>>> TODAYS REPORT IS ONE OF THE
MANY REASONS IM CONFIDENT IN
THE ABILITY OF EXISTING
INVESTIGATIONS TO UNCOVER ALL
ACTIONABLE FACTS ABOUT THE
EVENTS OF JANUARY 6.
ILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
EFFORTS OVER ANY THAT SEEK TO
POLITICIZE THE PROCESS AND I
WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO
THE SAME.
>> MITCH McCONNELL STRUCK DOWN
THE IDEA OF A BIPARTISAN
COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE
JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.
ON THE EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED
OUR GUEST TONIGHT WRITES THIS.
QUOTE, THE TERRORIST ATTACKS
OF 9/11 RAISED QUESTIONS OF
FOREIGN POLICY AND AIRPORT
SECURITY.
THE TERRORIST ATTACK OF 1/6
RAISED DEEPER QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW OUR COUNTRY IS GOVERNED.
9/11 LED US TO THE INVASION OF
IRKS, THE FOREIGN POLICY
DISASTER THAT MARKED OUR
CENTURY.
1/6 LEADS US TO A KA IT IS A TO
FE ON THAT SCALE BUT INSIDE OUR
OWN COUNTRY.
STILL WITH US IS TIMOTHY SNIDER.
THIS IS THE LATEST IN "THE
JOURNAL."
IF YOU WERENT APPALLED BY 1/6
THEN YOU HAVE GIVEN UP.
THOSE WHO KNOW ITS NOT DONE,
NOT OVER, THOSE WHO WONT ALLOW
IT TO BE DONE AND OVER ALSO KNOW
THAT DEMOCRACY NEEDS FRIENDS
RIGHT NOW.
IN THIS COUNTRY WE HAD THE
EXTRAORDINARY EVENT OF MEMORIAL
DAY OF HEARING THE PRESIDENT
REFER TO THE DEMOCRACY AS BEING
IN PERIL.
WE DEAL WITH THIS TOPIC EVERY
DAY BUT IT IS LIKE THE FROG
BOILING EXPERIMENT.
IT IS NOT BEING TREATED AS AN
EMERGENCY BUT A ROLLING BENIGN
EVENT.
SHOULD IT BE TREATED AS AN
EMERGENCY?
>> IT SHOULD BE TREATED AS A
CONSTANT CHALLENGE.
THESE TWO SEGMENTS ARE
CONNECTED.
LOOKING AT MR. PUTIN AND THINK
ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION OF
PEOPLE, THESE WERE PEOPLE TRYING
TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT
BASIC ISSUES IN RUSSIA,
CHECHNYA, UKRAINE.
BY THE SAME TOKEN TO AVOID
BECOMING LIKE THAT WE HAVE TO
HAVE LEADERS WHO WANT THE TRUTH
EXPOSED AS CLEARLY AND MANY WAYS
AS POSSIBLE.
SO IF WE DONT HAVE A 9/11
COMMISSION THEN NGOs HAVE TO
STEP IN.
CONGRESS HAS TO STEP IN.
IF YOU MISS YOUR OWN HISTORY
THEN YOUR STORY IS TOLD FOR YOU
AND THE STORY FOR AMERICANS IS
TOLD THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE
BIG LIE THAT TRUMP SUPPOSEDLY
WON THE ELECTION.
AND THAT LIE LEADS PEOPLE TO
CLOSE THE MINDS TO OTHER PEOPLE
AND LEADS A POLITICAL PARTY TO
MOVE AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY SO I
WOULD SAY CONSTANT CHALLENGE.
ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.
>> HOW DO YOU GET A BASICALLY
TRUSTING SOCIETY, OURS,
OPERATING IN -- WITH A FIRST
AMENDMENT TO BE MORE SKEPTICAL
OF WHAT THEY SEE?
IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE LOOK FOR ON
SOCIAL MEDIA YOU KNOW THE SITES
THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE BOOSTING.
ITS ANYTHING BAD NEWS.
ANYTHING TO MAKE US FEEL BAD
ABOUT OUR COUNTRY, THE VIRUS,
THE POLITICS, DIVISIONS, RACE.
HOW DO YOU MAKE A MORE EDUCATED
CONSUMER WITHOUT ENTIRELY
TURNING PEOPLE OFF TO OUR
POLITICS?
>> YOU HAVE TO THINK OF VERY
BROADLY.
DEMOCRACY ISNT JUST SOMETHING
UNDER THREAT BUT A PROJECT.
DOESNT COME NATURALLY.
DEPENDS UPON EDUCATION AND
HISTORY.
WE NEED MORE HISTORY SO THAT
AMERICANS ARENT SURPRISED BY
BAD NEWS AND CAN THINK ABOUT A
BETTER FUTURE.
RUSSIA IS A GOOD LESSON, LOCAL
NEWS.
THE CRASH OF LIBERALISM IN
RUSSIA BEGINS WITH CRASH OF
LOCAL NEWS THERE.
WE FOLLOW THAT SAME TRAJECTORY.
IF WE WANT A SOURCE OF
INFORMATION FOR A COMMON
CONVERSATION THAT INFORMATION
HAS TO BE ABOUT THE PLACES WHERE
THEY LIVE.
AMERICA IS A NEWS DESERT.
IF YOU WANT ALTERNATIVES TO
SOCIAL MEDIA GIVE THEM THE FACTS
ABOUT THE ACTUAL LIFE AROUND
THEM.
THAT CREATE IT IS BASIS FOR A
LARGER NATIONAL CONVERSATION.
IF ALL CONVERSATIONS ARE ABOUT
NATIONAL POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY
WE ARE DIVIDED.
YOU HAVE TO THINK BIG LIKE THE
FOUNDERS DID, BUILDING FROM THE
GROUND UP.
WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION AND
ENVIRONMENT DO WE NEED TO BE
BETTER CITIZENS?
WE CANT JUST THINK ABOUT THIS
DEFENSE.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE