49 points. that was the narrowest margin of victory for three pennsylvania democratic state legislatures, who won their special elections this week. the other two won the races by 50 and 75 points. for months on this show, we have been covering the chaos that ensued when due to a series of unexpected issues, three seats won by democrats in the november elections were left vacant. pennsylvania republicans took that opportunity to in effect, steal their way to a majority in the state house. clearly ignoring the will of the people by pretending that they had a majority while those seats remained unfilled. but now that those special elections have been held and the winner settled, it seems like eight more drama free environment will be coming into effect because democrats will now control the commonwealth's legislature for the first time in a dozen years as we mentioned earlier. and it is coupled with the fact

that democrat josh shapiro when the governor's race in the midterms. democrats are now on track to get some big things accomplished. access to abortion will likely be safeguarded. a minimum wage hike is also any work. lgbtq pennsylvania's are likely to gain new protections and police reform, gun control measures, green energy measures, could be on the table. in short, as we'd like to say every time on this show, every election matters when the vote count. coming up on the second hour of ayman, breaking news, a third high altitude object has been found. this one in northern canada. plus, president biden goes on offense after a state of the union effect -- and republicans are running scared. undermining democracy. new conservative majority on the north carolina supreme court might overrule past decisions that protected voting rights. i am ayman mohyeldin, let's get started.

we begin this hour with our breaking coverage of a third unidentified object, shot down over north america and the last two weeks. canadian prime minister justin trudeau announcing that an object being tracked over canada's airspace who shot down earlier today by the united states. the decision was made in consultation with president biden. during a press conference that wrapped up a short time ago, canada's defense minister says that the object appears to be small and cylindrical. smaller than the surveillance balloon that was shot down over the coast of north carolina last week. this, as recovery operations are still underway following friday's takedown of, quote, another high altitude object that was flying over alaskan air space and alaskan waters. let's bring in my panel to break all of this down. -- a political strategist and host of the our mayers podcast.

-- a democratic pollster and msnbc political analyst. also with us -- the host of the -- show on sirius xm. he is also an msnbc daily columnist. great to have you all with us. i will start with you. the reaction to this third object being shot down. what is going on here? >> we actually don't know. my reaction is that we need to find out more information about this trend that seems to be continuing and continuing at a very rapid clip. we know that these high surveillance objects we have seen four of them, i believe, in the last five years. three of them were under the trump regime, but we are now seeing an increased clip of these objects. the information is slowly crippling out. and we still need to figure out why they are coming over our airspace. but we do know and what we will find is that we know the house passed a resolution condemning china for the balloon that was shot down over north carolina.

waters -- and so we know that in a very contentious house that is split, that is divided, and in a divided congress, the one thing that we can have unity on is condemning anyone who would try to monitor our airways or send surveillance over them. >> how concerned are you by this because i think the question that is on a lot of people's mind is is this more frequent because something has changed all of a sudden and this is the new posture of the american government about objects in our air? or are we responding to something because of the politics in our country has changed and people are taking these positions? >> well, i think there is reason for concern because whether or not there has been a history of this type of surveillance activity, whether close to our shores or directly over american airspace, what is

unprecedented is these types of shootdown activities, at least those that the american public are being made aware of and is being confirmed by the federal government -- i think there are two things that are needed, especially in light of three events in the last seven days. the first thing is, transparency. i think the time is coming soon where either president biden or the leaders of the national government on the military side need to address the american people in and give them a full briefing on what exactly is happening. because we are not accustomed to seeing these types of shoot downs, certainly, three and seven days. the second thing that i think is desperately needed is probably taking place as we are having this conversation. diplomacy. there needs to be a meeting of heads of state or diplomatic channels just to get to the bottom of what exactly is happening. the first shootdown was clearly involving chinese surveillance

equipment. there is suspicion that these last two might be as well. but that is not being confirmed. so, until we have more information, i think and i have that information expressed clearly to the american people -- and hopefully the diplomatic channels are trying to come to a consensus and make sure that this does not escalate into an even greater international incidents. that is why i think the concern is real. it is what i am hearing -- >> give me your thoughts. we don't know if these objects are at all connected. but do you think the shooting down of the last two objects is in part and overreaction because of how republicans reacted to the suspected chinese surveillance balloons? we could not escape this balloon for a week and we had all republicans banging on their chest that it should have been shot over alaska, montana, doesn't matter. should have been shot as soon as it entered american airspace. and now we suddenly shoot at everything that doesn't fly over american airspace? >> i think one thing we are

