government to promote democracy abroad. he also cocreated our state of the parties paper series and collaborate with the council on three events featuring some of washington's top democracy experts. patrick and assistant secretary randy pre-think is so much for joining us and look forward to hearing your thoughts and expertise. thank you again assistant secretary iran for joining us. to have a confirmed leader at the helm of this bureau. roughly two issue months onto the role i thought i would start strengthening democracy overseas where are you directing your team to focus on and why? >> first i should just say thank you so much for that warm and generous introduction. it is so compelling what you are doing in terms of enacting the act both democratic norms and process and governance. both contested and it's important u.s. policy. what are the benefits in terms of the economic local governance benefits international security benefit and awards were democracy is on the rise and allies and collaborating. so that the thank yo

he won't be surprised, the institute of democracy will raise democracy. it was a narrative certainly that the harris campaign was driving. and in some cases it was an issue that the trump campaign engaged. interestingly, and i think ashley is right, that exit polls or something to look at, but not to bet the house on, but even coming out of the election, what we saw was that democracy was an issue that voters seemed to care about. i think what's interesting is that, one, people are defining democracy in so many different ways. and there is some polling that we did as part of a larger group that was done by hard research in december of last year. so it's not quite a year old. but when you look at it, democracy for democrats was often concern about former president trump. it was concern about liberties for republicans, there were concerns about -- there were different kinds of concerns about liberties, concerns about crime. people were using it as a rorschach test. the democracy was certainly an issue that was front and center for people in many ways. i thi

without democracy, there is no real security.very single year he attended the forum, a senator from arizona, john mccain, reminded us of this guiding printable. he reminds us every year of the fundamental connection between democracy and security when we awarded the annual john mccain prize for leadership in public service. this year we have a twofer. i'm so happy to announce that vladimir kara-murza is freed from prison, home with his family -- [applause] and with us this weekend to receive the john mccain prize. vladimir, i know senator mccain is so proud that you, his close friend, will be receiving the prize this year. welcome, and welcome back, of evgenia. you are a hero, too. [applause] dr. nguyen, president of taiwan from 2016 to just six month ago, an international icon of freedom and democracy come easier to receive her 2020 john mccain prize that we only now have the honor to give her in person. presenting both awards tomorrow is senator mccain's son jack. jack, welcome back. we are waiting vladimir 8:00 a.m. tomorrow m

there was campaign toda and democracy. there was campaign today and nancy _ democracy.cy pelosi gave - democracy. there was campaign today and nancy pelosi gave a l today and nancy pelosi gave a speech, how would you like to see national governance including the us respond? especially the us government should impose sanctions on to these human rights abuses. the state department has already talked about considering visa restrictions, but we think that is not enough because we have passed the gestation that allows sanctioning in 2019 and we are seeing the bigger sentencing yesterday. why is the government not considering the government not considering the sanctioning ofjudges, prosecutors and officials from the hong kong sar government who are responsible for this? so we definitely request and urge sanctioning hong kong officials. ., . officials. you are living in exile here _ officials. you are living in exile here in _ officials. you are living in| exile here in washington, officials. you are living in - exile here in washington, the hong kong government has issued an

it's not that democracy is collapsed. but if you look at the health of democracies today compared to ten years ago or 15 years ago, at least the momentum is very worrying. and again, it's not a i don't think what surprises me when they look at the example from around the world is that it's not about some huge ideological gaps actually ideological gaps between the different camps today, a place like the us are much smaller than 50 years ago. what worries is the kind of temperature of the of of of the argument and again this inability to have a reasoned debate, to have a reasoned conversation simply, having is important, but it is not enough elections, not democracy. and even in of the examples you mentioned. so it's not about who wins, which 51% win. in the end, it's the relation between the 1% and the 49%. and democracy shouldn't feel like every election is a life and death struggle that if we lose this it might and even more so it shouldn't feel like a war between enemies. but if a country, a situation when people view t

