joining us now with much more on all of this, ali velshi, host of "velshi" on msnbc.g takes on this, i would like to get yours. how much of a role is the cutoff of benefits in what seems to be by most estimates a modest job recovery and what could it mean for hiring down the line? >> this is an interesting question, my friend. we'll know the end of this experiment by the end of july because everybody will have cut it out by then. let's look at the map of the states that are cutting off the enhanced benefit. it's $300 a week. if you earn that in addition to the $300 state benefit, you're getting $600 a week, which by the way is exactly $15 an hour. most service workers do not earn $15 an hour in this country. the argument is as long as these enhanced benefits are out there, folks are taking the benefits as opposed to working. we'll know more about how true that is, because if you look at the states cutting off the enhanced benefits, you'll find that by july 19th or so, most of them will be done. for the unemployment report we get at the beginning of december, we'll kno

joining us now from surfside florida is ali velshi. host of velshi here on msnbc.ration is growing. hope is fading for families of 159 people who are not accounted for. let me set the scene for. you look over my shoulder. it's a two blocks up its hazy. looks like fog. that's a mixture of dirt and dust from the debris, from the rubble. it's also steam and smoke. there've been several fires there. over the last 24 hours we've had lightning, thunderstorms, all of it slowing down workers. because of the heavy rain and the fires that have erupted, a lot of water has seeped into the basement. a place rescuers are thinking that there might be voids in which people have survived. they stopped fighting the fires. they're using dogs to sniff for signs of life. using cameras. using sonar equipment to listen. they have not heard anybody calling since 24 hours ago. at this point we started the day thinking that they were 99 people unaccounted for. that number jumped to 159 this morning. four people confirmed dead and since then no rescues, no recoveries, and not a single name h

ali velshi is reporting from surfside, florida. ali, two things. [inaudible] this is the first list of those unaccounted for. that larger and lot smaller. usually they get smaller because people raise their hands to say, i was out of town, as that my sister's house, whatever and. second the sadness of the scene tonight. this slow burning, smoldering fire underneath the wreckage. let's not forget, there is propane, gasoline from every one of the gas thanks in every one of the cars that were pancaked while parked down there. and they're using minimal amounts of water intentionally, to add to the weight of the wreckage. as they are in search and rescue mode. >> yeah, unfortunately, you know well, brian, that fire begets fire. the firefighters and rescuers had been using water, but we have -- it has been raining. it stopped earlier in this afternoon. but it is raining last night, there was lightning which was not helpful. rescuers can't work in lightning. it was torrential at some points today. they did continue to work, but so much water has accumulat

congressman jim clyburn reacting telling my colleague ali velshi, in a renewed push for the george floydg bill. >> statues are great. they are symbolic, but what would be greater is having the george floyd justice information act. let's sit down around the table and let's reach a compromise. >> meantime, the white house is celebrating a major milestone. the u.s. administering over 300 million covid shots across the last 150 days. the administration, though, still well short of its goal to have 70% of adults with at least one dose of vaccine by july 4th, but president biden says his efforts won't stop there as the dangerous delta variant is spreading in several states. >> deaths and hospitalizations are drastically down in places where people are getting vaccinated and unfortunately, cases and hospitalizations are not going down in many places in the lower vaccination rate states. they're actually going up in some places. the new variant will leave unvaccinated people more vulnerable than they are a month ago, or a month ago. >> and on capitol hill, a glimmer of hope on the horizon as bip

joining us from surfside is ali velshi. what is the latest situation there now?wrence, frustrations growing, hope is fading for families of 159 people not account for. look over my shoulder. you see two blocks up, it's hazy. there is what looks like fog. that's a mixture of dirt and dust from the debris from the rubble. it is also steam and smoke. there have been several fires there. in fact, over the last 24 hours we have had lightning, thunderstorms, all of it slowing down workers. one of the problems is because of the heavy rain and the fires that have erupted, a lot of water has seeped into the basement, a place rescuers are thinking there might be voids in which people have survived. they have stopped fighting the fires. they are using dogs to sniff for signs of life. they are using cameras. they are using sonar equipment to listen. but they have not heard anybody calling until -- since about 24 hours ago. so at this point we started thinking there were 99 people unaccounted for. that jumped to 159 this morning, four people confirmed dead. since then no resc

