and i want to show, ali, everybody, that ali velshi and joe walsh who disagree on probably most policy sit down and have respectful conversations. ali, you've watched me over the last few years. i believe this country is divided. i played a big part in helping to divide this country. i went to washington, i fought for the things i believed in, oftentimes, ali, my rhetoric was divisive and ugly. i've apologized for that. i think the biggest problem, ali, is we all live in our sigh sigh -- siloes, our political tribes. i sat down with fred who lost his daughter a few years ago. fred and i disagree on most things when it comes to gun and done laws. but we sat down for an hour and we had a damn respectful conversation about that issue. i think the country needs to see that that's possible. >> i think they need to see it's possible that we don't have to end up agreeing on every fundamental issue. you need to have the conversation, and as long as you're prepared to do that, you're welcome on our show. former governor republican joe walsh, thank you for being here. ha. the journey is why they

i'm ali velshi. we are find ourselves in the middle of the breakthrough of the plan to shore up america's social safety net. there is a lot to gain from what the president announced this week, but much we are about to lose. the plan was cut in half to reach this compromise. let's start with what is in the bill. billions of dollars for universal pre-kindergarten. elder home care. expanded tax credit for year 2022. clean energy tax credits. expanded medicare for hearing services. money for affordable housing and immigration reform funding. that is all transformation al. especially when it comes to the funds for clean energy and climate investment. this will be the largest clean energy investment in u.s. history. with billions going to tax credits and resilient investment and incentives for businesses to consume fewer fossil fuels. the $400 billion for child care. that would come out to $24,000 for the 1.6 million preschool age kids in america. democrats actually imagine to get the bill passed and that

i'm in for ali velshi. nearly eight months ago to the day, today, the country witnessed with our eyes as a violent mob attacked our capitol waving the flags of the failed ex-president. now congress attempts to uncover the how and why of the deadly attack and that attempt may be headed toward an epic legal showdown with the former and current occupants of the white house. president biden delivered a blow to the trump camp yesterday by blocking the ex-president's attempt to withhold the documents related to the january 6th attack from congress. to turnover a batch of documents covering trump's actions before and during the deadly riot. the committee is seeking twitter messages and phones and videos of the ex-president participated in. they are running into a road block which is the deadline for former officials to comply with the select committee and some of them are cooperating with the subpoenas, but some are not. shocking. former trump strategist steve bannon and mark meadows and dan scavino and kash patel

i'm ali velshi. we have new developments in the deadly january 6th cap the toll capitol attack. a police officer has been arrested for encouraging a suspected insurrectionist to hide evidence. a grand jury indictment has charged michael riley with instruction of justice for repeatedly telling the man to wipe any social media posts to prove he entered the building that day. according to the indictment, in a direct message on facebook, he said i'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance. take down the part about being in the building. they are correctly investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. just looking out. that officer has been placed on on leave as the capitol police conduct their own investigation. the ball is back in steve bannon's court as the house committee investigating the attack on the nation's capitol takes action against one of the ex-president's long time cronies. the panel is making good on the promise and now expected to send t

i'm ali velshi. as democrats debate president biden's multi trillion build back better social spending plan. the president is set to meet with west virginia senator joe mansion one of the main members of the party pushing to lower the price tag on that bill. senate majority leader chuck schumer will be part of that meeting and to lower the price, democrats will have to make some difficult choices about what stays in the bill and what goes. the detroit free press reporting that just yesterday, house speaker nancy pelosi said in part, quote, the ingredients for legislation will all be here by sunday, hopefully the decisions will be there and they are hard. as democrats attempt to shave down the price tag of the reconciliation package, they are deciding whether to expand medicare with dental, vision and hearing benefits for tens of millions of seniors and a pitch to guarantee paid family and medical leave to all u.s. workers is now in danger of getting cut from the bill entirely. democrats are racing to

i'm ali velshi. we begin with developments in the ongoing investigation into the deadly january 6th attack on the nation's capitol. the select committee investigating the attack may gain insight from the former officials who tried to help the ex-president overturn the 2020 election. cnn was the first to report last night that former doj official jeffrey clark may be one of the first people to actually comply with the subpoenas and testify in front of the panel next week. you remember clark, who nobody knew about before this whole thing happened, emerged as a key figure to craft a plan to get the justice department to validate the ex-president's lies about the election results. meanwhile, the department of justice, the current one, weighing potential criminal charges against the ex-presidential aide turned right-wing podcaster steve bannon over his refual to coop cooperate over the subpoena. every democrat in the house voted in favor of this. nine republicans joined with democrats which is indicative

