undermine u.s. democracy largely fueled by the former president and his loyalists who have hijacked and radicalized a part of the republican party. there s a reason the u.s. is considered a backsliding democracy. that is the elephant in the room as president biden kicked off a two-day global virtual summit this morning on renewing democracy at home and abroad. in his opening remarks, he called on the world s dm sis to confront the sustained and alarming challenges facing them and pointed that they are the same and alarming challenges facing the united states. here in the united states, we know as well as anyone that renewing our democracy and strengthening our democratic institutions requires constant effort. my administration is going to keep fighting to pass two critical pieces of legislation that will shore up the very foundation of american democracy, the sacred right of every person to make their voice heard through free, fair, and secure elections. we should be making
among the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia though they changed their name after one of their members murdered heather heyer with his car. of course, their extremist views and ridiculous plastic shields earn them lots and lots of mockery this weekend when several were awkwardly left stranded at the arlington memorial bridge because their u haul wasn t large enough to carry them all home. they look really stupid and it easy to laugh at them, but to do so is to under estimate them and millions like them whose radical ideas are on the asent in this country. let not forget, the many that laughed at donald trump back in 2016 and even after he was elected, thanks to four years of trump, this is a backsliding democracy thanks to an international think tank. that s no joke. the truth is this country doesn t have a great track record of recognizing authoritarians for what they are, at least not until its too late. a darling of the american press and american papers cr
her but many are not convinced. the former yorkshire cricketer, rafiq has brought the issue of racism in the game under the spotlight and has apologised for anti semitic messages he sensed ten years ago. to germany now which was praised for its initial handling of the pandemic. but along with much of europe, the country is desperately scrambling to contain a fourth wave. after crisis talks with regional leaders in the last few hours, chancellor angela merkel announced tough new curbs on the unvaccinated to be enforced in areas where there are more than three covid patients per 100,000 people. healthcare workers and employees in care homes will also have to get the vaccine. here s ms merkel speaking earlier. it starts with hospitalisations in numbers of three and when it s exceeded only those who are vaccinated or recovered from covid 19 will be allowed into certain public events. and that would apply to the whole region. it comes as germany records its highest infection r
the network, thank you for all your doing. laura: only 22 years behind you but i m working on it, sean. trying to catch up. sean: i can t win. i m not an old man like you, hannity. laura: thank you. thank you you are my body from the get-go, so back at you, sean, thanks so much. all right, i m laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. massive protests in new york city tonight as thousands of workers march against vaccine mandates. the ingraham angle sent a camera down there, we are going to have footage for you, plus biden potters around a scottish climate conference and a cultural backlash take flight. raymond arroyo explains it in seen and unseen. but first, a commonwealth of insight. that s the focus of tonight s angle. if you early on gave him much of a chance, but clean-cut family man and america s success story glenn youngkin, a republican, decided to go all in in the virginia governor s race. he traveled the entire commonwealth c
and associate editor for the washington post. david ignacious is here. i keep on thinking about that face, all over twitter because of your award. yes, that one. and of course all the baseball stuff happening last night, joe and mike, well, they want to talk about it. yeah, i was actually at the game and then i had to leave near the end because mik and i had why did you leave? i can t say we were speaking with because we had an important duty. that s not why you left. my phone started blowing up. it was my friends calling me about the red sox to tell me they need me. mike barnicle , what a terrible run up? we swept last week by the yankees and lost 2-3 from baltimore. but, they swept the nationals and i got to say, i went to all three games and a pact for the last three days. as you know. i am old, but i am much older today than i was friday morning. those were three emotionally charged games. congratulations to the nationals, they don t have much, they have a