cnn plus, the streaming service's top two executives are here to preview this week's launch. but first democracy still in peril. concerns about the vulnerability of the u.s. political system have taken a back seat to daily coverage of the war in ukraine but the domestic dangers are still clear. reporters keep exposing evidence of donald trump's big lie and the powerful people who advanced it. as we learn this week text messages from guinea thomas wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas lay it all out, a push to overthrow, to overturn the election in 2020. here is one of the texts from thomas saying, biden and the left is attempting the greatest heist of our history. that's what she ex claimed to white house chief of staff mark meadows in november of 2020. then this text from january 2021, post-riot says, we are living through what feels like the end of america. the end of america, no. the end of a shared reality, yes. powerful people tried to overturn the 2020 election in the united states and while the