i'm ali velshi. democracy is at is stake as president biden makes a push for voting rights. despite ramping up messages to emphasize the need to get rid of the filibuster. president biden went to atlanta on tuesday to talk about voting rights. joe manchin and krysten sinema threw cold water on the plan. let's set side the filibuster for a moment. the american government was created by and for white men. everyone else had to fight for the right to vote. after they won the right, there was push back. recall the jim crow laws and poll taxes and literacy tests and intimidation and violence. it is nice to think that is all in the past. history is a continuum. the design whose aim is not to encourage every qualified voter to vote, but impede those of suspected by where they live and where they are from and how much they make or the color of their skin to vote for one party or another. republicans are trying to prevent democrats from voting, to gain or maintain power. last year, 19 states enacted voter rest

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"velshi" starts now. good morning. i'm ali velshi. there is new reporting this morning on the high stakes ramp up of the january 6th investigation into congress. i want to start with the hard truth over the attack on the capitol that took place on january 6th. crucially, the insurrection was not put down that day. the attack on democracy. the plot to overturn the will of the american people is all still ongoing. which brings us to the year two of the insurrection. if you want to get a sense of how the fight is going, consider the republican party by and large no longer seems willing to acknowledge or condemn the causes of the violent coup that took place just over one year ago an. congressional democrats marked the one-year anniversary, nearly the entire republican side of the house chamber was empty. aside from liz chaney and her father. dick cheney. that is a far cry for donald trump setting that mob of supporters on the capitol. >> the president trump bears the responsibilities. >> they were provoked by the president. >> the presid

i'm ali velshi. let's get right to it. number one, the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus is driving the covid related death toll higher than last fall's delta wave. even as new cases begin to decline. the weekly average for deaths grew to over 2500 per day. the highest since february the 12th of 2021. in some states, such as alaska, louisiana, tennessee and florida, fatalities have been increasing by more than 100% or more over the past two weeks. as of this morning, the united states has surpassed over 74 million cases and more than 866,000 lives have been lost since the pandemic began. meanwhile, in an ironic twist of fate, a 52-year-old bridge in pennsylvania collapsed, just hours before president biden was due to visit the area. to tout his infrastructure agenda. rescue crews repelled down into the concrete and rubble to help those injured in the collapse. but there were no fatalities. that bridge in pittsburgh is one of the 3300 bridges in the state of pennsylvania that were d

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i'm mehdi hussein in for "velshi." the omicron variant is fueling a relentless strike in new covid cases. on new year's day, there were just over 161,000 reported cases, likely down to the holidays, but

"velshi" starts now. >>> today on "velshi," a key player in donald trump's scheme to overturn the 2020 election has turned over a trove of documents to congressional investigators, but it's the evidence he admits he's not turning over that's most intriguing. we'll get the latest on how yet another top trump adviser is trying to escape accountability. and what's coming up next in the january 6th investigation as the panel zeros in on their own colleagues in congress, who are part of donald trump's inner circle. and we'll touch down in colorado, where the investigation into the cause of that terrifying wildfire that ripped through boulder county is taking a turn. then, millions of kids head back to school tomorrow, amid an explosive omicron-fueled rise in covid cases nationally. what you protecting your family. plus, here's a fun sunday morning game. see if you can get which red state governor is multily suing the federal government over public measures designed to help with covid and pleading with that same government to help with his state's covid crisis. "velshi" starts now. >>> good

i'm mehdi hussein in for "velshi." the omicron variant is fueling a relentless strike in new covid cases. on new year's day, there were just over 161,000 reported cases, likely down to the holidays, but still the daily average over a two-week period climbed by more than 200%. those figures only illustrate part of the story. testing sites are overwhelmed as omicron spreads at breakneck speeds. many americans are turning to at-home tests, if they're lucky enough to get their hands on one. think about all the positive tests that aren't being properly counted. some experts believes if all all the active cases were accurately counted, we would have somewhere near 1 million new cases a day in this country. and the serious cases are again overwhelming hospitals across america. in many parts of the country, long lines at testing sites have become commonplace, whether waiting on foot or in a vehicle. massive lines stretch for blocks. i like countless americans went out this past week to search for a local testing site that coul

