Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss Discusses Upcoming Impeachment Trial and President Biden’s First Weeks

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🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Historian Michael Beschloss argues that the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 was a terrorist attack that must be treated with the same gravity as Sept. 11. The event, “put our leaders and our democracy in danger. We had a close call and must never forget,” he wrote on Twitter. Beschloss, the author of “Presidents of War'' and nine other books, is a commentator for the PBS NewsHour and the NBC News presidential historian. We speak to him about the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Trump, and President Joe Biden’s first 100 days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.0	Presidential historian Michael Beschlaw says that the deadly capital insurrection of January 6 should be memorialized with a similar gravity to how we remember 9-11, as he told MSNBC this week.
1:12.7	We have to observe the 6th of January every single year as a time that we had a very close call
1:20.1	to remind us that we have to be eternally vigilant because democracy is fragile.
1:26.3	Author of nine books on the presidency, Michael Beschloss,
1:28.7	joins us to talk about his fears for democracy,
1:31.5	next week's impeachment trial of Donald Trump,
1:33.5	and how he sees President Biden's performance less far.
1:36.5	It's all coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum.
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