dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution, believe in the rule of the law, recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election and promote authoritarian leaders. they fanned the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed that united states capitol on january 6th, be brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists. they placed a dagger the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. they see their maga failure to stop a fees peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election as preparation for the 2022 in 2024 elections. and now america must choose to move forward or to move backwards, to build a future obsessed about the past, to be a nation of hope and un
stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, dueling takes on democracy. as the current president calls on americans to defend their freedoms, the former president promises his own form of justice for those found guilty of threatening free and fair elections. that, while joe biden warns of maga forces determined to take this country backwards, some in the gop seem to be walking back their extremist positions. plus, one-on-one with maryland s democratic nominee for governor, westmore. and battling inequality, and what he calls the threats he faces in november. as 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, president biden issued a stark warning about what he sees as the clear and present danger to american democracy. as i stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no faber to pretend other ways. the president also we see no time to call out his predecessor. too much of what s happened
republicans represent an extremism that threatens the foundations of our republic. there is no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution, believe in the rule of the law, or recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election and promote authoritarian leaders. they fanned the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed that united states capitol on january 6th, brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists. who placed a dagger the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. they see their maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election, as preparation for the 2022 and 2024 elections. and
extremismes that threatens the very foundation of our republic. there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law. they do not recognize the will of the people. they refuse to accept the results of a free election. and promote authoritarian leadersor and flame the threatsf violence and a threat to our personal right, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law torque the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed the united states capitol on january 6th, rudely attacking law enforcement, not as insurrection nists but place a dagger at the throat of our democracy and they look at them as patriots and see the maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the election as preparation for the 2022 and fo2024 elections, and now, america must choose
hard virtual learning was, math and reading scores plummeting to their lowest levels in decades. welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and the florida courtroom showdown unfold thing afternoon over the classified documents found at trump s mar-a-lago home. the hearing ended a little over an hour ago, with no immediate decision from the judge on whether or not to appoint a special master in the case. a special master would be a third party attorney put in charge of reviewing the evidence seized from trump s florida home, his newest lawyer in his first appearance as part of the legal team today argued a special master is needed to restore order and lower the temperature in the nation. and another trump attorney compared the battle over the classified documents to a dispute over an overdue library book. let s get straight to our reporter in florida. tell us more about what arguments these lawyers were making, but a