should non-citizens have the right to vote in local elections? decisive result. time for one quick tweet, what is it? i think the american public for surviving all of this. not a bad answer, nancy. thanks for tweeting at me. "don lemon tonight" is in the on deck circle and here he is. >> michael, what about some of the insurrection police officers like michael fanone? i think michael is on the cover of "time magazine" perhaps. >> a lot of folks said the protesters, insurrectionists call them what you will because that was january 6th the beginning of this calendar year. it's a story that's dominated the news ever since. if you really want to go by a definition, how about the unvaxed among us? as a group. >> the person as person or person -- >> person or persons. remember, don, who most dominated the news for better or worse. >> oh. well, there you go.

i was thinking of people that did something heroic but you're right, whoever better or worse and the better is michael smesh con -- smerconish. you're on this weekend, right, saturday? >> tomorrow morning. >> all right. i'll let you get out of here because you need rest. >> thank you. >> have a great week. >> thanks for saying that. this is "don lemon tonight" and make no mistake, the warning lights are blinking and blinking red. january 6th was not the end. we were just talking about it. what dominated the news cycle more? january 6th? what was it? whatever it is both say our democracy is at risk and we're running out of time to do something about it. the committee issuing six in pa seepa -- subpoenas that tonight and made a direction connection between organizers of the january 6th rally and the former guy, the then president.

you may not know their names but these are people that know what was really going on behind those closed doors at the white house leading up to january 6th. two former presidential aids, max miller, robert p. junior met with the then president in his private office on january 6th two days before to discuss the rally to be held two days later. and who would be speaking at that rally. a former trump campaign official on television as a trump became someone in the administration so katrina pearson is mentioned reportedly involved she was in that meeting, too. max miller who is now a congressional candidate in ohio tweeting his first vote would be to disband the committee that subpoenaed him today the ever

popular acquisitions of a witch hunt, right? and we got a newly revealed memo written by campaign lawyer jenna ellis. that one that stood up with rudy giuliani that pushed the lie of bogus election fraud. a day before the attack she said then vice president mike pence could ignore a federal law. the electoral act add and start the recertification process when they reach arizona. that memo reported by politico. let's not forget what happened when pence refused to do just that, watch. >> look at that, it is just stunning to realize that less than half of the capitol rioters that have been sentenced so far have not go time behind bars according to a cnn analysis and the clock is ticking as the

former president tries to keep his secrets from the january 6th committee. he's got less than two weeks to appeal to the supreme court with the three justices he appointed and republican david purdue who lost his senate seat in that hotly contested georgia runoff election the day before the attack on the capitol and now running for governor of georgia. he's got a new thing. you decide if you think it's grifty pushing the big lie more than a year after the election and inspecting absentee ballots from 2020. the ballots were counted three times. georgia officials said over and over and there is no evidence of wide spread fraud. joe biden won the state by about 12,000 votes. but that is not stopping david purdue from running on the outlandish claim that he would have stopped the certification

of the lawful election. like i said, the warning lights are blinking red. democracy is in peril with republicans running on the idea they would refuse to certify legitimate elections. there was a time some republicans knew what was right. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately deno denounced the mob when he seen what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump and accept his share of responsibility, quail the bunret and ensure president elect biden is able to successfully begin his term. >> what happened to that? the january version of kevin mccarthy? ha what happened to him?

knuckling under a twice i'm peeach -- impeached president. members push hate. they push islam phobia and all kinds of bigotry, lies. they proudly post christmas cards showing their kids holding guns. they post violent videos that show a democratic colleague being killed. and then there is florida's ron desantis sending out a fundraising email today calling for dr. anthony fauci to be put in prison complaining about what he calls medical authoritarian and said fauci lied to congress and going to shield for cash because that's what this is really about. that and getting attention. trillio trolling and feeding the fake out rage machine. it's about the money, power, attention. that's where we are tonight.

