AMNA NAWAZ: Good evening.

I'm Amna Naw GEOFF BENNET On the "News as soldiers persevere through brutal winter warfare.

AMNA NAWAZ: President Biden warns, Israel is losing support, the same da of United Nations member states call for a cease-fire in Gaza.

GEOFF BENNETT: And an investigation into China's global fishing fleet exposes how seaf sold in the U.S. is caught and processed using forced labor.

IAN URBINA, Executive Editor, The Outlaw Ocean Project: There's a huge state-run program with thousands of Uyghurs that are forcibly removed from this inland Xinjiang and transported 2,000 miles away to the other side of the country to work in the factories.

(BREAK) GEOFF BENNETT: Welcome to the "NewsHour."

A harsh winter has descended on Ukraine, as the war nears its third year.

And Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is here in Washington, urging Congress to unfreeze badly needed military aid.

AMNA NAWAZ: That debate over aid comes as a decl details staggering losses for Russia, nearly 90 percent of its pre-war force either killed or wounded in Ukraine.

Lisa Desjardins is on Capitol LI SA DESJARDINS: A president at war flanked by Democratic and Republican QU ESTION: What does it mean if you don't get aid by the end of the year?

LISA DESJARDINS: For Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,th the Russian invasion has been the most complicated, as Congress has slowed down talks over whether to send him help.

He met with nearly all U.S SEN. CHUCK SCHUME President Zelenskyy made it so clear how he needs he win this war.

LISA DESJARD Speaker Mike Johnson, but not his full conference, met wi REP. MIKE JOHNSON dollars with no appropriate oversight, no clear strategy to win, and none of t that I think the American people are owed.

LISA DESJARDINS: Zelenskyy's trip come as request for an additional $110 billion.

That would include some $61 billion in aid for Ukraine, about $14 billion each and border security, and more than $9 billion for humanitarian aid.

Senators told us Zelenskyy was powerful and impressive, but, for Senate Republicans, that's not the issue.

Migrant crossings into the U.S. ap prehensions per day by Border Patrol in the past few weeks.

Republicans say, until there are significant policy changes, like dramatically curbing asylum and parole, they will not approve money for Ukraine.

SEN. KEVIN CRAMER but it doesn't change the context, it doesn't change the criteria for me, and that is, we have to defend ourselves first.

And we can demonstrate that by securing the So LISA DESJARDINS: All this comes as Ukraine's monthslong counteroffens June is frozen in place as winter descends.

And a new U.S. assessment says Russia believes a military deadlock through the drain Western support for Ukraine and advantage Moscow.

Democrats on Capitol Hill are the Ukraine hawks and warning that time is running out, with Congress scheduled to recess for the holidays later this week.

REP. PETE AGUILAR But we also understand the timeline ahead of us.

The calendar is a concern.

JOE BIDEN, President of the United States: And I'm willing LISA DESJARDINS: President Biden has signaled and Republicans are far apart on a possible deal.

Now Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell is openly saying Biden must involved.

JOE BIDEN: W LISA DESJARD point.

JOE BIDEN: W And as I have said before, winn can afford to defend itself today and deter further aggression.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, Ukrainian President: Putin wants -- wants a prolonged war.

We dream of a Christmas in the peacetime, of course, and we are working to turn our battlefield success into peace.

LISA DESJARDINS: Ukraine and those near it Congress do next.

AMNA NAWAZ: And Lisa studio, and Nick Schifrin is at the White House.

Nick, you were at that press conference there at the As Lisa just reported, President Zelenskyy made a passionate, powerful su pport.

What's the c NICK SCHIFRIN: Amna, it's a bit of a Hail Mary, because, as Lisa bo rder concessions, Congress is not going to pass the tens of billions of dollars that Ukraine needs.

At least they And Ukraine is also concerned of billions of dollars of European aid.

And for Ukraine, Ukraine says that both of those packages victory and defeat.

And what does Ukraine thinks that, w Russian jets from flying all over the country.

It's concerned that it won't ever get enough long-range missiles to Crimea, which Zelenskyy said today was one of the ways Ukraine could win the war.

And Ukraine is concerned that it won't be able to pay its bills.

Its government needs $4 billion a month just to pay its bills.

Samantha Power, USAID director, today said that, without ongoing economic assistance, Putin can win the war without Russian forces firing another shot.

