Brought about a new wave of patriotism and belief in the ukrainian state. all of the sorts of reactions on which putin was counting on the opposite, he clearly seemed to think that zelenskyy himself would run away at the first shot, that he would be able to take russian forces would be able to take kyiv without much resistance, and after this quick victory the ukrainian population would rather than harboring some deep affection or allegiance to the ukrainian state would go along with whatever new order russia imposed at the barrel of a gun. none of that has turned out. absolutely not. we have seen extraordinarily the opposite with millions in resistance. contributing writer at the new yorker joshua yaffa. we will be reading from your piece. it is compelling. in the latest, russia s war gets closer to nato, the editorial board at the wall street journal writes in part,
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Division to succeed in today s rapidly changing complicated world and they are betting america will become more like them and less like us. they are betting that america is a place for the dictator, the strong man. i do not believe that. that is not who we are. that is not who we have ever been and not who we should ever, ever be. our founding fathers, as imperfect as they were, set in motion an experiment that changed the world. literally changed the world. here in america the people would rule. power would be transferred peacefully, never at the tip of a spear for the barrel of a gun. they committed paper and idea they couldn t live up to but an
0 it s impossible to deny that. as president biden will discuss this morning january 6th represents an ongoing threat to our democracy. in the year since nearly 20 states have passed laws to restrict voting and in many republican circles trump s big lie about the 2020 election still goes unchallenged. bottom line, january 6 has become a stark testament to the fractured nation we ve become and warning sign for what is coming next. with us throughout the hour, nbc s monica alba, she covers the white house, garrett haake on capitol hill, ellison barber outside the capitol, katie benner covers the justice department for the new york times , phil rucker senior washington correspondent for the washington post, eugene daniels co-author of the politico playbook and peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times. monica, let s start with the president. how is he going to approach this one? he s going to mark, of course, the solemn anniversary, steph, but instead