velshi starts right now. >>> today on "velshi," congressional investigators now have in their possession the documents donald trump was trying to keep from them, and we now know why the failed former president fought so hard to keep them secret. exhibit a, a draft executive action to have the military seize voting machines. the reporter who broke this news joins me in just minutes. >>> plus, how to prepare for an attack that everyone agrees is about to happen, probably can't be stopped and is almost certain to trigger a global crisis. we'll get the latest from ukraine from nbc's richard engel. >>> and the former supreme nato commander will join me to talk about what comes after the inevitable attack. >>> the landmark supreme court decision that gave women the right to control when and whether to give birth turns 49 today. there's a different feeling to the commemoration, knowing it is very likely the last one. i'll talk about the legacy of roe v. wade and what comes next with two women who have lived this struggle, the woman who has been keeping the doors open at the sole clinic, and the

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is saturday, january 15th. i'm ali velshi. democracy is

"velshi" starts now. good morning to you, it is saturday, january the 22nd. i'm ali velshi, the property to overthrow the 2020 election continues to unfold before our very eyes. it turns out that the deadly january 6th insurrection carried out by a violent mob of the failed president's supporters a little over a year ago was just the most clumsy, obvious attempt to overthrow democracy. the house january 6th committee has now obtained over 700 pages of documents that include visitor logs, speech drafts, presidential diaries, and handwritten notes. this might put the committee one step closer to figure out what the ex-president was up to during and after the january 6th attack. perhaps the most shocking of the hundreds of documents is an unsigned draft of an executive action obtained by "politico," that executive action would have allowed then president trump to authorize the secretary of defense to send national guard troops to seize voting machines around the country in the weeks following the 2020 election. now, "politico" also reports the draft order would

another hour of "velshi" begins now. >> good morning. i'm ali velshi. it is sunday, january 23rd. just over a year into the joe biden presidency, and we are getting a clear picture of where things stand in america now, where things are going and how things could have been for better and for worse. right now, breaking, right now, is a new nbc news poll showing biden's approval rating at 44% among registered voters. the lowest of his presidency. he has a 54% disapproval, the highest of his presidency. just 39% of americans view joe biden positively, that's only two points more than how americans view donald trump right now. and while 47% of americans prefer democrats in control of congress, compared to 46% who prefer republicans, that is a statistical tie due to the margin of error. what isn't a tie is that republicans hold a commanding advantage when it comes to enthusiasm for november's midterm elections. 61% of republicans are, quote, very interested, compared to 47% of democrats, which could make all the difference in who controls congress. and then there is this, which doesn't

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

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>>> today on "velshi," how to stop the next coup. an election law expert shows how easy it would be for a certain failed ex-president to succeed in stealing the next presidential election, where he failed in the last. we'll talk about what needs to be done and has not been done yet to safeguard the next election. plus, joed's supreme court nominee has not even been named yet and she's already facing an onslaught of racist, sexist attacks from conservatives. we'll talk about biden's promise to put the first-ever black woman on the high court. and what it will be like for her to get the job at this moment in history when the court is poised to roll back the rights of women and minorities. >>> and a chilling sign that a russian attack on ukraine could be imminent. new reporting that russia's military buildup around the border now includes blood and other medical splice that would be needed to treat casualties. >>> and you would be forgiven if you lost track of the details of donald trump's ukraine scandal. it was, after all, several pos

i'm ali velshi. the january 6th insurrection was the starkest reminder of the deep divide in contemporary america. in the year since that day has left an unreconciled feeling across the country. a recent "usa today" poll finally found something that an overwhelming majority of americans agree on. turns out 83% of the country is somewhat or very worried about the future of democracy. you've seen this show before. you know i'm with the majority on this one but that rare consensus doesn't even begin to explain why so many americans across the political spectrum feel that way. for one thing, democrats and republicans remain in disagreement about whether the january 6th insurrection sought to destroy or fix democracy. that same "usa today" poll found that, quote, 85% of democrats call the rioters criminals. two-thirds of the republicans say they went too far, but they had a point. that extends from our citizenry to our most important politicians. last month, president biden invited leaders from over 100 c

