now, they are saying that s a historical context, in part, inspired biden to deliver this address, at that venue, on this evening, just ten weeks from the midterm elections, as mike just noted. last month, the president of the group of historians, presidents do this from time to time, understandable, they want a little perspective, and that group of historians who, met with the president in the white house warned him, america s democracy is teetering. just think, for the first time in the history of this nation, a president disrupted the peaceful transfer of power. nothing like it had happened since the cannons fired at fort sumter. that same individual, who interrupted that peaceful transfer of power, led to the bloodshed there. eacefu transfer of powebut one of the , leading extreme movement, that threatens violence, and promises to overthrow the next election if that autocrat, aspiring autocrat, does not pass. tonight, the united states president, joseph biden, will out hi
supporters worst impulses. it s flailing around about the classified documents he stole as a judge prepares to make a decision on trump s request for a special master to decide if he can get the stolen property back or decide what happens to it next. we begin with the battle for the soul of the nation. topic of tonight s primetime speech by president biden. he ll deliver that speech in about an hour in front of independence hall in philadelphia one week after calling his predecessor s vision for america semifascist. biden will make the case that the fate of america s democracy is at stake. here s some of what he plans to say, that maga forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an america where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. for a long time we ve reassured ourselves that american democracy is guaranteed but it is not. we have to defend it. protect it. stand up for it. each
joe biden. the joe biden who is the diner visiting, handshake, selfie taking vice president, but now, as president, has come to grips, and acknowledge the burden of governing at a time when there are threats to democracy. really, a knowledgeable biden reported, for a long time. thank you very much, that is a readout for tonight. we are moments away from president biden s address to the nation. let me handed off to chris hayes for that. chris? thank you so much troy, i appreciate it. we are, as story indicated, moments away from president joe biden s primetime address to the nation, about the threats to our democracy. it is taking place, as you heard there, as they were reporting, just outside of independents all, in philadelphia, right there. of course, that building, that city, the birthplace of the american experiment, has been a fitting setting for many presidential speeches, throughout history. abraham lincoln, in 1861 gave it to john kennedy, in 1962.