i'm ali velshi, they 351 of the biden administration. just an hour from now it will be exactly one year from the day we all watched in realtime as a mob march to the capitol. launched a siege on the building and then tried to stop the duly elected president from being formally declared the winner of the election. it was a scene most of us could never imagine happening in america. earlier today, one of the capitol police officers who took the brunt of the attack from supporters of donald trump summed up where things stand a year later. >> it was hard to believe that it's been a year but here we are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. >> both president biden and kamala harris will speak to the nation tomorrow. this afternoon, the white house gave us a preview of biden's remark. >> i would expect the president biden will lay out the significance of what happened at the capitol and the singular responsibility. president trump has for the casting carnage that we saw it and will forcibly pushed back on the live spread by the form

i'll see you tomorrow morning, at 8 am, for my show, velshi. -- there could not be more at stake, tomorrow morning all talk to one of the key players working on building the votes to get it done, james clever. now, it's time for the last word -- good evening, ali. i'm trying not to shed a single tier for the demise of cyber ninjas. it's incredible >> yeah. the ninja acts thing is apparently working for them. they might be disappearing, the might be able to disappear, but apparently that $50,000 a day is quite real. >> yeah, well $50,000 a day, if i were found, that i disappear. two ali, thank you very much. so, america, where do we go from here? it's january 7th, 2022. while some want to put what happened a year ago behind us, we still need to reckon with the events of that day, and hold those responsible accountable. attorney general, merrick garland, has vowed to take, quote, as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done. he's delivering. the department of justice has charged more than 700 members of the trump mob, so far 75 have been sentenced. 36 receive in jail time

i'm ali velshi. day 363 of the biden administration. on this martin luther king jr. holiday, the senate is on the eve of a showdown over voting rights. democrats are planning an all-out effort to push the legislation through congress. tomorrow majority leader chuck schumer is expected to have or begin debating two bills already passed by the house, the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. schumer is going ahead over almost sure to be defeated manchin, neither of them are agreeing to the filibuster to make those bills law. martin luther king jr.'s family led a voting rights march and afterward his son called the white house asking them to act. >> our democracy stands on the brink of serious trouble. history will be watching what happens tomorrow. black and brown americans will be watching what happens tomorrow. in 50 years, students will read about what happens tomorrow and know whether our leaders have the integrity to do the right thing. >> earlier today president biden also renewed his call for senators to pass voting rights legisla

i'm ali velshi, day 367 of the biden administration. tonight, a stunning new report provides a look at the inner workings of the trump white house in the run-up to the riot at the capitol, the january 6th investigators now have more than 700 pages of documents that donald trump tried to keep secret. reporting from politico gives us an inside look at some of those records. politico has obtained an unsigned

i'm ally velshi. day 352 of the biden administration. we're now one year from the violent insurrection that left us with searing visuals of trump supporters staging a brutal attack on the capitol building and more importantly on american democracy in action that day. lawmakers marked this day with solemn events on capitol hill, including an evening vigil and testimonials. the day began in statuary hall. president biden laced with direct and scathing attack on donald trump. >> former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our constitution. he's not just the former president, he's a defeated former president. defeated by a margin of over 7 million of your votes. and a full and free and fair election. those who storm this capitol and those who instigated and incited and those who called on them to do so held a dagger at the throat of america. at american democracy. i will stand in this breach. i will defend this

i'm ali velshi. it's day 365 of the biden administration. just moments ago an attempt by democrats to change filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation failed in the united states senate. both senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema joined all 50 republicans to block the move, and we will have much more on that in just a moment. but first with the president's first year in office at an end, he heads into year two highlighting his successes with an eye toward turning his outstanding goals into successes. this afternoon joe biden held his second solo news conference of his presidency in the east room of the white house taking questions from reporters for nearly two hours. he defended his handling of the pandemic and the economy while acknowledging the stalemate that some of his top priorities and offering a warning about russian president putin's next moves. >> it's been a year of challenges, but it's also been a year of enormous progress. we went from 2 million people being vaccinated at the moment i was sworn in to 210 million americ

velshi starts right now. >>> it was important to election officials who formed a firewall. what happens in the next presidential election? if any of the dozens of trump loyalists, big lie pedalers who are running for statewide office win this year? i will be joined by some of the key players who have been watching and fighting this battle. >>> new research on vaccines and the omicron variant. what the white house needs to do to shut down a potentially endless procession of new variants. >>> the stakes could not be higher ahead of the talks between the united states and russia. vladimir putin continues to mass troops along the ukrainian border.

ali velshi in for lawrence tonight. good evening. >> always great to see you, my friend. spoiler alert, i'm not giving anyone spoiler about "don't look up," but it's worth seeing because other an interesting film it speaks to our time and how we deal with things that are perhaps too big for our mind to comprehend. always a pleasure to see you, and you have a great weekend although you'll be working. >> thank you, my friend. appreciate it. >>> all right, well, with one speech arizona senator kyrsten sinema seemingly doomed the democrat's chanceesses of

