with the people. right now on early start what president biden calls a defining moment for democracy. air raid sirens pierce the air as north korea tries and fails to test a missile. it all adds up to baseball history. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. president biden about to head to mexico to campaign with the governor and other democrats. expected to strike the same fee. american democracy is under dire threat and laying the blame at the feet of his predecessor. you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. he refuses to accept the will of the people. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington. good morning, jasmine. so nice to see you. the president, president biden veering from the democrat s 11th hour focus on the economy. zeroing in on the threat for democracy. what s the thinking? reporter
you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. he refuses to accept the will of the people. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington. good morning, jasmine. so nice to see you. the president, president biden veering from the democrat s 11th hour focus on the economy. zeroing in on the threat for democracy. what s the thinking? reporter: it s a deeply personal message for the president. he launched his campaign in 2020 focused on saving the soul of americans. that goal is far from complete. the president has routinely talked about the soul of america while on the trail for the mid-term elections trying to warn about political violence and about the election deniers on the ballot, something that, of course, he touched on last night. take a listen. there are candidates running for every level of office in
have heard, is voters who have a deal with themselves that maybe biden can get in there and serve one term and then make way for somebody else, or that biden s going to recover some of what they liked about him in 2012. you do hear just a lot of excuse making by people, and i don t want to say i don t want to demean, there are people who loved him for years, want him to run for president eight years ago, ten years ago, 20 years ago and they re all in. a lot of the support from people who thought based on the polling, and still look at the polling and say if he s up by 15 and warren is up by 8, he s the safe choice. they ve not seen evidence yet though more keeps emerging as a nominee against donald trump he might have some issues. the thing to watch here is not so much the immediate spin from the debate but what the trump campaign and what other kihei maekawas a maekawas democrats are doing with footage from the debate and trying to get in as many inboxes as possible video of biden