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Alicia Menendez focuses on raising voices that aren't typically featured on cable news.

Political stripes stood together, many laying aside partisan differences. yeah, this is not been the case when it comes to the attempted insurrection at the u.s. capitol, while the majority of americans have serious concerns that our democracy is failing, americans are ever more divided over the appropriate response. so how can president biden unite us all in this global battle between democracy and autocracy? joining me now to discuss, msnbc contributor and executive editor for the new yorker. com, david rohde. and jennifer reuben is back with us. david, i want to begin with peace talks that ...

What is happening here in this country? >> first, he has to want to do it. and for whatever bizarre reason, he seems unwilling to do it. but let's say he does. he has to say, very simply, that when we fight for other democracies abroad, we do so because we are a democracy, and we can leverage other countries, we can create a moral alliance that can defeat aggressors. that's one of the reasons why it's so important to preserve our own democracy. we have to be on solid ground. we have to be an example. we have to be on the side of peaceful transitions of power. and when we undermine that, when w...

As the stakes? >> you know, the stakes are very high. we were just talking about putin and trump and how cozy they are. and some of the remarks that trump has made, him calling on putin to help him in his campaign. and you see some of the russian's calling him a partner with russia. i mean, who's side to see on? and i think that we know that the way that he has cozied up to putin, wanting to weaken nato, disintegrate nato, and divide nato fell right into the hands and the playbook of vladimir putin. we are in a war against authoritarianism, and defending democracy. and clearly, trump has conti...

We should be having, without the president leaving it, i fear, we simply won't have it. it's not something that a similar congressperson, or a similar senator or governor can do. the president really needs to lead that conversation. and he is the leader of the free world, so now he has to act like it here at home. >> david, jennifer sort of throws it out as a mandate or a challenge. so forgive my classification, i don't think that is exactly right. but it seems also to me that there is an opportunity here, right? there is an opportunity for the president to take the fact that people are absolu...