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Allow anyone to get too much power economically. that might translate into their ability to push back. thats the contradiction of xi jinping. it is interesting. in the last couple days, joe, and we talked about it a little bit, were beginning to see articles appear. academics dont just publish articles in china like in the united states. it is not like mike mcfaul or me. they have political protection there. that suggests to me, for the first time, that xi jinping has clearly overreached. im not...

Truth and get back to it. and the current function here with trump in his party, in the purging, look, this is a mentality which you simply cant disagree with the president, the ex-president, and have a career in conservative politics or even a big career in conservative media. in fact, john goldberg has his own site now, the dispatch, had to carve out his own thing. so really, were getting to a place where essentially there is only one safe course. its to be with trump and most or all things. c...

Peaceful transfer of power. >> this is the defining challenge of our time, democracy, government of the people, by the people, for the people can at times be fragile, but it also is inherently resilient, capable of self-correction and capable of self-improvement, and yes, democracy is hard, we all know that, its the best way to unleash human potential and defend human dignity, and solve big problems. and its up to us to prove that. >> straight to the white house and our chief correspondent kaitl...

Resilient. it is capable of self-correction and it is capable of self-improvement and, yes, democracy is hard, we all know that. and it works best with consensus and cooperation. when people in parties that might have opposing views sit down, and find ways to work together, things begin to work. but it is the best way to unleash human potential and defend human dignity and solve big problems. it is up to us to prove that. democracies are not all the same. we dont agree on everything. all of us i...

And its author, professor of history at yale university tim snyder joins us now. i appreciate you being on the show. i want to mention jeremy bash is still with us and joining us for this conversation as well. prompt snyder, the truth has been threatened many times over. especially during the trump administration on levels that i dont think we could ever have imagined. also characters like donald trump, the cult-like quality, however you want to describe it, being able to really galvanize people...

Secretary of education. tell us about howard. >> howard is a historically black college and university. about 10,000 students, 44 states and countries. if you look at what we do in terms of graduation rates in terms of giving access and the opportunity for students, we do a great job. were the number one producer of all the african-american physicians in this country. the largest number have come from howard university. >> how are people of color this your community where you lead dealing with t...

>> and thats really interesting because if you look at the chunks of support of people who are competing for each others support are senator warren and senator sanders. >> right. >> and they are the anti-biden. that becomes a complicate other alternative. >> john, does it tell you that >> john, does it tell you that donald trump is perhaps taking political advice that he did not invoke the name of joe biden tonight at a 45-minute otherwise red meat political event? if he had been left to his own...

So that becomes a complicated other alternative. >> john, does it tell you that donald trump is perhaps taking political advice that he did not invoke the name of joe biden tonight at a 45-minute otherwise red meat political event? if he had been left to his own, dont we think he would have used the name a few times? >> i found it a stunning display of self-correction and restraint on the part of the president. two words that i dont order narrowly apply i to him and he doesnt usually merit. he a...

Vacuum. >> and thats really interesting because if you look at the chunks of support of people who are competing for each others support are senator warren and senator sanders. >> right. >> and they are the anti-biden. that becomes a complicate other alternative. >> john, does it tell you that donald trump is perhaps taking political advice that he did not invoke the name of joe biden tonight at a 45-minute otherwise red meat political event? if he had been left to his own, do you think he would...

The left/right party sense. what do you mean? >> i dont mean it in the sense of something thats owned bip the democratic party or by any one political party. im talking about the set of ideas, of principles the whole temperament thats motivated liberal democracy and inspired liberal democracy at least since the 18th century, and particularly since the american civil war and the end of slavery and the beginning of all of those great programs of emancipation, for african-americans, for women, for ...