missing, it wasn't just three objects shot -- i think it is four objects shot down. joe biden sending a message -- you come into our airspace, we are shooting you down. don't take off right now. -- call home and do not fly through the airspace. everything will be shut down. and yet, let's be honest, this is an intersection of mass security and politics and the backlash against president biden, who himself wanted to shoot down a chinese spy balloon last wednesday, but the military said it was not a good idea. i think that is sort of, on some level, infusing this. and that is what we are seeing with this reaction. president biden detected all this in the sky. president trump missed three times. we know from jake sullivan, president biden security advisor -- we are better equipped now. we're monitoring the skies better. we are safer now with president

biden. anything in the sky, it's coming down. that is the biden edict right now. -- >> thank god it is not christmas or the holidays at this moment. guys, please stick around. we have a lot more to discuss after the break. i had president biden -- set a trap for republicans. i will explain that and more. but first, richard louis is with the headlines. >> hello. more on that breaking news story that you have been talking about. canadian officials holding a press conference that confirmed a u.s. f 22 successfully shot down that unidentified objects. the area over the uconn after u.s. and canadian -- are scrambled -- canada's defense minister comes to the camera saying that the object appears to be a small and cylindrical. small in -- shot down off the carolina coast last week from china. canadian prime minister justin trudeau, ordering a takedown -- the death toll from the earthquake in turkey and syria, that is passed 25,000 people as

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a trap for republicans and i fell into it. during the state of the union address, the president was booed and heckled after he accused some republicans of wanted to get major entitlement programs. wednesday, biden brought that battle on the road, bringing the receipts and naming names. >> they seem shocked when i raise the plants of some of their members and their caucus to cut social security. i remind you that rick scott from florida, the guy who ran the u.s. senate campaign, has a plan. i have his brochure right here. all federal legislation sunsets every five years. if a law is worth keeping,

congress can pass it again. social security medicare, medicaid -- >> senator scott is not alone. in a new memo, the white house blasted several republicans for their, quote, long record of -- one of those singled out by biden, utah senator mike lee. here is lee on tuesday, facing outrage over the presidents accusation that some republicans wanted to cut social security and medicare. it's like, wow, he shocked. but here is ali back in 2010. watch. >> it will be my objective to phase out social security. pull it up by the roots. >> pretty straightforward for me. lee it's not the only lawmaker with an apparent memory problem. in november -- currently the number two senate republican declared that social security and medicare benefits should be slashed. and back in 2015, most house

republicans including speaker mccarthy, steve kolisi and others on a host of other high-ranking officials, all voted to raise the retirement age to 70. that is a move that would cut social security benefits for tens of millions of seniors, who have paid into the system for years. biden's line of attack seems to have struck a nerve. this week mitch mcconnell made sure to distance his caucus from scott's proposal, telling a local radio show that was, quote, not a republican plan. that was the rick scott plan. ouch. but mcconnell and scott were not the only two republicans airing their grievances out in the open this week. in a battle of florida man versus florida man, donald trump shared a post on truth social, acute and governor -- grooming underage students during his time as, yes, i schoolteacher. as president biden continues his post state of the union victory lap, the gop continues

there in fighting, proving once again the republican party is in fact its own worst enemy. my saturday night panel is back with me. so, alaina, i will start with you this round. what did you make of president biden going on offense this week after the state of the union? could this and should this be the strategy for democrats going into 2024? >> yeah, i think it's fantastic. first of all, he was spectacular at the state of the union. as you mentioned, he pulled a real life political -- getting the republicans to basically stand up and show that they are going to keep social security and medicaid -- medicare, rather, off the table. who knows if they will actually stand by what they stood up for in that chamber. it was an informal announcement of his running for 2024. but it is an excellent launch into the hitting the road and touting his accomplishments and juxtaposing them against the