. >>> good morning, i'm ali velshi. it is sunday, june 26th. donald trump's big election lie led a violent mob to attack the u.s. capitol five months ago today. the goal of the insurrectionist was to overturn the results of the 2020 election. they did not succeed that day five months ago. but they are still trying. the pro-trump extremists who stormed the capitol that day chanting "hang mike pence" did not manage to stop the certification of the election results and didn't overthrow the government but trump and his cult like followers are not giving up. they are trying other tactics. he's talking about being reinstated to the presidency because the foam pillow guy told him so. the disgraced former president appears in a fundraising video for senate campaign arm promising to return to power quote, sooner than you think. >> we're going to take back the senate, take back the house. we're going to take back the white house and sooner than you think. it is going to be really something special. >> something really special. the authoritarian return to

ali velshi from the scene there in surfside.h that, let's bring in our guests this friday night. eugene daniels, white house correspondent for politico and co-author ever each day's edition of the political play wok. carmen best, former u.s. attorney and former senior official at the fbi. these days host of the msnbc podcast the oath. well, good evening and welcome to you all. chuck, i want to begin with your bailiwick, your life's work, the law, and get your opinion on this sentence considering the range was parole, no time to 30 years. >> yeah, brian, you are exactly right. people look at the floor, no time in jail, and the statutory maximum, in this case 40 years in jail, and they assume it's going to be one or the other. actually, minnesota, like virtually every other state like in the federal system, has a set of sentencing guidelines. so the average case is treated in the same way for like defendants who have done like things with like criminal history records. and so for derek chauvin, that number wasn't zero, wasn't 40.

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let's bring in ali velshi. ali, i watched the show, you spoke with a lot of experts and officials today. give me your sense of the biggest challenges in the hours ahead and how surprised were you to hear about the fires that are ongoing? we don't necessarily see smoke billowing, but then you're on scene. maybe you are seeing the smoke. >> reporter: yeah, in fact, we are at various times. there are two reasons for it. one is the type of fire, alex, is not a fire that would be based on propane or natural gas. it's low combustible. when a building collapses, electrical wires get exposed, things get set on fire. the quality of the light-colored smoke means it's normal combust ibls. they're trying to put it out and that creates steam. there's dust from the rubble, steam from the smoke and then the actual smoke. the problem is, it's been raining here for days. it rained on thursday night, there was an electrical storm. that kept people from continuing the rescue. friday it was raining through the course of the day. t

i'm ali velshi live from rockefeller plaza in new york city. england this morning on his first foreign trip in office. today is day two of the g7. the president has been in a foreign policy summit this morning. this hour we are awaiting president biden's bilateral meeting with the french president, 'em manual macron. right now first lady jill biden in cornwall meeting with members of a volunteer group that helps uk military vets, first responders and their family. she is the second one from the right there. biden's agenda tomorrow includes an audience with queen elizabeth before heading to brussels for a nato summit. the trip concludes in geneva where biden will meet with russia's vladimir putin. america's russian sympathizing former president routinely pushed for russia to be admitted to the g7. you remember it used to be called the g8, and routinely attacked nato while making the united states' relationship with the alliance about monetary payments, insinuating to the global alliance america's army was a mercenary force for hire. while biden

i'm ali velshi live at the site of champlain towers collapse.ple are confirmed dead. 159 remain unaccount the for, despite the heroic ongoing efforts from rchkers and first responders, no survivors have been found since thursday. nothing heard from survivors since thursday. nevertheless, officials on the ground have not lost hope. >> our firefighters have been working around the clock. sparing nothing to get to the survivors. they have hope. i have hope. please, world pray for miami, pray for surfside. >> of the known -- the four known victims of the tragedy, one of them has been identified as 54-year-old stacey fang who passed away shortly after arriving at a local hospital. she is the

