America: Changed Forever

On this week's episode of "America: Changed Forever", host Jeff Pegues hears from CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett about the search warrant executed at former President Trump's residence in search of missing White House documents. How might this impact president Trump's presidential aspirations? Criminologist Rick Rosenfeld examines the recent downturn in violent crime. Is this a turning point for gun violence in the United States or a minor interruption of the tsunami of killings in America? The Washington Post's National Correspondent Tim Craig explains how the midterm elections could transfer the decision-making power in Florida Hospitals from medical professionals to elected officials with no medical training. 

All these stories and more!

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On this week's episode of "America: Changed Forever", host Jeff Pegues sits down with Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite, Jr, for an exclusive interview on the shocking rise in violent crimes in the United States; New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent Carl Hulse analyzes the political firestorm touched off by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan; and Brookings Institution Security Analyst Melanie Sisson warns of the lessons needed to be learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how they must be applied to the threat China poses to Taiwan.

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This week, Jeff Pegues speaks with Mike Pence biographer Tom LoBianco to dissect the Trump/Pence dynamic. LoBianco handicaps Pence's potential run for the GOP Presidential nomination. Atlanta Journal Constitution Senior Reporter Tamar Hallerman analyzes the State of Georgia's potential criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and the slate of Fake Electors' alleged attempt to overthrow the 2020 Presidential election. Plus: journalist and author Jen Maxfield discusses her new book More After the Break.

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This week, Jeff Pegues will analyze the more than 100 new voter laws enacted in GOP-led states and what impact they might have on the midterms. Also, this week, Jeff will take a look at record-setting temperatures and the climate crisis, and we'll explain how PEADS (Presidential Emergency Action Documents) could come into play.

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On this week's episode of America Changed Forever, host Jeff Pegues discusses national sentiments reflected in recent public polls with Dr. Melissa Deckman, CEO of the non-partisan Public Religion Research Institute. The Washington Post's chief film critic Ann Hornaday discusses recent blockbuster films. University of San Francisco Fromm Institute Astronomy Professor Andrew Fraknoi talks about NASA's Webb Telescope.

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On this week's episode of America Changed Forever, host Jeff Pegues discusses the aftermath of the 4th of July mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois with CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave. Attorney Jamison Firestone discusses the situation surrounding WNBA player Brittney Griner and her detention in Russia. Professor Kevin Blackistone discusses his column in The Washington Post about the new LIV Golf league in Saudi Arabia.

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On this week's episode of America Changed Forever, CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues covers the latest in the January 6th Committee hearings. Plus, Pegues talks to CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod and producer Andrew Bast about their investigation on nationwide declining homicide clearance rates.

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This week on America: Changed Forever, host Jeff Pegues hears from former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement and Election Lawyer Jonathan Winer on the progress of the January 6th select committee. 

Scott Frederickson, former federal prosecutor, assesses the likelihood of indictments for former president Trump and his inner circle. We also discuss new gun safety legislation in Congress.

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This week on America: Changed Forever, host Jeff Pegues hears from Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent for The New York Times on the Jan. 6 hearings. Former Senate Chief of Staff John Easton discusses the latest on gun legislation negotiations. Two of the co-founders of 24/7: The People's Filibuster for Gun Safety, Alan Khazei and John Bridgeland, discuss the importance of people sharing their views on guns and gun violence. We also have exclusive interviews with two gun owners and former educators, based in Uvalde, Texas, who traveled to Washington, D.C. to make their voices heard.

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The gun debate continues. This week on ‘America: Change Forever’, host Jeff Pegues has an exclusive interview with NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counter Terrorism John Miller and ATF Special Agent in Charge New York John DeVito about the number of guns flooding New York streets. And Rep. Jamie Raskin's predictions for what he says will be the explosive outcomes of the January 6 Commission's investigation.

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The gun debate and the latest from Uvalde, Texas, this week on 'America: Changed Forever.' Host Jeff Pegues speaks with CBS News Correspondent Lilia Luciano who has been in Uvalde, spending time with families of those killed in last week's mass shooting. Other guests include the Washington Post’s Michael Scherer on Mitch McConnell's effort to block gun control and Dr. Peggy Carr, the Commissioner of the National Center for Education, on the mental health of school children.