republicans, who have been on a crusade to undermine social security and medicare for quite a while now. i mean, it is this strategy of privatizing social security that helped to plummet george bush's numbers. you know that we have had the tea party -- it was all about austerity and cutting social security and cutting medicare. we know that paul ryan's budget was followed by cutting social security and medicare. and -- what i like about this is that joe biden is going to the field, saying look, look what we built. this is my economic vision. this is where we have built bridges, roads, you can come to the groundbreaking. and then, i will name names. we should call this tour, i know a senator. you have a senator who. that should be the name of this tour. he went to wyoming and he said, your senator wanted to backpedal and undercut social security. he went straight to florida to

the house, to the republican core, and said, this is what rick scott wants to do. we should call this, i know a senator who, you have a senator who, where are they standing on these issues. >> dean, i need to ask you, there is a moment this week when i thought someone hacked into donald trump's truth social account. because even after the state of the union event, the former president had praise for joe biden. he wrote on truth social that joe biden put into words what he felt and he ended the evening far stronger then he began! what do you make of this trump raise? >> look, trump, whatever he says is because he thinks it will help him. whatever it is, he thinks it will help him. can i just say this one thing? no one has commented on it. i used to get heckled. -- now, of course, i am americas preeminent --

before, that i was a canadian. and what i can say about joe biden and the way he handled the hecklers and marjorie taylor greene was a master class. it did not face him. he did not lose track. he turned the room against them while making a point to the american people. he is the protector of medicare and social security. and as we just heard, since the inception of both programs, republicans oppose them. -- and lbj with medicare -- and ronald reagan said medicare would make us lose our freedom. we would lose our freedom -- they have been trying to privatized or get it, as we know. i hope you know, i don't want to scare seniors. it is a lifeline, social security. they want to end it as we know it -- they will wait decades to achieve their goals. they will not stop. the police do not change, just our tactics. >> i was going to say, fun fact for our viewers, dean obeidallah is the world record

holder for the most times he has been heckled as a comedian. >> that is just you heckling me. >> [laughter] fernand, the big thing here is fresh on the heels of his feud with biden, you had senator rick scott foot at what he is calling the protect our seniors act, which is like the irony of all ironies. and in this press release, he claimed that he has been fighting since they won to protect and preserve programs like social security and medicare. and now it is unclear where his previous proposal fit into this plan. but we know what mitch mcconnell thinks of it. what do you think florida voters will make of the senators backtracking here? because mitch mcconnell is like, this is not a republican plan. this is a rick scott plan. >> well, it is certainly a problem. there is a reason cutting medicare and social security is considered the third rail of american politics. and what rick scott did is he

touched that rail and got branded. came out with handcuffs -- florida voters, once they get wind of this, this is an act of -- across the country -- as opposed to i have seen how unpopular any efforts to attempt to cut medicare or social security are -- i thought it was just genius by president biden to come out and make rick scott the face of this. you saw the immediate pushback. clearly, mitch mcconnell said no, no, no. do not brand republicans or senate republicans as being part of this. but it will just create more infighting. that is exactly what you want to see. i think alaina made a good point earlier. the strategy is, on the one hand, tell the accomplishments. the last two years, the first two years of biden's term have been amongst the most successful for a president in 60 years. if he can tell that tale and then draw that contrast by putting folks like rick scott,

mike lee, making them the face of that. and letting the republicans innocence negotiate for and against themselves by debating internally amongst the caucus, it is a chefs kiss scenario for biden and the democrats. and you will be seeing a lot more of it going into the yeah. >> panel, please stick around. we will come back to you later in the hour. i had, north carolina attorney -- joins me in the state supreme court's efforts to undermine our democracy. our democracy. ld see, everything that could be. go. baker tilly. ♪ ...i'm over 45. ♪ ♪ i realize i'm no spring chicken. ♪ ♪ i know what's right for me. ♪ ♪ i've got a plan to which i'm sticking. ♪ ♪ my doc wrote me the script. ♪ ♪ box came by mail. ♪ ♪ showed up on friday. ♪ ♪ i screened with cologuard and did it my way! ♪ cologuard is a one-of-a kind way to screen for colon cancer