. >>> morning, it is sunday, june 6th, i am ali velshi, we are five months from the january attack of the capitol. the former president's new delusion is being reinstated by august on the sham of the ninja audit and the gop's growing push to have propaganda taken place in other states. republicans argued in trump's big election lies of voter restrictions in states across the country essentially fighting a battle against an enemy that does not exist. in a move in texas, democrats though temporarily blocked the major package of the restriction bill known as sb7 being passed. governor greg abbott vowed to convene a special session to pass the bill. plus, it comes as a trio of republicans touring the ninja audit. according to e-mails just released, the republican president of the arizona senate terry fan ordered the ridiculous audit. president trump called and thanked her for pushing to prove any fraud. the insurrectionist former president delivered remarks of his time in office and betrayal. now he's also bringing up the arizona's ninjas. >> it was third world country election like we ha

now it's time for the "last word" where ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. cial juneteenth and let's make note of this day in history, that there's been juneteenth sell prated for many years but this is the first time we're doing it as a federal holiday which is

. >> joining me now is my colleague and friend ali velshi.>> reporter: well, it is half-hour from sunset. you can see it on the left of your screen that there are a group of police being briefed on what they are going to do. we are seeing rescue workers coming back and forth. we have four people confirmed dead. one whose identity we know and 150 people on the not accounted for list. that does not mean there are 159 people to be rescued in the rubble. 159 people they think might have been residents or tenants, family and friends gathered nearby, eight blocks north of here waiting for news and being briefed three to four hours. bottom line is that there is not a great deal of progress in bringing the numbers down. they are working all day, sorting through the rubble. helicopters up there and heavy machinery, using sonar to listen for things, dogs, cameras, gritting out the search. but they don't know what happened. they have to be careful about how they approach the search so not to jeopardize the area they can't get out from but still enough o

let's bring in ali velshi at the scene in surfside, florida. ali, is this dangerous such and rescue operation, it's really been complicated by the weather today, as i understand it. high winds and there was rain earlier today. what's the latest from officials there? >> in fact, a downpour probably 15 minutes ago. really quite a bit. technically the rain doesn't stop them, by the way, for searching. but the lightning does. there was lightning last night. this was a big thunderstorm that rolled through. this is south florida, it happens quite a bit. moments from now we're expecting a press conference and i'm keeping an eye on it over there from miami-dade police. the scene is back there about two blocks. that is where the building it. can't see it from here because back here you see city officials heading towards the press conference which we can take in just a moment. they're all gathering there and police officials there. and the governor ron dedesantis turning the corner. i may stop talking when that happens as we get that. we may be getting a

. >>> good morning, i'm ali velshi. it is sunday, june 26th. the insurrectionist was to overturn the results of the 2020 election. they did not succeed that day five months ago. but they are still trying. the pro-trump extremists who stormed the capitol that day chanting "hang mike pence" did not manage to stop the certification of the election results and didn't overthrow the government but trump and his cult like followers are not giving up. they are trying other tactics. he's talking about being reinstated to the presidency because the foam

we did hear from at least one congressman, peter welch, when he spoke with our own ali velshi. >> hetially be a cell within the justice department, whose job it was was to enforce the political whims of president trump, independent of the law, in violation in many cases of constitutional rights. so i think what you saw there was attorney general barr doing everything he can to deny and lie. >> reporter: alex, i should share that a former senior official at the justice depend told our own pete williams when jeff sessions was attorney general, he never approved subpoenas for members of it is house, but this is comes as democrats are increasingly frustrated, especially with the biden justice justice department that they are not learning any more information. so a lot more to come. >> including with this next conversation. joining me is joyce vance, former u.s. attorney, and professor at the university of alabama school of law. joyce, i'm curious, would you say that then attorney general and attorneys general jeff sessions and william barr, is that an abuse of power? >> there's a lot tha

