florida in just a moment. plus a new subpoena from the department of justice, this one to the national archives for white house documents it turned over to the january 6 committee. meanwhile, in georgia, rudy giuliani testified for over six hours over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. now georgia s governor is seeking to delay his own testimony which was scheduled for today. willie. let s begin this hour in the state of florida. where at 1:00 p.m. a federal judge will hear arguments about whether to unseal the affidavit used by the fbi to search the florida home of former president donald trump. the justice department is arguing against that saying it could compromise an ongoing investigation. the fbi goes through the seized documents sorting those covered by attorney/client privilege to what is relevant to the case. joining us in west palm beach, correspondent sam brock. good morning. reporter: willie, good morning. and speaking to that specifically, the breadth
Before we get to the study you conducted on methods to reduce polarization, just put the situation in perspective for us. How divided would you say this country is right now . More divided than it has ever been since the civil war . Caller i would say that the u. S. Is as divided as it has been at any point since the civil war. As a political researcher and a sociologist, i tend to focus on the public opinion, which is one way to look at this. Public opinion data on polarization and attitudes in the American General public is really concerning. It is not looking very good. For example, we see concerning levels of support for condoning violence. Those levels are not high, but i would still describe them as concerning because you want to see that near zero or so. Antisemitic attitudes are pretty high as well. Americans report being willing to tolerate antidemocratic moods from political leaders in their own party for partisan gains. And then finally, we seem steadily increasing partisan
Throughout the Covid era, those expressing views at odds with the dominant narrative were often subjected to unprecedented levels of censorship and psychological manipulation. Academic journals played a significant role in this silencing of.