ali velshi, my knight in shining armor.ve got the squirrels under control, rachel, which is good and i'm just glad we were able to get you back. have yourself a happy belated birthday, maybe get a little celebration in this weekend because it's going to be another busy week next week. >> thank you, my friend. and thank you, thank you, thank you for rescuing me, i really appreciate it. >> always my pleasure, friend. have a good weekend. thank you, rachel. >> thanks. >>> and thank you, to you at home. today the defenders of the united states capitol were attacked again. just 86 days after a pro-trump mob invaded the capitol in an attempt to stop congress from fulfilling its democratic

joining us now to take a closer look at this, msnbc anchor ali velshi, host of "velshi," which airs saturdaylet in more people in order to keep the economy growing? >> so when you think about growth, economic growth, it's a function of how many people you have and how productive those people are. and as you just pointed out in the united states, we've got a negative replacement rate. here's why it is. we've had a declining fertility rate in the united states. that is typical of modern countries, right? as people work more, you have fewer children, you don't have children to sort of help out on the farm and things like that, and if you look at the u.s. birthrate since 1960, you can see, it continues to drop. how do you make up for this? you make fuper it with immigrants. the congressional budget office has said, despite the fact we're creating more jobs right now, by 2024, we're going to get back to where we were before the pandemic. about 3.5, 3.6% unemployment. economically speaking, that's full employment. that means you don't have enough people to do the work that's available. we have thi

shaq, thank you. >>> let me go over to ali velshi. ali, you were on the ground during the protests right after the death of george floyd. what are you seeing now? do you see them preparing in ways that show they may have learned something from what happened last summer? >> yes, both police and protesters are doing that. give you an example of national guard posted on the downtown corner at fifth street near nicollette mall. this is usually a busy downtown area. it's been less busy because of the coronavirus. but you can see the boarding up of places. there are no police on leave now. everybody is called in. when you see police going down the street, you usually see them in 2w0 cars with a national guard officer. where you see protesters on the street, you're not seeing police interaction with them. where there's interaction with the courthouse, for instance, or brooklyn center, about ten miles north of here where daunte wright was shot, there are two lines of fencing in front of the police station. so there's no interaction between po

>>> good morning, i am ali velshi, it is day 96 of the president biden administration. on his 99th day in office, he's doing to deliver his first address to a joint session of congress. won't be the entire congress because of pandemic. only select members are invited and they are not allowed to bring any guests. it remains unknown who and how many lawmakers will attend. the efforts to vaccinate americans against covid-19 are expected to be front and center in biden's remark. >>> your first look at a brand new exclusive news poll shows how americans feel of the current state of the pandemic and how biden handled that crisis and others during his presidency. biden's approval rating at 53% with just 39%. that's better than the failing president but slightly lower than president obama. biden's $1.9 trillion rescue plan was a good idea. 46% verses 25% who say it was a bad idea. this is a time when americans were fearful of the pandemic's future. 55% of americans thought the worse was still to come which is 25% feeling the worst is in the past. now, 61% of americans feel the

i'm ali velshi. new georgia law aimed at making it hard for some citizens to vote. a law critics argue is racist, aimed squarely at minority voters and designed to make sure democrats can't win stateside contests again. in response the mlb announced it's moving the 2021 all-star game and 2021 draft out of atlanta to a still yet to be determined location. the announcement comes two days after president biden weighed in on the draconian new law and suggested he would support a boycott over it. >> it's just not right. this is jim crow on steroids

i'm ali velshi. we have a lot of news, including the latest on biden's major infrastructure bill, the nation's most anti-trans legislation, and exactly what the testimony means for the prosecution and the defense in the trial of derek chauvin. >> mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen. this caused damage to his brain that we see. and it also caused a p.e.a. arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop. >> the racial justice movement that the killing of george floyd ignited, the largest in american history, has taken place entirely during the deadly covid-19 pandemic. that's a situation which is far from over and is now seemingly a race between vaccinations on one side and variant-fueled surges along with a pandemic fatigued public on the other. there's good news and bad news as it relates to the ongoing battle against the mutating coronavirus. so let's start with the good news. right now 20.5% of the american public is fully vaccinated. 34.5 have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. now

