Velshi - Season 5 / Year 2024

The 14th Amendment, Heroes of January 6th, and Democracy in Danger.

The Truth About Biden's Economy, Protests Unfold Across Israel, the Double Standard Surrounding Claudine Gay's ouster

Ali Velshi reports the latest on Trump's legal troubles, Decision 2024, Post-Roe America, the Israel-Gaza War, and more.

Ali Velshi reports the latest on Trump's legal troubles, the 2024 race for the White House, the Israel-Gaza War, and more.

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the fight for Democracy, Trump's legal troubles, Decision 2024, the Israel-Gaza War, and more

Ali Velshi reports the latest on the fight for Democracy, Trump's legal troubles, Decision 2024, the Israel-Gaza War, and more.

Charles Coleman Jr is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy, Trump's legal troubles, Decision 2024, and more.

Charles Coleman Jr is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy, Trump's legal troubles, Decision 2024, and more.

100 days until the Election.

Ali Velshi is joined by Professor of History at NYU and author of, ‘Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present', Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of, ‘Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy', Dr. Tom Nichols, Distinguished Scholar of Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and author of 20+ books, including: ‘The End of Nature', Bill McKibben, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and author of, ‘Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath', Sir William "Bill" Browder, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D TX- 30), law professor and historian at UC Davis Law School and author of, ‘Roe: The History of a National Obsession', Mary Ziegler, New York Times Bestselling Author of, ‘The Message', Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ali Velshi is joined by Co-Founder of Elevation Partners and author of, ‘Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe', Roger McNamee, MSNBC's Molly Jong-Fast, (R) Rep. Chuck Edwards, NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, Academy Award-winning Film Director of, "Separated" and New York Times Bestselling Author of, ‘Believing Is Seeing', Errol Morris, Staff Writer for The New Yorker and author of, ‘Black Edge', Sheelah Kolhatkar, MSNBC Daily's Hayes Brown, talk-show host of ‘The Thom Hartmann Program' and NYT Bestselling Author of, ‘The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America – and What We Can Do to Stop It', Thom Hartmann, MSNBC Daily Columnist, Dean Obeidallah, (D) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

Ali Velshi is joined by Former Republican Congressman, Joe Walsh, 3rd Term Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, Mayor John Giles, Principal at Crisis-X, New York Times bestselling Author of, ‘REVENGE: How Donald Trump Weaponized the Department of Justice Against His Critics', Michael Cohen, Reporter, Votebeat, Jen Fifield, Arizona Secretary of State, Secretary Adrian Fontes, Spokesperson, Arizona for Abortion Access (nonpartisan) and attorney, Chris Love, Award-winning Author of, ‘Forever', Judy Blume, New York Times Bestselling Author of, ‘All American Boys', Jason Reynolds

Ali Velshi is joined by former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, Political Strategist and Commentator Rina Shah, founder of Engage, Rachel Pearson, and U.S Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).

Ali Velshi is joined by former federal judge J. Michael Luttig, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum, Status author Oliver Darcy, and NBC News International Correspondents Raf Sanchez & Matt Bradley

Ali Velshi is joined by Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of Zeteo Mehdi Hasan, Law Professor and Historian at UC Davis Law School Mary Ziegler, Reporter for The New York Times Magazine Nikole Hannah-Jones, former Executive Editor for The Washington Post Martin Baron, former Editor-at-Large Robert Kagan, former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to former VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson.

Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I- VT), "On Tyranny" author Timothy Snyder, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta (D-PA)

Rachel Maddow joins Velshi to share her closing argument about abortion ahead of Election Day, Harris and Trump tied in the latest NBC News poll, the fierce battle for swing states

Ali Velshi draws on American history – and his own family's journey to democracy– to demonstrate that defeat can pave the way for triumph. Ali Velshi is joined by presidential historian Jon Meacham, historian Tim Snyder, constitutional law expert Laurence Tribe, Center for Reproductive Rights President & CEO Nancy Northup, and journalist Chris Whipple.

