Ken Burns: 'Something more fundamental at stake' with this election
Filmmaker and historian Ken Burns warned Tuesday that the U.S. is facing its fourth great national crisis, arguing that the stakes of the midterm elections extend beyond political differences and spill into the survival of democracy.
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