i'm ali velshi. we have a big plate of news this morning. the latest on president biden's goal to get gun violence under control, a live look from guatemala as to why so many migrants are trying to get to the united states, something really cool nasa is doing on mars today, and the nation's most anti-transgender legislation, which is set to go into effect against the wishes of one state's republican governor. we're learning new details regarding the january 6th insurrection. according to a previously undisclosed document prepared by the pentagon for internal use, that was obtained by the associated press and vetted by current and former government officials, as the insurrectionists former president failed to do anything about the attack on the capitol. in fact, cheered it on in social media. former vice president pence was hiding in a secure room from those who wanted to hang him. urgently and desperately demanded the acting defense secretary, acting because the country didn't have a confirmed one at the time, to, quote, clear the capitol. n

good morning, i'm ali velshi. sunday, april 25th. biden's 96th day in office. symbolic 100th day in georgia with a main event drive-in rally to tout the administration's accomplishments. at the top of the next hour, we'll get a fresh new look at just how americans feel about biden and the job he's done on everything from the covid-19 pandemic to the situation at the southern border to his infrastructure plan. in a brand-new exclusive nbc news poll. georgia has got a lot of meaning for biden. he won with the democrats in the senate to the utter disbelief of the delusional former president and select sycophantic republicans. also promoted $1.9 trillion american rescue plan but that trip changed drastically following the deadly mass shootings at three atlanta area spas. six of the eight people killed were asian american women and the focus shifted to the spike in asian american hate since the start of the pandemic. biden's 100 day in office comes amid the aftermath of former police officer derek chauvin being found guilty in a court of law of murdering george floy

ali velshi, who has covered so many of the aftereffects of the death of george floyd, so many late, hot summer nights, ali was on the air with us from city streets around this country. he is outside the hennepin county courthouse. ali, how are you? >> reporter: good, brian. let me give you a sense of it. you saw a little bit of this with shaq, we're not too far from each other but we've got a lot of media around here and a crowd of several hundred and constantly streaming in. coming in as shaq said, there's a vendor there. there are all sorts of people. everybody's got their phones out. there are different ways in which people are processing this and i just met this gentleman here. sean garrison, who has started painting this. this caught my eye a few minutes ago. he's standing on here and i didn't really understand what this was, and i said to sean, what is this? he said, it's what is happening here. and whatever feeling is happening here, he's going to capture here, and it's 300 different people are feeling something different, they might see something different. i don't mean to inter

i'm ali velshi. we begin with breaking news. following a new safety review, the fda and the cdc lifted the recommended pause on theuse of the johnson & johnson vaccine. a week and a half ago the agencies halted the use of the johnson & johnson vaccine after six women developed a rare blood clotting, however these cases are extremely rare occurrences, an independent advisory committee says the vaccine is safe and the benefits far outweigh the risks. when the news about ending the vaccine pause broke, dr. anthony fauci was being interviewed for a special edition of "american voices" airing tomorrow on msnbc. here's how fauci reacted. >> the risk of this is extremely low. very, very low risk of this adverse event. and the fact that the cdc and the fda originally paused this should underscore to everyone that we take safety very, very seriously. so when a vaccine is let out again to be able to be vaccinating people in this country, you can rest assured that that's a safe and efficacious vaccine. >> you c

i'm ali velshi. a blockbuster move by major league baseball during its opening week in protest of a new georgia law aimed at making it hard for some citizens to vote. a law critics argue is racist, aimed squarely at minority voters and designed to make sure democrats can't win stateside contests again. in response the mlb announced it's moving the 2021 all-star game and 2021 draft out of atlanta to a still yet to be determined location. the announcement comes two days after president biden weighed in on the draconian new law and suggested he would support a boycott over it. >> it's just not right. this is jim crow on steroids what they're doing in georgia and 40 other states. what is this all about? imagine passing a law saying you cannot provide water or food for someone standing in line to vote? can't do that? come on. or you're going to close a polling place at 5:00 when working people just get off? this is all about keeping working folks and ordinary folks that i grew up with from being able to v

ali velshi and my dear partner and friend in minneapolis, ali, i hope you're staying safe where you are me what it's like on the ground, peaceful protests. >> yes, let me start close to where i am. this is the court behind me and move out. whether it's here or brooklyn center, minneapolis where daunte wright wright was shot, ten miles north of here, you will see police and national guard are behind two lines of fences, not one, two. there's no interaction between police and national guard people and citizens generally speaking. around the city i have been noticing police patrols. they're moving in two cars together and tend to have a national guard car with them. police are not looking for international with the public here or brooklyn center. the protests last night went on for a few hours but they were marshalled by their own people. in other words, no interaction with the protesters, marshals kept them off the sidewalk in case there was damage to report, if they got too far, marshals would push them back, if a car tried to stop, they would stop the car without confrontation. but no i