think about where we were just last year at this time. did anybody, did any of you, did any of us imagine what was going to happen on january 6th, blood thirsty rioters attacking the united states capitol? what will we think when we look back on this time, when we look back on the nationwide assault on the vote, candidates like david purdue how he would have stopped the certification of a local election. local officials that stood up against the big lie replaced by others who might not stand up the way that they did. will we think we missed the warning lights i've been talking about, the ones blinking red? the warning lights that our democracy is in peril. the new round of subpoenas that, i want to bring in charles lee dent, former republican from

pennsylvania and laura coates, a former federal prosecutor. good to see both of you. good evening. do you disagree before i go to the first question, each of you, just quickly, yes or no? is our democracy in peril, lawyer? >> yes, it absolutely is. with voting rights being curtailed, with people trying to constantly question, it is. >> charlie dent? >> yeah, i think our democracy is at risk and there is backsliding but i blame one person, the former president because he continues to poise in the dialogue by saying the whole system is rigged and he was robbed even though all these other people that won were not robbed. they won legitimately. >> laura, let's get to the six nasthat -- new subpoenas that. some met with trump directly days before hand. what do you think the committee wants to get out of them?

>> the keyword is before hand. remember, there hasn't been a correlation as of yet we're aware of where there was direct communication or something about the planning with the former president from the rallies to the insurrection. so we're actually going to figure out what happened, what were the events leading up to it and really, what led to what is being suggested as you wrote in your piece, the idea of the transition of thought from who will bear more responsibility to what happened later, there is no way there was a coincidence that everyone seemed to attack the citadel of our democracy and try flying a kite and have lumber on and gallows built and have this coordinated effort with a target towards trying to hurt or harm in someway members of congress. this is not happenstance. the committee is trying to figure out what led up to it, who was involved in the planning? it could have been and was more

than one person who was involved in it to what extent complacent. the goal is to investigate ways in which there were shortcomings and investigate ways to have an oversight function further and a way to fortify the elections further. so all this is within eye towards figuring out and co confirming what we saw. this wasn't coincidence and happenstance. this appeared to be strategic and planning. >> yeah, it wasn't a tourist visit to the capitol. charlie, cnn learning about memos from jenna ellis, the one. supposedly they outlined theories how v.p. mike pence could overturn the election on top of the memo from john eastman. was this all right out in plain sight do you think? >> i don't know how out in the open it was. i think everybody recognizes that it was -- these were absurd

arguments that the vice president had no authority to overturn the state certification of elections. i mean, the vice president understood that. dan quail explained it to mike pence and they were right. and so these lawyers were coming up with outrageous theories to prevent the peaceful transition of power and it's as simple as that and again, i lay the blame at the former president. that's why we're having these conversations today. i know most republicans with whom i've dealt with who served were currently in office believe they were all elected legitimately and if the democrats are going to steal elections, they wouldn't have just stolen the presidential election. they all know that. so i think this is really sad that we're in this position in this country right now. >> laura, the national archives -- say again. >> others are watching. as america backslides, that's really smelling trouble for the democratic institutions around the world because they always

look to us for leadership. we were the paradigm, the model. not so much anymore, unfortunately. >> national archives working with mark meadows to get records he had on personal accounts and may not have been given to the agency. we don't know what those records are but i want you to listen to congressman adam schiff, what he told cnn when asked about it tonight. >> what he says to his lawyer is that the reason he had an about face is the committee wanted his phone records. now, why would that change his willingness to cooperate unless he felt perhaps that those phone records might contradict what he was preparing to say or show context that he wasn't disclosing to the committee? >> what do you think? can these phone records be critically important? >> absolutely. his skepticism is warranted as to what would transform your otherwise cooperation and by the way, i don't want anyone to have this false notion that

cooperating with a subpoena issued from congress is somehow opt optional. voluntarily coalmpiling, it's t opposite of being health in contempt that voluntary co compliance is the bare minimum. you have to assert question by question but an overall funding of the nose, you can't answer what your name is. you can't answer to any conversations that weren't with the president of the united states. personal correspondence with members of congress, with your own family, anything else and you have the records to cooperate these indeed did happen. >> and you can put some of it in your book, laura? >> what did you say? >> you can put some of it in your book and can't go and speak before congress, before a committee? >> i mean, in many respects it harkens back to the criticism of john bolton, right?