That said, Amna, it's important to note that the Pentagon says it's has $900 million worth of funds that it could use to replenish for weapons that it can still send to Ukraine today, even if Congress doesn't pass that aid.

AMNA NAWAZ: Laura, you know a number of fo President Biden doesn't always host a joint press conference like the one today.

What does this moment, this war and also the threat of no more aid for Ukraine mean for President Biden?

LAURA BARRON I mean, the president, as well as the White House, has m that if additional funding is not passed by Congress, then the money that they currently have allocated for Ukraine, it runs out at the end of the year.

And aides inside the White House are definitely frustrated.

That's what I have been hearing from them.

They essentially are saying that the president unified in the face of Russian aggression is at stake here.

And, also, the president has promised that he is someone who can maintain U.S. leadership on the world stage, he can combat autocracies and authoritarianism.

And if this doesn't happen, if this doesn't pass, then it's much more difficult to keep allies united on that front.

Another big thing, Amna, is that President the Ukrainian president, this pressure campaign on Congress.

And the two big messages from him are, Putin won't stop there, won't stop here.

We heard him say that tonight.

He won't stop at Ukraine, as well as helping an ally degrade the military of one of the biggest adversaries that is Russia should be a key national security priority for the United States.

And you heard him say that he would hope that Republicans would not li align themselves with Russia and the propaganda that is coming out of Russia.

AMNA NAWAZ: So, Lisa, take us inside Capitol Hill now.

Republicans were there.

They persona Are their demands on border policy still the same?

LISA DESJARDINS: People should understand all of the big negotia Hill -- think about the Affordable Care Act.

Think about the debt ceiling.

That's what's happening right now on C Republicans, no, they are not changing their posi They point to the border.

They say all of thos like they are in the right here.

They also feel like they willing to make concessions.

So then you bring all of that down and you though.

That's where Let's look at three things that Fi rst, on asylum, Republicans would like to se ekers from entering this country, especially those from South and Central America.

They would like to make expedited removal a national program, meaning that some immigration officers could challenge almost anyone in this country.

And if they weren't documented, felt like they were undocument removal.

And then als Now, some of those programs, Democrats think could be adjusted, but they are worried that what Republicans are proposing here could lead to a national dragnet that could sweep up people who have legitimate claims and even have legal status in this country.

So that's where those talks are right now.

AMNA NAWAZ: So, Lisa, where What happens next?

LISA DESJARD really just hanging on the edge of a knife right now, Amna.

But, tonight, there is a very slight reason for hope.

I just came from a meeting with DHS Secretary Mayorkas behind closed a Republican, Jim Lankford of Oklahoma, and then independent Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Democrat, as well as staffers, the White House getting involved.

Kyrsten Sine progress.

We all have They are running out of time.

No one can get to an airplane more quick recess.

Senator Schumer ha But, right now, I have got to tell you, the entire House o to leave on Thursday.

This next day will be critical to see if AMNA NAWAZ: Laura, what about other Democrats?

What kind of pressure are they putting on the gets more involved in these talks?

And where do the American LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Democrats are putting a lot of pressure on the White House righ now.

They're very Based on wha that Republicans are proposing, that the White House may concede on that.

They're hearing that the White House is open to things like that.

And they don't want that to happen.

So they're going t Democrats are going to incoming days be talking a lot more about thi But as for where voters stand Amna, we have a new "NewsHour"/NPR/Marist poll that will be released tomorrow.

And we ask vot both Ukraine and Israel.

A total of 32 percent said yes.

That's 41 percent Democrats; 26 percent of percent of independents.

And then for t either war, a total of 36 percent, 24 percent of Democrats, 39 percent of Republicans, and 38 percent of independents.

So, in total, our poll found that 48 to Ukraine.

But you see One thing that is kind of key context there, Amna, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said himself that support among Republicans has gone down because of the rhetoric from former President Donald Trump.

AMNA NAWAZ: Nick, wh time covering on the ground as well, the head of the Ukrainian military is now ca war a stalemate.

What does that mean for U.S. policy?

NICK SCHIFRIN: Well, publicly, Amna, the administration Bi den reiterated his definition of victory today.

But senior U.S. officials are beginning to say that they want to see in 2024 is Ukraine holding the line, even if, as you say, that that means a stalemate on the front, and that, by the end of 2024, U.S., European, Ukrainian domestic arms production could come online to the point where, believe it or not, Ukraine could go back on the counteroffensive in 2025.