. >>> i want to go to ali velshi who's been outside the courthouse all day. just before the verdict was read, he spoke to a local artist. here's what he had to say. >> i hope that this thing works out the way it should. we all saw it. you know, we looked into the eyes of, you know, the killer, which has never happened ever in the history of these shootings of black men. that never happened. i challenge people to let me know if that is the case. so, i think people took that with them, which is why we had this ground swell of support for the past year, but again here we are. >> my colleague ali velshi is back with that artist again tonight, and they join me now. ali. >> he said it's either going to be heaven or hell. he was capturing, in his mind, the mood of what is going on in the streets. shawn is with me now. shawn, what is it now? you said a couple hours ago it was heaven or hell. >> this is -- it's like walking on air right now. you know, as close to heaven as we're going to get without leaving earth. that's what it is. i was -- initially i wasn't as opti

ali velshi, my knight in shining armor. good evening. >> we've got the squirrels under control, rachel, which is good and glad we were able to get you back. have yourself a happy belated birk, maybe get a little celebration in this weekend because it's going to be another busy week next week. >> thank you, my friend. and thank you, thank you, thank you for rescuing me, i really appreciate it. >> always my pleasure, friend. have a good weekend. thank you, rachele. >> thanks. >>> and thank you, to you at home, today the defenders of the united states capitol were attacked again. just 86 days after a pro-trump mob invaded the capitol in an attempt to stop congress from fulfilling its democratic duties. today's attack was much smaller. but it was as tragic. because the united states lost a martyr for our democracy in this new attack. that's how house speaker nancy pelosi described the police officer welcome billy evans who died heroically protecting the capitol, a martyr for her democracy. officer evans died of his injuries aft

>>> good morning, i'm ali velshi. it's sunday, april 18th, and we are just 26 hours away from closing arguments in the trial of derek chauvin. george floyd's death ignited the largest racial equality movement in decades, one that's only intensified over the last month during which we have seen several other high-profile police-involved shootings of black people. as "the new york times" highlights, since testimony began in the derek chauvin trial on march 29th, at least 64 people have died at the hands of law enforcement nationwide with black and latino people representing more than half of the dead. as of saturday, the average was more than three killings a day. that includes the death of daunte wright just ten miles north of where george floyd died in the town of brooklyn center. he was shot and killed by 26-year police veteran kim potter who says she mistook her handgun for a taser. the now former officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. despite a curfew instituted for 11:00 p.m., there was another

. >> our ali velshi has the latest from wright's memorial in minneapolis. good morning. >> reporter: this has been a tumultuous week. the funeral for daunte wright was held in minneapolis. this is brooklyn center where he died he was pulled over a couple of blocks behind herer he had been shot by kim potter, police training officer, who claims that she was intending to hit him with her taser but instead shot him and he died so this is a make shift memorial, but the funeral was attended by a lot of people, including a lot of prominent people reverend al sharpton attended the eulogy the family of george floyd was there. there were a number of elected officials who attended the funeral. on tuesday they felt some degree of relief with the conviction of derek chauvin but there was grief about george floyd's death and many others that occurred before this. this brought that grief into sharp relief it reminded people while there was some degree of accountability on tuesday, there was still a lot of work to be done people continue to gather around the makeshift mem