the idea no, you can't appear to testify for impeachment proceedings or be of service to the impeachment managers for transparency because it might run up against a book publication. mark meadows has published information, he's spoken about it and before having information in a book, he has essentially publicized conversations through non-privileged communications and so cherry picking based on your preference what you give and provide to an investigative committee is shocking and i just reminded congressman dent, you know this well, this is a former member of congress saying there is no authority for congress to investigate and have oversight or have a proper legislative function over an attack on members of congress. i wasn't in the capitol that day. you weren't in the capitol. don, you were not there. we were not the ones immediately in danger but our democracy was. our elected officials were and to have someone say there is no

oversight and i'm not going to give the information because i'd rather compartmentalize in someway or provide for a book, that's one of the reasons why democracy is in peril. >> yeah. charlie, i want to get your response to that and also, you were just talking about how ridiculous this is, david purdue filing this lawsuit that calls to inspect absentee ballots now that he's running for governor. he lost the senate election and now he's running for governor and now he's a year after the election. >> first, i just want to say, don, mark meadows is one of the senior members of the house oversight committee and somebody defied a subpoena that they issued i guarantee you he would have a wild fit. he lost his election largely because donald trump sup ppress the vote and said the system was rigged and you have a democratic majority and warnock winning.

so now i hate to see people base themselves to the former president in this way but he's simply trying to become governor and blaming the current governor and the secretary of state down there who actually did their job and recognized they couldn't dese d decertify an election. he wants to be a governor and needs the president's support to do so. he'll say things he has to know are simply not the case or not true. >> i think maybe because trump l lost, does he need that in georgia? just weird. we'll see. thank you both. appreciate it. so how do the threats to our democracy look to the rest of the world? charlie was just talking about that. are autocrats empowered at home, as well. big questions answered from fareed zakaria.

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home. >> defending democracy demand is a whole society effort, requires all of us, the leaders of governments we have a responsibility to listen to our citizens, to strengthen the guard rails of democracy and to drive reforms that are going to make transparent accountable governments. >> joining me to discuss is fareed szakaria, host of "faree zakaria gps." he's dealing with the economy, he had the funeral. who would ever want to be president of the united states? my gosh. what a job. >> the band width you need to be dealing with all these issues. people often forget like okay, it's now foreign policy week. that's not how it works. there is a great biographer of president kennedy that points out in every day you're dealing with all these issues

simultaneously like you're in a meeting about inflation and somebody comes in and says putin just moved another 50,000 troops into the border of ukraine and somebody else comes in and tells you something about the ohio runoff election and then, you know, it's all happening every day all the time. >> yeah. >> it's -- yeah. it's the only guy who i don't think who didn't seem to age in the job other than everybody ages is donald trump. [ laughter ] >> so who knows what his hair looks like. i was struck by the fact didn't seem to make much difference to him because he was tweeting the same way he would in trump tower. >> there was a lot of executive time there. things on the current president's plate including we have witnessed a relentless deliberate plot to tear down institutions and norms and across the country republicans are passing laws to restrict voting. the former president's refusal to accept his loss causing mass

d distrust in our elections. it's tougher for the u.s. to preach about democracy now, no? >> you're exactly right, don. it's a very tough time. if you think about it, what we're trying to do is to talk about democratic backsliding. that's the point of this democracy summit. it's not so much about the democracies versus authoritarian regimes. it's about the problem in some sense is not the china and russia undermining but it's all getting undermined from within places like hungary, poland, turkey and of course, places like the united states. that is the principle problem here, which is as you rightly say, there is every day, every week evidence that the united states is moving towards a constitutional crisis. look, it's very clear what trump and his minuteions are trying t

do. if that happens, you end up in 2024 with a constitutional crisis. how do we go around telling people, yo u u know, democracy important, the rule of law is important. free and fair elections are important. we're undermining those very things right now in a way that could be very consequential. >> even the fact that we need a summit like this to protect the globe shows it's on the defensive right now and all of these democracies ultimately have to deal with their own domestic politics so what can a summit -- can this -- will this accomplish anything? >> honestly, i think that, you know, i don't know whether biden thought about it this way but the best thing we can do right now is to strengthen democracy in the united states. >> right. >> which means to turn the issue

