As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in America,

for Governor, Congress, Attorney General, Secretary of State, who won't commit, that will

not commit to accepting the results of election that they're running in.

This is Pat DeCayas in America.

It's not wrong.

It is, Pat DeCayas.

And whether we take that past the gas, whether we continue to march down it is one of the

major choices, if not the major choice voters face this coming Tuesday.

Joining me now for his perspective on President Biden's speech, NBC News presidential historian

Michael Bachelors.

Michael, we spoke the last time the President gave a dress about democracy and about the

context for it, about how unprecedented it is.

This speech seemed in some senses more specific about the developments that we're seeing everywhere

from the Arizona poll stalkers to the Secretary of State who refuse to say that they'll accept

the elections.

What do you view as the key takeaway of the speech tonight?

Well he was absolutely candid and he was absolutely right because as you know Chris, six nights

from now, we could all be discussing violence all over this country.

There are signs that that may happen, may God forbid, that losers will be declared winners

by fraudulent election officers or Secretary of State candidates or governors or state

legislatures.

We could be six days away from losing our rule of law and losing a situation where we

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