Ken Burns: People with 'authoritarian' impulses will use history as a weapon

"It is in the interest of those who have authoritarian impulses to make history an agent for this simple narrative." American filmmaker Ken Burns sits down with The Weekend's Jonathan Capehart to discuss the ongoing efforts to rewrite history in the United States in the wake of the country's 250th birthday.

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