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i don't know how ali velshi does it every weekend. props to him. quick question before i let you go. 2022, is it going to be better than 2021 and 2020 or no? >> i'm going to say it has to be better. you have to speak things into existence. i have a quick question for you. it's not about what time you got up this morning. what time did you go to sleep last night? did you sleep through the new year like many of us? >> i'm not telling. that's my secret. happy new year, tiffany. "the cross connection" is coming up at the top of the hour. >> happy new year, mehdi. >> as we begin 2022 our very right-wing supreme court still has unresolved business from 2021. we'll get into what's on the docket and why it matters so much next. onger when you need it most. it's non habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. new zzzquil ultra. when you really really need to sleep. >> the supreme court garnered plenty of attention over the past year with a bench now crudded with three reactionary justices appointed by donald j. trump. fears about the ultra conservati

"velshi" begins now. >>> good morning. we are ten months away from what may be the most consequential midterm elections in modern history. the insurrection that erupted into violence one year ago is not only not over, it's on the ballot. as if it's something to be debated and not lamented. the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack continues its work with bennie thompson saying the committee would like to speak to former vice president mike pence voluntarily, if possible, within the month. that's going to be interesting to see how that goes down. pence's press secretary saying he won't show without a subpoena. garland said they will go as high up as it needs to go to find justice and prosecute those who tried to undo american democracy from within. the fact remains that if the work for us is to buttress a democracy that was cracked by the former failed president and his cronies generally and by the insurrection, this one that we watched on january 6, 2021 specifically, we have no shared view, no shared e

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning to you. it's saturday, january 16. we begin this morning with breaking news. overnight we saw the end to a dramatic day-long hostage standoff at a synagogue in a small texas town 30 miles northwest of dallas. at this hour, the suspected hostage taker is dead and all the hostages have been released safely. last night, reporters heard the sound of explosions, possibly flash bangs, and the sound of gunfire as a rescue team rescued the three remaining hostages, including the rabbi. the fbi identified the suspect but has not shared his name. despite him being dead, the investigation is ongoing. >> long day of hard work by nearly 200 law enforcement officers from across this region. i do not have any information right now that indicates that this is part of any kind of ongoing threat. we obviously are investigating. we will continue to investigate the hostage taker. we will continue to investigate his contacts. our investigation will have global reach. >> it began yesterday when the perpetrator initially took four hostages c

i'm ali velshi. we begin this mlk weekend on the brink of losing one of our key pillars on our democracy that reverend martin luther king jr. fought poor, the right for a free and fair vote. dr. king's daughter, bernice king posted a particularly poignant quote of her father that speaks directly to the moment that the country finds itself in now. she quotes her father the traj dai is we have a congress with a senate that has misguided senators who will use the fill bust tore keep the majority of people from even voting. you can see that she tagged kennedy republican mitch mcconnel and so-called centrist kifrt insinema. in order to pass much-needed federal voting protections and sinema dashed the hopes of achieving that any time soon with a speech signaling that she would not be changing her stance on filibuster reform and due to this ongoing tight to persuade just two democratic senators to join the rest of their party in trying to save voting rights, majority leader chuck schumer has pushed a planne