. >>> just a short while ago my colleague ali velshi interviewed a witness to this incident and here is what he had to say about it. >> i saw people go down and the first thing i thought was at first maybe they're playing around. people are excited and then people are telling me somebody is slamming a car into the crowd. it was traumatizing. we just had an opportunity to observe the lives lost from the pulse nightclub shooting so seeing that take place i thought to myself is this happening again to our community? what i understand this was most likely an accident, an individual who was behind the wheel, has been arrested, but is more likely committed an accident. their feet got stuck and this is a tragic, freak accident. unfortunately, they still have to go through the investigation and get the details and interview people to get a full picture how this happened. >> his firsthand account. police have said they have yet to determine the cause of the crash. from pure insanity to italy gate, new reports about emails and conspiracy theories as donald trump pushed hard to get the election

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time for "the last word" with the great ali velshi in for lawrence tonight. good evening, ali. >> good to see you my friend. have yourself an excellent weekend and we'll see you next week. >> i will. thank you, ali. >>> breaking tonight in the criminal investigation of donald trump, "the new york times" reports that a senior finance executive at the trump organization has testified before the grand jury impaneled by the manhattan district attorney's office. joyce vance and journalist david cay johnston will join us later to discuss what this means for defendant trump. but first, donald trump is a weakened man. no longer in office, no longer protected by presidential immunity. but while the man himself has been diminished, his anti-democratic ideas are gaining strength, and that should worry all of us. donald trump's lie about the election tons spread because it's not just donald trump's lie anymore. it is a lie backed by the republican party. the gop is a party dedicated to one man right now and to that one man's lies. but they're not just repeating the lies.

now it's time for the "last word" where ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. good evening, ali. >> good evening, rachel. have yourself the great first official juneteenth and let's make note of this day in history, that there's been juneteenth sell prated for many years but this is the first time we're doing it as a federal holiday which is exciting. you have yourself a great weekend. see you next week. >> thanks, ali. >>> do you hear that sound? it's fate. it's the sound of a little bit of hope because it's been a week of action and substantive breakthroughs in the fight to protect american rights to vote. and democrats are hoping to build on that momentum. in her first full week vice president kamala harris has been busy. she's traveled to atlanta, ground zero in the republican effort to subvert democracy to meet with georgia's new democratic senators, congresswoman akeema williams and voting rights advocates to discuss ways to combat the state's gop voter suppression activities. one of the advocates in that meeting will join us in a moment, but here's how th

now it's time for the last word where ali velshi, is in for lawrence tonight. good evening, ali. >> i'm glad you said that rachel. because you and i think a lot about the big problems in media. and then this issue of news that is an accurate. news that isn't real. a bulwark of local news across this country is what pushes back on that. because you have local reporters who are often not influenced by the powers that influence national media. and when we see that road, there's just less of a check and a balance for news that is that spreads like wildfire on social media, because that's where people go. to some deeply appreciative that you put that meshes out. to get out there and support local news anyway you can't. rachel, have yourself a great weekend. tell thanks for telling us about. >> thank you so much, ali. thank you. >> see you, monday. tonight we begin with the obvious and the dangerous. donald trump is a threat to democracy. this concept is not new. in fact, if you were paying close attention you might think that this segment was from 2018, or 2020. but

time for "the last word" with the great ali velshi in for lawrence tonight. urself an excellent weekend and we'll see you next week. >> i will. thank you, ali. >>> breaking tonight in the criminal investigation of donald trump, "the new york times" reports that a senior finance executive at the trump organization has testified before the grand jury impaneled by the manhattan district attorney's office. joyce vance and journalist david cay johnston will jn