i i think that it's very clear that it want to be part of western democracies or liberal democracies.they believe democracy is not a model what you think is the biggest shift we've seen. if we recall the rhetoric of the cold war, they never said they were fighting democracy. they said they were fighting imperialism or capitalism. even they recognize the soft power of democratic ideal. however, we see in open that we get of the strong man, the identity democracies are not efficient now that they're in the open. they believe they have an alternative model. we're living an existential crisis for early democracy globally. >> seems like these regimes also are increasingly focused on maintaining power. they don't mind becoming a failed state. and seems like this makes of them more reckless and how they, and how they exert repression. do you think that's the case? >> i think it's an interesting point. if you recall, if i recall correctly, argument that we, from the perspective of western industrialized democracies, do not know how to export democracy. we do not focus on but on development. t

community, democracy will prevail and democracy will win.ou don't mind before i let you go, what do you think happens next? how do you think the georgian dream party will respond? the georgian dream party will resond? ., ., , ., ., respond? today what we see and what we are witnessing, _ respond? today what we see and what we are witnessing, this _ respond? today what we see and what we are witnessing, this is _ respond? today what we see and what we are witnessing, this is a _ we are witnessing, this is a violation _ we are witnessing, this is a violation of all country standards of rule _ violation of all country standards of rule of — violation of all country standards of rule of law and human rights. not only the _ of rule of law and human rights. not only the president of a public defender statement, it depends on the resilience and resistance of the georgia _ the resilience and resistance of the georgia society at the one point on the other— georgia society at the one point on the other hand it is also dependent on the _ the other hand

, public's trust in democracy are institutions.did dive of information running the trust beyond and we saw 16 and what we see today not just about elections, it is a product campaign to undermine our democracy and subdivision convincing as democracy is not flawed eating reform, which it is but it is broken the individual is powerless to bring about change. how do we encounter that? build public resilience that messaging. they're never going to be clearly the make information generally. the most important thing is to teach about democracy adversaries sewing division and make a. our shared values or aspirations for democracy. civics can reinforce the message the promise of democracy is not a myth of current perfection for the promise for change and totalitarian regimes undermine people and why that is but we went back to how we can back to stem education spending increasing in many years the battle for national security. we saw should focus and at the same time complacent about teaching civics and inevitability and invisibility of de

you democracy, so it marks the fall of hong kong totally.— of hong kong totally.ting in _ of hong kong totally. you are operating in self— of hong kong totally. you are operating in self exile - of hong kong totally. you are operating in self exile and - of hong kong totally. you are operating in self exile and i l operating in self exile and i read on your twitter that you left hong kong with a heavy heart. why did you feel the need to leave and what is it like for you watching this from australia? i like for you watching this from australia?— australia? i was already charged _ australia? i was already charged for _ australia? i was already charged for my - australia? i was already - charged for my participation in three cases involving my participation in the street protests and my defiance in the parliament and at the time i was still a parliamentarian but i did not expect these 47 cases coming. i wasjust lucky, i did not expect these 47 cases coming. iwasjust lucky, so i did not expect these 47 cases coming. i wasjust lucky, so if i stayed in hong kong is a hi

attacking our democracy. if he is successful, it is because republicans in the house and senate are complicit. and they allow him to do this. just like i do they take an oath to the constitution not to donald trump and they have to stand up for the constitution against whomever is president, donald trump or otherwise. if they're going to be jumping off a bridge because donald trump says so, that they have also violated their. >> one thing that is always weird to me about this, we just came out of this big election here where it was like, revolves around the sort of very , celebrations of masculinity. hulk hogan and all the podcasts in this stuff. whatever you thing about that. it is weird to me that all of these republican men who are so into this sort of vision of male virility, act like submissive little -- what's the word? wimps. like, why will you not stand up for yourself? why are you a groveling little wimp about all of this stuff? it is really quite an amazing internal contradiction that the party of t