of voting rights into a national non-partisan issue and i mean, if i were president biden, i would make an oval office address and say nothing less is at stake than american democracy and it's a simple proposition that everybody has the right to vote and everybody's vote should be counted. now let me tell you what is happening in these various ize t congress trying to pass legislation. i would suspend the filler buster and talk to mansion. if we give that sense of urgency and crisis, it may get through because i think the danger here is this is a kind of slow motion coup. there is no one day where something is happening that is undermining democracy. it's in about 12 states that are seas of small sesmeasures have n taken. in georgia the secretary of

state is trippestripped of powe was meant to have. similar thing in wisconsin. when did you report that democracy is that threat? there is no one day and the one person who could create a crisis and create an event is the president of the united states. >> well, i mean, that plus we're seeing some people in the u.s. embracing autocrats and unprecedented way. the fox propaganda network defending putin on this week. listen. it's crazy. >> so at this point, nato exists primarily to torment vladimir putin who whatever his faults has no intention of invading western europe. vladimir putin doesn't want belgium but wants to keep the western border secure. >> i mean, this would have been unimaginable five years ago. how troubling is this simple though on the american right with authoritarians like putin and hungary? >> it's stunning and it's

startling. so let's remember unpack what was just said. putin is not planning to invade western europe. in other words, what tucker carlson seems to be saying is that it's okay if he has designs on eastern europe. now for the last 25 years, there has been bipartisan agreement that one of the great successes of the american foreign policy was the victory in the cold war and the consolidation of the victory was to free the captive nations that had been colinized by the soviet union, poland, the czech republic, hungary, slovakia and, you know, anchor them in freedom and democracy and in the west. what tucker carlson seems to be saying is we're just worried about western europe. we're worried about buelgium an france. if putin wants eastern europe,

that's okay. a very odd concession and a very odd turning of one's back on one of the really most extraordinary achievements of western strategy for the last 30 or 40 years. and let's look at ukraine. these people desperately want a future anchored in liberty, democracy, capitalism, the west and shouldn't we be supporting that? >> one would think. unless you -- >> they're willing to fight and they are fighting and dying for it. they are asking for a moral political support, some arms. and that we can give because it makes vladimir putin feel insecure. >> yeah. can we talk about domestic issues? let's talk about the economy, also a huge concern in the u.s. new reports showing key inflation measure hit a 39-year high in november. more than just gas prices. i just want to put this graphic up, it's furniture, food,

clothing. these are necessities. how does this weigh on everything else americans are dealing with right now? >> this has got to be president biden's number one concern. the thing to understand about inflation and the reason it's been so destabilizing throughout history is unemployment affects only a small number of people. right? most people have jobs and so the unemployment rate is 8%. it's the 8% of the people who don't have jobs who are upset. but inflation affects 100% of the people. 100% of the people when they go to the gas station, when they go to the grocery store, when they go to buy, you know, something at a store. they all feel the pinch. so it's much more wide spread and it's much more, it makes people feel they have been robbed off their savings of their income. so look, some of this is beyond his control. there is frankly a lot of weirdness in the way that the entire global economy shut down

and then restarting and it turns out this is not a seamless process. when you restart an economy, it turns out a bunch of people working places have quit jobs. a bunch of factories closed down and a bunch have covid restrictions. there is a lot of jerkiness in this opening but also what is happening is frankly, it is the flip side of a good news story. there is a lot of demand. people have cash. they're buying stuff. and that fuels inflation. people are being paid more. you know, one of the great drivers of inflation now appears to be wage inflation but donald says they're paying 10% more for their people across the country. that's good news. on the other hand, they are passing some of the costs onto the consumers. it's a mixed bag but one of the things inflation is often seen as a test of presidential leadership and even though in someways the federal reserve has more to do with it, so biden just needs to show that he's thinking about it long and hard