with the great ali velshi, is in for lawrence tonight. end. have yourself an ellison excellent weekend and will see you next. week >> i will, thank you. elie. >> breaking tonight in the criminal investigation of donald. from the new york times reports that a senior finance executive at the trump organization has testified for the grand jury and the manhattan district attorney's office. former -- will join us later to discuss what this means for defended trump. but first, donald trump is a weakened man. no longer in office, no longer protected by presidential immunity. but while the man himself has been diminished, his

joining me from miami, my colleague, ali velshi. what's the latest this morning? way as we speak. there's a press briefing going on a few feet from me with the mayor of miami-dade, with governor ron desantis, fire chief and others. here's the devastating part of this. in 24 hours, no developments. there have been no more rescues. we know that four people had perished in this collapse. we have no other rescues since then. 159 is the number of people unaccounted for. that number jumped yesterday morning. you'll recall it was 99 and went to 159. no names removed from that list. normally you see that going down rather than ballooning because you hear people saying i wasn't at that house, you hear families saying we heard from our relatives. none of that has changed. at the moment they're looking for 159 people in the rubble. there is a persistent fire which they have struggled putting out because adding water to the mix ends up flooding areas that they think people might be trapped in. but as you can see, once again, this is south florida in the summer. another downpo

. >>> good morning, it is sunday, june the 13th, i'm ali velshi.

i'm ali velshi. the fight for voting rights continues. the gop's ongoing assault on democratic institutions continues in the form of partisan anti-democratic power grabs, all steeped in the insurrectionist former president's big election lie. in "the new york times" this morning, republican state lawmakers have introduced at least 216 bills in 41 states to give legislators more power over election officials. 24 have been enacted into law across 14 states. already, gop lawmakers have stripped secretaries of state of their power, asserted more control over state election boards, made it easier to overturn election results and pursued several partisan audits and inspections of 2020 results. the situation continues to deteriorate in texas where democrats have prevented the gop from making it easier to overturn the results of an election, but only temporarily, and in response to democrats' efforts in texas, the republican governor, greg abbott, followed through on his threat of what is essentially extortion of the legislative branch. he's with

i'm ali velshi. it is saturday, june 19th, juneteenth.more that two years after president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation, the union army general gordon granger announced in an address in galveston, texas, that the union had won the war and all enslaved americans were free. this week president biden signed into law a proclamation declaring this day a federal holiday, america's 11th federal holiday. >> this is a day profound in my view, profound weight and profound power. by making juneteenth a federal holiday all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history. it is not going to be fulfilled so long as the sacred right to vote remains under attack. we see this assault from restrictive laws, threats of intimidation, voter purges, and more. an assault that offends the very democracy, our very democracy. we can't rest until the promise of equality is fulfilled for every one of us in every corner of this nation. that to me is the meaning of juneteenth. that's what it is about. >> the passage of the juneteenth

. >> that is all in on this monday night, the rachel maddow show right now with ali velshi in for eightof a surprise for me this evening as i walk into the building, something we've never done and ran right into you. >> it was very very nice. >> it's always a pressure to see you, but it was an extra special pleasure to see you tonight and we have many more of these. >> i agree completely, have a great great show. >> thanks, chris. >> thanks to you at home for joining us. rachel will be back tomorrow. this weekend, we all had an experience collectively as americans we haven't had in a few years. all this weekend, our president was overseas. and nothing crazy happened. the president of the united states, not storm out of a meeting or threaten to blow up a decades-old alliance or insult a head of state, or fawn over a dictator. and look, your mileage may vary. maybe you liked all that stuff about our previous president, the way he shall we say, stirred things up, but either way, for the last few years, any time the american president got on a plane to go abroad, we all kind of involuntaril

