in just a few hours, we re going to mark the one year anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the capitol. the white house saying that president biden will speak about the january 6th assault from the capitol sanctuary hall and will discuss the former president s role in the riot. let s bring in cnn political director david chalian, and cnn political analyst, kirsten powers, the author of saving grace good evening to both of you. david, one year after the constitutional process in the modern era, what does that mean for the future of our elections and our democracy, quite frankly? it means nothing good. i mean, it means our democracy is in pretty serious peril, don. i don t know that there s another way to see it. i think, you know, you noted the republican party, a majority of
what would you like the power to do? now for a check of the top stories we re following now. lynching is now a federal hate crime. president biden signing the emmett till anti-lynching act tuesday. after more than 120 years and 200 unsuccessful efforts to pass that legislation, the bill named after 14-year-old emmett till who was lynched in mississippi in 1955. president biden and other lawmakers paying tribute to late alaska congressman don young yesterday. the longest serving republican in congress as his body lies in state in the capitol sanctuary hall. he died earlier this month at 88. he was first elected to the house in 1973. we re also tracking several big covid headlines this morning. first, both the fda and cdc have signed off on a second booster shot of the pfizer or moderna
in just a few hours, we re going to mark the one year anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the capitol. the white house saying that president biden will speak about the january 6th assault from the capitol sanctuary hall and will discuss the former president s role in the riot. let s bring in cnn political director david chalian, and cnn political analyst, kyrsten powers, the author of saving grace good evening to both of you. david, one year after the constitutional process in the moder modern era, what does that mean for the future of our elections and our democracy, quite frankly? it means nothing good. i mean, it means our democracy is in pretty serious peril, don. i don t know that there s