security in donald trump s own administration, calling ait a death spiral being perpetuated by his old boss. we re seeing this constant erosion of confidence in the electoral system. and it is ultimately anti-democratic and we re frankly in a death spiral, as i see it. and two years, four years at the ballot box isn t good enough. there have to be other accountability measures for those that will continue to proliferate these lies. the anti-democratic death spiral, that s where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. jonathan is here with the associated press. also ben rhodes, former adviser to president obama, and alexi is here. ben rhodes, what happens when a democracy stops being a democracy? what do they do?