 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on safeguarding free speech against autocracy, Ben Rhodes on how Trump's cabinet picks would "wreck" federal agencies and remake government "in the image of MAGA," and best-selling author Jodi Picoult on what we can all do to fight the rising tide of book bans.

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and former Obama aide Melody Barnes on Donald Trump's campaign against Senate confirmation for his cabinet picks; Thom Hartmann and Jason Stanley on how the Supreme Court chipped away at the walls between money and politics; Masha Gessen on the "dark, unspoken promise" of a second Trump term; Ian Bremmer on Trump's tariff plan; and Congressman-Elect Eugene Vindman (D-VA) on what a new Trump term will mean for the war in Ukraine.

Michael Steele, Joyce Vance, Jennifer Rubin, and Norm Ornstein on Donald Trump's post-election embrace of figures tied to Project 2025, NATO's former Supreme Allied Commander Adm. James Stavridis on a new escalation from Vladimir Putin, Melissa Murray on the effort to chip away at the separation between church and state for America's schoolchildren, former senior U.S. State Department advisor Aaron David Miller on shifting American politics around the war in Gaza, and author Becky Albertalli on her banned book "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda."

Rep. Stacey Plaskett and Olivia Troye on finding the guardrails in a new Trump era; Kathleen Sebelius on Donald Trump's move to put vaccine skeptics in charge of public health; Mary Anne Franks on the myth of the First Amendment as a great equalizer, Gov. Jay Inslee on states taking over the climate crisis ahead of a new Trump term; and Doris Kearns Goodwin on how America has found light after its darkest days in the past.

What Donald Trump's tariff threat would mean for American consumers, an alarming new salvo in the abortion wars,  the story of a Louisiana librarian who was relentlessly targeted for speaking out against censorship, and more.

David Graham, Jennifer Rubin, Rina Shah, and Joyce Vance on President-Elect Trump's pardoning plans; averting a government shutdown with Rep. Adam Smith; the Biden Administration's plans for its final days in office with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm; what Trump's pick to lead the Civil Rights division of the DOJ means for the future of the department; and the future of journalism in a new Trump era with Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Rick Wilson, Barbara McQuade, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Donald Trump's latest administration picks, Rachel Barkow and Rep. Jim McGovern on presidential pardon power, Michele Goodwin and Marc Hearron on Republican efforts to expand the reach of state abortion bans, Imara Jones on what trans Americans are doing to prepare for another Trump administration, and Paola Ramos on Donald Trump's mass deportation plan.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, Norm Ornstein and Michael Shure on the Republicans' government shutdown showdown; Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa on holding up democracy against autocratic pressures; Congressman Wiley Nickel and historian Joanne Freeman on a true opposition party strategy for Democrats; CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the future of the agency; and author Paul Hawkins on her banned book, "The Girl on the Train."

Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE) on power dynamics in the Republican Party, David Miliband on the potential for Syrian refugees to return home, Jason Stanley and Melissa Murray on suppression of data as a tool of propaganda, Jennifer Rubin and Stuart Stevens on the shape of the new Republican majority, former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair on reports of discussions in Trumpworld about dismantling the FDIC, and Indira Lakshmanan and Zack Beauchamp on role of journalism in holding the line on democracy.

Previewing President-elect Trump's first day back in office with April Ryan, Ameshia Cross, Jonathan Alter, Hugo Lowell; the year in Trump trials with Danny Cevallos; the push to exonerate Marcus Garvey with Rep. Barbara Lee; the importance of counting all pregnancy-related deaths in TX with state Rep. Donna Howard; how corporations are preparing for Trump with Adia Wingfield

Previewing Trump's cabinet confirmations with Rina Shah, Steve Benen, Philip Bump, Errin Haines; the problematic history of the death penalty with Bryan Stevenson; what we learned about the Black voting bloc in the 2024 campaign cycle with Basil Smikle and Quentin James; South Carolina's proposed abortion bill with Mia McLeod and Melissa Murray; the discriminatory policies undermining black homeownership with Bernadette Atuahene; an interview with 13-year-old political influencer Knowa de Baraso