thank you for joining, us live, at town hall in new york city for this very special addition of why is this happening? he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very smart. and, admit it, he is taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, a beloved colleague, msnbc s, chris hayes. [applause] thank you! oh, stop. stop it. [applause] how are you? good? thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you, that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. it s a hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i have family here. tonight, we will talk about democracy. that word, we have probably talked more about democracy in the last four or five years that i had in all of my time as a journalist. even that, as a topic, seems we are. we all know, america is a democracy. there is a certain history you are taught that, i think, is part of american, ci
hello, new york. thank you for joining us live at town hall in new york city for this very, very special edition of why is this happening. he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very, very smart. and admitted, he s taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey. oh, stop. stop it. how are you? good. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that s extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it s amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i got some family here. so tonight, we re going to talk about democracy. and that word, we probably talk more about democracy in the last four, five years than i had in all of my time before that. like, even that as a topic seems weird. we all know, america is a democracy. there s a certain kind of history you re taught
that is tonight s hello, new york. thank you for joining us at townhall for this very special edition of why is this happening. he is talk, he is smart, please give a warm welcome to my colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey, oh, stop. how are you? good. thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me, so thank you. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i ve got some family here. so, tonight we are going to talk about democracy, and that word, we have probably talk more about democracy in the last four or five years that and all of my time as a journalist before that. even that as a topic seems a little weird. america is the democracy and there is a certain kind of history your talk that is a certain part of american civic culture, deeply, almost kind of civic religion which roughly goes to the following. the founders rebelled against t
economically, socially from the global pandemic. and from the effects on the global economy, particularly food and energy. from russia s aggression in ukraine. so, oh it s a very volatile mix. again, you layer on to that information spaces where there are autocratic leaders who are stirring the pot. and trying to get their followers to come after democratic institutions particularly when they fall short and electoral processes. yeah, you see what happened here on january 62 years ago. this today, this hemisphere. and we hope that it is not the start of a more common pattern throughout the hemisphere in around the world. but dan, thank you very much for joining us. after the spike, the nfl will come together to support a mark on line. fans putting rivalry aside, as one bangles fan approved earlier today. footballs about bringing