But that assumes, of course, Biden wins reelection.

It also assumes, Amna, that in 2025 Ukraine can do more with those new hasn't already done with $110 billion of aid, and neither Ukrainian nor U.S. officials have explained that yet.

AMNA NAWAZ: here with me in studio, thank you to you all.

GEOFF BENNETT: The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a measure calling for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.

The U.S. was one of 10 nations to vote against the nonbinding resolution.

Before today's vote, President Joe Biden said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to change his hard-line government, adding that Israel is losing global support due to what he called its indiscriminate bombing in Gaza.

President Biden's off-camera remarks to Democratic donors in Washington today are the latest sign of increasing U.S. concern about Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza, which has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians.

"Bibi's got a tough decision to make," the "T his is the most conservative government in Israel's history," said Mr. Biden, adding that the Netanyahu-led coalition doesn't want a two-state solution, Washington's preferred outcome after the war with Hamas.

The president also said Israel is starting to l Netanyahu: "I think he has to change, and with this government, this government in Israel is making it very difficult for him to move."

Earlier today, Netanyahu said Israel enjoys U.S. support for its goal while he acknowledged differing views about a plan for after the war.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, Israeli Prime Minister (through translator): Yes, there are disputes about the day after Hamas, and I hope we will reach an agreement her I will not allow that, after the great sacrifice of our citizens and fighters, we bring into Gaza those who teach terrorism, support terrorism, finance terrorism.

GEOFF BENNETT: It all comes as Israel's siege on Gaza today continued in all directions.

TAWFIK ABU BREIKA, Gaza Strip Resident (through translator): The world's conscience is dead, no humanity or any kind of morals.

GEOFF BENNETT: From the north, Israeli soldiers pushed their gro the Gaza Strip, as hospitals struggle to keep up with the injured and often orphaned children now in their care.

RAZAN SHABAT, Palest back to our relatives and our home and that's it.

GEOFF BENNETT: Ten-year-old Razan Shabat lost her of her extended family in an Israeli airstrike.

DR. YOUNIS AL-AJ know their names.

And we write "Unknown" the patient, you mentioned her earlier, Razan Sameer Shabat.

She was unknown for days and days in the cardiac ICU until a relative came and recognized GEOFF BENNETT: But the strikes keep coming, filling streets with smoke and debris and leaving Palestinians without homes and increasingly hope.

In the day's other headlines: Cheaper gas helped ease inflation in November.

The Labor Department's Consumer Price Index edged up just one-tenth of a percent last month from October.

On a year-to-year basis, t November.

The core inf a percent.

That's a bit House Republicans moved today to set a vote President Biden.

The focus is whether evidence tying him to wrongdoing.

Republicans argued today the resolution would give them stro Democrats said it's all a political stunt.

They spoke at separate briefings.

REP. MIKE JOHNSON We're not making a political decision.

It's not.

It's a legal So, people h We can't prejudge the outcome.

The Constitution does not We have to follow the truth where it takes us.

REP. PETE AGUILAR yearlong agenda exacting political retribution on behalf of Donald Trump.

It's painfully obvious that they are trying to hurt President Biden politically to help President Trump get reelected.

GEOFF BENNETT: With a closely su pport.

The vote cou Republican presidential candidate Nikk six weeks before that state's primary.

Governor Chris Sununu is expected to come out for Haley.

He's been a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump Polls show Mr. Trump leading by wide margins in New Hampshire.

Claudine Gay will stay as president of Harvard after a backlash over her congressional testimony on campus antisemitism.

The university's governing body issued the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very serious societal issues we are facing."

At a House hearing from Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.

Today, Stefanik had fresh criticism.

REP. ELISE STEFAN leadership at the highest levels.

And the only change they have made to their ca lls for genocide of the Jewish people, the only update to the code of conduct is to allow a plagiarist as the president of Harvard.

GEOFF BENNETT: Harvard's governing body says ag ainst Gay found no violation of school standards.

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station today, killin 23 people.

A Taliban offsho The attack in the northwestern part of that months.

The force of of people.

Pakistan's mil Back in this country, Google will appeal a federal jury verdict in San Francisco that found its android App Store operates as an illegal monopoly.

