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    Velshi

    MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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    Episodes (281)

    RISK ASSESSMENT

    RISK ASSESSMENT

    Ali Velshi is joined by Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, former RNC chairman Michael Steele, retired Maryland police captain Sonia Pruitt, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Princeton’s Eddie Glaude, The New Yorker’s David Rohde & Sheelah Kolhatkar, Charlie Savage of The New York Times, The Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin, Prof. Leslie Reagan, MSNBC anchor Lindsey Reiser and NBC News Correspondents Scott Cohn & Meagan Fitzgerald.

    “PROBABLE CAUSE”

    “PROBABLE CAUSE”

    Ali Velshi is joined by Democratic Representative Stacey Plaskett, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, former CIA officer David Priess, Center for Reproductive Rights’ CEO Nancy Northup, author Ellen Hopkins, New York Times photojournalist Lynsey Addario, Brookings senior fellow Andre Perry, Carol Leonnig of The Washington Post, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali, and CNBC’s Annie Nova.

    Country Over Party

    Country Over Party

    Ali Velshi is joined by Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter for NBC News Digital, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi,(D) Illinois, Nastya Shpot, Ukrainian high schooler, Ben Collins, Senior Reporter at NBC News, Julie Burkhart, Founder & President of Wellspring Health Access, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Fmr. Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, Katie Benner, Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times, Rep. Don Bacon (R) Nebraska, Frank Luntz, Republican Political Strategist & Pollster

    Six Months in Ukraine

    Six Months in Ukraine

    Ali Velshi is joined by Olivia Troye, Chief Political Strategist at Renew America Movement, Evan McMullin, U.S. Senate Candidate for Utah, Rep. Spencer Wetmore (D) South Carolina, Akhil Reed Amar, Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, Inna Sovsun, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Tim O’Brien, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Non-resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, Homi K. Bhabha, Professor of Humanities, English & Comparative Literature Departments at Harvard University

    FBI Raid Sparks Far-Right Rhetoric

    FBI Raid Sparks Far-Right Rhetoric

    Ali Velshi is joined by Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita at the Wilson Center, Dr. David Priess, Fmr. CIA Officer, Caitlin Dickerson, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Matthieu Aikins, Pulitzer Prize-winning Contributing Writer at New York Times Magazine, Charlie Savage, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Correspondent at The New York Times, Barbara McQuade, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan, Joanne Freeman, Award-winning Historian & Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, Jon Allen, Senior National Politics Reporter at NBC News, and Rutger Bregman, Historian.

    A SEARCH, WARRANTED

    A SEARCH, WARRANTED

    Ali Velshi is joined by Fmr. CIA John Brennan, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney Michael Cohen, NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Nataliya Pipa, Deputy National Editor at The Washington Post Philip Rucker, National Security Attorney Bradley Moss, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D- WI), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh, and NBC News’ Emily Ikeda.

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the fight for Abortion rights, the Inflation Reduction Act, and more

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the fight for Abortion rights, the Inflation Reduction Act, and more

    Ali Velshi is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and is joined by NBC News’ Ali Vitali, Law Professor at the University of California – Irvine Michele Goodwin, Maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr. David Hackney, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Wisconsin Attorney General (D) Josh Kaul, Editor of The Maddow Blog Steve Benen, Democratic Candidate for Kansas Attorney General Chris Mann, NYT Bestselling Author of ‘Speak’ Laurie Halse Anderson, and Molly Jong

    Post-Roe in Action in Alabama

    Post-Roe in Action in Alabama

    Ali Velshi is joined by Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Sen. Bob Casey, (D) Pennsylvania, Adm. James Stavridis, Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, Fmr. Sen. Doug Jones, (D) Alabama, Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz SE, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at Washington Post, Michael Steele, Fmr. RNC Chairman.

    Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

    Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

    Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Justice Department Reporter for The New York Times Katie Benner, Fmr. Chief Spokesperson for the DOJ Matthew Miller, Economics Reporter for the WSJ Amara Omeokwe, Fmr. Pence Senior Advisor Olivia Troye, Fmr. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Politico National Correspondent Betsy Woodruff Swan, Rep. AdamKinzinger (R-IL), Co-Founder, Ukraine Children’s Action Project Dr. Irwin Redlener, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Scholar-in-Residence at the Mark Twain Center, Matthew Seybold

    Sam Stein Guest Hosts for Ali Velshi

    Sam Stein Guest Hosts for Ali Velshi

    Sam Stein is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Tim O’Brien, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, Carol Leonnig. Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post, Dr. Uché Blackstock, Founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equity, Jonathan Kott, Founder of Majority Makers, Nancy Northup, President & CEO of Center for Reproductive Rights, Dr. Melissa March, OB/GYN - Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, and Jacqueline Woodson, Author of ‘Brown Girl Dreaming’.

    Sam Stein is in for Ali Velshi

    Sam Stein is in for Ali Velshi

    Sam Stein speaks with Daniel S. Goldman, Former House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel, Rep. Ann McLane, (D) New Hampshire, Rep. Peter Welch, (D) Vermont, Clint Watts, NBC News & MSNBC National Security Analyst, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Philip Bump, National Correspondent at The Washington Post, Michael Steele, Former RNC Chairman, Dr. Peter Hotez, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Sapphire Garcia-Lies, President of Kansas Birth Justice Society, and Elizabeth Nash, Principal Policy Associate of State Issues at Guttmacher Institute.