another hour of "velshi" begins right now. >>> good morning. it's 9:00 a.m. in the east. it's been nearly one full year since donald trump left office in disgrace. at this time last year, his second impeachment trial for inciting an insurrection was underway. it justifiably dominated the trump narrative since then. the heinousness of the attack has almost made us forget about his other horrible acts of corruption. new reporting from "the new york times" sheds light on the attempts to politicize the census bureau. a newly disclosed memorandum citing unprecedented meddling by the trump administration in the 2020 census and circulated among top census bureau officials indicates how strongly they sought to resist efforts by the administration to manipulate the count for republican political gain. the issues include crucial technical aspects of the count, including the privacy of census respondents, use of estimates to fill in missing population data, pressure to take shortcuts to produce population totals quickly and political pressure on a crash program that was seeking to i

another hour of "velshi" begins right now. >>> good morning. it's all been straightened out. it's sunday 9:00 a.m. in the east, 6:00 a.m. out west. it's been a little more than a year since a violent mob of the former president's supporters carried out a deadly attack on the nation's capitol. but if you were hoping that they would feel even a shred of remorse for their actions, this is not your day. at his latest rally in texas, he told his supporters that if he wins in 2024, he will pardon his supporters who stormed the capitol. for one, that sounds an awful lot like a bribe. and two, over 700 people have been arrested and charged so far with federal crimes in connection with that riot. so that would be a lot of pardons. in case his supporters need reminding, the january 6th attack was a really bad attack. over a hundred police officers were injured as those rioters smashed through windows and sent lawmakers and congressional staff members running for their lives. although the january 6th insurrection was the most overt attempt to overthrow democracy, it's becoming increasin

another hour of "velshi" begins now. >> good morning. i'm ali velshi. it is sunday, january 23rd. just over a year into the joe biden presidency, and we are getting a clear picture of where things stand in america now, where things are going and how things could have been for better and for worse. right now, breaking, right now, is a new nbc news poll showing biden's approval rating at 44% among registered voters. the lowest of his presidency. he has a 54% disapproval, the highest of his presidency. just 39% of americans view joe biden positively, that's only two points more than how americans view donald trump right now. and while 47% of americans prefer

"velshi" starts right now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, january the 23rd. i'm ali velshi. there is an elephant in the room we have to address. by elephant i mean a big, eagle maniacal republican. it's early. you may still be in bed wondering which republican we're talking about. a fair question. start with the obvious one. on this program yesterday we spoke about the bombshell report from politico about the existence of an unsigned draft executive action that was mixed into the documents sent by the national archives to the january 6th committee that would have allowed the military to seize voting machines around the country right after the 2020 election. and that is just the latest revelation involving the loser former president, his associates and their efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the last presidential race, but the uncomfortable truth is that donald trump, the shameless man at the center of all this remains by far the most popular and the most powerful individual in today's republican party. even though out of office more than a year. not currently run

"velshi" starts right now. >>> today on velshi, new reporting on on the january 6th committee has investigators zeroing in on the highest profile targets yet. >>> plus, it has been a year since the attack on the capitol, but the insurrection is still going on in plain sight all around us. even if we haven't noticed. i'm joined by the smartest i know to help us understand what is happening. >>> and life sentences for the three white men

i will see you for my show "velshi." there could not be more at stake. i will talk to one of the key players. now time for the last word. jonathan is in for lawrence tonight. good evening my friend. >> you know i am trying not to shed a single tear for the demise of cyber ninjas. it is incredible. >> yeah. well, the ninja act thing is not working for them. they might be disappearing. apparently the $50,000 a day is quite real and they are going to have to come up with it. >> if i were fined that, i would disappear too. thank you very much. so america, where do we go from here? it is january 7th, 2022. and while some want to put