Epic Games argued the system quashes competitors and ultimately hurts smartphone us The judge will now determine what steps Google must take, but the appeals process could take years.

And on Wall Federal Reserve statement on interest rates.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 173 points to clos The Nasdaq rose 101 points.

The S&P 500 added 21.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": the latest global climate for its tepid progress; hip-hop mobile Sean "Diddy" Combs faces sexual assault lawsuits made possible by a new state law; how the Israel-Hamas war is affecting Hanukkah celebrations here in the U.S.; and what Shohei Ohtani's record-breaking contract means for Major League Baseball.

As the United Nations climate conference, known as COP 28, comes to a close in Dubai, countries are racing against the clock.

More than 100 countries, including the U.S., fi rm commitment to stop the use of coal, oil and gas, after earlier drafts advocated for eventually phasing out fossil fuels.

Michael Mann has been among those climate experts critical of what's summit.

He's the dir of Pennsylvania.

His new book i Climate Crisis."

Michael Mann, welcome ba DR. MICHAEL MANN It's good to GEOFF BENNET failed to meet this moment demanding dramatic and immediate climate action; it has made a caricature of it.

In what ways?

DR. MICHAEL MANN fuel state.

It's a petro And the president of COP 28, An d so there are reasons to be skeptical from the very start, given just those plain facts, and everything we have seen since, the fact that -- again, that the president of COP 28 has been using language claiming that there's no science to back up the need to phase out fossil fuels, when, of course, the science overwhelmingly indicates we have to bring carbon emissions down dramatically to avert catastrophic warming.

And he even used climate-denier tropes, like we will all be back in the caves if a clean energy transition.

And so the fact that we haven't seen m like Saudi Arabia now say that there's no way that they will agree to language to phase out fossil fuels -- in fact, they won't even agree to language to phase down, whatever that means, to phase down fossil fuels.

And so there's a lot of pessimism right now that a few bad apples are spoiling the possibi of a meaningful agreement, as this window of opportunity is closing.

If we don't see progress now, it becomes increasingly difficult to see a way to keep warmin a catastrophic three degrees Fahrenheit.

GEOFF BENNETT: And yet these COP summits, they change negotiations.

So what's a better path fo What reforms are needed?

DR. MICHAEL MANN And so we resist calls to is the only multilateral framework we have for global climate negotiations.

And polluters would like nothing more than to see the U.N. conference of the parties disappear.

What we do n We argue, for example, that we can't allow a single country like Saudi Arabia to the agreement from passing.

And so there should be something instead like a supermajority; 75 percent of pa countries have to agree to a particular resolution for it to pass.

But you can't have a system where one bad actor like Saudi Arabia can block any progress at all.

That's where And there ne In the past, the enforcement For countries who don't make a good-faith effort to participate in the negotiations, you call them out.

You try to shame But some of these countrie And so there need to be real penalties for bad actors who essentially are trying to pr any meaningful progress from taking place.

GEOFF BENNETT: Understanding that critics have made oil interests have co-opted COP, there are any number of countries who say that phasing out fossil fuels hurts them economically and puts them at a disadvantage.

Do they have a point?

DR. MICHAEL MANN along.

That was fos And now something else has come along, something What we need to do is to provide the incentives for developing countries to leapfrog past the fossil fuel stage of their economic development.

We can't afford for them to make the same mistakes we made.

So we have got to provide assistance to help developing countries develop cl infrastructure.

It's win-win.

Clean energy There are far more jobs available in clean energy installation than there are in the largely automated fossil fuel industry.

And we also know that petro states tend to be authoritative sta And so all of the things that we would like to see, more widespread democracy, a cleaner environment, good jobs, clean jobs for people, all of that is favored by a proactive effort to transition.

We're not talkin What we're talking about is a steady transition, bringing carbon emissions down 50 percent this decade, bringing them down to zero by mid-century.

And we have the technology to do that, renewable energy, solar, wind, geothermal.

We don't need new technology.

We just need the political will to make this GEOFF BENNETT: Michael Mann, thanks, as always, for your insight DR. MICHAEL MANN: Thank you.

AMNA NAWAZ: An investigation into Chinese fishing fleets and processing centers has discovered that seafood produced with forced labor is making its way to American dinner tables.

That's despite a The region in northwest China is home to Muslim minority Uyghurs, who have been the victims of well-documented human rights violations.