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just a short time ago, nor ride the north american aerospace defense command released this statement saying in part with the coordination of the faa nor at implemented a temporarily flight restriction in montana to ensure the safety of air traffic in the area during the operations do restrictions have been lifted a short time ago norad detected a radar anomaly and send aircrafts to investigate. those aircraft did not identify any objects to correlate to the radar hits, norad we'll continue to monitor the situation. we will bring you any more updates as it warrants. north carolina's new republican controlled court is taking unprecedented move that could undermine our democracy. last week the court granted a request from republican lawmakers to re-hear two cases that had already been decided. one is a redistricting case that has since made its way to the supreme court.

moore versus harper a case we have discussed a lot on the show, north carolina republicans as the supreme court to intervene after two of their congressional maps were struck down by state courts because of partisan gerrymandering. at the center of these cases of fringe theory that we have talked about before, it's called the independents state legislator clause which republicans have used to argue that the constitution, gives state legislators the power to determine rules in federal elections. the other case centers on border i.d. requirements, in december you might remember the supreme court strikes down a voter identification law, ruling that republicans intentionally discriminated against black voters. since 1993 the north carolina supreme court has only re-heard two cases, and now, in the short time since the quart switch from majority democratic to majority republican, two more cases will be re-heard. as judge anita earls and

michael morgan right in there dissenting opinion, it took this court just one month to send a smoke signal to the public that our decisions are fleeting and our precedent is only as entering as the terms of the justices who sit on the bench. joining me now to discuss this and much more's north carolina attorney general josh stein. mister attorney general, thank you so much for your time. i think it is safe to say all eyes will be on north carolina, these are two critical cases. talk to me a little bit about that. the impact of these decisions, what they could mean for the people of north carolina before the rest of us across the country as the u.s. supreme court prepares a ruling on moore versus harper. >> amen, pleasure to be with, you you flashed a picture of the screen court building which has equal justice under law that's because the justice is supposed to be impartial.

the concern about what the north carolina supreme court did is just as you noted, that in one day they issued an order to re-hear two cases which they had only done twice in the previous 30 years. and whatever cases get re-heard by an appellate court, it's always almost because of two things, either there was a change in the facts or there had been a change in the law that really implicated the reasoning, the rationale of the original decision. these decisions were just rendered by the north carolina supreme court two months ago, and nothing has changed other than the partisan calm position, we went for majority democrat, to majority republican after the last election. frankly, this is troubling. >> let me ask about what happened on thursday as well, sir, the state supreme court they held a hearing on whether people should have the right to vote while on probation or parole. last year a supreme court in white county as i understand restoring the voting rights in

what was a landmark ruling, now with this new republican majority on the bench, we could see the ruling back of those rights again. am i understanding that correctly? what are your thoughts on how this is unfolding? >> my philosophy is very simple, if you're an american citizen, make voting as easy and safe and secure as possible. we should not be putting up barriers to people's participation. and as a matter of policy in this case i believe that if you are in the community living your own probation parole and our citizen should be able to vote. that is the question at the north carolina supreme court has to determine. >> as attorney general what steps can and should you be taking, or your office be taking, to protect voting rights in north carolina as they increasingly come under attack? >> yes, this is not news unfortunately this has been going on for years. of course, we have a long jim

crow history of attacks on him on voting rights, but a few days ago republicans pass a monster anti voting law, the force circuit struck that law bouncing it targeted african americans with quote almost surgical precision. the previous governor patch macquarie petitioned the supreme court to reinstate that law, as the north carolina tierney general i withdrew that petition successfully because i believe the state should be about protecting people's right to vote, not restricting it. i believe fundamentally that we all have a right to vote and to vote in fair districts, that is why partisan gerrymandering is so dangerous. i -- arguing that partisan gerrymandering by that's our state constitution right to free election, free speech, free association and equal protection in a quote -- the court agreed with that struck down the map that they had enacted and ordered them to

drop new ones. they worked. you know how i know they were? this is because our congregational delegation at the center of washington was seven democrats and seven republicans. we are the most 50/50 state in the entire country. the republicans wanted to have a delegation that was ten republicans, for democrats or 11 republicans and three democrats. that's just not the way it supposed to be. >> let me get your thoughts on state politics for a moment. we know the republicans still hold the north carolina, they still have a stronghold on north carolina politics even though democrats won the governor's race. political pointed out it didn't turn out to be, i think with some had hope for the north carolina would become a toss-up state after president obama won it in 2008. what do you think the strategy should be for your state to increase for democrats chances in making north carolina a purple state it's not a toss-up

