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