threat to democracy.s a threat to democracy. liz: not thinking he's a threat to democracy and silent about it now and not believing how the white house press secretary answered and stephanie hamill here to react but first, it's time to talk to our friends day and david to find out what they're rocking and rolling on in the next hour in the bottom line. >> happy thanksgiving, emac. talking about doge bros and how is elon and vivek turning recommendations into policy? that's something that andy biggs, congressman involved in so much of what happens inside the beltway will be grappling with momentarily. >> and our national debt topped $36 trillion. why is gina ray mondo, the commerce secretary rushing to spend as much as she can before she gets out of dc. john carney is here. and dawn buckingham, the doctor and texas land commissioner here on here to aid and deportation effort under incoming president donald trump. top of the hour. >> see ya. kids across america are going to school hungry. millions of kids e

it was introduced in 2019 of the pro democracy protest erupted in home. the law crushed the movement and reduce the cities upon. domino is common law senior, international advocacy associate at the hong kong democracy consul. now the activism being child on subversion charges, what more can you tell us about the case of the case um this the 1st and charges um is actually under the national security little uh which is where nice by the now of retiring home, co s l government and um, 4047 organizes and participants of the um, the auction time or east during 2021. we're charged only because they ran for you action 4 days for democracy, primary elections. and now um, they are acumen at a total of 2946 months behind bars for these old $45.00 candidates. now this of impose security low and post binds, trying to, uh, what does this low and, and the conviction today. i mean for democracy in hong kong, apparently this national security law is a web 10 for the routine to under mind. people who strive for freedom and democracy inside hong kong and is also actually a

i'll pull democracy, probably the patient government put an economy that. so what did you think when you heard about the sentences? so um, okay, and i mean i, i, personally, i'm very devastated how, because many friends of mine. i'm now in person for years and i know post profess up any time he's a very reputable legal advice. i get home call. he has to be an advocate hearing for peaceful civil disobedience, but now he's going to phase 10 years back a long sentence. so he's not very tough day for me, and then i happen to see that for years. and i hope that's, i mean, on the international community, you can do something to help them. and do these, a $45.00 jail sentences does not effectively and hong comes pro democracy movement . i mean, definitely get yourself every fatal close to the home comfortable society. because when you look you through to 40000 people on their background and their professions, you can see that they represent up the whole political spectrum with the pro democracy camp. and they're all like, i mean young active is student leaders, le

many say a see this as the closing chapter of uncle's pro democracy movement. would you agree for now, the, across the most money in the home phone is not in a way of showing as a mazda of protests or a gathering it has transformed into rather most of the whole way, because they have to adjust for these political climates. so for now the political, this ends, you know, con, you know, express this provocatively as they should, they, they would have been and also that using different ways to just channel that message and stay connected. so definitely the, because of how many on call it's the from, from like, for example, 5 years ago. but i still believe that in the position of freedom and democracy still in home home because hot. now, many countries have condemned the trial and the sentences, but is there anything that can be actually done by the international community to stop the erosion of democracy in hong kong? is very difficult to overturn the erosion of freedom in hong kong and south po time because the agent has grown much more aggressive and they have be

those are -- democracy is the pleasant way we say that, want to preserve democracy.igned on in a tougher way when they turned very contrasty, they have to say donald trump is a threat to democracy. what they said was unhinged, unstable, going to be unchecked. then you have the backup of what i think is still really the greatest october surprise of this cycle, was john kelly deciding to call your husband on the phone and say not only he was going to call him a fascist but let mike tape him. generals have been saying these things on the back end. for kelly to go out and understand and quote it in "the new york times" could be dismissed as fake news but his voice on tape couldn't be dismissed is very savvy. obvious in one way but obvious and ballsy. not something we've seen military leaders do. gives you a sense of how much of a threat kelly thought he was. at the moment the harris campaign was making this negative argument, to have kelly drop that thing, i always thought for a year if one of these generals comes out, it could really be important. i think it was really

we see the uprising of the author tablets on we see the best lighting of democracy. yes, we never lose hope. we hope to work together with the help of the international community and one day we can reclaim phone call and try to stand in the free line or phone call. kind you so much for joining us. self exile the home, come activist us on each. him. thank you. as to from some of the rapes of ivan who's become a french national hero, has given her final statement in court. she says, petticoat said it is time to change the match o country uncle society, the trivializes, right. the ex husband and dozens of other men are on trial in france, accused of raping essentially a salting her. while she was drummed, she's out. who is the women at the center of a mass rape trial that has shaken fronts of a 5 weeks across and of in your household, harrowing details of how she was allegedly raped by her husband, dominique, political, and dozens of men. he recruits his online. she told the quotes she never suspected her husband of anything. and that she thought she was having symptoms

