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    Velshi

    MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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    A “Manufactured Crisis”

    A “Manufactured Crisis”

    Guest host Charles Coleman is joined by Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Bloomberg Opinion’s Tim O’Brien, former Assistant U.S Attorney Maya Wiley, NYU law professor Melissa Murray, Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin, The Grio’s April Ryan, The Boston Globe’s Renee Graham, Eugene Scott from Axios, NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, and NBC’s Sahil Kapur

    Government Shutdown Looms

    Government Shutdown Looms

    Guest host Charles Coleman is joined by Rep. Dan Kildee, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross, Republican strategist Rina Shah, defense attorney Danny Cevallos, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, The Lincoln Project senior adviser Tara Setmayer, The Atlantic staff writer Tom Nichols, Politico’s Sam Stein, NBC’s Julie Tsirkin, and NBC’s Antonia Hylton.

    American Politics on the Knife’s Edge

    American Politics on the Knife’s Edge

    Ali Velshi is joined by Bob King, Fmr. President of the UAW, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director for Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Melissa Redmon, Fmr. Fulton County Deputy District Attorney, Rep. Debbie Dingell, (D) Michigan, Adm. James Stavridis, Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, Michael Hirsh, Senior Correspondent, Foreign Policy, and Steve Benen, Producer of The Rachel Maddow Show.

    America’s New Battlefront: State Courts

    America’s New Battlefront: State Courts

    Ali Velshi is joined by Rep. Don Bacon, (R) Nebraska, Maria Ressa, Nobel Prize winner and journalist, Devlin Barrett, Justice Reporter at The Washington Post, David Graham, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Fmr. Rep. Charlie Dent Executive Director & Vice President of the Congressional Program at Aspen Institute, Fmr. Gov. Mark Sanford, (R ) South Carolina, Lindsay Dougherty, Vice-President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and David Polonsky, Award-winning Illustrator of ‘Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation’.

    Chaos in the GOP

    Chaos in the GOP

    Ali Velshi is joined by Joe Walsh, Former Republican Congressman, Tom Nichols, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, John Brennan, Former Director of the CIA, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) Texas, State Rep. Ann Johnson, (D) Texas, Stuart Stevens, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project, Charlie Dent, Executive Director & Vice President for the Congressional Program at Aspen Institute, Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, Sara Nelson, President of Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, and Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor.

    SPECIAL COUNSEL SEEKS GAG ORDER AGAINST TRUMP

    SPECIAL COUNSEL SEEKS GAG ORDER AGAINST TRUMP

    Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster, NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson, Emory University Law Professors Fred Smith & Kay Levine, Fmr. Asst. Watergate Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, lead plaintiff in lawsuit against Idaho’s abortion law Jennifer Adkins, ‘Tyranny of the Minority’ co-authors Steve Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt, Fmr. Superior Court Judge Carol Lam, NYU Professor of Law Melissa Murray and Host of ‘Roland Martin Unfiltered’ Roland Martin.

    TRUMP THE DISQUALIFIED & BIDEN ABROAD

    TRUMP THE DISQUALIFIED & BIDEN ABROAD

    Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News’ Raf Sanchez, NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer, NBC News’ Kelly O’Donnell, Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe, former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), Producer on The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, former Chair of the National Bar Association PAC A. Scott Bolden, Director of the Climate Risk Initiative at the UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment Dave Jones, Law Professor and Historian at UC Davis Law School Mary Ziegler, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center Robin Marty

    TRUMPWORLD LEGAL LATEST & THE 14TH AMENDMENT

    TRUMPWORLD LEGAL LATEST & THE 14TH AMENDMENT

    Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News’ Matt Bradley, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter at Politico Josh Gerstein, Professor of Law at Emory University Fred Smith, Jr., President and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Noah Bookbinder, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Steele, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, Legal Fellow and Courts Correspondent at Lawfare Anna Bower, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law Emeritus at Emory University Morgan Cloud, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, Senior Reporter at NBC News Brandy Zadrozny

    THE 14TH AMENDMENT

    THE 14TH AMENDMENT

    Ali Velshi is joined by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, former Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party David Pepper, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, former Federal Judge at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig, Host of MSNBC’S Politics Nation Rev. Al Sharpton, Independent Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents Peter Beinart

    COMMUNISM OR COSTCO

    COMMUNISM OR COSTCO

    Ali Velshi is joined by Staff Writer with The New Yorker Sheelah Kolhatkar, Staff Writer with The Atlantic Anne Applebaum, former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO Adm. James Stavridis, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Jason Stanley, former Senior Analyst for Domestic Terrorism at the U.S. Deptartment of Homeland Security Daryl Johnson, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute James Pethokoukis, Fmr. President of Estonia Toomas Ilves, Founding Legal Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School Burt Neuborne, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)

    THE POLITICAL FIGHT AHEAD

    THE POLITICAL FIGHT AHEAD

    Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Marissa Parra, MSNBC Political Analyst Brittany Packnett Cunningham, former Federal Prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, State Rep. Tanya Miller (D-GA),  Professor at Georgetown School of Law Paul Butler, Author of “How to be an Antiracist” Ibram X. Kendi, Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), Opinion Writer at The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, 2024 GOP Presidential Candidate Fmr. Rep Will Hurd, Little Rock Nine member Dr. Terrence Roberts, Director of Education Innovation and Research at the NAACP Dr. Ivory Toldson

