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it is saturday, january the 6th. i'm ali velshi. it's been three years since a mob attacked the united states capitol at the port of donald trump's desperate him to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of that fire insurrection continues to loom large over american democracy. especially now, as the 2024 race heats up. but both the twice impeached, multiply indicted former president, and the current, duly elected president, understand this. that's why january six is a central component of each other presid...

Next few years, that country is at high risk of descending into instability or political violence. >> wow. i think most americans automatically assume, truly believe, that democracy is sacrosanct in this country, that the system is solid and safe and impervious. what do you say to them? how do you punch through complacency? >> hmm. what i say to them is we all wish that the united states was a strong democracy. we all see it that way. but the reality is just not true. the united states has been declining as a democracy for the last five years on every measure. there are multiple different data...

In this country, the system is solid and safe and impervious. what do you say? how do you punch through complacency? >> what i say to them is we all wish that the united states was a strong democracy. we all see it that way. the reality is just not true. the united states has been declining as a democracy for the last five years on every measure. there are multiple different data sets that measure democracy in various different ways and all of them have shown america in decline and, in fact, the main measure that the task force uses to predict political violence comes from a data set where the...

Anything the president has grown even more defiant since mr. mueller found insufficient evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. almost as if having avoided charges, he is caring the establishment to come after him again. the man who once said that he could shoot someone on 5th avenue in manhattan without consequence seems to be testing whether he can do the political equivalent. here for our leadoff discussion on a monday night, from the "washington post," ashley parker and greg miller. he is author of the apprentice, trump, russia and sub version of ...