collectively, to take action. first remarks really capture the strangest of the summit and the strangers of this moment. i m glad they re holding a summit for democracy, but i also feel that we really need to show, not tell here. and lead by example. the best thing, i think the united states could do for global democratic movement. our to protect our democracy. an american democracy is under the most intense manifest threat that is based in my lifetime. maybe even since the jim crow era. and i m going to level with you for a moment about. this i feel a little conflicted about how to cover this democratic crisis. how to treat it. it seems incredibly urgent to me. and at the same time, i gotta say, i am not necessarily hopeful for the people in power will take the steps necessary to fix it. and i don t want to stand here and forecasts and loose authoritarian doom if they don t. because the future is written. no one knows for sure what s