starts now. tonight on the reidout fundamentally a second trump term could mean the end of american democracy as we know it. he s literally called for things like doing away with parts of the constitution. wanting to weaponize the doj to enact revenge on his political enemies. we re running out of time in order to try to stop trump from being in the oval office again. former trump staffers warn the nation, the threat is real. and democracy is at stake as we enter this presidential election year. michael fanone, one of the heroes of january 6th, joins me tonight. also, two weeks to iowa. and desantis and haley are still treating the front-runner donald trump oh, so gently. as if they don t really want to win. plus, he was paid by the trump campaign to find proof of widespread election fraud in 2020. he found none. and told them so. they continued to push the big lie anyway. ken block is my guest tonight. good evening, everyone. happy new year. i hope you enjo
they continued to push the big lie anyway. ken block is my guest tonight. good evening, everyone. happy new year. i hope you enjoyed your celebrations. i certainly did. we begin tonight having said good-bye and frankly good riddance to the year of our lord, 2023. which was, to put it mildly, a rough one for the world. horrible for children from ukraine to israel to the congo to gaza. deadly for journalists and not exactly great for democracy. good-bye, 2023, and don t let the door hit you on the way out. we enter 2024, meanwhile, with frankly huge questions that could determine the future of the united states, including fundamental questions about whether we will remain a democracy after this year. the biggest question of all, of course, is whether the president of the united states is once elected totally immune from the laws, including being the one person in the nation who is allowed to attempt a coup, avoid trial, and then run for office