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MSNBC
MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi brings his sharp analysis and perspective to weekend mornings.
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Apr 23, 2023 • 1h 23min
PRIMARY POLITICS & EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS
Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Ali Vitali, NBC’s Courtney Kube, NBC’s Meagan Fitzgerald, Political Journalist Michael Shure, Professor and Director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University Danielle Allen, Executive Director at Texas Library Association Shirley Robinson, Governor of Washington Jay Inslee (D), Chairman & CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Howard Buffett, Professor at University of California at Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Law Professor and Historian at UC Davis Law School Mary Ziegler.

Apr 22, 2023 • 1h 22min
SCOTUS STAY & MORE
Velshi is joined by Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine Irin Carmon, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign William Browder, Technical Lead for XPRIZE WildfireJay Stalnacker, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive RightsNancy Northup, SeniorColumnist at The Boston Globe OpinionKimberly Atkins Stohr, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Mattei, Opinion Writer for The Washington PostJennifer Rubin, Senior Adviser at The Lincoln Project Stuart Stevens.

Apr 16, 2023 • 1h 28min
Time of Reckoning in the GOP
Sam Stein subs in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), actor John Leguizamo, Politico’s Kyle Cheney, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast, GOP Strategist Rina Shah, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, and Fatima Goss Graves of the National Women’s Law Center.

Apr 15, 2023 • 1h 23min
THE FIGHT FOR ABORTION ACCESS
Maria Teresa Kumar subs in for Ali Velshi and is joined by Professor at University of California at Irvine Law Michele Goodwin, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Fmr. FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissman, Visiting Professor of Political Science at NYU Shanghai Ray Suarez, Opinion Writer at The Washington Post Jennifer Rubin, Political Strategist Shermichael Singleton, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center Robin Marty, Fmr. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Carol Lam, and author of “You Sound Like A White Girl” Julissa Arce

Apr 9, 2023 • 1h 25min
Republican Overreach
Ali Velshi is joined by Catherine Christian, Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, Carol Lam, Former Superior Court Judge in San Diego County, April Ryan, White House Correspondent & Bureau Chief at The Grio, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Cynthia Alksne, Former Federal Prosecutor, John O. Brennan, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, and Julia Alvarez, Author of ‘How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents’.

Apr 9, 2023 • 1h 23min
Abortion Pill Ruling
Ali Velshi is joined by Former Sen. Doug Jones, (D) Alabama, Irin Carmon, Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights, David Cay Johnston, Professor & Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law, Michele Goodwin, Professor at University of California at Irvine Law, Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rev. Al Sharpton, Host of MSNBC’s Politics Nation, Jalal Abukhater, Palestinian Writer based in Jerusalem, and Dan Kaufman, National Best-selling Author at ‘The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics’.

Apr 2, 2023 • 1h 26min
How History Will Remember Trump
Ali Velshi is joined by Jonathan Allen, Senior National Politics Reporter at NBC News, Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Congresswoman – Judiciary Committee member who voted to impeach Nixon, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History NYU, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer The Atlantic, Hugo Lowell, Political Investigations Reporter The Guardian, Carol Lam, Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Peter Beinart, Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents, and Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian.

Apr 1, 2023 • 2h 7min
DONALD THE INDICTED
Ali Velshi is joined by Independent Journalist Michael Shure, former Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon Kim, former SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief Kristy Greenberg, Professor & Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law David Cay Johnston, NBC News’ Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News Emilie Ikeda, former U.S. Attorney in MichiganBarbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst Lisa Rubin, Executive Editor forNewYorker.com David Rohde, former Federal Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge J. Michael Luttig, Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University Joanne Freeman, Opinion Writer at The Washington PostJennifer Rubin

Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 51min
TRUMP VISITS WACO & MORE
Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Vaughn Hillyard, NBC’s Molly Hunter, former SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief Kristy Greenberg, Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Author of “Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right” Matthew Dallek, Professor of History at NYU Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Washington Correspondent at The New York Times Charlie Savage, former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, former FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair, Fmr. Governor of Ohio (R) John Kasich

Mar 26, 2023 • 1h 27min
TORNADO & TRUMP
Ali Velshi is joined by NBC’s Priscilla Thompson, former Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon Kim, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Carol Lam, Editor and Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion Bobby Ghosh, Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Dorothy Roberts, Founder & President of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation Diane Foley, former Homeland Security Advisor and Counterterror Advisor to VP Mike Pence Olivia Troye, Independent Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Proud Member of the #VelshiBannedBookClub Grace Linn