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,

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 draft executive order that would have directed the defense secretary to seize voting machines and calls for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election. the executive order, whose author is unknown, is dated december 16th, 2020. that's more than two weeks after trump's attorney general william barr said the justice department had found no evidence of election fraud. politico also says the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election. now, think of those dates. that suggests that it could have been a gambit to keep trump in office until at least mid-febr

powering possibilities.™ >>> today on "velshi," how to stop the next coup. an election law expert shows how easy it would be for a certain failed ex-president to succeed in stealing the next presidential election, where he failed in the last. we'll talk about what needs to be done and has not been done yet to safeguard the next election. plus, joed's supreme court nominee has not even been named yet and she's already facing an onslaught of racist, sexist attacks from conservatives. we'll talk about biden's promise to put the first-ever black woman on the high

i'm ali velshi, they 352 of the biden administration. we are now one year from the violent insurrection that left us would searing visuals of trump supporters staging a brutal attack on the capital building and, more importantly, on american democracy in action that day. lawmakers marked this day with

"velshi" starts right now. >>> a sabbath service at a suburban dallas synagogue turns into a hostage standoff. jewish leaders saying this targeting and the fear is part of the american jewish experience. we will have the latest with a live report from texas moments away. >>> as the failed former president surrounds himself with conspiracy pushers and election deniers, i will talk to jamie raskin, current member of the january 6 committee. >>> as democrats regroup from a major setback this week on their voting rights push, i will talk to folks who aren't beholden to political deadlines, the folks playing the long game on civil rights. martin luther king, iii and andrea waters king will join me. >>> what do you do when you have the highest inflation rate in decades and the supreme court took away one of the key tools that you were going to

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

i will see you for my show "velshi." there could not be more at stake. i will talk to one of the key players. now time for the last word. jonathan is in for lawrence tonight. good evening my friend. >> you know i am trying not to shed a single tear for the demise of cyber ninjas. it is incredible. >> yeah. well, the ninja act thing is not working for them. they might be disappearing. apparently the $50,000 a day is quite real and they are going to have to come up with it. >> if i were fined that, i would disappear too. thank you very much. so america, where do we go from here? it is january 7th, 2022. and while some want to put what happened a year and a day ago behind us, we still need to reckon with the events of that day and hold those responsible accountable. attorney general merrick garland vowed to take as long as it takes and whatever it takes. he is delivering. the department of justice charged more than 700 members of the trump mob and so far 75 sentenced and 36 receiving jail time including a north carolina woman who brought her 14-year-old son

good evening once again, i am ali velshi, day 350 of the biden administration. tonight, the house committee investigating the capitol insurrection is now seeking information from fox news primetime host. the panel sent kennedy a letter asking for his voluntary cooperation and saying that it has information that he had, quote, advanced knowledge regarding president trump and his legal team is planning for january six. and the hannity had relevant communications while the right was underway and in the days there after. the committee described hannity as a fact witness. and adds that he is in possession of dozens of text messages that he sent to and received from the former white house chief of staff, mark meadows and others. last month, committee vice chair, liz cheney, read out loud one of the text messages from hannity to mark meadows sent during the capitol riot. >> according to the records, multiple fox hosts knew the president needed to act immediately. they texted mr. meadows. and he has turned over those text. can he make a statement? ask people to leave th

i'm ali velshi. day 364 of the biden administration. the house committee investigating the capitol riot is reaching deeper into donald trump's inner circle for information about january 6th. tonight the committee issued subpoenas for

. >> good evening once again, i'm ali velshi. day 366 of the biden administration. today we learned that 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 presidents family. today, house investigators sent her an eight-page letter. full of never before seen details, revealing the evidence that has been collected. and the focus of her inquiry letter asked the daughter about her contact with her father. as they were in the white house as the capital 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 presidents discussions with the vice president occurred by phone on the morning of january 6th. you were presidents in the oval office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. and quote. ivanka trump's efforts to get the former president to call off the attack at the capitol