state? >> i totally disagree with your thesis, we are an absolute toss-up state. only one time in the last four presidential election has a candidate crossed the 50% threshold that was romney in 2012, with 50.4%. trump never crossed 50% and obama didn't win he won in 2008. no other state has had that mirror of a margin, in 2020 president biden lost north carolina by just over one point. it was the state he lost most narrowly. so we are absolutely in play for the presidential race in 2024. as it relates to state races, i want two times and 16, even though trump won two times, even our governor, democrats have proven they can win in south carolina and we are in play in the presidential in 24. >> that is why we invite you on the show so you can correct or

incorrect assessments when we make them, i appreciate that. let me ask you if i can to, mr. stein, about your run for governor in 2024. what would you hope to achieve in your space should you win, how would you carry on the legacy of the current democratic governors you've mentioned. >> for me, governing is pretty simple. it's about having an economy that works for everybody, that's built from the middle out not serving those who are in the well to do category, make sure economic opportunities are broadly distributed across the state including small towns, north carolina, having strong public schools where our kids learn so that when they are ready to go to college or start their career, they can succeed, having a health care system where everybody can get it no matter where they live or how much money they earn. neighborhoods that are safe so kids can go play outside after school and parents don't have to worry, retirement with security, it's basic, these are

things that the state of north carolina can do to help the people of north carolina. i've proven as attorney general that i am a fighter and i fought for them to take on big pharma, to tackle them -- to go after polluters alluding drinking water, those are the fights that i have taken and that will continue to fight. >> attorney general josh stein, thank you so much, i appreciate your time, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> ahead hunter biden goes offense and calls out republicans bad faith effort. bad faith effort

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confirmed that trump is expected to fight the subpoena that special counsel jack smith has issued to mike pence. but, before we expand on that hunter biden is going on offense. this week an attorney for the presidents stun send letters to steve bannon, and -- broad range of documents for the future litigation. it comes on the heels of another aggressive move by hunter biden attempting to a good nor -- the committee investigating him quote lacks a legitimate legislative purpose and oversight basis for requesting such things out of a private citizen. if that reasoning sounds familiar it should, it is the exact same rachel that many trump allies use in refusing to comply with the january six carries. back with me is my saturday night panel, dean i'll start with you is the best defense a good offense? people know you as a comedian but you are a lawyer, you certainly play one on tv for a little bit.

should this strategy of parts and noncooperation be part of the course of washington or is hunter buy in on fight -- it's hunter biden on fire now? >> -- they were involved in a coup attempt to overturn the governments, some of them, not all of them. hunter biden is never -- he's a private citizen. i do like that his lawyer sent this letter out to 14 people saying preserve your records were coming for you. i have to be honest i read that letter it's more of a press release, there's nor to qvc -- it's great to be on the offensive. i think it's a good move by hunter biden. >> alaina beverly, do you think they're overplaying their hand here are the hunter biden front? >> absolutely, they've been talking about taking out the biden family for a long time. i mean as soon as they won the midterms and achieve the

majority in the house comer was saying that oversight was going to be looking into biden and his family. unless it's going to be members of the cabinet that it will be president biden himself. i think they're overplaying their hand, as mentioned, hunter biden is a private citizen and i think it was great to go on the offensive and say preserved owes documents, if there is a legitimate investigation if there is litigation these documents will be useful. until that happens don't give anything up that's pivot to mike pence for a moment, he's been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating trump's effort to nullify the 2020 election, but now nbc news reports that trump is planning to fight that subpoena, what is your reaction to that, what is your opinion that trump is fighting the subpoena not mike pence? >> mike pence, a lot of respect, the gift that keeps on giving in the democrats. how he handled the january six events and then having his own

classified documents snafu. the problem here fundamentally is that this is the republican playbook if there is a democratic president, it is to try to trump up, part the fund, some mock scandals and this case it is hunter biden. four years ago during the obama presidency, it would've benghazi nothing burger during bill clinton it was the whitewater case and later the lewinsky situation, which was -- on behalf of any of the presidencies, so i think whether it is mike pence taking on the subpoena, trump ignoring subpoenas the real problem will come if and when the indictment start to come down for the big fish front-runner six. i think to the extent that republicans will try to use this period while the control the maturity to muddy the waters, create false equivalency's, let's be clear there is no equivalency between anything that hunter biden did