    Insider Risk

    Insider Risk

    Sam Stein is joined by Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Joanne Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, Manuel Oliver, Founder of Change The Ref, Michele Goodwin, Law Professor at University of California – Irvine, Secretary Jena Griswold,(D) Colorado Secretary of State, Irin Carmon, Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine, Dr. Tani Molhatra, OB/GYN- Maternal and Fetal Medicine at UH Cleveland Medical Center, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Olivia Troye, Chief Political Strategist at Renew America Movement, Peter Beinart, MSNBC Political Analyst, and Aimee Allison, Founder & President of She The People.

    Sam Stein is in for Ali Velshi

    Sam Stein is in for Ali Velshi

    Sam Stein is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter for The Guardian, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Zack Beauchamp, Senior Correspondent at Vox, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM radio's ‘The Dean Obeidallah show’, Meridith McGraw, National Political Correspondent at Politico, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Mary Ziegler, Professor at UC Davis Law School, Hagar Chemali, Fmr. Spokesperson for U.S. Mission to the UN, Mary McCord, Fmr. Acting Asst. Attorney General for National Security at U.S. Department of Justice, Ben Collins, Senior Reporter for NBC News, Kira Rudik, Ukrainian Parliament Member, and Tony Plohetski, Investigative Reporter at Austin American-Statesman.

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

    Ali Velshi is joined by Justice Reporter for NBC News Digital Ryan Reilly, Fmr. January 6thSenior Investigator John Wood, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Ben Wikler, NBC News Technology Correspondent Jake Ward, Political Strategist & Pollster Frank Luntz, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter for Politico Kyle Cheney, Host of ‘The Mary Trump Show’ podcast Mary Trump, Michigan Attorney General (D) Dana Nessel, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and author of “Out of Darkness” Ashley Hope Perez.

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation and more

    Ali Velshi is joined by Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times Katie Benner, Fmr. House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel Daniel S. Goldman, Fmr. Resident Legal Advisor at the U.S. Embassy Moscow Tom Firestone, MSNBC Legal AnalystBarbara McQuade, Founder and Chair of the Trans Affirming Alliance Celeste Fiore, Esq, Director at the Red River Women’s ClinicTammi Kromenaker, Professor of Constitutional Law at the NYU Law School Kenji Yoshino, Politico National CorrespondentBetsy Woodruff Swan, Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine Irin Carmon,  Personal Technology reporter The Washington PostTatum Hunter, and NBC News’ Meaghan Fitzgerald.

    50 Years Since Watergate and Washington is Back in Scandal

    50 Years Since Watergate and Washington is Back in Scandal

    Sam Stein is joined by Katie Benner, Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D – U.S. Virgin Islands), Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Secretary Jena Griswold (D) Colorado Secretary of State, Elizabeth Holtzman, Fmr. U.S. Congresswoman, Michael Conway, Counsel of U.S. House Judiciary Committee in the Impeachment Inquiry of President Nixon, Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Kyle Cheney, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter at Politico, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D- PA), Lexi Churchill, Research Reporter, ProPublica at Texas Tribune Investigative Unit, Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Fmr. Director for European Affairs at National Security Council, Robin Rue Simmons, Founder & Executive Director at FirstRepair, and Robert J. Patterson, Professor and Inaugural Chair at Department of African American Studies at Georgetown University.

    The Nation Reacts to January 6th Hearings

    The Nation Reacts to January 6th Hearings

    Michael Steele is joined by Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Joyce Vance, Professor at University of Alabama School of Law, Olivia Troye, Chief Political Strategist at Renew America Movement, Clint Watts, Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute & Alliance for Securing Democracy, Michael Cohen, Trump’s Fmr. Personal Attorney, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Jacqueline Alemany, Congressional Investigations Reporter at The Washington Post, Rep. David Cicilline, (D) Rhode Island, Michael McFaul, Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Lizz Winstead, Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Abortion Access Front, and W. Kamau Bell, Comedian.

    Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the January 6 Insurrection and more

    Michael Steele is in for Ali Velshi and reports the latest on the January 6 Insurrection and more

    Michael Steele is joined by Politico National Correspondent and MSNBC Contributor Betsy Woodruff Swan, MSNBC Legal Analyst and Fmr. U.S. Attorney for Michigan Barbara McQuade, Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH), Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Fmr. Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Pence Olivia Troye, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion and MSNBC Political Analyst Tim O’Brien, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D), Fmr. Rep. Joe Walsh (R- IL), Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D – U.S. Virgin Islands), and NBC News’ Antonia Hylton, Ellison Barber, and Stephanie Stanton

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy, Gun Control, and more

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy, Gun Control, and more

    Ali Velshi is joined by Editor of The Maddow Blog Steve Benen, Founder of Change The Ref Manuel Oliver, NBC News National Security Analyst and Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter for Politico Kyle Cheney, Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of California, President of the Independent Firearm Owners Association Richard Feldman, Congressional Reporter for The Guardian Hugo Lowell, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita at the Wilson Center Jane Harman, and NYT best selling author of “Nineteen Minutes” Jodi Picoult.

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy and more

    Ali Velshi reports the latest on the Fight for Democracy and more

    Ali Velshi is joined by NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Opinion Columnist with The Washington Post Radley Balko, Co-Director of ‘The Janes’ Tia Lessin, Co-Director of ‘The Janes’ Emma Pildes, Reporter Heidi Przybyla, Politico National Correspondent and MSNBC Contributor Betsy Woodruff Swan, Fmr. Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council Lt. Col. (Ret) Alexander Vindman, Attorney for the Sandy Hook Families Joshua Koskoff, and Contributing Editor for Wired Brendan Koerner