>> TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE JANUARY SIX INVESTIGATION, JUST READ MY NEXT GUEST'S TWITTER FEED. THIS, WEEK ROB REINER WROTE, EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY WITHOUT DONALD TRUMP BEING INDICTED FOR LEADING A DEADLY INSURRECTION TO OVERTHROW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TAKES US ONE DAY CLOSER TO ENDING OUR DEMOCRACY. JOINING ME NOW, TO TELL ME THE WAY HE SEES, THAT ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND ACTIVIST ROB REINER. ROB, GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO TWEET THAT? >> WELL, I MEAN, YOU JUST LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE GOT A MAN -- FIRST OF, ALL LET'S DISPENSE WITH THE IDEA OF REPUBLICAN A DEMOCRAT. OR CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DEMOCRACY VERSUS AUTOCRACY. WE SEE IT HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS PUTIN INVADED UKRAINE. HE IS WANTING TO DESTROY A DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE AN ELECTION RIGHT NOW IN FRANCE BETWEEN MACRON AND MARINE LE PEN, AND WE DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS YET THERE BUT THAT IS ALSO A TEST AS TO WHETHER OR NOT DEMOCRACY OR AUTOCRACY WILL SURVIVE IN THE WORLD. SO, YOU HAVE A MAN, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHO LEAD AND INCITED A DEADLY INSURRECTION TO OVERTHROW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. HE NOW IS IN CONTROL OF ONE OF THE PARTIES IN THIS COUNTRY. SO, YOU HAD THE PIECE YOU HAD JUST BEFORE WITH JANE MAYER, THEY CONTROL, HE CONTROLS EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT HE WOULD NOW CALL THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. THIS IS AN AUTOCRATIC MOVEMENT. SO, IF YOU'RE VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS, YOU'RE NOT VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS YOU'RE VOTING FOR AUTOCRACY. YOU'RE VOTING FOR THE MAN WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. SO, THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE. IT'S MUCH MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, AM I VOTING FOR A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT. I BELIEVE THAT DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW ARE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. >> ROB, THE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT. WHAT DEMOCRATS DO BELIEVE ARE ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL? >> WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MESSAGING THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IT'S ALL THE OLD TRIED AND TRUE MESSAGING. WHICH IS, WE CAN REST ON OUR LAURELS, WE PASSED THE RECOVERY ACT, WE PASS THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WE'VE GOT IN THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON THE SUPREME COURT. WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS. LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AND HIGHER, YOU KNOW, PAYCHECK, PEOPLE GET A MORE ON THEIR. BEIJING. THESE ARE ALL GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS BUT THEIR KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES, AND THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'VE ALWAYS FOCUSED IN. AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS IN ON THEM, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A BIGGER PICTURE HERE. WHICH IS 246 YEARS WERE COMING UP ON, THE LONGEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S HANGING BY A THREAD. IF WE LOSE IT, WE LOSE THE ABILITY TO AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, ECONOMICS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE. SO, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS PROTECT THE DEMOCRACY, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE FUTURE. >> HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND, LIKE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS, COMPLAINED THAT HE'S NOT DOING HIS JOB OR HE IS NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH. IN TERMS OF INVESTIGATING JANUARY 6TH. DO YOU SHARE THOSE CONCERNS? >> WELL, I DON'T SHARE THE CONCERNS THAT HE IS NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH. I SHARE THE CONCERNS THAT HE, IF HE DOESN'T MOVE, THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE A DEMOCRACY. THINK ABOUT THIS. I'M MERRICK GARLAND, I'M THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, LET'S SAY FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, ALL NEVER BE BUT LET'S SAY. I'M LOOKING AT THE BIGGEST SINGLE CASE THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL EVER HANDLE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROSECUTING A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT. IT DOESN'T GET ANY BIGGER THAN THAT. SO, IF YOU ARE GOING TO INDICT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CASES ROCK SOLID. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD AND THEN HAVE IT FALL APART. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD THAT, IF YOU INDICT, THERE'S GOING TO BE VIOLENCE. THERE IS NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. SO, YOU'RE SITTING THERE, KNOWING THAT YOUR MOVEMENTS AND YOUR MOVEMENTS FORWARD COULD, CONCEIVABLY, CAUSED VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. THOSE ARE SCARY THINGS, THEY ARE DAUNTING THINGS. HOWEVER, IF HE DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD, THEN YOU HAVE THE END OF DEMOCRACY. BECAUSE THE RULE OF LAW MEANS NOTHING AND THE MOST EGREGIOUS CRIME AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GOES UNPUNISHED. THAT MEANS YOU HAVE NO DEMOCRACY ANYMORE. SO, MY BELIEF IS THAT HE IS DOING WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO. BUT HE BETTER, AT SOME POINT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT, IS HE BETTER AT SOME POINT ANNOUNCE THAT THERE IS AN INDICTMENT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. BECAUSE THERE IS NO BIGGER CRIME THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED, AND IT'S ALL OUT THERE, WE KNOW IT ALL. IT'S ALL OUT THERE IN PLAIN SIGHT. >> IT IS. WE KNOW IT ALL, IT'S ALL OUT THERE IN PLAIN SIGHT. AND, AS I SAID TO CONGRESSWOMAN MADELEINE DEAN, JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW IT ALL AND HAS BEEN OUT THERE IN PLAIN SIGHT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE CONTINUALLY OUTRAGED