. ♪ ♪>>> good evening once again, i am ali velshi in for brian williams. 78 of the biden administration. brand-new revelations about the investigation into republican congressman matt gaetz of florida, who remains under scrutiny for possible sex trafficking and an alleged relationship with a 17-year-old girl. a law enforcement official and another person familiar with the matter tells nbc news the feds are looking into the congressman's visit to the bahammas with women and if they were paid to travel for sex. the source says investigators are looking into whether gaetz and one of his associates used the internet to search for women they could pay for sex. gaetz denied ever paying for sex or ever having a relationship with a 17-year-old while an adult. and a gaetz' spokesman told cbs news which first broke tonight's development that the story turned into a general fishing exercise about vacations and consensual relationships with adults. the congressman has been a rabid supporter of donald trump and never failing to back him in public. >> donald trump, like

ali velshi in for brian williams. day 77 of the biden administration and there is breaking news about matt gaetz, the florida congressman now under federal investigation for possible sex trafficking. tonight the "new york times" reveals gaetz was looking to get a blanket pardon from former president trump. in the final weeks of mr. trump's term he privately asked the white house for blanket preselfive pardons for himself and unoffspeeded allies for any crimes he may have committed. mr. gaetz did not tell white house aides he was under investigation for potential sex terrificing violations when he made the request. aides told mr. trump of the request, though it is unclear whether there gaetz discussed the matter directly with the president and that gaetz has denied having sex with a 17 or paying for sex and that he did not privately request a pardon in connection with the justice department inquiry but he did make this curious suggestion. >> president trump should pardon michael flynn, the thanksgiving turkey. pardon e

. >>> good evening once again, i'm ali velshi in for brian williams on this, day 79 of the biden administrationevel of legal jeopardy. he's under federal investigation for potential sex trafficking, possibly involving a minor, and that case grew out of a broader probe involving a close associate and ally, a man named joel greenberg who's facing an array of federal charges himself, also including sex trafficking. it appears

mayor keisha lance bottoms was on with ali velshi yesterday about what could be done. >> it's too lateture to go back and reconsider this. the governor certainly can call a special session, have them reconsider this, make tweaks to it so it is truly a bill that expands access to right to vote. i think this is the first of many domino effect. we are all going to suffer because of it. >> cliff, is that even within the realm of possibility after kemp doubled down yesterday that they go back in special session? if not, what are you and other activists doing in other states where these measures are being proposed? >> yeah. whether it happens in special session or whether it happens in just their next regular session, either way the demands is the same to repeal the bill. there's never been a law passed, we just passed a major piece of legislation regarding citizens death. it can be repealed one way or another. we've already taken the fight to other states like texas. we're in a great coalition there with organizations like texas organizing projects and others that are about to have a full w

i'm ali velshi. we have the wave of investigations facing a certain failed former president.begin with the deadly attack at the capitol. authorities identified the capitol police officer who died in the line of duty as officer william "billy" evans, an 18-year vet van of the capitol police. the suspect identified as a 25-year-old man from indiana who recently lived in virginia. he was shot while lunging at officers with a knife after ramming his car into a capitol check point barricade and the two officers. the suspect was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. the motive is under investigation. this comes at a continued tough time from the capitol police force, less than three months since the insurrection. officer brian sicknick died at the hands of trump sympathizing domestic terrorists and sadly two other office ofs died by suicide in following weeks and now two more officers are suing the former president for inciting the insurrection attack, adding in court docks the former president is responsible because trump inflamed, encouraged, directed and aided and abetted the insu

"the rachel maddow show" starts right now with ali velshi in for rachel. ning, ali. >> chris, good to see you, have yourself a great weekend, and thanks to you at home for joining us at this hour. rachel has the night off but she will be back on monday. >>> it's friday, we made it to the end of a brutal week. in the last hour, police in indianapolis have released the names of eight people shot and killed at a fedex facility there last night. here they. 23-year-old matt. 19-y

. ♪ ♪>>> good evening once again, i am ali velshi in for brian williams.ns about the investigation into republican congressman matt gaetz of florida, who remains under scrutiny for possible sex trafficking and an alleged relationship with a 17-year-old girl. a law enforcement official and another person familiar with the matter tells nbc news the feds are looking into the congressman's visit to the bahammas with women and if they were paid to travel for

i'm ali velshi. we begin bearing witness. multiple police killings caught on camera. its conclusion, now the waiting begins. a verdict could welcome within the next week, meaning this time next week after a trial which has exemplified the baring of witness, america could be a very didn't place. or perhaps not. about ten miles north of minneapolis, brooklyn center, another night of unrest as demonstrators took to the streets outside of the police station for the sixth straight night following the police killing of daunte wright, a 20-year-old black man, where the officer, a 26-year veteran on the force, says she mistook her handgun for a taser before fatally shooting wright. the former officer, kim potter, has been charged with second degree manslaughter. daunte wright's death has been classified a as homicide. wright tried to get back in his car as potter shouts taser. then they shoots right with her handgun and can later be heard saying holy expletive, i just shot him. the situation last night was mostly peaceful

