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- i'm gonna walk down, and i'll be there with you, to the capitol. [all chanting] usa! usa! usa! - beat me over the head! [crowd shouting] [crosstalk] - stop the steal! stop the steal! - fuck yeah! - i think perhaps one of the most fundamental examples of a difference about what happened were the events around january the 6th. i think that is a fundamental moment in this country's history. and as we have seen, there are people who have tried to downplay it. they have tried to marginalize it. they have tried to mainstream the conversation around it, and there is another side that has been much ...

And a healthy conversation. - i think we need more educated consumers, to understand where their news is coming from, what kind of hidden or not-so-hidden agenda may be at play, and who they can rely on for facts and truth. ♪ - being an informed citizen requires that you do your due diligence in understanding what information you are getting and where you're getting it from. we are heading towards a make-or-break moment for this country and our democracy. - bad media breeds disruption. there is great journalism out there. there is terrible journalism out there. there is journalism that's rip...

Only pay for ♪hat you need. [crowd chanting] obama! obama! - if there is anyone out there who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. [cheers and applause] - many americans felt like they had never been more optimistic about the future of the country than the night that barack obama was elected. - i can't believe it! - so help you, god? - so help me, god. - congratulations, mr. president. - thank you, sir. [cheers and applause] - not only had we never seen a viable black presidential candidate, we had only seen a limited number of black candidates winning statewid...

And this side of the room what they see. and they will be looking at the same exact coin, but describing two very different realities. - calling it insurrection-- it wasn't. it was peaceful protest. - it's anarchists. breaking the glass of the united states capitol. - facts are indisputable. - ♪ i've got secrets - i think that's the problem that we have. more people need to be able to stand up and say, "that's crazy. "it's a quarter, and we can talk about what's on each side of the quarter, but let's not disagree about the fact that it is a quarter. [people shouting] - january 6th was predic...

- information now is bombarding us 24/7. - and i think we have to have a better understanding of the people who are putting things in front of us, and the biases of what other stories are being told, and which ones are not. - right now, we're in a disaster, and i think reporters are beginning to understand that democracy is on the ballot. ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, ♪ ♪ but i manage it well. ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance, ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart. ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy to seee ♪