and it says, does that effectively and hong comes pro democracy movement. i mean, definitely get yourself very fatal. close to the home civil society. because when you look you through to 47 people, that background and their professions, you can see that they represent all of the whole political spectrum within the po, democracy, camp. and there are like, i mean young, active is student leaders, legal passers and other professionals. and they are old for a reputable, so by arresting all of them paging successfully. what probably the whole point, the more because the account. so that's why i'm quoting for a very concrete and restrictive ashan by the national community before it's too late. and this of the fight continue from a broad people like you yourself, perhaps other people outside the district who are still continuing this find absolutely. uh, we navigate, but i mean, especially people who are flat to city, who are you next of all who immigrated to overseas in europe, us u. k. and then we, we are still fighting very hard to advocate for all costs to pr

today's event hosted by the foundation for defense of democracy. and the senior analyst at the center on cybertechnology information. it's thursday after were 30% a 30% today's panel will discuss how u. s. adversaries seek to divide americans and undermine trust in interfering in our election process. the underpinnings of our democracy. we are pleased to have you here for this conversation. some in person and some sitting here and some listening on our podcasts. i want to begin by expressing a note of optimism. in 2016 many americans were caught off guard by the aggressive activities in our elections. since then america has made considerable progress when it comes to exposing influence campaigns and building societal resilience. when i ran launched an operation targeting the trunk campaign this year mainstream reporters did not publish the compromise content but the interest in doing so would play into the hands of tehran. last week when russia disseminated the video for me and the video for me and the storing of ballot in pennsylvania the video wa

and democracy is great. however, that didn't really go well with the french patriots party who slammed him for trying to interfere emerald open elections. yeah, it's interesting because of course russia has been accused of meddling in the elections where people themselves saying about the election. now the voting numbers did show that most of all those regions supported the opposition candidates. while sunday's lead was mainly through multiple vans that are living abroad, the diaspora, the turn out to abroad repeated repeatedly and reported the increased as well. and footage for employees patients abroad. really go to the complete opposite. when you look at the footage from the country itself, now, while my boyfriend's in mobile face difficulties voting inside their own country, the country's central authorities refused to open any pulling stations in the region of trans semester. now they that forced locals who have the ability to travel somewhere else to go past their both a to do that. but that it's also

giving you a front row seat to democracy. no conversation virginia center reporter charlie intelligent committee he talked about the big education and technology that one of the goals is committee was to redefine national security coming out its tanks and weapons but is artificial intelligence as part of an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. >> good morning. are we ready to start. thank you for coming to a presentation this morning and for those of you in the room. and for those of you online i truly appreciated. a few months ago, suzanne spaulding approached me, to ask me about bringing civics into stem education and it tech sector andnd i cannot wait to gt started on this project for a few reasons. his wife. my view cybersecurity is three parts, the technology, the phone of the computers and tablets, we all love and use. the telecommunication systems that underwrite the internet, and it is the people in the and i spent the better part folk to focusin

am i speaking of american democracy? are you upset that american democracy is at risk? no matter who wins this race, why? because the blower is ation. if you stay okay, in the middle of winter, we have 2 kids that are probably equal strength, 5050. and the other side, whoever. who is this will think that this is the end of the world as we know it. now, on the other hand, when should not panic too much in the situation and when she's not under estimate the resilience about of, of american democracy. you know, you're not talking about it in terms of democracy. and i mean, i don't mean to sound cynical, but a lot of what donald trump say, say is, or what i, when i heard it say, sounds good in sound bites. what i want to know from you is if people see it in terms of democracy, a fight for democracy, or do they see it more in terms of kitchen table issues such as rising grocery prices, for example, or unemployment. as i think this is again a, this, again the a part of that part of reservation we know from people intending to vote for coming to harrass that their primary moti

