Ill hop of here and let everybody get started. Thank you so. All right. Well, good evening or hello, whatever time of day youre watching this. Ive got a brief power point im going to use to get into this book. Its based on academic study presented in a nonacademic manner. That was my job as a collaborator. I have been studying this science for a little over a decade and written an earlier book on it, as ill mention. So my job was to keep my co lab to keep it for a lay audience. Before i get into the book i discovered a very interesting study done by the democratic fund, their voter study group, that is actually an examination of attitudes in america of authoritarianism, and i will define authoritarianism for us. We could spend i could do a whole book on that subject alone. But i think most people have a pretty good idea what it is. Larry diamond at stanford shared this information with me and its fascinating. Americans are overwhelmingly love their quote democracy, but that overwhelmin
First, we do have breaking news out of los angeles. The Second Largest School System in the country has been shut down over a threat. Over half a million students. Huge and very scary moment for everyone involved. Just moments ago the superintendent of the los angeles schools, he explained his decision to shut down the entire School District. Now, we will say this. A lot of details are not have not come in yet. This is a developing situation but the superintendent did say it was not just one, but many schools that received threats. Listen here. Some of the details talked about backpacks, talked about other packages and after talking with him, also with the board president , i made a decision to close all of the schools. Joining us now for more on this as we continue to wait and get more developments and details in on the situation, Cnn National Security analyst juliette, also top ranking official at department of Homeland Security. You hear from the superintendent, he said it was not o