John Yang has more.

If you buy frozen seafood at the grocer are pretty good that it was caught by a Chinese fishing vessel or processed in a Chinese plant.

China runs what may be the largest maritime operation ever known.

An investigation by the not-for-profit journalism organization called The Outlaw Ocean Project has documented human rights, labor, and environmental concerns related to the Chinese fleet.

As Outlaw Ocean founder Ian Urbina tells us in this excerpt from the group's reporting, Chinese fishing ships rely on forced labor.

IAN URBINA, Executive Editor, The Outlaw Ocean Projec forbidden from reporting in Xinjiang.

So the team of investigators had to rely on a range of publicly availabl company newsletters, local news reports, trade data, satellite imagery, and social media.

MAN: But the real kind of key to our investigation became the use of the Chinese version of TikTok, which is called Douyin.

IAN URBINA: dormitories under the watch of security personnel.

Uyghur workers' dorms are often searched, and if a Koran or other contraband is found, the owner may be sent to a reeducation camp.

Uyghurs' social media posts are also closely monitored by Chinese online censors.

Posting anything critical of the regime could quickly land them in a detention center.

But it appears that many Uyghurs have found a way to include cryptic messages in their videos to convey their suffering while also bypassing the Chinese censors.

Thousands of tons of seafood processed in China with forced labor continue to enter the United States and Europe.

Importers sent their products to major supermarkets around the wor Tesco, and Carrefour.

The importers also sent seafood to Cisco, the global food service gi more than 400,000 restaurants in the U.S. alone.

Over the past five years, the U.S. government spent more than $200 million to buy seafood from importers' linked to Uyghur labor for use in military bases, federal prisons, and public schools.

JOHN YANG: T editor of The Outlaw Ocean Project.

And how did you find that this labor, putti sort of fit in, in the Chinese overall strategy in dealing with the Uyghurs?

The Uyghurs are a Muslim minority in China.

IAN URBINA: Yes.

I mean, there's this gener of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and disperse them elsewhere in the country to sort of pacify the population, if you will.

So there's a huge state-run forcibly removed from this inland province, Xinjiang, and transported 2,000 miles away to the other side of the country to work in the factories.

And it's all part of an effort to sort JOHN YANG: Ian, you talked to about more than two dozen of the crew members, people who worked on these ships.

What did the employment?

IAN URBINA: Before COVID, a lot of these workers are Indonesian, after COVID, largely rural Chinese.

They're pretty nervous to talk openly when we were on board, but you could see the conditions.

There are a lot of reports of violence on board and neglect, severe neglec JOHN YANG: And these ships often don't return to port for two years, stay at sea for two years.

How did you IAN URBINA: Yes, it was a process.

Typically, it takes several days just to get out seas.

Once we're o We try to warm the captain up and see if he will let us on board.

If not, oftentimes, the ships would flee and we'd get skiff and follow the fishing ships.

And, in those cases, we'd put messages in In donesian, or Chinese and English, and throw the bottles onto the back of the ship and then follow them until the crew threw the bottles back with answers.

JOHN YANG: And not only answers, but some of them asking for help, s you phone numbers.

IAN URBINA: Ye The most use home in Indonesia or China and ask those families how long they'd been g they knew of their lost family.

JOHN YANG: You also found viol violations.

IAN URBINA: So this is a huge fleet, and often these vessels are aggressively going into waters where they're forbidden, Argentinean, Chilean, Ecuadorian waters, where they're not allowed.

So, we documented those cases just to show how pervasive the problem is.

JOHN YANG: And how are they able to escape enforcement and escape in sort of thing?

IAN URBINA: hard to get to.

The vessels ar And most countries around the worl waters, much less the high seas.

So these are working places that are And that's why they can do as they please.

JOHN YANG: And there were also signs fishing for other things in a way.

IAN URBINA: Yes, I mean, China's fishing fleet agenda.

It's sort of And so, if you look at places li the fishing fleet is essentially acting as a civilian militia.

And you have enough fishing vessels there that they can crowd arou vessels and crowd around islands that are in contested waters and sort of establish sovereignty and show muscle.

JOHN YANG: It's an a Now, where can people read and see your reporting?

IAN URBINA: With "The New Yorker" on their Web site.

JOHN YANG: Very good.