democracy and undermining our democracy as a result. you write in your book the soul of civility, and you work in the trump administration. donald trump's ascendance to the pinnacle of american public life was a stressor in our nation's and our world's problem with incivility. it's a great point. you know, early drafts of my book did not mention donald trump once. i didn't want to mention donald trump in my book. my book is not a political tell all that it does, not its purpose. i. i left government after a deeply despondent, disillusioning experience because i desperately yearned to be part of the solution that i wanted my work to be a tool of reconciliation and healing and dialog across difference. and i did not want i knew that it meant mentioning trump. that's all people would go to. that's all they would. they would. that was their worst shark test, right? like they were going to judge my whole book on how i treated trump. so i didn't i, i didn't even mention him. and then i was persuaded to at least have this one paragraph about h

we should have democracy reconciliation for a democracy bill, a voting bill and we almost got there. we almost got there but for -- certainly there was plenty of republican opposition but there was -- it was unfortunately blocked. i don't think you were too gentle on them. i'm going to take one of the online questions. i applaud the panel for everybody jumping in and having a real conversation. one of our online questionnaires asks whether if there are shenanigans in the states and slates of electors are sent or withheld in a way that does not reflect the actual will of the voters, -- and this comes from paul in maryland. paul asks, is that kind of state level funny business -- we sell a version of it last time the dual slates of electors. is that a threat and have we adequately adopted the law to deal with that threat or is congress susceptible to having the will of the people hijacked by elector slate manipulation again this time around? why don't i start at the end. do you want to talk about that scenario in light of the ecr rate? >> i think it is a threat because everybody is tal

we should have democracy reconciliation for a democracy bill, a voting bill and we almost got there but for certainly plenty of republicans and unfortunately it was blocked as you well know, i don't think you were too gentle. i applaud the panel for everyone jumping in. one online question was whether if there are shenanigans in the state and electors are sent or withheld in a way that does not reflect the will of the voters will that -- this comes from paul in maryland, paul asked is that kind of state-level funny business -- we got it last time, is that a threat and have we adapted the law to deal with it or is congress susceptible to having the will of the people hijacked by elector manipulation again? i will start at the end, do you want to talk about that in light of the e cra? >> in practice it is a mutable threat, an attempt to not certify has never succeeded. people are under criminal indictment for refusing in soda. and there is a reason for that. that starts the recount in every state to bring up evidence. the act because neither party could gain has firmer procedures for corr

is good for business so business has to be good for democracy. that informs why we work and suzanne on the civics at work. just fundamentally it makes good sense something senator warner said about having tech insight into government. into civics also. we talked about that we let civics impulse stem into civics. what i call recovering scientist i used to give articles of how i ended up in democracy work at microsoft. you have senator warner and jacky rosen both tech entrepreneurs in the senate but we do a lot of work to get our employees involved, i'm running for office and i tried to emphasize in our work, i want the immunizations and the volunteering there's work that's being done, not just at microsoft but i have a friend at hbe and she runs an area called science and engineering team locally just getting scientists and engineers involved in making decisions is critical to getting the logical aspect but also having them beyond binary that is critical to the entire ecosystem. >> does anybody else want to weigh in? >> i'm almost the opposite arm

he's willing to sacrifice our democracy.lf in power. >> vice president kamala harris is continuing that theme and uses trump's words to make her point. >> the man has openly vowed if reelected that he will be a dictator on day one. >> biden talks about the world in terms of democracies and autocracies. >> the united states is determined to defend and strengthen democracy. >> so there are good guys and bad guys, right? kamala harris views the world through the lens much more as a prosecutor. she cares about laws. she cares about norms. >> but, when she first ran for the presidency, the former district attorney and california attorney general shied away from her legal resume. >> when she was running for president in 2019-2020, some women that are prosecutors are not really resonating well with the democratic base. you heard staffers around her say we've got to present your background in a way that doesn't feel offputting to an electorate that is disillusioned by law enforcement right now. a lot of times that translated to advi

