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the january 6th hearing is appealing to both. its pushing people to feel u.s. democracy is under assault. many insiders, political pros, people who populate your tv screen all day had a gnawing feeling the presentation on thursday would not sway public opinion. the fact pattern should convince steptics to care more about the attack on the capitol and all of trump worlds dishonorable conduct in the winter of 2020. but this is where the facts come into conflict with feelings. im with jim...

Existential question about whether american democracy survives. >> in that way it is quite different from watergate. as you mentioned the 50-year anniversary is this friday. your book about this is fantastic, "watergate a new history." but isnt there a limit to the new lessons we can learn from anything that happened in the pre-fox, pre-cable, pre-social media era? >> there is. and i think theres important distinctions to draw between richard nixon and donald trump. that richard nixons crimes, w...