Speaking from the birthplace of America democracy, President Biden tonight will issue a warning

about the state of that democracy as he sees it and what Americans can do about it.

John Burman here in Ferrandt or Sydney, you're looking at live pictures of Independence

Hall in Philadelphia where the president is expected to begin his remarks just after the

top of the hour.

We have some early passages from this speech and we'll talk about them shortly.

First though, take a look.

This is new polling from Quinnipiac and it's hard to find anything more to the point tonight.

67 percent, two and three, say American democracy is in danger of collapse and the percentage

of Democrats and Republicans who believe it, identical.

However, don't go looking for a bipartisan silver lining in that.

The poll doesn't ask people to give a reason why they believe this.

So it's possible, even likely, giving others such a recent polling that a deep partisan divide

exists over what people think is wrong, which to use a political science term ain't good

and does not bode well.

But it certainly sets the stage for what the president will say tonight.

In the backdrop, significant new developments in the court battle over documents seized

from the former president's mansion and what he said today about pardoning January 6

defendants.

Let's go first to see it as Jeff Zellini who was at Independence Hall in Philadelphia and

Jeff, what more are you learning about the speech tonight, which begins in just a few minutes?

John, we are learning that President Biden is going to say with a some sense of urgency

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