>> so let's bring in now cnn's senior political analyst ron brownstein and political commentators bakari sellers. gentlemen, good evening to both of you. ron, to you first. a new poll shows the majority of americans believe our democracy is under attack or not protected. just 6% say it's not in danger. almost everyone sees the threat. >> yeah. look, we are clearly in a different era than we have been through most of our history. you know, we are not only seeing the legal attacks on the availability of voting, access to voting on the one hand and an administration and tabulation of voting on the other, but we are seeing threats of violence woven into our politics from bottom to top at a level that has never been routine in american life. i mean school boards, local public health officials, municipal officials, election