studio? i like it like this. is it you doing this? i don t even know. i m a kind of go along to get along dude. i like being with you, so if that s the cost of sharing a studio. we can raise it up, whatever you want. just feet away from each other. i ll just wear a sweater. thank you. have a good evening, chris. thank you for joining us tonight. i m ali velshi in for alex wagner. we re going to warm up in the next few minutes. president biden hasxt released s first campaign ad of 2024. and in that ad president biden makes clear what he believes will be the central issue of thisce election. i ve made the preservation of american democracy the central issue of my presidency. i believe in free and fair elections and the right to vote fairly and have your vote counted. there s something dangerous happening in america. there s an extremist movement who does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. all of us are being asked right now what will we do to maintain o
our democracy? we are the united states of america. there is o nothing beyond our capacity when we act together. i m joe biden and i approve this message. that s joe biden s campaign message this year, that donald trump and theis movement he has encouraged are a threat to democracy. tomorrow the president s going to continue t to push that messe in a speech at valley forge commemorating the three-year anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol. and the message that president biden willss deliver there whil important will not be new. donald trump s threats to democracy are well-known. americans saw it when trump spent his presidency cozying up to dictators and shunning american allies. they saw it when trump did everything in his power to try to overturn the results of a legitimate democratic election culminating in a violent siege on our seat of government. they can see it now when trump openly muses about the idea of being a i dictator on day one
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agreements sphif they cannot do that, they re going to start to hedge, they re going to start bend from a pressure from a china or russia because the united states can no longer be relied on as l a cornerstone of their security. we re already dealing with that just because donald trump s previous administration. if he gets back into the white house, that s gone for a generation at least if it s something we can ever get back. that is how high the stakes are in thisgh election. it s important wehi realize that as we re struggling for democracy in our own country, that we haveur a massive role t play in the rest of the world. guys, thanks very much, we appreciate that. retired colonel alex vindman ann deputy national security advisor under president obama ben rodes we appreciate your time tonight lots more news to get to tonight including the ouster of former president claudine gay, also an assault in the faith of institutions. but first republican presidential candidates are making
johnson held a press conference at the southernld border where said republicans will not pass any ukraine aid package unless president biden agrees to draconian new border restrictions. for weeks now the biden administration has signaled a willingness to compromise with republicans on border policies in order to get aid b for ukrai. so much so that some democrats have raised concerns about how much joe biden is willing to trade away. but republicans have rejected thosean compromises because for theme rejecting aid to ukraine while hammering biden on the border is itself a victory for their maga base. when asked about the prospects of aut deal, the republican congressman, troy nehls told cnn yesterday, quote, i m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a democrat and help joe biden s approval rating. let s just understand that for a moment. republicans are willing to let