Ian Urbina, the foun much.

IAN URBINA: Thanks for hav AMNA NAWAZ: Four women are suing hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs over sexual assault allegations dating back to the early '90s.

Previously, those lawsuits couldn't But most were filed under a New York state law that allowed survivors a one-year window to sue for past abuse.

About 3,000 civil lawsuits were file Joining me now is attorney Mariann Wang.

She's represented multiple clients seek after this New York law, and NPR music correspondent Sidney Madden.

Thank you both for joining us.

So, Mariann, 3,000 civil Te ll us what you were seeing in your practice as that deadline approached, what kind of inquiries you were fielding.

MARIANN MEIE sometimes even in the final hours.

But throughout the year, as there was more awareness of the hundreds of women, mostly women, who had been victims of very serious trauma and rape and sexual assault many years before and who were finally in a place in their lives where they had processed it and were actually able to speak about it to somebody and who wanted to do something.

And that is precisely th on women during sexual assaults and afterwards, it really takes an enormous amount of time for people to process.

AMNA NAWAZ: talking about here.

But, Mariann Just paint us a portrait of your clients and their circumstances.

MARIANN MEIER WANG: Yes.

So many of them are who don't have any resources who are preyed upon by those with a lot more resources or people in relative power, so employers or members of institutions.

There are people who suffered in foster care or later in life people who were incarcerated who were assaulted by guards and others.

And those types of people are often the most vulnerable and have very little ability to even first understand how harmed they are and then over the years understand that they actually might have the ability to hold somebody to account.

And so it just takes a very long time before people understand that.

AMNA NAWAZ: Sidney, we know one of those lawsuits was filed by R&B singer Sh e's known as Cassie, the former girlfriend of Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Why did this one case get so much attention?

SIDNEY MADDEN, NPR Music: The wa s filed by, as you said, Cassie Ventura, who was Diddy's not only longtime partner, romantic partner, but also one of his employees at Bad Boy Entertainment.

And this was really big news in the hip-hop space and beyond for a few key reasons.

First of all, the severity of the allegations were utterly shocking.

In the civil suit that Cassie filed, she detailed almost a decade of psychological and physical abuse, moments where he had complete control over her life, coercion.

She even alleged that he raped her in her own home towards the end of their relationship and that he once blew up the car of a man who was interested in Cassie.

So the details of this case filing were absolutely explosive, no pun intended there.

But then also another factor is the stature of Diddy overall.

This is a man who's been ubiquitous in the hip-hop and music space for over 30 years at this point.

He's credite And even now, he is one of hip-hop's billionaires.

He's someone who's skyrocketed in not only the music space, but wine media, with his own company, Revolt Entertainment.

And so he's someone who's one of the most well-connected, influential, and richest people, definitely a power player in this space.

So to hear of these allegations and th AMNA NAWAZ: And, Sidney, as you know, Cassie's case was settled out of court, relatively quirky, but she wasn't the only one to come forward.

Three other women have come forward, one of whom was a minor abuse.

As you said, When you look at this, is this a moment of a larger reckoning in the th at going too far?

SIDNEY MADDE of hip-hop spaces right now.

As we were talking about, this is one of many cases that have been filed.

There were also civil suits filed against former record exec L.A. Reid, another record exec, Jimmy Iovine, also two very powerful people in the music space.

And so it is definitely bringing back to conversations of a MeToo reckoning.

And it's a crucial turning point that we could be having right now, but I do think it is a bit too early to tell.

So, it's a yes and no.

There are a lot of big events th lie in terms of their own cultural capital, things like the Grammys, which Diddy is nominated in the 2024 ceremony upcoming.

That's when we will really see an d how people relate to him and align with him going forward.

AMNA NAWAZ: Mariann, meanwhile, all these other many, many women are searching for just in their cases.

The deadline for this So now what?

What happens with those ca What happens with an MARIANN MEIER WANG: Well, I think the most important thing to tell any if they think they could have a case or they have been hurt and they want to seek justice, they should try to learn about what their legal rights -- because the legal landscape is actually fairly complicated, and it depends on when the assaults happened as to whether or not you have a live claim.

But the fact of the matter is havi you have either been controlled by and/or abused for years sometimes by a perpetrator, it's something that takes years to understand and get healthy from and get to a place where you actually feel like maybe you can pursue something and can face this perpetrator again in court.

