because we believe dreams - should never stay that way. news continues. let s hand it over to michael smerconish. thank you so much. i am michael smerconish. welcome to cnn tonight. we have a special in-studio guest this evening. the perfect person who has borne the brunt of ouautocratic, and that s a subgic president biden warned the world about today. citing a backwards slide of democracy globally, calling it the defining challenge of our time. democracy needs champions. we know as well as anyone that renewing our democracy and