and let me point to one thing in particular. it's not just gas prices. it's energy prices. if people start feeling like heating their homes, going to the gas station, all those things are going to cost more, that -- you know, you don't want to go back to the '70s when you had an energy crisis and jimmy carter was president and it didn't end well. >> yes, i was there for it. i remember that very, very well. >> you're too young to remember that. >> it's the makeup and lighting. i'm not. thank you very much. you're very zakaria, pleasure. be well. >> thank you. watch "fareed zakaria sunday" here on c, nn. the cdc is out with the first analysis of the omicron variant in the united states. what they're finding about who is getting affected and how severely, next.

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thanks for joining. >> great to see you, too, don. >> some experts say this shows omicron is not the doomsday variant but others are looking for more data. what is your read on the cdc report? >> i still think that it's too early for us to tell exactly what is going to happen with omicron. there is good news and bad news. i'll start with the bad news first. the bad news is it looks like it's contagious. it could be twice as contagious as the delta variant. that's not good. it doesn't seem to be causing more severe disease but the c caveat is if it doesn't spread severe disease, it could still overwhelm the hospitals and already in some parts of the country we're already seeing a lot of hospitals being over run. we've also seen this week that there is some degree of immune escape, meaning vaccinated

people can still get the omicron variant. they're not very well protected. however, if they are boosted, that does give them a very high level of protection. i think bottom line is if you're not vaccinated, get vaccinated. if you're not boosted, get the booster now. it's not just a luxury item. it's something that is essential at this point. >> say it again, if you're not vaccinated, get vaccinated. if you're not boosted, get boosted. it's the best we have now and wearing masks. for the people that got omicron were vaccinated and some even p boosted so you're telling people to do it but you have to have some level of concern about that, doctor. >> well, most americans at this point thankfully are vaccinated so the fact that most people who in this initial case that got vaccinated, a third of the individuals are people who had international travel so they're

much more likely to be vaccinated for that reason. >> so you have to look into the number to show what they mean? >> right. so i think the take away from this very small case study, so we're talking about 43 people that the cdc is reporting on thus far, a third of them have international travel but what is concerning is that two-thirds do not which means there is some level of community transmission that's occurring. many have cough, fatigue, so all of that seems promising so far but i do also want to remind people we have the delta variant to contend with right now. we're seeing over 100,000 new daily infections because of the delta variant. we have the holidays still coming so this is the time tore vigilant. i would definitely still keep wearing masks when indoor

crowded spaces. if you're gathering with others make sure they're fully vaccinated and boosted and testing can be a really good strategy. if you're gathering with people immune compromised or elderly or young kids, too young to be vaccinated, it would be great if everybody can be tested that morning before the gathering. >> you talked about older folks. let's talk about young people. kids over 16 years old can get a pfizer booster but for kids younger than that. they're not authorized for that booster shot. what do parents need to know to protect their kids right now, doctor? >> yeah, so i think if there are kids who are 16 and older at a less than 16 and older should definitely get a booster now that it's available to the age group. for parents in the 5 and above group who have not gotten their kids their initial doses, now is the time to do that with omicron and the threat of delta, as well. for people with younger kids including me, i have two little

kids below the age of 5, we have to keep being vigilant because it appears omicron we know from the u.k. seems to be spreading really quickly including in households so i think again, this is the time to be vigilant and not let down our guard. i'm not saying don't gather with people but rather, be careful doing so. make sure they're also vaccinated and boosted and if they're not, that testing will be really important. >> how long have we been working together? almost two years and we've never met in person and we just met the other day since we were allowed going back in the building. nice meeting you in person and nice having you on. thank you, doctor. >> thank you. great to see you and meet you in person, too, don. nine of the country's most populous cities seeing a record number of homicides. we'll take a look what is behind the alarming rise in violence. that's next.