and what the perpetrators of an attempt to overthrow the government led by former president trump and the folks around him to, not at all the same thing. >> dean we have 30 seconds left but what do you make of jack smith's opinion mike pence, pretty out the gate he has only been on the job for three months? >> look, i feel like we're watching charlie brown and lucy holding the football and saying hey i'm not going to kick it, i'm not gonna let your hopes up so this could lead to indictment, i wish it was in two years, merrick garland is still awake long past time to indict donald trump, america demands accountability for a guy who -- initiated a coup. wake up. >> dean obeidallah, you made it under seconds, that is pretty impressive. alaina beverly and fernand amandi, thanks to you and thank you for joining us. we're changing gears and bring you the very latest on a deadly earthquake in turkey and syria. don't go anywhere.

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workers from around the globe are flocking to help turkey after the devastating earthquake that hit almost a week ago, but, in war torn syria which was also hit, the story is very different, it has been a brutal civil war since 2014 which has complicated rescue efforts from nations, and for reports that they saw quote no international cruise of rescuers know trucks loaded with machinery or aid, no streams of ambulances to save the wounded the border crossing into syria was empty and silent, rescue and recovery efforts have been left to the civil defense known as the white helmets which is a group of volunteers trying to save their friends, their families and more nation after this disaster who has been carrying out this action since the start of the

war. they rescued two young girls from the rubble. with little aid from the outside, hope in the region of dwindling fast, that remains a challenge. earlier today i spoke with a member of the white helmets about his work on the ground. thank you very much for joining us. you're there on the grounds, talk to me about what it's like, what is the situation right now on the ground in syria where you are? >> after six days of carrying out certain rescue operations we reached a point where we cannot -- there are no survivors now our next stage is recovering bodies. this happened because after six

days, in the first day at the beginning, [inaudible] in other parties bigger than us who had the capacity to handle this disaster but no one responded until today and after 70 hours of carrying out certain rescue operations we lost hope of getting people a live in the rubble. >> it has been as you said almost six days, what are your biggest concerns at this point. i know you don't sound very optimistic but do you believe

there still might be survivors under the rubble as you get some international assistance? >> after more than sick days and more than 120 hours we lost hope and we had a miracle before deep inside we feel like there is something maybe that we will get people alive from the rubble. but, the reality is that it has been a lot of time, a week, almost a week and those stuck under the rubble, it's difficult and --

it's difficult to get people under the rubble after all this time. even if we got the assistance today or tomorrow -- >> there may be people who are not familiar with the situation, broadly speaking, about syria. how has the civil war, in syria, impacted and complicated your recovery efforts? >> he has, it's complicated for those who don't know the context of syria. north of syria it's an area that host most of the people who were displaced from other parts of syria since 2014 up to allow. they were in many cities in part of syria and all of them now are living in the north of syria after the botting bombings and explosions in the city and villages.

[inaudible] they bombed syria over the past years, destroyed infrastructures, hospitals and made us targets for its forces. then they came and [inaudible] which made this catastrophe as we mentioned before. they operate in the north of syria. we appealed for help, no one responded, and now we are losing many, many lies. we lost hope and lives. lives we could have safe if

they afforded us help 48 hours after the earthquake. >> let me ask you if i can, finally, as you look forward to the next phase of this operation, not so much a rescue boat perhaps a recovery operation. what do you need from the international community. what can other nations and people watching do to help the people of syria at this moment? >> in this moment, as we speak, this weekend weeks after, people who have lost their houses need assistance, but we need from the international community to send the convoys, the help for those who are affected, send medical supplies. not to let people die from

their injuries. what we need is equipment that can help us to remove the gravel and somehow to enable us to help our community to recover from the impact of the earthquake. so people can resume to their lives and they can get back to normalcy in their lives. >> ismail alabdullah live for us in syria, ismail, thank you so much we appreciate your time, my best to you in all of your colleagues still working to rescue and recover people in syria. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you for making time for us, we are off tomorrow night but next week make sure to catch ayman back on msnbc saturday at 8 am sunday at nine followers on tiktok and instagram at ayman msnbc, a

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