the notion we re talking about purges, that is profoundly un-american, un-democratic, and i think it should worry many people. marc, you talk about those, how this impacts those who love the country from within, but i was in europe last week at the nato summit, and shadowing the entire gathering, as triumphant as it was as the alliance grew, was this fear about what could come next. the fact that trump could return to the global stage, that he could be president again after next year s election, and what that would mean for the alliance. talk about how this, reporting like this shows these are undemocratic impulses that the trump team wants to enact if re-elected. doesn t it reinforce the worries in the capitals of some of our closestjonathan. i think what it d be like to work at an embassy in washington, where you re reporting back on the american political system. throughout history, both in our country and other countries, as well, you know, we see individuals, demagogues who make
in which he called the actions against them shocking and un-democratic. those sentiments ring from president obama. throughout his first term he has made the issues of protecting democracy and also stopping gun violence quite central to his presidency so in some ways it makes sense that today he met with those three lawmakers on the eve of what many people expect tomorrow to be his announcement that he s going to run for a second term tomorrow will mark the four-year anniversary of the day president biden officially launched his last run for the white house, his successful run for the white house that put him where he is today as soon as tomorrow morning he is expected to release what we expect to be another video announcement declaring his intention to run for re-election. joining us now, i m very pleased to say is ron klain, he s former white house chief of staff to president biden. he joins us now for his first primetime interview since he left the white house ron, you look rested,
every generation has to fight for it you all are doing just that. that was president biden today at the white house meeting with the so-called tennessee three, three democratic state legislators from tennessee who were threatened with expulsion by the republicans who control that state legislature after they participated in anti-gun violence protests at the statehouse two of those lawmakers, the two young black male lawmakers justin jones and justin pearson, they were expelled from the legislature only to be reinstated days later by their communities. today all three of the lawmakers got an audience with the president of the united states in which he called the actions against them shocking and un-democratic. those sentiments ring from president obama. throughout his first term he has made the issues of protecting democracy and also stopping gun violence quite central to his presidency so in some ways it makes sense that today he met with those three lawmakers on the eve of
appoint three supreme court justices concern. rachel: do you think republicans will have the stomach for it? pete: we ll find out. if they have the jurisdiction, hopefully, there s somebody out there the that will want to look at it. will: meanwhile, joe biden not yet declared as a candidate for president, but it is expected. governor gavin newsom sounds like he is getting ready for a red state tour. he doesn t exactly have the best campaign to launch, he doesn t have the best record, he doesn t have the best population. but he seems confident. watch. we re going on the road to take the fight to statements where freedom is most under attack, where republican leaders ban books, criminalize doctors, fire teachers, intimidate librarians, kidnap migrants, target trans kids, stoke racism. what s happening in those red states, it s not who we are. it s un-american. it s the un-democratic. and all it takes to fight back is a willingness to stand toe to
the mob was fed lies. the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress. they were provoked by the president and other powerful people. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. trump and i we ve had a hell of a journey. i hate it being this way. oh, my god, i hate it. violence. destruction. and chaos we saw earlier was unacceptable, un-democratic, and un-american. it was the saddest day i ve ever had as serving as a member of this institution. to those who wreaked havoc in our capitol today, you did not win. violence never wins. freedom wins. this has been a truly tragic day for america, and we all join together in fully condemning the