It's not an easy thing, and and that should be reflected in extending or even eliminating statutes of limitations.

AMNA NAWAZ: That is attorney Mariann Wang and NPR music correspondent Sidney Madden joining us tonight.

Thank you to y We appreciat SIDNEY MADDEN: Thank you, Amna.

GEOFF BENNETT: While many Jewish Americans are celebrating Hanukkah this week, some of the festivities are being tempered by the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and concerns closer to home of antisemitism.

We spoke with people across the country about ce lebrating it differently this year.

REBEKAH LOWIN, New York: I'm Rebekah DAVID BERENSON, Ohio: My name RA BBI JILL PERLMAN, Temple Isaiah: I'm Rabbi Jill Perlman, and I serve as the senior rabbi at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, California.

GADI PELEG, Owner, Breads Bakery: My of Breads Bakery in New York City.

RABBI MARC BAKER, President and CEO, Combined name is Marc I'm the pres The Hanukkah holiday feels incredibly poignant and in some ways too relevant this year.

Hanukkah first and foremost is a story about resistance.

It's about our willingness to stand up and fight against people harm.

And it's a s RABBI JILL PERLMAN: Certainly, in our synagogue, we will be holding close the over 130 hostages that are still being held in Gaza.

We are hoping and praying for peace in the region and that all who are suffering, the innocent who are suffering in Gaza, in Israel, that that suffering is able to come to an end and we're able to find a solution that will be one in which all will ultimately be at peace.

REBEKAH LOWI So I recently had a post take off on Instagram everything that's going on, both in the Middle East, again, and here at home with the rise of antisemitism.

Moses said i Oh, that you would choose life so that you and your children may live."

So go ahead and host, celebrate, decorate, bake cupcakes with tiny potatoes on them.

Whatever you do, just don't do it lightly.

So I think one reason why the video went v are looking for that permission to resume normal life and to celebrate this holiday that we all love so much and to do it with some joy in our hearts.

GADI PELEG: It is, of course, the celebration of the miracle of the oil, and that miracle is celebrated by eating sufganiyah -- they're jelly doughnuts -- and latkes.

We are seeing a huge demand for all of our Hanukkah items as people are eager to celebrate this holiday, which has particular importance and particular meaning this year.

RABBI MARC BAKER: We need to come together as a community and publicly to say we're proud of who we are and nothing is going to get in the way of us celebrating our tradition and our past and our stories.

DAVID BERENSON: We have family coming Hanukkah.

I don't know I'm kind of looking forward to it, even though it may be challenging at a time, becaus get 10 people together in a room, and you get 15 different perspectives.

RABBI JILL PERLMAN: We can hold multiple emotions and multiple reactions to what is happening at the same time.

There is sadness and even some de But we're also going to continue to hold onto hope and make sure that we are finding the joy of this holiday and the joy of just what it means to be alive each and every day.

AMNA NAWAZ: Major League Baseball's Shohei Ohtani is heading to the L.A. Dodgers.

His new home stadium is only about 30 miles north of where he currently plays with the Los Angeles Angels, but that small move is coming with a big paycheck.

Ohtani's record-breaking $700 million 10-year contract recognizes his value as a unique baseball talent, the likes of which we haven't seen in generations.

Stephanie Sy looks at the Ohtani phenomenon, his massive contract, and what it could mean for baseball.

STEPHANIE SY: Shoh North America.

Ohtani blew by a recent record se a good $250 million.

The 29-year-old from Japan He was the league's most valuable player this past season.

I'm joined now by Joe Posnanski, a sportswriter who's on Substack under of "Why We Love Baseball."

So, Joe, how great is Ohtani?

Is he baseball's GOAT, the best player the sport's ever seen?

JOE POSNANSKI, Sportswriter: Well, it's early a little bit to call him the greatest who ever played.

But what I t He is unlike anybody.

We have never seen a player who both the same time.

It has happene Babe Ruth started his career as a But by the time he hit, he had left pitchin To see what Shohei Ohtani has done the last three years has been just remarkable.

STEPHANIE SY: Ohtani said in his announcement that until the last day of his playing career, he wants to strive forward, not only for the Dodgers, but for the baseball world.

Why is Ohtani and this deal so good for baseball?

JOE POSNANSKI: Well, I think it's because he's so good for baseball.