. >>> good morning, it is sunday, june the 13th, i'm ali velshi. earlier this morning as they typically do on sundays, the bidens went to church and attended mass: senior administration officials say the official 2021 g7, the formal document outlining the agreements made between the leaders is expected to be released around midday today hour time. china is expected to be the main focus of the communique, however there remains disagreement amongst the leaders about how far it should go in pushing back and on countering china's growing influence and power. the white house is calling biden's proposed plan to counter china, build back better for the world or b3w, which as "the new york times" notes is a play on china's bli, the belt and road initiative. biden and his fellow leaders enjoyed a beach barbecue which as you can see is lovely, but before that was a day of sessions and meetings, including with french million emmanuel macron. he had a unique relationship with our former president which included a lot of brew ha ha, and endlessly long and awkwa

i'm ali velshi. the former impeached president says he will be back in favor.esult of his use of the platform related to the attack on the united states capitol. responding via statement since he is banned from essentially all social media platforms, trump called the decision an insult while whining america can't take this abuse anymore. it comes amid a facebook policy. two hours after the facebook ban was announced federal prosecutors announced they now expect to charge 550 people in the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. nbc news tallies 490 rioters charged so far with more than 130 charged with assaulting or interfering with police officers, 40 of whom are accused of doing so using weapons. while the january 6th attack on the capitol failed to prevent joe biden from being inaugurated, in a sense the insurrection continues with the insurrectionist former president reportedly obsessing over the sham arizona cyber ninja election audit, pushing to have similar audits conducted in other states that he lost including in pennsylvania, michigan, wiscon

i will see on monday now it's time for the last word with ali velshi in place for lawrence tonight. > is been juneteenth celebrated for many years but this is the first time we are doing it as a federal holiday which i think is exciting. have yourself a great weekend. see you next week. >> thank you. >> do you hear that sound? it's feint may be too faint for some years. it's a sound of a little bit of hope because it's been a week of action and it became substantive breakthroughs to protect the american right to vote. democrats hoping to build on that momentum. on her first full week as the biden administration's top voting rights advocate vice president kamala harris has been busy. she's traveled to atlanta, ground zero in the republican effort to subvert democracy

i'm ali velshi we're live in surfside, florida at the site of a tragic

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i'm ali velshi. the fight for voting rights continues.titutions continues in the form of partisan anti-democratic power

the "rachel maddow show" starts right now with ali velshi in for rachel. >> chris, a bit of an extrathe last year and a half. >> in person. >> and ran right into you. >> very nice. >> it's always a pleasure to see you, but it was extra special pleasure to see you tonight, and may we have many more of these evenings. >> i agree completely. >> and thanks to you at home for joining us. rachel will be back tomorrow. this weekend, we all had an experience collectively as americans we haven't had in a few years. all this weekend, our president was overseas. and nothing crazy happened. the president of the united states, not storm out of a meeting or threaten to blow up a decades-old alliance or insult a head of state, or fawn over a dictator. and look, your mileage may vary. maybe you liked all that stuff about our

you and ali velshi were talking about the situations where they're trying to work deliberately throughiduals who are able to survive underneath. they don't want to cause any further damage if in fact there are still living individuals underneath the rubble. >> you've got to hope and pray there are. thank you so much. >>> joining me, david downey, chair of the international association of fire chiefs, urban search and rescue and retired miami-dade fire chief. i just have to ask, what went through your mind when you first heard about this collapse? >> well, of course, immediately i thought about how could that happen here at home. knowing that we had a very strong fire department, very strong search and rescue team, i knew that these resources would be employed very quickly. i never imagined it happening here. after i saw the collapse, i never in 40 years have seen a building come down like that. >> i'm curious the struggles and dangers the rescue team is dealing with. miami's search and rescue teams are well respected globally. they travel to disaster sites around the world, they've hel

