Hi, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York, a president grappling with the health of democracy

here at home and abroad, both in public and behind closed doors today, in his third

speech before the United Nations this morning, President Joe Biden called on world leaders

to quote, bend the arc of history for the good of the world.

While we still struggle to uphold equal and inalienable rights of all, they remain ever steady and

ever true. We cannot turn away from abuses, whether in Xinjiang, Tehran, Darfur, or anywhere else.

Will we find within ourselves the courage to do what must be done, to preserve the planet,

to protect human dignity, to provide opportunity for people everywhere, and to defend the

tenets of the United Nations? I'm going to let me one answer that question. We must and we will.

President Biden also defending his support for Ukraine, framing it as a war for the survival of

a young democracy against one of the world's most powerful authoritarian dictators.

If we abandon the core principles of the United States to appease an aggressor,

can any member state in this body feel confident that they are protected? If we allow you

Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure? I respectfully suggest the

answers no. Now looming over the president's address today and his efforts to lead the world's

democracies, of course, is the threat to democracy right here at home, posed by the ex-president,

who faces 91 felony counts, including charges for an attempt to overturn a free fair and secure

election. And a political party that appears for now, set to rally behind that ex-president for

a third presidential election in a row. At an event in New York City last night, President Biden

made the choice that the country faces crystal clear. He said this, quote, Donald Trump and his

mega-republicans are determined to destroy American democracy, and I will always defend,

protect and fight for our democracy. President Biden also mentioned Donald Trump's affinity for

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