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Nineteen children murdered at an Uvalde, Texas elementary school. This week on America: Changed Forever, a look at the nation’s latest mass shooting and the continued debate over guns. CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues speaks with Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), the Chair of the Gun Violence Task Force, Igor Volsky the Executive Director of Guns Down America and Gun Rights advocate John Lott, Founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center.

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The Supermarket shooting in Buffalo, this week on ‘America: Changed Forever.’ Host Jeff Pegues speaks with Cornell William Brooks, former President of the NAACP and Oren Segal of the Anti-Defamation League. And a listen back to CBS News reporting from Buffalo over the past week.

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This week on America: Changed Forever, a stunning headline from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The number of deaths by firearms has grown. Disparities in firearms deaths by race have grown. Firearm suicide rates remain high.

Dr. Deb Houry, the Acting Principal Deputy Director at the CDC, discusses the unprecedented rise in gun violence in America.

Ann Marks is the Executive Director Youth Alive in Oakland California. Working in partnership with local hospitals, Marks deploys her team to meet victims of gun shootings several times per week. They are having stunning success in preventing escalations and promoting healing.

Dr. Saul Cornell, the Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University is the author of A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America. Dr. Cornell discusses America’s historic, unique, and deadly relationship with guns.

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The future of Abortion rights in the United States, after a draft opinion from the Supreme Court appearing to overturn Roe v. Wade is leaked to the media. This week on ‘America: Changed Forever’, host Jeff Pegues hears from those on both sides of the issue: Ianthe Metzger, the Director of State Media Campaigns for Planned Parenthood and Carol Thomas, the president of the National Right to Life Committee are guests.

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This week on "America: Changed Forever," Elon Musk's efforts to buy Twitter rocks the social media metaverse. Host Jeff Pegues speaks with Teddy Downey, Executive Editor of the Capitol Forum, an investigative news organization providing detail-oriented reporting on antitrust, merger control, corporate investigations, and energy. Downey analyzes the deal and identifies why Americans may be concerned. Harvard University released a new report on its tarnished history of the use of slave labor. Pegues is joined by Kirt Von Daacke, leader of the Universities Studying Slavery consortium, analyzes Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery.

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A continued look at the serious and fatal increase of gun violence, this week, in another Special Edition of "America: Changed Forever:Trigger Pullers, Guns on our Streets." Host Jeff Pegues has an exclusive interview with Pittsburgh Chief of Police, Scott Schubert, following a house party in turned fatal when more than 100 shots were fired. And an examination of the other victims of deadly shootings, the more than 3,600 children who have lost a mother or father. Pegues interviews award-winning Washington Post enterprise reporter John Woodrow Cox.

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This week on America: Changed Forever, the continuing atrocities in Ukraine. As calls for war crimes prosecutions are only getting louder, we will hear from Michael Sharp, the Dean of Case Western Reserve School of Law. In 2008, he served as special assistant to the prosecutor of the Cambodia Genocide Tribunal. We will also analyze what is Russia's end game. In Ukraine, Putin's military has suffered losses and has at times looked defeated, but reports now suggest that the focus of the Russian military is in the Eastern part of Ukraine. Long time national security analyst Dr. Kevin Generous, an associate professor at the National Defense University's Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, shares his views of how Putin’s game plan will un-spool.  And, recently House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi tested positive for COVID as did Attorney General, Merrick Garland as U.S. officials have extended the travel mass mandate through May 3rd. WE will hear from Dr. Mel Herbert a Professor of Emergency Medicine, about  whether or not COVID is in the downswing and if you should receive the new Covid Vaccine Booster.

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In a special edition of America: Changed Forever, "Trigger Pullers" – Guns on our Streets. Host and CBS News Chief National Affairs and Justice Correspondent Jeff Pegues looks at how gun violence is plaguing the nation. Guests include Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia and the former police chief of New Orleans, Ronal Serpas. Plus exclusive access to an FBI raid as police look to take guns off the streets.

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On this week's "America: Changed Forever," the great resignation and peace talks in Ukraine. Host Jeff Pegues is joined by Barron's reporter Megan Cassella for a look at who is going back to work after leaving the job during the pandemic. We'll also hear from Max Bergmann, a senior fellow at American Progress, where he focuses on Europe, Russia, and US security cooperation. He discusses negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

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