it s saturday, december the 9th. i m ali velshi. we begin this hour with a new threat to democracy from donald trump and the active measures that he and his acolytes are taking the follow-through on them. a stolen trump campaigns for second term in the white house while facing dozens of criminal charges that imperil his freedom, he has made it explicitly clear that he intends to bend the american government to his will if he returns to power. the whole political apparatus already exists that is ready to go. its members are even talking about these plans right out on the open. donald trump himself is so emboldened to be throwing around the d word. reporter: you re promising to america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody? except for day one. i love this, guy he says you re not going to be a dictator, are? you know, other than day one. we re closing the border and were drilling, drilling, drilling. after that, i m not a dictator. they trad