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Ali Velshi is joined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, House Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, St. Louis Mayor-elect Tishaura Jones, The New York Times justice reporter Katie Benner, criminal defense attorney Yodit Tewolde, Investopedia’s Caleb Silver, Sheelah Kolhatkar of The New Yorker, Errin Haines from the 19th*, and MSNBC’s Ali Arouzi & Hayes Brown.

Ali Velshi is joined by Georgia State Representative Erica Thomas, Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown, The 19th’s Errin Haines, the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, retired police captain Sonia Pruitt, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, Washington Post reporter Michael Scherer, former Citigroup executive Ray McGuire, MSNBC’s Richard Lui, and Dax Valdes from Hollaback bystander training.

Ali Velshi is joined by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Georgia State Representative Donna McLeod, Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Katie Benner and Carol Leonnig, Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins, former prosecutor Yodit Tewolde, reporter and self-proclaimed infrastructure geek Jeremy Hobson, and Dr. Irwin Redlener.

Ali Velshi is joined by Rev. Al Sharpton, Floyd family attorney L. Chris Stewart, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, American University Law Professor Jenny Roberts, and a special panel of Black leaders from Minneapolis who share their hopes and experiences leading up to the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd.

Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congresswoman Angie Craig, former NRA lobbyist Richard Feldman, Andrea Young of the Georgia ACLU, Professor Christina Greer and Professor Cristina Beltran, Professor Dorothy A. Brown, Dr. Ani Nalbandian, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, and award-winning journalist Caitlin Dickerson.

Ali Velshi is joined by Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy, former Principle Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon, New Georgia Project CEO Nse Ufot, former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne, Princeton Professor Imani Perry, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Carol Leonnig, former senior Capitol Hill aide Rina Shah, the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, Pro-Publica’s Dara Lind, Dr. Lipi Roy, and Hyattsville, Maryland police officer Edgar Andrickson-Franco.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were already planning to visit Atlanta as part of their ‘Help is here’ tour promoting the just-passed Covid-19 relief bill. But after eight people in the Atlanta area – most of them Asian American women – were gunned down amid a wave of anti-Asian violence around the country, Biden and Harris turned their attention to the AAPI community where help is needed. Ali Velshi covers this story and much more as he’s joined by Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congressman Andy Kim, figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen, Georgia State Senator Michelle Au, former U.S. Attorney and MSNBC contributor Joyce Vance, the Brookings Institution’s Molly Reynolds, Maria Hinojosa, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Katie Benner, and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia.

Ali Velshi takes us back to the dark days when the rollout of the first Covid-19 vaccine gave us hope. The improbable journey the country has taken since then has seen drastically lower infection and death rates, a failed insurrection in Washington, and finally a transfer of power. Ali takes on this story and the rest of the week’s big headlines with Dr. Angela Chen, who diagnosed New York City’s first Covid case, NBC’s Vicky Nguyen who has been following the outbreak of hate crimes against Asian Americans, Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes, Congresswoman Susan Wild, George Floyd’s cousin Tera Brown, former Attorney General for the Oglala Sioux Tatewin Means, the ACLU’s Meagan Burrows, Professor Carol Anderson and founding mother of The 19th, Errin Haines. 

Ali Velshi breaks down the historic American Rescue Plan, Republicans’ brazen new attacks on voting rights, the investigation that seems to be zeroing in on Donald Trump, and more. He’s joined by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), NIH Director Francis Collins, Austin Mayor Steve Adler, the New Yorker’s Sheela Kolhatkar, the Brennan Center’s Wendy Weiser, the New York Times’ Katie Benner, Brittney Cooper, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, George Floyd family attorney L. Chris Stewart, and Joyce Vance. 

Ali Velshi hosts a special hour on a year in the Covid crisis – including a frank and moving conversation with hospital workers who share what life has been like on the frontlines of the battle against the virus. Plus one of President Biden’s top Covid advisors, Andy Slavitt on where the fight is going. And Dr. Ala Stanford and Dr. Camara Jones. Plus, everything you need to know about getting your covid relief funds, and why the SHE-cession is so much worse for women of color.