. >> good evening once again, i'm ali velshi day 364 of the biden administration. tonight the house committee investigating the capitol riot is escalating its inquiry. reaching deeper into donald trump's inner circle for in formation about january 6th. tonight, the committee issued subpoenas for testimony and documents, to lawyers who the committee said promoted the big lie and participated in attempts to disrupt or delay the certification of the election results. rudy giuliani, sydney powell and jenna ellis. the panel also sent a subpoena to former trump campaign advisor, bush epstein. the committee's letter to giuliani says that quote, between mid november 2020 and january six 2021, and thereafter, you actively promoted claims of election fraud on behalf of former president trump and sought to convince state legislators to take steps to overturn the election result. and quote. the panel says that sydney powell and jenna ellis also actively pushing claims of election fraud. as for boris epstein, the committee says that he

that is "all in" for this week, the rachel maddow show starts right now with ali velshi in for rachel. >> good to see you, my friend. have an excellent weekend. thanks for joining us this hour. rachel got the nating off. here's how it went down, it was a chilly afternoon in early january, angry crowds stormed the federal government's main building. police tried to hold them off but were overrun. by nightfall there were several people dead and injured and the seat of government was trashed, windows were broken, small fires were smolderering. it was as though in a single day the country was irrev cably changed. that's what happened in january, not last january, not a year ago, but this january. two days ago. and not at the u.s. capitol. but in the central asian nation of kazakhstan. this is the main government building in kazakhstan's largest city on wednesday, the former

. >> good evening once again i am ali velshi. day 267 of the biden administration tonight a stunning new reports detail the inner workings of the trump white house, in the lead up to the riot at the capitol. nbc news has learned that the investigators have more than 700 pages that donald trump tried to keep secret. reporting from politico gives us an inside look at some of those records. politico has maintained a unsigned draft executive our order, that would have directed the secretary of defense to seize voting machines. they are now calling for a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election. the -- who is unknown's data december's -- bill barr said the justice department had found no evidence of election fraud. politico also reports the draft order reviewed would've given the defense secretary 60 days

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

en into overt good evening, once again, i'm ali velshi. day 363 of the biden administration. on that's martin luther king holiday. the senate is on the eve of the showdown of voting rights. democrats are planning an all out effort to push the legislation through congress. tomorrow, majority leader schumer is expected to begin debating two bills already passed by the house. the freedom to vote act on the john lewis voting rights advancement act. schumer is moving ahead despite almost certain defeat admit opposition. and while democratic senators manchin and sinema support the bills, neither of them but a change to the filibuster to make those bills law. this morning, in washington, dr. martin luther king junior's family led a march for voting rights afterwards. dr. king's eldest son called the senate on the house 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

. >> good evening once again, i am ali velshi. it is day three 65 of the biden administration, and they're trying to get democrats to pass the filibuster rules and it failed in the united states senate. joe manchin and kristen sinema joins republicans to block the move. we will have more on that in just a bit. but the president's first year in office, he will end in year two. with an eye towards his outstanding goals and his successes. joe biden held a news conference on his presidency, taking questions from reporters for nearly two hours. they handled the pandemic and the economy, while managing the stalemate about his top priorities, and talking about russian putin's next moves. >> it's a year of enormous progress. we went from 2 million people being vaccinated at the moment i was sworn in, to 210 million americas it's being fully vaccinated today. we created 6 million jobs. for all this progress, there was a lot of frustration in this country. >> did you over promise to the american a white you could achieve. >> i didn't over p

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, 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.

i'm ali velshi. day 351 of the biden administration. just under an hour from now it will be exactly one year from the day we all watched in realtime as a mob

i'm ali velshi, they 352 of the biden administration. we are now one year from the violent insurrection that left us would searing visuals of trump supporters staging a brutal attack on the capital building and, more importantly, on american democracy in action that day. lawmakers marked this day with sullivan's on capitol hill including an evening visual and testimonials from members who escaped the mob of rioters. but the day began with remarks from the president and vice president in statuary hall. president biden offered a passion defense of our democracy laced with the direct and scathing attack. an attack on donald trump. >> the former president of the united states has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy then our constitution. he is not just a former president, he's a defeated former president. the feted by a margin by over 7 million of your votes. for a full and free and fair election. those who stormed this capitol, and those who instigated and

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