has democracy on defense? the on british plan to do welcome angry survivors of spain's catastrophic slot disaster have thrown mud at the country's king, queen and government leaders who are visiting the disaster area. crowds heckled and assaulted king philippe queen that eats. yeah. and prime minister federal sanchez as well as the leader of the eastern valencia region, by more than 200 people, died in flooding. confronted with anger and frustration, spain's king felipe and queen letisha visit the town of fi port, the new valencia. more than 60 people died here, after flash, not tons, it's streets into rivers. is it in the same problem? we have to deal with the anger and frustration of many people because of how they've had it. and also because of the difficulty in understanding how the mechanisms and the operation of the emergency response work the into them because you austin crowd greeted them with cries of us se, nope, or killer in english. and some protesters who object and modest them laying their amount

and as a democracy, yes, we won., because of these lies. >> let me ask you really quick about something you brought up which is important. they have obviously accepted the results of this election. they're going to keep the groundwork, always, they will have that card always. the next cycle if they lose they can always go back to it. how likely are they going to use the trifecta control of government that they have, the supreme court, the senate, maybe even the house after the counting is finally done and the presidency to try and pass or push through voter suppression in new ways. >> that's actually a good question. considering, i think a lot of it's going to come down to what they think will actually be able to pass in the legislation, whether they try to kill the filibuster themselves, the republicans in the senate, because democrats will absolutely, as long as the filibuster is there as a tool, try to block any sort of major legislation to erode voting rights, to try and put up their own version, their own bizarr

and that's happening in countries where democracy is on the ballot and countries where democracy's notamentally we need to be speaking more to people's sense of what they lack in their lives, their ability to access the good life. and we need to learn lessons about that going forward. and at the same time that we need to learn lessons we shouldn't overlearn lessons. and what i mean by that is this. this was still a very close election. i think we're in shock because it looks like donald trump will sweep all of the swing states. but when all the votes are counted, it still will be a roughly 50-50 election both nationally and in each of the swing states. people vote on the economy. they didn't vote on tyranny. and if donald trump overplays his hand there's going to be a backlash to it because people as has been said didn't vote for what i think they will get. >> ian bassin, angelo carusone, and tim miller. all of you national treasures. thank you for being here with me today by my side. when we come back, abortion rights again paradoxically maybe being a big winner at the ballot box even

it's another step and then yeah, who's journey to dismantle is riley democracy. so kind of free press 5 and his ro antenna is rouse wisdom allies, pressure to respect to democratic values. they stand for, we will talk about these issues a bit later on. but 1st, this report buffington mont, ahead. these rarely government is taking aim at the country's oldest newspaper. it's sanctioning har at spite preventing any state funded body from communicating with his journalist or placing ads on the platforms. the actions come after it's published or criticized is really prime minister. benjamin netanyahu is administration at a conference in london then that the no government wants to continue and intensify illegal settlement in their stories that were meant for boasting and state. it doesn't care about imposing a cruel, or palletized regime on the palestinian population. it dismisses the costs of both sides for defending the settlements while fighting the palestinian freedom fighter that is ready to cause terrorist shock and later said, he was not referring to a mazda as

the only exception to that rule is the american democracy and how the american democracy going to blow its brains out and do it over slavery. and so lincoln has to ask the question, is this war a test whether this thing called democracy it really works? we today think of democracy as the default position of societies. they didn't think then and lincoln, if the american democracy goes down in 1863, the whole possibility goes with and yet he said look what has happened here at gettysburg ordinary people not aristocrats not not from some aristocratic sitcom ordinary people who are buried in cemetery clerks, shoemakers. they made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of this called democracy. and from that, he concludes, there really is something of consequence there is something transcendent about this thing. we call to mock or see that people are willing to make that sacrifice for ordinary people who are not whipped in the wind or bludgeoned into for it, but do it voluntarily, he said. if we will imitate example, if will dedicate ourselves as, they dedicated themselves to the ultimate, then y