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just three more weeks until 2021 comes to a close but going down as a year with a soaring number of homicides all across the country. the murder rate in some cities breaking records. experts say stress from the covid pandemic definitely playing a role here but the major factor, guns. more tonight from cnn's ryan young. >> reporter: across the country, cities and towns are dealing with an increase in homicides from portland. >> everybody has their heat on a swivel. >> reporter: to birmingham now to austin. >> this certainly is not the right reason, not something we're setting this type of a record that we want to be in the news for. >> reporter: where the fast growing city shattered the yearly record for homicides making 2021 the city's deadliest year on record. a cnn analysis of more than 40 of the most populous cities in

the u.s. shows nine that have set homicide records before year's end. indianapolis surpassed the 2020 total or 215, philadelphia with 524 homicides to date and al bar albuq albuquerque, new mexico with 10 m 3 and austin, texas. what's it like to see these numbers? >> it's really disappointing quite honestly. >> reporter: the austin police chief says there is no one reason for the record high numbers but he has noticed a disturbing trend. >> we've seen really a spike in gun violence. so, you know, just a proliferation of the illegally owned weapons on the street. >> nationwide, more homicides are beiing committed using guns and shootings and 88 homicides in austin so far this year according to the police department. double last year's total and the city's homicide rate ticked up to 8.5% putting it on par with

numbers not seen consistently since the '80s. it's not guns alone. police chiefs, activists and m experts say covid-19 is still a contributing factor. >> you have something of a per if he can stor -- perfect storm. >> reporter: manyexperts look t community based approaches. >> police need to be at the table and police are part of the solution but not the whole solution. you need community based organizations and law enforcement agencies working together. >> reporter: activists agree. >> maybe if we were sending other types of resources, other than police into our communities we would be having different outcomes. >> reporter: chris harris seen more guns on the street leading to violent and deadly consequences. >> guns are more ok saccessible across our country and state. >> reporter: austin p.d. is working to turn the tide using the realtime crime center and

office of violence prevention. >> if these guys were fighting, we can watch what is going on. >> reporter: other cities are looking into violence reduction strategies to combat violent crime. >> we have a problem that is much deeper than baltimore city. >> reporter: in baltimore, the mayor there says they have taken 2,000 guns off the streets this year but the city's homicide rate remained steady in recent years. mayor scott says it's something many mayors around the country are dealing with. >> we still have the historical things that are happening, the drugs, the gangs, the money but so many more people are dying of a small inter personal dispute. >> they are using gun violence to solve petty beef. it's a culture. it's a way of thinking. >> reporter: as the country grapples with the increase in the homicide rate and a reimaging of the police departments, back austin austin they're looking for solutions as fast as they can. >> we need to get ahead of the problem as a community and city, that's what we're doing. >> reporter: don, as you know, this is friday night so a lot of people go to have a good time

and also when we see the spikes in crime across the country because when you add alcohol or add people in large crowds going out, sometimes violence happens in the city like austin, they're watching the downtown area closely on nights like this. they confiscate a lot of guns across the country. what they're hoping to see is new strategies put in place tamping down crime that's being experienced across the country. don? >> ryan young. thank you very much. let's hope it works. more than 55 million americans at risk of severe storms tonight. we're going to tell you who is in the path of the storm, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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hey, pay attention, tornados touching down in arkansas two people dead with a powerful storm system putting more than 55 million americans at risk. we are joined from the cnn weather center. who is in the path? >> don, unfortunately, it's turned out to be a deadly and dangerous night across arkansas and western kentucky and tennessee. we have another eight hours of this line of storms moving through the region. a large expansive and multi faceted storm with snow through the north and six current tornado watches. let's focus in on the storm that caused the fatalities across northeast, arkansas. out side of jonesboro in a small town called monette, this stayed on the ground for the majority of the past two hours. it's traveled over 100 miles and

it's particularly dangerous because it's taking advantage of the very unstable environment out ahead of the main line of thunderstorms. so that storm is expected to continue to be tornadic going forward. we have them in st. louis, another line in memphis and an active night ahead of us and these storms taking place in the darkness tonight. keep your phones not on meet tonight. >> be very careful. thank you, derrick. stay tuned to cnn and thank you for watching, everyone. our coverage continues with a special cnn report "white power on trial return to charlottesville." trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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