international affairs, i m also aware of how fragile democracy is. look at poland. the poster child for democracy in europe over the last 25 years, where a new party in power has subordinated the judiciary courts and media to its authority. look at russia, where the democratic tradition so promising in the 1990s has almost vanished. look at turkey, where a once reformist leader has decided to accumulate power and erode traditions of freedom and democracy that were rare in the middle east. it doesn t feel like it could happen in america, the oldest constitutional democracy in the world, with many checks and balances. but in fact, it takes one man, one party, one vote to break long-standing traditions of constitutionalism, and the system can morph. we now face the prospect of a candidate refusing to accept the outcome of the election. of mobs protesting and perhaps hoping to change that outcome because they have been fed lies about voter fraud, of congress
working on health care reform, on tax care reform, on every other piece of material the president talked about last evening. you know, it is one thing to get applause from republican leaders and the republican majorities in congress. but, wolf, as we talked to members last night. one question hanging over all of this, how will these programs, initiatives be paid for. that s part of the discussion happening right now. the white house press secretary as you also know, sean spicer spoke to reporters just a little while off camera. he was asked about the timing of the travel ban executive action, the new version, the first version did not work out very well thanks to the judiciary courts. what did he say? sean spicer said he does not have anything to announce in terms of the specific timing of this. he said it is coming but would not say when that would be. wolf, i think it s important to remember here going over the past few weeks or so, the president and his team talked