I mean, you hear in that statement what makes him so special.

And that is that he's not just playing for himself.

He's not just playing for his team.

He's not just playing for today.

He's playing to be one of the great player And it's a part of who he is.

It's why he decided to try to hit and pitch.

It hasn't been done.

It simply has not been done.

It's been something that has driven greatest and one of the players who pushes baseball forward.

And, obviously, it's so good for the sport.

And it's exciting for the sport to have him with s Dodgers.

STEPHANIE SY And I want t But you can't And with the Angels, Ohtani has never even made it to the playoffs.

The Dodgers have made it to the playoffs every year for more than a decad Is that what's in it for him?

JOE POSNANSKI: It certainly is a bi He -- you're right.

I don't think you can be cons and thrived in the World Series, done some amazing things in the World Series.

It's just sort of a part of baseball.

And it wasn't happening in Anaheim, in Los Angeles He needed, I think, to go to a team where he could succeed.

And, like you say, the Dodgers have not only made the playoffs.

They have won 100 games, I believe, five or six times in the last few years.

Every year, they're a dominant team.

That's got to be very exciting for him.

And it's exciting for us.

STEPHANIE SY: So generate a lot of excitement.

But that's a colossal amount of pr Is there any doubt they can handle that?

JOE POSNANSKI: I don't think there's any doubt of them -- certainly, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman have been there alre Also, what's really fun about the Dodgers, at least from an outsider's perspective, is, they face this pressure every single year.

There's no year where it's good enough even just to win 100 game The intense pressure is on them to win the World Series every year.

And they haven't really done that.

They have won one World Series, year.

So it's a li So that pressure is always there.

STEPHANIE SY: Well, I want to talk a that Shohei Ohtani has had two surgeries related to his elbow, and I believe has another su going in, and he won't be pitching next year.

He will be hitting, but not pitching.

Ninety percent -- 97 percent of the actual until he's like 40 years old, about ready to retire.

First of all, that's legal?

And doesn't that give the Dodgers another th e other great players in the organization?

JOE POSNANSKI: Yes, I think that had to be It doesn't feel legal to me, honestly.

I mean, it's a $700 million contract that doesn't really b So that's -- it's a very, very strange thing, and it's kind of hard to even get your arms around what it means.

But for the they need right now.

And as far as Ohtani and the be cause you're right.

I mean, as w We don't really know exactly what the surgery has been and where his elbow is from a healt perspective.

You would th But the thing that's so amazing about Shohei Ohtani is how driven he is, how driven he is to get better, how driven he is to, as we say, be a part of baseball history.

So I'm sure what the Dodgers are betting on is that kind of commitment from Shohei Ohtani.

STEPHANIE SY: Joe Posnanski, author of "Why We Love Baseball," great to have you.

JOE POSNANSKI: Great to be here.

GEOFF BENNETT: Later tonight on PBS, "Frontline" presents a film about one of the biggest leaks of government secrets in U.S. history.

"The Discord Leaks" focuses on the more than 300 on the chat platform Discord, allegedly by 21-year-old airman Jack Teixeira.

MAN: In the summer of 2020, Jack graduates high school.

That's, of course, the first year of the pandemic.

He actually skips high school graduation, because he's off to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base.

He goes on to start ta specialist.

NARRATOR: It check.

WOMAN: He wa we found this Discord account or we found this Discord server.

At that time, he did become less active in Discord.

And he was very worried about keeping the things he was doing private and safe.

SHANE HARRIS, The Washington Post: What was he specifically worried that the background investigation might turn up with regards to Discord?

WOMAN: There was a lot of, like, racist talk on that server.

There was a lot of talk of killing ATF agents, killing different government officials, committing acts of terrorism, things that are probably not great for someone in the military to be saying.

So I think t NARRATOR: But Teixeira was investigated and ulti by the Department of Defense.

SHANE HARRIS: One big questi clearance?

Because, I m online, the racist, violent comments, the memes, the imagery and the fact that he ultimately is accused of leaking hundreds of classified documents, it's like, OK, well, wait a minute.

There should have been red flags along the way.

GEOFF BENNETT: "Frontline"'s "The Discord on PBS and on YouTube.

AMNA NAWAZ: And that is the "NewsH I'm Amna Nawaz.

GEOFF BENNET Thanks for j a good evening.