the "rachel maddow show" starts right now with ali velshi in for rachel. >> chris, a bit of an extra surprise for me this evening as i walked into the building, something we have rarely done in the last year and a half. >> in person. >> and ran right into you. >> very nice. >> it's always a pleasure to see you, but it was extra special pleasure to see you tonight, and may we have many more of these evenings. >> i agree completely. >> and thanks to you at home for joining us. rachel will be back tomorrow. this weekend, we all had an experience collectively as americans we haven't had in a few years. all this weekend, our president was overseas. and nothing crazy happened. the president of the united states, not storm out of a meeting or threaten to blow up a decades-old alliance or insult a head of state, or fawn over a dictator. and look, your mileage may vary. maybe you liked all that stuff about our previous president, the way he shall we say, stirred things up, but either way, for the last few years, any time the american president got on a plane to go abroad, we all kind of invol

telling my colleague ali velshi this goes to show the big lie that led to the capitol insurrection is getting bigger. >> that insurrection was, in fact, treason, it was, in fact, an attempt to overthrow our government and because i believe many of those senators continued to perpetrate that lie, the war continues to go on. the civil war that is an ideological one between a democracy and an autocracy. >> a historic giehl on the global scale. the g-7 reaching an agreement to reform the global tax system racking a minimum corporate tax of at least 15%. a big win for treasury secretary janet yellen who this morning called the move a significant, unprecedented commitment that will, quote, level the playing field around the world. and new overnight a federal judge in california overturned a 30-plus year ban on assault rifles saying it violates second amendment rights since those same weapons can be bought in other states. the ruling will go into effect in 30 days and the california attorney general is expected to appeal. we'll get you a lot of reaction to that ruling later on this hour for

we have a lot to get to today, including, as you just saw with my friend ali velshi the latest from surfsidee are still more than 150 people unaccounted for. we're expecting an update from authorities in a few minutes, and don't turn away because we're going to bring it to you live rig

i'm ali velshi.a. 156 people remain unaccounted for. and despite the disaster, residents of the adjacent building champlain towers north are not under evacuation orders. officials are holding two briefings this morning at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. but before that the surfside mayor, charles burkett, joins the show later this hour with the scene from where the investigation is underway. >>> the trump organization could be criminally charged in a case the trump attorneys say is tied to tax-related conduct. as for the former president himself, he was back on the trail last night in ohio for a rally for a primary opponent of republican congressman anthony gonzalez who voted to impeach trump on the january 6th insurrection. as is his status quo, the disgraced former president's

. >> your colleague, raja, on the intel committee spoke with my colleague, ali velshi earlier today andentially called this a fishing expedition. do you agree with that assessment? >> as broad as it was and the manner it was done, it's clearly a fishing expedition to target the people they don't like. it's a page out of richard nixon's book, right? target your enemies. the matter in which this was done, it certainly appears that the president instigated this and his sycophants, the just department, were more than glad to work with him. >> congressman quigley of illinois, thank you. >>> coming up, by the way, a little later on this hour, my friend, nbc news legal analyst, is going to join me live to dig into his one big question about trump's doj spying on democrats. >>> i want to go back to that mass shooting in austin. i want to go live to morgan chesky who's following this for us in austin. what do you know? >> reporter: yeah, yasmin, good afternoon, we're standing on the block where these gunshots rang out early this morning, shortly after 1:00 a.m. the street is now blocked off. the

it is very hard to fill in for brian williams and ali velshi sat there. day off. >> thank you so much. my pleasure. >> my advice to you, just pretend the audience is in their underwear and you're fine. >> where we have all been for the last year. >> so you guys are all dressed up. i have heard so many stories about people feeling weird in pants and shoes. >> it is so great to be back. the head of morgan stanley just came out and said, guess what, bankers, if you go to a restaurant, you're coming back home. i'm bullish on that. i think sometimes we empower people too much. it's time for everybody to go back to work. if you feel okay to go to a restaurant, you can go to work. >> there is a dynamic of being around other people in the workplace, obviously doing this that makes things better. and i'm not saying you shouldn't ever work at home, but i think it's great -- >> for the young people to learn. >> i think of all the mentor ship that has been missed. i think it is a good thing. >> let me defend those young people. my team specifically has performed so e

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