if you bring the democracy even closer in the case of taiwan and you have a vibrant democracy offshore, that is not a good look for the chinese communist party and they don't like it. i think they see the united states correctly as uniquely positioned to block their aggression. so if you are a g and want to take taiwan by 2028, the united states is in equal position to stop that. if you are vladimir putin and want to conquer ukraine or make it subservient to u.s. part of a sphere of influence, the united states is a unique impediment. if you are in iran and you want to exterminate the majority jewish state the u.s. is a problem for you. that is why they are focusing on us. what are the objectives in this information warfare? you have to come up with three d's. divide, degrade, and deceive. they want to divide us. so that we spend more time at each other's throats, that we are just trashing each other, they want to so discourse so we are so weak that we question ourselves and don't have the time or the will to go and defend our interest at home and send them abroad. the grade our own de

yes the democracy issue is moret he's dangerous for democracy. ig that will totally get me in tro. i do agree on the joke/non-jokee fake news and all that. he's also the only person who sn his life. >> it's horrible. but you don't see people in theg about it. >> no you don't. but i also didn't see the -- thu look at the coverage that donald versus vice president harris ana reresearch center did this a*pbf negativity in trump versus the i was in the media towards hour r. i think some people are seeing . i don't in anyway condone this l part of the entertainment at th. >> let me bring in. >> should it -- you're right. the former president had two ate and i think every time we talk d condemn that. >> it's horrible. >> there's no place for violencs me -- he should know better. the words have -- i was told byi cannot call trump the a sh*eus s a threat to democracy. i had a friend that text me tham responsible for the assassinatid trump because i'm saying that. i fully disagreeing. if the trump campaign will say y anything harmful for donald anda pass by saying shoot through tht that guy

but democracy is under threat. everywhere russia -- all the borders of russia, there's a threat to democracy. >> okay. last question. from doug with rosin, the biden administration has pledged to make full use of available drawdown authority by the end of its term. there are reports that some or more than some of military assistance won't arrive until well into the next year, into the new administration. what does president biden do -- what can he do to fix this? and then, well, he has two months in office. >> i think -- i actually agree with pulling down the drawdown authority. don't hold it back. personally, i know the loans is a big issue, but, you know, we forgave a lot of ones and the uk, and i think we'll do the same thing with ukraine, and then, i think, there will be an intense debate. i can't lie about this, and certainly want to be honest that there will be a very intense debate and the new congress. this is getting in the weeds of how congress -- either we'll have a cr, continuing resolution at the end o

we have a role in protecting and preserving our democracy and the foundation of our democracy is our ability to vote, to have free and fair and safe and secure elections. we all need to come together to preserve that sacred right. that right. host: the agency is cisa, and jen

for democracy.nd that informs why we work with csis and suzanne on the civic at work. but, i mean, just fundamentally it makes good sense, something that senator warner said, about having tech insight into government. i think you have the pull s.t.e.m. into civics also. talk about how do we pull civics into s.t.e.m., how do we pull s.t.e.m. into civics? i'm what i call a recovering scientist. i used to be a particle physicist, somehow i ended up here -- [laughter] but you have senator warner and jackie rosen, both tech entrepreneur who ended up in the senate. but we do a lot of of work to to get our employees involved in -- there's a lot of emphasis on running for office, and i try to de-emphasize that that. i want them volunteering for local efforts. there's been some great work done not just at microsoft, but i have a good friend at hb everything, and she runs with an area group called s.e.a.l., scientists and engineers acting locally. getting scientists and engineers involved in law making, in de

it is not just a normal challenges of democracy. democracies have always been difficult.ou have always had divisions. we have always had fractious nests. a famously difficult system to maintain 10 that is why the writers of our constitution, the american constitution built so many checks and balances into their system and made it so complicated. you're going to hear about that in the next session so i won't talk about it but we are also at an unusual moment internationally. i think this audience is in a good position to appreciate that. we are facing something i think as democracies is new. namely a network of dictatorships. a network of autocracies. i describe them in a recent book i think you have been given in your packet of information. i have used the expression autocracy inc because it is a network of countries who are not united by ideology so we are talking about communist china, nationalist russia, theocratic iran should countries as disparate and varied as north korea or venezuela or belarus to who have another less begun to work together and to cooperate around