    SURRENDER, BUT DON’T GIVE YOURSELF AWAY

    SURRENDER, BUT DON’T GIVE YOURSELF AWAY

    Ali Velshi is joined by former Special Counsel to Donald Trump Michael Cohen, NBC’s Trymaine Lee, NBC’s Antonia Hylton, Attorney Dean Obeidallah, former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Catherine Christian, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, former Chairman of the Republican National ConventionMichael Steele, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Shakespeare Scholar at Harvard University Jeffrey R. Wilson, Research Fellow and Dean for Welfare at Magdalen College, Oxford Sophie Duncan

    TRUMP & OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY

    TRUMP & OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY

    Ali Velshi and is joined by Political Investigations Reporter with The Guardian Hugo Lowell, former Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Assistant Professor of Law at Widener University Quinn Yeargain, State Rep. Tanya Miller (D-GA), Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University, Fred Smith, Jr., Opinion Writer at Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Political Reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Greg Bluestein, Reporter for The Wall Street Journal Jim Carlton, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens, Host of MSNBC’S ‘Politics Nation’ Rev. Al Sharpton

    OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY

    OUR FRAGILE DEMOCRACY

    Ali Velshi and is joined by former Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit  Judge J. Michael Luttig, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School Laurence Tribe, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, former Ted Cruz Campaign National Spokesperson Rick Tyler, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, NBC’s Steve Patterson, Law Professor and Historian at UC Davis Law School Mary Ziegler, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University Akhil Reed Amar, President and CEO at the National Constitution Center Jeffrey Rosen

    IMPENDING CHARGES?

    IMPENDING CHARGES?

    Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC’s Steve Patterson, Political Investigations Reporter at The Guardian Hugo Lowell, Professor of Law at NYU Melissa Murray, Fmr. U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, Fmr. Representative Joe Walsh (R-IL), Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson, Reporter for ProPublica Brett Murphy, Senior Writer at Slate Mark Joseph Stern, Fmr. Asst. Watergate Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, Executive Director & Founder at James Madison Project Mark Zaid, Producer at The Rachel Maddow Show Steve Benen, Founder of Rilax Strategies Rina Shah, Rapper Bun B, Professor of African American Studies at Harvard University Imani Perry, Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University Marc Anthony Neal

    PROTECTION ORDERS & WILDFIRES

    PROTECTION ORDERS & WILDFIRES

    Charles Coleman is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by NBC News’ Ryan Reilly, Senior Executive Editor of Bloomberg Opinion Tim O’Brien, President and CEO of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Noah Bookbinder, NBC News’ Monica Alba, Opinion Writer with The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Columnist with The New York Times Michelle Goldberg, NBC News’ Steve Patterson, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Charlottesville Don Gathers, Author and Poet Caroline Randall Williams, Professor at Georgetown School of Law Paul Butler, Criminal Defense Attorney Danny Cevallos, Fmr. Florida 9TH Judicial Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell, NBC News Senior Reporter Ben Collins, Founder of Algorithmic Justice League Dr. Joy Buolamwini

    Trump’s Long List of Lies

    Trump’s Long List of Lies

    Ali Velshi is joined by Judge J. Michael Luttig, Fmr. Federal Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, David Pepper, Fmr. Chairman, Ohio Democratic Party, Maya Wiley, President & CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D) Mississippi, Secretary Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, Paul Butler, Professor, Georgetown School of Law, and Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney.

    SERIOUS & STILL HAPPENING

    SERIOUS & STILL HAPPENING

    Ali Velshi is joined by Opinion Writer for The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Operations Director at the West Alabama Women’s Center Robin Marty, former Senior Investigative Counsel with the January 6thCommittee Marc Harris, Staff Writer with The Atlantic Tom Nichols, Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University Joanne Freeman, former Senior Advisor to VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Author of “Persepolis” Marjane Satrapi.

    Dangerous Loyalty to Trump

    Dangerous Loyalty to Trump

    Ali Velshi is joined by Michael Cohen, Fmr. Special Counsel to Donald Trump, Caleb Silver, Editor-In-Chief at Investopedia, Christopher Browning, Professor of History Emeritus at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Eden McLean, Historian and Professor at Auburn University, Catherine Christian, Former Assistant District Attorney for Manhattan, Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Congresswoman, Ebony Twilley Martin, Executive Director at Greenpeace USA, Zack Beauchamp, Senior Correspondent at Vox, and SteveBenen, Producer for The Rachel Maddow Show.

    Indictment Watch

    Indictment Watch

    Ali Velshi is joined by Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney in Michigan, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett, (D) U.S. Virgin Islands, Lynsey Barron, Fmr. Asst. U.S. Attorney in Northern District of GA, Frank Luntz, Political Strategist & Pollster, A. Scott Bolden, White Collar Criminal Defense Attorney, Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, Tess Bridgeman, Co-Editor-in-Chief at Just Security, and Maulik Pancholy, Author of ‘The Best At It’