. >>> good evening once again i'm ali velshi day 366 of the biden administration. today we learn the january 6th committee is asking ivanka trump to voluntarily cooperate with its investigation. its first attempt to seek information directly from a member of the former president's family. today house investigators sent her an eight-page letter full of never before seen details revealing the evidence that's been collected and the focus of their inquiry. the letter asks the former first daughter about her contact with her father during key moments when they were both in the white house as the capitol was under siege. it cites one of those moments saying, quote, as january 6th approached president trump attempted on multiple occasions to persuade vice president pence to participate in his plan. one of the president's discussions with the vice president occurred by phone on the morning of january 6th. you were present in the oval office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. end quote. ivanka trump's efforts to get the former president to call o

. >>> good evening once again i'm ali velshi day 366 of the biden administration. today we learn the january 6th committee is asking ivanka trump to voluntarily cooperate with its investigation. its first attempt to seek information directly from a member of the former president's family. today house investigators sent her an eight-page letter full of never before seen details revealing the evidence that's been collected and the focus of their inquiry. the letter asks the former first daughter about her contact with her father during key moments wh

i first want to play for you some sound, lev parnas joined ali velshi earlier today, talking about what is happening on the border with ukraine. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> very important question that people might have missed but it's very important. he asked how long would ukraine sustain without our help. if they had gone to war with russia. and the answer was not too long. i answered him, ukraine would fall really quickly. they need american support. he already understood that ukraine needed america so badly, and that's why i think he put that pressure on them to make that announcement. that's why we're here today. this has nothing to do with joe biden. he's clearing up the mess that trump put us in. >> could you react to that for me? >> frankly, i don't have the full context, but i could comment on the fact that ukraine definitely does need external support. it has made some significant progress on its own merits. its economy is growing. in spite of limited investments from overseas, but they do need a significant amount of security assistance to harden the state

eastern on my show "velshi." i'm talk to two attorneys ringing the alarm bells about the midterm elections. plus i'll talk to my friends dean obeidallah and joe walsh about how or whether we should be engaging with the post-trump class of dangerous conspiracy theorists that walk the halls of congress. "the 11th hour" starts now. jo. >>> good evening once again. i'm alicia menendez. a major winter storm is barreling through the upper midwest right now and is on track to hit the south and the east coast this holiday weekend. more than 60 million people are under winter weather alerts. it's expected to create major travel headaches along the east coast. we'll have much more on all of that later in the hour. >>> also tonight, the government's prosecution of the attack on the u.s. capitol taking a new turn. as stewart rhodes, founder of the oath keepers, makes his first court appearance on a charge of decision conspiracy. rhodes went barra federal judge in texas this afternoon. his lawyers spoke to reporters just afte

i'm ali velshi. it's day 365 of the biden administration. just moments ago an attempt by democrats to change filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation failed in the united states senate. both senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema joined all 50 republicans to block the move, and we will have much more on that in just a moment. but first with the president's first year in office at an end, he heads into year two highlighting his successes with an eye toward turning his outstanding goals into successes. this afternoon joe biden held his second solo news conference of his presidency in the east room of the white house taking questions from reporters for nearly two hours. he defended his handling of the pandemic and the economy while

catch me tomorrow morning on "velshi." the "cross connection" with my good friend tiffany cross begins right now. ♪♪ ♪ >> we need federal laws that guarantee the freedom and right of every american to have access to the ballot to be able to vote. the john lewis voting rights act, the freedom to vote act address that issue and those are the issues that are present and are imminent and that are really dispositive frankly of this moment in time in terms of whether we are going to fight for some of the most important pillars of democracy is up as the freedom to vote and free and far election. so let us pass those two pieces of legislation and ensure through federal law that all americans have meaningful access to the polls. >> good morning, welcome to the "cross connection." as you all know, thursday more juan year since january 6th insurrection happened here in washington. it is a sobering reminder the current threat to democracy requires real tangible change. we begin today with crucial legislation that has a direct im

eastern on velshi. "the cross connection" begins with tiffany cross right now. [ music playing ] >> has president biden done enough in the fight against covid? >> he as far as giving the people vaccinated he lived up to his promise getting those shots into people's arms. >> with the economy i think we are half-and-half on gas prices and that's a big concern for a lot of people. >> he's got to have a laser focus on the voting rights act and i don't think this administration with as many black people that they have in it, including the vice president, has done enough to make this message of voting rights a single-minded priority. >> all right. good morning, everybody. welcome to "the cross connection." i'm tiffany cross. you heard some of the black voters who put joe biden in office weighing in on his myers i first year with mixed reviews. biden gave himself high remarks in what turned out to be the longest press conference in presidential history. it was a quite informative one. now, there have been many