"the rachel maddow show" starts right now with ali velshi in for rachel. good evening, ali. >> chris, good to see you, have yourself a great weekend, and thanks to you at home for joining us at this hour. rachel has the night off but she will be back on monday. >>> it's friday, we made it to the end of a brutal week. in the last hour, police in indianapolis have released the names of eight people shot and killed at a fedex facility there last night. here they. 23-year-old matt. 19-year-old samaria blackwell. 66-year-old amarjeet johal. 64-year-old jasvinder kaur. 68-year-old jaswinder singh. 48-year-old amarjit skhon. 19-year-old karlie smith. and 74-year-old john weisert. again, these are the eight people shot and killed last night at a fedex facility in indianapolis. today police identified the suspected gunman, 19-year-old brandon scott hole. he apparently used to work at the fedex facility but has not worked there since last year. police say they do not have any information about the suspect's motives but he did have previous contact with law enforcemen

. >>> good evening, i'm ali velshi in for brian williams, day 76 of the biden administration, followingmic and the president's infrastructure plan. but first more critical testimony in the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. jurors heard from the emergency doctor who tried to save floyd's life and from police chief arradondo. asked at what point should the restraint against floyd had

i ask because, as you discussed with my colleague, ali velshi, this weekend, police killings of black residents, according to a report by st. louis based reform group arch city defenders, with this in mind, do you think black people just don't feel welcome in st. louis? >> i think that's part of it. i think that they are moving -- why does anybody else move? because of opportunity. they're looking for better jobs, better education for their children. our school district, while it is accredited, is experiencing some challenges right now. 88.5% of children in public schools qualify for free or reduced lunch. we have high levels of poverty. and so, you know, why does anybody leave? for greener pastures. we want people to move back to st. louis city. >> some viewers would be surprised to hear this, but i worked right there in ferguson, as you know, and in st. louis on certain issues and certain cases. but st. louis has two police unions, a black police union and a white police union. now you're calling for a truth and reconciliation commission in your city to tackle inequalities, along wi

just this morning atlanta major keisha lance bottoms telling our own ali velshi that republicans can turn around this legislation. >> it's not too late for the legislature to go back and reconsider this. they are out of session. but the governor certainly can call a special session, have them reconsider this, make tweaks to it so that it is truly a bill that expands access to the right to vote. i think this is just the first of many dominos that will fall in this state and we will all suffer because of it. >> reporter: alex, you hear there keisha lance bottoms saying that the state will likely suffer from some of the financial consequences and then of course the electoral consequence if people don't have access to the ballot. >> right now we see brian kemp taking questions. >> voter i.d. requirement in georgia which you can get a free one if you don't have one. we have been doing that since the mid-2000s. for in-person early voting where prior to this election 97% of the people, 95% of the people voted that way. instead of using an arbitrary signature match problematic, took forever

ali velshi in for brian williams.there is breaking news about matt gaetz, the florida congressman now under federal investigation for possible sex trafficking. tonight the "new york times" reveals gaetz was looking to get a blanket pardon from former president trump. in the final weeks of mr. trump's term he privately asked the white house for blanket preselfive pardons for himself

