Page 35 - Backsliding News Today

Looming over this. >> i think this is fascinating today, and the timing is fascinating. ill be listening very closely to whether or not the president makes specific reference or veiled reference to three countries. he talked about two of them, ukraine, russian troops amassing on the board, china, some countries staging a diplomatic boycott of the olympics. and the third country im interested to see if joe biden refers to is the united states. how he deals with what has gone on in the u.s. and th...

Because here in the united states we know, as well as anyone, that renews our democracy and strengthening our democratic institution requires constant effort. >> reporter: combining world leaders for a two-day summit, all at a moment he noted the idea itself is backsliding across the globe. >> this is an urgent matter on all of our parts, because the data were seeing is largely pointing in the wrong direction. >> reporter: including at home, where an attack on the u.s. capitol, an attempt to ove...

In the united states on everything from vaccine delivery to politics, and that is a phenomenon in so many pockets of the world and others in civil society, independent media have their tactics that they have used to try to win the marketplace of ideas. and strengthen independent journalists, strengthen independent voices. so, when we sit down, again is, snotty lecture. its a learning exercise, but also were getting countries to be commitments that we will then hold them to and that we can no jou...

Among the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia though they changed their name after one of their members murdered heather heyer with his car. of course, their extremist views and ridiculous plastic shields earn them lots and lots of mockery this weekend when several were awkwardly left stranded at the arlington memorial bridge because their u haul wasnt large enough to carry them all home. they look really stupid and it easy to laugh at them, but to do so is to under estimate them ...

Chai is here. hes presided over three presidential campaigns, including the obama campaign. welcome back, sir. >> good to be back, ari. >> it would be understandable and even easy for people who even slightly follow politics and news over the last two years to say, okay, chai, there is a lot of lies. maybe theres more lies on the right. but isnt that an issue of rhetoric? why do you argue, as i just walked through, that this is about something much more fundamental? >> this is really about overt...

Improving? >> ana, i think it is. there are some signs of hope. president biden pointed to one of those signs, and thats the fact that the ports, the containers that are stuck at ports for more than nine days, thats actually dropped by more than 40% since early november. he said shelves are going to be stocked for the holiday season, and we are hearing some optimism from business leaders. i just got out of a rarity these days, an in-person conference, and the business roundtable said, listen, bu...

Democratic backsliding and so there is some question whether america creates is in the position today to really play host and pick and choose so i suspect most of the attendees coming out of politeness rather than any great expectation this will be a big advance blow for the advance of democracy. >> well, compares to those attacking us, we are absolutely angelic in our respect for the rule of law. and angelic in respect of democratic traditions. we still have a federal court system that upheld d...

Woman: talk to your dermatologist about skyrizi. learn how abbvie could help you save. president bidens democracy summit is coming up next month, and one of the phrases youre likely to hear is democratic backsliding. democracies dont just dissolve into democracies with the flick of a light switch. its not on or not. its more like a dimmer. and in the united states its getting darker. this week a stockholm think tank said the u.s. is ranking as a back sliding democracy like israel, brazil or hu...

>> colonel vindman, i asked you last time you were here if the bad guys were winning. its clear theyre gaining a whole lot of ground. my question for you is, can this be turned around? can you recapture a faith in democracy and can you recommit to it? >> im glad to be back with you and i would just be happy to sit here and let fiona talk. its wonderful to hear her speak on these issues. but i think the question is, can we afford to not recapture our democracy and make this country a beacon again...

Accountability in this country. lets get started. america, the land of the free and home of the brave. is it also now the home of a backsliding democracy? a report this week labeled the united states as undergoing a severe and deliberate form of democratic erosion. in joins countries like india and brazil and a quarter of the worlds population that fall under the backsliding category. the democracy report says they are seeing an increasing number of democratically elected with tactics. some thin...