| | | | On GPS at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN:
First, Fareed gives his Take on the decline of democracy around the world – and why the United States isn't immune from the trend.
"More than 20 years ago, I warned that the distinctive problem facing the world was 'illiberal democracy' -- elected governments that systematically abused their power and restricted freedoms and liberties. I subsequently worried that America could head down this path," Fareed says.
"Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, 'An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.' Institutions are collections of rules and norms agreed upon by human beings. If leaders attack, denigrate and abuse them, they will be weakened, and this, in turn, will weaken the character and quality of democracy. The American system is stronger than most, but it is not immune to these forces of democratic decay."
Next: The shooting this month at a school in Florida, which claimed 17 lives, has opened up one of the most robust debates on guns in recent years. But will meaningful action come of it this time? Joining Fareed to discuss the issue are Saul Cornell, a professor of American history at Fordham University and the former director of the Second Amendment Research Center at the John Glenn Institute, and Adam Lankford, a professor of criminology at the University of Alabama.
Also: Fareed discusses Special Counsel Robert Mueller's recent indictment of Russian nationals, and what it could mean for US-Russia ties. Joining Fareed to discuss the issue are Stephen Cohen, a professor emeritus of Russian studies, history and politics at NYU and Princeton, and David Sanger, a national security correspondent for The New York Times and a CNN national security contributor.
Watch Cohen and Sanger debate the Mueller indictment
Plus: Last year, the Pew Research Center published statistics on America's immigrant population, finding that out of a total population of about 320 million in 2015, 43 million were born in another country. Joining Fareed in Los Angeles to discuss immigration in America are Hilda Solis, who served as President Obama's Labor Secretary and is now an LA County Supervisor, and Steve Phillips, a best-selling author and the founder of a political organization called Democracy in Color. Phillips recently wrote a New York Times column entitled "Trump Wants to Make America White Again."
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