. >>> good evening, i'm ali velshi in for brian williams, day 76 of the biden administration, following several important developments on the pandemic and the president's infrastructure plan. but first more critical testimony in the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. jurors heard from the emergency doctor who tried to save floyd's life and from police chief arradondo. asked at what point should the restraint against floyd had ended. >> once mr. floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalalize that. that should have stopped. there's an initial reasonableness in trying to just get him under control in first few seconds, but once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when mr. floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that -- that in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy, it is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. >> we're going to have much more

i'm ali velshi in for brian williams.ation, and tonight we are following several important developments on the pandemic and the president's infrastructure plan. but first, more critical testimony today in the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. jurors heard from the emergency doctor who tried to save floyd's life and from police chief arradondo. the prosecution asked him at what point should the restraint against floyd have ended. >> once mr. floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to . there is an initial reasonableness in trying to just get him under control in the first few seconds, but once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when mr. floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless, to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back. that in no way, shape or

ali velshi is in brooklyn center at the site where daunte wright died ali. >> shep, what a difference a couple days makes in minneapolis. two nights after the verdict, the funeral for daunte wright, who died here. he was shot a couple blocks up, and he drove his car this far and died here. you can see this makeshift set-up for him over here a lot of air fresheners hanging out here because that was one of the things the police caught him for, because you're not allowed to have an air freshener dangling from your mirror in minnesota. after two days of people feeling some relief and some grief, we were all reminded of the fact another black man died at the hands of police. the reverend al sharpton delivered the yeulogy today >> it's time to bring a new day where we don't have to videotape when we see a badge, but where we know they're there to serve and protect, not treat us like we have been convicted >> so when i spoke to people in minneapolis and here in brooklyn center about how they feel in this last week that has been a roller coaster of emotions, a lot of people were relieved at t

senator bernie sanders who visited the workers himself reacted on ali velshi earlier today. >> all theys the opportunity to sit down and negotiate better wages, better work wog conditions and bezos and the company spent a huge amount of money to defeat that effort. and that tells me that among many other things, we need strong pro-labor legislation which says that workers in america must have the constitutional right to form a union. >> and embattled congressman matt gaetz speaks publicly for the first time since reports surfaced of an ongoing doj investigation about potential sex trafficking and he's deny anything wrongdoing and fought the allegations last night. >> i'm built for the battle, and i'm not going anywhere. the smears against me range from distortions of my personal life to wild -- and i mean wild conspiracy theories. >> congressman gaetz is now facing another probe. the house ethics committee is opening up an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against him. amanda golden joins me from the capitol. what will this probe look like? >> lindsay, we're getting a

i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. there is breaking news about trump act lite matt gaetz. now under investigation for possible sex trafficking. tonight "the new york times" reveals gaetz was looking to get a blanket pardon from president trump. quote, in the final weeks of president trump's term, he asked the white house for blanket preemptive pardons for himself and unidentified congressional allies for any crimes they may have committed. justice department investigators had begun questioning mr. gaetz's associates about his conduct, including whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old that violated sex trafficking laws. mr. gaetz did not tell white house aides he was under investigation for potential sex trafficking violations when he made the request. aides told mr. trump of the request, though, it's unclear whether mr. gaetz discussed the matter directly with the president. the "times" add the white house quickly rejected gates and a spokesman said gaetz did not question a pardon yet in the final weeks of trump presidency, this florida congressman did make

. >>> good evening once again, i'm ali velshi in for brian williams on this, day 79 of the biden administration. florida congressman matt gaetz is facing a new and potentially much more serious level of legal jeopardy. he's under federal investigation for potential sex trafficking, possibly involving a minor, and that case grew out of a broader probe involving a close associate and ally, a man named joel greenberg who's facing an array of federal charges himself, also including sex trafficking. it appears tonight that greenberg may be ready to strike a plea deal with federal prosecutors a move that presumably would bolster their case against matt gaetz. greenberg was not in court today but his lawyers say his client will like i take a plea and avoid a trial although he said the deal was not yet finalized. that possibility was revealed during a brief court hearing in orlando, florida. after the hearing greenberg's lawyer offered this ominous assessment. >> i'm sure matt gaetz is not feeling very comfortable today. >> does joel consider matt gaetz a friend or has he cut ties? >> in any case i hav

i'm ali velshi.t on biden's major infrastructure bill, the nation's most anti-trans

