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    Velshi

    MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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    Dodging Accountability

    Dodging Accountability

    Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by former Rep. David Jolly, The Bulwark’s Tim Miller, Watergate Assistant Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, independent journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, Mini Timmaraju from Reproductive Freedom for All, Dr. Uche Blackstock, Dr. L. Ebony Boulware, Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice, and criminal defense attorney Danny Cevallos.

    “Chapter F”

    “Chapter F”

    Ali Velshi is joined by Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Joe Walsh, Fmr. Republican Congressman, Avner Gvaryahu, Executive Director of Breaking the Silence, Molly Jong-Fast, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’, Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State, José Andrés, Co-Founder of the World Center Kitchen, and Elizabeth Price, Mother of Hisham Awartani

    Trump and the 14th Amendment

    Trump and the 14th Amendment

    Ali Velshi is joined by Noah Bookbinder, President & CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan, Sarit Michaeli, International Advocacy Lead for B’Tselem, Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Aaron David Miller, Sr. Fellow for the American Stagecraft Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Bill Browder, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, and Oleksiy Goncharenko, Ukrainian Parliament Member

    The Immigration Issue

    The Immigration Issue

    Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D) U.S. Virgin Islands, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, Leslie Reagan, Author of ‘When Abortion was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973’, Michele Goodwin, Professor of Constitutional Law & Global Health Policy at Georgetown Law, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan, Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter for NBC News, and Bill McKibben, Contributing Writer at The New Yorker

    America’s Immigration Debate

    America’s Immigration Debate

    Ali is joined by Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Andrew Kirtzman, President of Kirtzman Strategies, Amb. William B. Taylor, Fmr. U.S Ambassador to Ukraine, Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East & Africa Studies at Council on Foreign Affairs, Michelle Goldberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist at The New York Times, Robin Marty, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center, Tara Palmeri, Senior Political Correspondent at Puck News, Melissa Redmon, Fmr. Fulton County Deputy District Attorney, Amb. Michael McFaul, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow at Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy & International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, and Dara Lind, Senior Fellow at American Immigration Council

    Trump’s “Dictator For One Day” Threat

    Trump’s “Dictator For One Day” Threat

    Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, (D) Maryland, Rep. Jamie Raskin, (D) Maryland, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, (D) Texas, Caleb Silver, Editor-In-Chief at Investopedia, Erica Newland, Counsel at Protect Democracy, Franklin Foer, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Jeremy Ben-Ami, President & Founder at  J Street, and Dr. Jamie Justice, Executive Vice President of the Health Domain at XPRIZE Foundation.

    What happens if Trump wins the White House again?

    What happens if Trump wins the White House again?

    Ali Velshi is joined by Michael Cohen, Principal at Crisis-X, Michael McFaul, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Hanan Ashrawi, Fmr. Official Spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation to Middle East Peace Process, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Barton Gellman, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Joe Walsh, Fmr. Republican Congressman, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Diana Buttu, Fmr. Spokesperson at Palestine Liberation Organization, and Stephen Chbosky, Author of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”.

    Trump’s Legal Deluge

    Trump’s Legal Deluge

    Ali Velshi is joined by Paul Butler, Professor at Georgetown School of Law, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at Washington Post, Asaf Zamir, Former Consul General of Israel in New York, Aaron David Miller, Sr. Fellow at American Stagecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney, Rina Shah, Principal and Founder of Rilax Strategies, Rep. Summer Lee (D) Pennsylvania, and Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU.

    Trump and January 6th

    Trump and January 6th

    Ali Velshi is joined by Olivia Troye, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Ronen Bergman, Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine, Charles Blow, Writer & Executive Producer of ‘South to Black Power’, State Rep. Justin Jones (D) Tennessee, Michael Steele, Fmr. Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser for The Lincoln Project, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, and Emily Van Duyne, Author of ‘Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation’

    3rd Hostage Swap

    3rd Hostage Swap

    Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project, Rina Shah, Principal and Founder at Rilax Strategies, Rep. Gregory Meeks (D) New York, Molly Jong-Fast, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’, Rick Wilson, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project, Tara Setmayer, Fmr. GOP Communications Director, Ameshia Cross, Political Analyst at SiriusXM, Aaron David Miller, Sr. Fellow at American Stagecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Caitlin Dickerson, Pulitzer and Peabody Prize-winning investigative reporter, and Philip Bump, National Columnist at the Washington Post

    Israel and Hamas Set to Swap Hostages

    Israel and Hamas Set to Swap Hostages

    Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by Anthony Coley, Fmr. Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Dept of Justice, Danny Cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney, Christopher O’Leary, Senior Vice-President at Global Operations at The Soufan Group, Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of The Advancement Project National Office, Carol Anderson, Professor of African American Studies at Emory University, David A. Graham, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) Texas, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, and Brian Bond, Chief Executive Officer at PFLAG National.

    Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook

    Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook

    Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. is joined by Yale University’s Joanne Freeman, Zack Beauchamp of VOX, independent journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, political strategist Lauren Harper, Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Yale University’s Jason Stanley, Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Alisha Haridasani Gupta from The New York Times and Prof. Chris Bobel from the University of Massachusetts Boston

    The Supreme Court’s New Ethics Code

    The Supreme Court’s New Ethics Code

    Ali Velshi is joined by Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Prof. Laurence Tribe, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School, Diana Buttu, Fmr. Palestine Liberation Organization Spokesperson for Negotiations Support Unit, Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU, Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor at Slate, Jena Griswold, Colorado Secretary of State, Noah Bookbinder, President & CEO for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, David Ignatius, Award-winning Foreign Affairs Columnist at The Washington Post, and Emily Drabinski, President of the American Library Association

    Democracy on the Ballot

    Democracy on the Ballot

    Ali Velshi is joined by Steve Benen, Producer on The Rachel Maddow Show, Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project, Peter Beinart, Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Creator of “the 1619 Project”, Norman Ornstein, Senior Fellow Emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, Fmr. Rep. Charles Dent, Executive Director & Vice President of the Congressional Program at Aspen Institute, Dr. Nahreen Ahmed, Medical Director at MedGlobal, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, and Rick Wilson, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project

    Election Take-Aways

    Election Take-Aways

    Ali Velshi is joined by Michael Steele, Fmr. Chairman, Republican National Committee, Lynn Hastings, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory flr UN OCHA, Molly Jong-Fast, Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’, Fmr. Rep. David Jolly, Fmr. Florida Republican Congressman, Jonathan Allen, Senior National Politics Reporter at NBC News, Yonatan Zeigen, Son of Missing Israeli Peace Activist, and Dorit Rabinyan, Award-winning Israeli Author, “All The Rivers”

    Blinken Meets with Palestinian President

    Blinken Meets with Palestinian President

    Ali Velshi is joined by former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Majed Bamya, former federal judge Michael Luttig, former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party David Pepper, former Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, Washington Post Opinion Writer Jennifer Rubin, Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, NBC’s Josh Lederman, NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist & NBC”s Erin McLaughlin.

    Trump on the Trail while on Trial

    Trump on the Trail while on Trial

    Ali Velshi is joined by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, California Rep. Ro Khanna, Yale international law professor Oona Hathaway, Tufts University international law professor Tom Dannenbaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, New York Times Investigative Reporter Susanne Craig, NBC’s Ali Arouzi, NBC’s Meagan Fitzgerald & NBC’s Josh Lederman

    Who Will Flip on Trump Next?

    Who Will Flip on Trump Next?

    Guest host Charles Coleman is joined by Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Madeleine Dean, former Sen. Doug Jones, former RNC chair Michael Steele, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, defense attorney Danny Cevallos, former GOP Communications Director Tara Setmayer, Jewish Currents editor-at-large Peter Beinart, NBC’s Jay Gray, NBC’s Steve Patterson, and best-selling authors David Baldacci & Michael Connelly

    The Path Forward

    The Path Forward

    Ali Velshi is joined by David Graham, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Amb. Majed Bamya, Deputy Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN, Christopher O’Leary, Senior Vice-President of Global Operations at The Soufan Group, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Tzipi Livni, Fmr. Israeli Vice Prime Minister, and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D) New York.

    Fighting the Fog of War

    Fighting the Fog of War

    Ali Velshi is joined by Norman Ornstein, Senior Fellow Emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, Ray Smock, Former Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ben Rhodes, Former Deputy National Security Advisor, Barbara McQuade, Former U.S. Attorney in Michigan, Fred Smith, Jr., Professor of Law at Emory University, Fmr. Pennsylvania Rep. Charles Dent, Joanne Freeman, Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University, Hanan Ashrawi, Fmr. Official Spokesperson of the Palestinian Delegation to Middle East Peace Process, and Eric Carvin, Director of Social Newsgathering at NBC News.