theirs was a failed attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election. it failed attempt to disrupt a sacred tradition that has been a part of american democracy, making it a model of peaceful democracy for over 200 years. january 2021 marked a new beginning, a new phase in safeguarding the american experiment. i m jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. here we are, three years after the insurrection. we are still living with the consequences of that day. the persistent threats to our democracy, with republican voters casting their first republican primary votes this month, donald trump continuing to hold commanding lead, they g lead, in the polls, we are faced with the startling possibility that the man impeached for in the riots on january 6th could be the man who claimed the insurrectionists had love in their hearts. who referred to january 6th as a beautiful day. who vowed to pardon the rioters criminally charged in connection with the violence. people he
states supreme court has never truly grappled with. we never had an interaction s president seeking reelection. the president of harvard university resigned today, weeks after her controversial testimony before congress about antisemitism. yeah rage came not from her academic peers, but from her political foes, led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny. i think it is going to be really a tremendous victory in iowa. i will defeat president trump fair and square. i have no doubt about that. and the only one who has the chance to beat trump and win the general election. three years ago tomorrow, we saw with our own eyes the violent mob stormed the capitol. everything is on the line right here and the question is, what kind of century is this going to be? the democracy is still america sacred cause, the most urgent question of our time. he s weaponized government, he saying i m a threat to democracy. we all know who donald trump is. the
lawrence. good evening, my friend. ce hey, ali, thank you very much. i ll keep her in mind, anna hochkammer. she was fantastic. watch this one closely, because every time we have seen this, people who have been pushing that up the hill when it comes to abortion rights has been met with success in the last four years of america. it certainly is. ali, thank you. have a good show. february 8th, that s one of the supreme court will hear oral arguments for donald trump s appeal of the colorado supreme court decision to disqualify him from that state s republican primary ballot over his role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and their deliberations, the nine justices could decide whether donald trump, the republican front runner, is eligible to run for president at all, under the 14th amendment insurrection kloss. today, colorado secretary of state janet griswold, announced that she had certified the republican and democratic ballots for the states 2024 presidenti
supreme court decision barring him from the primary ballot. this is a major step. it is something the united states supreme court has never truly grappled with. we never had an interaction s president seeking reelection. the president of harvard university resigned today, weeks after her controversial testimony before congress about antisemitism. yeah rage came not from her academic peers, but from her political foes, led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny. i think it is going to be really a tremendous victory in iowa. i will defeat president trump fair and square. i have no doubt about that. and the only one who has the chance to beat trump and win the general election. three years ago tomorrow, we saw with our own eyes the violent mob stormed the capitol. everything is on the line right here and the question is, what kind of century is this going to be? the democracy is still america sacred cause, the most urgent question of our t
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