states is telegraphing what s going to be on the table. it includes talk of missile placement and military exercises in europe. richard engel is in ukraine. he will join us later in the show with the latest. velshi begins now. good morning. we are ten months away from what may be the most consequential midterm elections in modern history. the insurrection that erupted into violence one year ago is not only not over, it s on the ballot. as if it s something to be debated and not lamented. the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack continues its work with bennie thompson saying the committee would like to speak to former vice president mike pence voluntarily, if possible, within the month. that s going to be interesting to see how that goes down. pence s press secretary saying he won t show without a subpoena. garland said they will go as high up as it needs to go to find justice and prosecute those who tried to undo american democracy from within. the fa
it is very hard to imagine anything but 2024 being a step change of more broken and more illegitimate and more likely to be a constitutional crisis than anything we have experienced, frankly, since 1876. wow. all right, ian, thanks for that. or not. but we appreciate your honesty, candor and analysis. ian bremmer, the host of gzero world on pbs. we re just getting started. straight ahead, senator alex padilla joins me to discuss the future of president biden s big agenda and defending america s democracy. another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning. sunday, 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. i m ali velshi. the january 6th insurrection was the starkest reminder of the deep divide in contemporary america. in the year since that day has left an unreconciled feeling across the country. a recent usa today poll finally found something that an overwhelming majority of americans agree on. turns out 83% of the country is somewhat or very worried about the future of demo
He wasn t legitimate. he colluded with the russians to overturn a legitimate outcome. that s corrosive, that kind of thinking. and you saw the drum beat go on and many media, many democratic leaders. then in 2020 it gets worse. it wasn t a coup attempt. no possibility that trump was going to overturn it. republicans certified in places like arizona and georgia that biden actually won. but trump himself, the president, drove the big lie and now a large majority of his voters believe that biden is illegitimate. and what i am suggesting, it s very clear on the back of midterms, the republicans are overwhelmingly likely to win in the house. they re reasonably likely to win in the senate, very likely to take key governor and state legislatures in swing states that are critical for certifying the election. and the republican party is still completely run by trump who could persist with this big lie.
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