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Ali Velshi checks in on the Senate’s marathon session to get President Biden’s $1.9 trillion covid relief bill passed and rounds up the latest developments on the Capitol riot investigation – including new ties to the White House. Plus, a breakdown of Republican efforts to restrict access to the ballot – and why your vote could be in danger, even if you don’t live in a state where Republicans are pushing these new restrictions. Ali Velshi is joined by Senator Debbie Stabenow, Senator Sherrod Brown, Congresswoman (and former impeachment manager) Madeleine Dean, retired police captain Sonia Pruitt, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Katie Benner, The Brennan Center’s Myrna Perez, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, Dr. Dona Murphey, Yamiche Alcindor, Joyce Vance, Alexis Collins, Molly Reynolds, and Katie Engelhardt.

Besieged by investigations and lawsuits but beloved by his cult-like following, Donald Trump shows his face in public again. Ali Velshi discusses Trump’s hold over the Republican Party with the ex-president’s niece, Mary Trump. Plus, a sobering look at some of the hundreds of voter suppression measures being pushed by Republicans – as the very party embracing the Big Lie that the last election was rigged sets out rig the next election. And your vaccine questions answered. Ali is joined by Mary Trump, Congressman Jim Clyburn, Senior White House Advisor Cedric Richmond, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza,  Errin Haines, Imara Jones, and Dr. Uche Blackstock.

As the twice-impeached former president gets ready to show his face for the first time since slinking out of office in January, and amid developments in a number of investigations into his conduct in and out of office, Ali Velshi talks with Trump’s former fixer and personal attorney Michael Cohen about what’s likely weighing on Trump privately and what we can expect to see in public this weekend. Ali is also joined by Congressman Jamaal Bowman and Senator Bob Casey to track the progress of the Covid relief bill. Plus Dr. Ala Stanford answers your vaccine questions. Ali Soufan, Helene Cooper, and Malcolm Nance break down the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia targets in Syria and the ongoing investigation into the deadly Capitol riot of January 6.  Heather McGhee explains why racism is costing Americans trillions of dollars. And Keisha N. Blain, co-editor of the new book 400 Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 joins Ali to discuss how the racial disparities we see today are legacies of slavery and colonialism.

Ali Velshi talks with activists and ordinary Birmingham residents about growing up and living their lives in a city steeped in the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. He’s also joined by Rev. Dr. Carolyn McKinstry, who survived the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Brittney Cooper, Errin Haines, Andre Perry, Jelani Cobb, Congressman Mondaire Jones and more. Plus former impeachment manager Del. Stacey Plaskett explains why she thinks new reporting from the New York Times and Washington Post shows that Donald Trump  “was in fact not only an instigator but a planner of the attack on January 6.”

As Texas Sen. Ted Cruz tries to untangle himself from the web of poor choices and lies that led him to flee to Cancun during a statewide emergency, then slink back home, blaming the episode on his young children, Ali Velshi checks in with local and state officials who stuck around Texas to help their fellow citizens: Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, and Mayors Michael Evans and Larry Wallace, Jr. Velshi is also joined by Congressman Bennie Thompson, who’s suing former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Dr. Ebony Hilton, Civil Rights veteran Galyn Vesey who participated in one of America’s first lunch counter sit-ins in Wichita, KS, and a panel of activists and ordinary folks from Birmingham, AL who reflect on Black history in their storied city and across the country and what it means to be Black in America today. 

Guest-host Mehdi Hasan tackles the morning after Donald J. Trump’s historic second acquittal for high crimes and misdemeanors. He is joined by Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Joyce Beatty (D-OH) as well as Professors Brittney Cooper, Christina Greer, and Carol Anderson, the Nation’s Elie Mystal and more.

New reporting shows Donald Trump’s election lies have cost American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars as the countdown to his second impeachment trial begins. Plus details on the unspoken toll of the Capitol insurrection. Congressmen James Clyburn and Mondaire Jones and Congresswoman Maxine Waters join Ali Velshi to talk about impeachment, the fight for Covid relief and more. And New York Times columnist Charles Blow and famed anti-racist scholar Ibram X. Kendi discuss their new books – a call to action for Black Americans to shore up political power, and a collection of groundbreaking essays by 90 contributors re-asserting the history of African America.

Democrats are poised to push through President Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, with or without Republican support – but who will actually receive those much-needed $1,400 checks? Biden says he’s willing to negotiate on the income cutoff for recipients, which could mean fewer people getting checks in this round of relief. Meanwhile, there are new arrests and charges in the January 6 Capitol insurrection as the clock ticks closer to the historic second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump. Ali Velshi discusses these stories and more with White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein, terrorism analyst Malcolm Nance, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah Jones, Washington Post reporter Eugene Scott, Dr. Camara Jones, Deborah Watts, Axios reporter Alexi McCammond, Atlantic staff writer Caitlin Dickerson, Dr. Andre Campbell, and Alexis Collins.

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