and the state of democracy during the discussion of the january six investigation. with us tonight, we have to discuss, the honor of bringing on historian jean meacham. he s the chair at the vanderbilt university. and occasionally advises president biden on historical matters in major speeches. his newest biography, and then there was light, abraham lincoln and the american struggle, will be available this october. jon, it s always good to see you. i wish i was starting with a better question. what is your reaction to what congressman jim clyburn said? i think he s right. i have been in the zip code with him, in believing that there are perennial forces in american life that are destructive. they ebb, and they flow, and they have been flowing. and they will begin to ebb. but they only ebb, if enough citizens stand up and say, we are not going to head down the road of authoritarianism. and of . it is a very close run thing at
ew. i have been saying, for a long time now, that this too shall pass. but you know, i grew up as a protestant. i am beginning to believe that we may be, threatening to really undermine this democracy, in this country really, is teetering on the edge. a stark stark warning from house majority, jim clyde burn, and the state of democracy during the discussion of the january six investigation. with us tonight, we have to discuss, the honor of bringing on history and jean meacham. he s the robertson s chair at the vanderbilt university. and occasionally advises biden
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and republicans. meacham even wrote, the seminal biography of this former george h. w. bush. with all that in mind, here s john meacham s view of where we might go, from here. we don t know. this is a chapter, it s not the end of the story. and, if it is the end of the story, then we have failed in a way, as a people, that the world will forever condemn. to lose this, as the song says, to lose this gift through selfishness and agreed for power, for an autocratic impulse, would be beyond
just the present we have to get through. wise words from our friend jean meacham, and prime minister churchill, to take us off there tonight. that is our broadcast, for this thursday night. with our thanks for being with us, in our gratitude that america remains tonight, a democracy, imperfect though it is. on behalf of all my colleagues, and the networks of nbc news, goodnight. t. tonight, on all in. one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked. one year later, the president attempts to rally nation. i will stand in this breach, i will defend this nation. i will allow no one to places stagger at the throat of democracy. tonight, when history will