stalled in the senate and earlier today, we had democratic congressman jim clyburn talking to our own ali velshihy he sees a need to be so pressing right now. >> it is determined that 90% of all gun purchases are approved within seconds, but another 97% are within a three-day period. 3% for outside of the three-day period and what we found is in that 3%, a lot of people, a vast majority of that 3% are people who get the guns who are not deserving of having them, who are not qualified to have them and many of them go out and commit murders like this gentleman did in charleston. >> president biden has really urged congress and lawmakers to try to come together and work on something in a bipartisan fashion. they will see if that's possible on a parallel track, but as you know, lindsay, the president has put his capital behind the infrastructure and jobs plan and something like the issue of gun safety and gun reform likely will take a lot longer than that. the other piece of this is that the president did put forward his nominee to lead the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, but in the last fe

it's april 4th's i'm ali velshi. happy easter to those who celebrate.s voting rights under attack across the united states. it began with restrictions in georgia pushed through by republicans after record turnout saw them lose the presidential vote and two u.s. senate seats in 2020. the new law requires photo i.d.s, requires people to have copiers or printers available to them, puts timing at polling locations and prevent food or water brought to people waiting in voting lines, often hours long in the georgia heat. the laws do virtually nothing to fight voter fraud but aimed squarely at minority voters declined to make sure they can't win state-wide elections again. since then delta and coca-cola criticized the new law and major league baseball stepped up in a big way

i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. there is breaking news about trump act lite matt gaetz.w york times" reveals gaetz was looking to get a blanket

keisha lance bottoms was on ali velshi's show this morning, saying it wasn't too late for republicans to reverse course here. take a listen to what she said. >> it's not too late for the legislature to go back and reconsider this. they are out of session, but the governor certainly can call a special session, have them reconsider this, make tweaks to it so that it is truly a bill that expands access to the right to vote. and i think this is just the first of many dominos that will fall in this state and we are all going to suffer because of it. >> reporter: alex, you know, you're hearing keisha lance bottoms saying that early this morning but just in the hour or so, governor brian kemp holding that press conference and it doesn't seem likely there's any kind of reversing course that's going to be happening here at all. the governor very much doubled down, defending this bill, defending the measures that he took, and so that's kind of where things stand right now. republicans don't seem to be turning away from the decision they made a week and a half ago at this point, alex. >> i agree

. >>> good morning, i'm ali velshi.of derek chauvin. george floyd's death ignited the largest racial equality movement in decades, one that's only intensified over the last month during which we have seen several other high-profile police-involved shootings of black people. as "the new york times" highlights, since testimony began in the derek chauvin trial on march 29th, at least 64 people have died at the hands of law enforcement nationwide with black and latino people representing more than half of the dead. as of saturday, the average was more than three killings a day. that includes the death of daunte wright just ten miles north of where george floyd died in the town of brooklyn center. he was shot and killed by

i'm ali velshi.ing up this hour, arizona republicans can't get over the fact their team lost on election day. now they've enlisted the self-proclaimed cyber ninja to help push the big lie. it doesn't get weirder than this. you don't want to miss the story. >>> plus, crucial developments on the fight to get americans vaccinated and why some republicans threaten to set us back. >>> also, the long republican senator that voted against a bill fighting anti-asian hate crimes. but we begin this hour with what comes next. what comes after the sight so many were waiting to see, derek chauvin convicted on all three counts in the murder of george floyd being led away in handcuffs. this is accountability, but many say it still falls short of justice. on thursday i spoke with black minneapolis residents about what it has been like over the last year living in the shadow of this police murder and what the verdict means to them. >> thank you. >> i want to play for you some of the conversation that i had with some

good morning, i'm ali velshi. sunday, april 25th. biden's 96th day in office.

now it's time for the "last word" where my friend ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight.

now it's time for the "last word" where my friend ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. >> rachel, i'm grateful you continue the conversation about alexei navalny because it can sound sometimes like the same conversation, but he's still actually a guy jailed and persecuted by the russian government. and we have to remember every day because it doesn't stop. we can stop talking about alexei navalny one day when he's free to run for office, when he's free to represent the people of russia the way they'd like him to. so thank you for doing that and have yourself an excellent weekend, my friend. >>> we've got major news to get to on this friday night. first the cdc has issued new guidance tonight about the johnson & johnson covid vaccine. a panel of public health experts says it's safe for vaccine providers to once again administer the one-dose shot but it'll now come with an additional warning about extremely rare blood clots. 15 cases out of 8 million total johnson & johnson shots. the white house says the u.s. has more than 9 million doses of the vaccine that can be distributed immediat