicknick's father told NPR that the conspiracy theories that followed the day's events have led him to distance himself from others.
I have lifelong friends that I don't associate with anymore because of what happened. You know, to them, it's not a big deal because it wasn't their son, you know.
Sicknick's mother told NPR she's worried Trump may pardon the people who were convicted of crimes on January 6th.
What I'm very upset about that might happen is that he's going to let all these people out of jail. It's just not right.
The president-elect has not specified who of the more than 1,500 charged in the attack may end up getting pardons. But he has said that he might issue them as soon as his first day in office. Let's turn our focus now from the upcoming president to the legacy of a former one. All of this week, Americans are honoring former President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100. Over the weekend, his body was transferred from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta, where he will lie in repose at the Carter Presidential Center until Tuesday. From there, Carter will be transferred to Washington, D.C., to Lyon State, and a national funeral service will be held on Thursday. At a service this past Saturday, Carter's son Chip Carter spoke about working on his father's peanut farm as a young boy, where he learned the value of hard work. And he praised both of his parents for the sacrifices they made for their family and the country.
He was an amazing man. And he was held up and propped up and soothed by an amazing woman. And the two of them together changed the world. And it was an amazing thing to watch from so close.
Over the past few days, there have been many remembrances of Carter's time as president. He accomplished historic things like negotiating the Camp David Accords and brokering the return of the Panama Canal to Panama. But he also lost public support as the country struggled with inflation, high gas prices, and the threat of a recession. And he faced severe criticism for his handling of the Iran hostage crisis. But perhaps Carter's biggest legacy will be what he did after the presidency, particularly with the Carter Center, which he and his wife Rosalind founded. Here's Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, thanking the people who work at the Carter Center this past weekend.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What should you know about the January 6 Certification?
0:04–2:04
2
How did the January 6 Capitol attack impact security measures?
2:04–4:35
3
What are the latest updates on Jimmy Carter's legacy?
4:35–7:12
4
What was Jimmy Carter's biggest achievement after presidency?
7:12–8:39
5
How has the Carter Center impacted global health?
8:39–10:27
6
What did Jimmy Carter say about peace and war?
10:27–12:08
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