i'm ali velshi. tomorrow is the start of a new term for the supreme court and women's access to abortion is on the line. the conservative-leaning high court is now set to reconvene on monday. it's going to hear a challenge to the landmark 1973 roe v. wade case that legalized abortion nationwide along with several other related cases this term. organizers say hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in hundreds of cities across the country this weekend with some taking the fight for reproductive freedom right to the supreme court steps. and just days before yesterday's marches, the biden administration urged a federal judge to block the nation's most restrictive abortion law in texas, which has been preventing most women from accessing this form of health care since september. this is just one of the many things president biden is working on, as his administration reintroduces the country to what functional government looks like. that brings me to the ongoing negotiations surrounding his bipart

"the rachel maddow show" starts now with ali velshi. good evening, ali. >> chris, we have not crossed paths in the last year and a half, so we caught up a little bit. >> nothing like a little makeup room chitchat. that's been missing from all of our lives for a long time. >> great to see you, chris. >>> rachel's got the night off. th

"the rachel maddow show" starts now with ali velshi. good evening, ali. >> chris, we have not crossed paths in the last year and a half, so we caught up a little bit. >> nothing like a little makeup room chitchat. that's been missing from all of our lives for a long time. >> great to see you, chris. >>> rachel's got the night off. thanks to you for joining us. we're coming up on nine months since the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. i think for all of us, amid the deluge of video and photographic documentation of the attack that emerged in the days and weeks afterwards, there are certain moments, certain images from that day that are burned into our minds. moments like this one. a man in a very distinctive stars and stripes jacket with "trump" emblazoned in big letters on the back steps toward the capitol police who are guarding a doorway and unloads a fire extinguisher at them at close range. and when the fire extinguisher runs out, he chucks it at them, at the police officers who are under siege. he chucks it as hard as h

what you are watching, to characterize violent riots as peaceful protests, and it was not just ali velshiter that very day, another explained, we are quoting, "this will guide our reporting." the situation on the ground in minneapolis is fuming and that has been violence, it is most accurate at this time to describe what is happening there is protests. not riots. [laughs] paging dr. orwell. they are not riots. the one thing they are not, they are not riots, not at all. msnbc was not an outlier in adopting this policy, the reality denial. cnn's coverage. >> and let's not forget, if anyone is judging this, i am not judging this, i am just wondering what is going on? our country was started because -- the boston tea party. rioting. so do not get it twisted and think that oh, this is something that has not never happened before and this is so terrible and where are we and these savages and all that, this is how this country was started. >> tucker: yeah, this is totally normal, we have been dealing with us for hundreds of years. sam adams himself torched a wendy's and looted a liquor store bef

the rachel maddow show starts now with ali velshi.he toim away but i was really enjoying that conversation. had it been mine, i would have said keep going. that was very, very interesting. good to see you, my friend. have yourself a great weekend. >> you too. >> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. rachel oos got the night off and happy friday to all of you and happy oct

i'm ali velshi.l's in the doj court as it weighs criminal contempt charges against the ex-president former strategist turned podcaster steve bannon. this week the house voted to hold bannon in contempt for defying the january 6th subpoena order. every democrat in the house voted in favor of this, nine republicans joined them. meanwhile, the committee may soon gain critical insight from one of the main former administration officials who tried to help the ex-president overturn the 2020 election. cnn reports that the former doj official, this man, jeffrey clark may be one of the first to actually comply with the committee's subpoenas and testify before the panel next week. you'll remember clark has emerged as a key figure who helped craft a plan to get the justice department to validate the ex-president's lies about the election results. the january 6th committee has been working quickly despite the former president's efforts to obstruct that investigations. for weeks now the twice-impeached ex-preside

i'm ali velshi. under the previous dysfunctional administration it seemed infrastructure week would never get done. now we have an infrastructure week that seemingly doesn't end. i'll tell you why that is a good thing. this week president biden is scheduled to host congressional lawmakers at the white house as democrats resume negotiations over how to pass two cornerstone pieces of his economic agenda. the meeting comes as house speaker nancy pelosi sets october 31st as another new deadline for the house to pass the smaller, $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. that is the one that focuses on bridges and roads and such. that deadline also marks when the 30-day reauthorization of the federal highway program expires. pelosi wrote in a letter to her colleagues that the bipartisan framework must be passed well before that date to save people's jobs. the decision to delay the vote has already angered moderates in the party who wanted to pass the bipartisan bill on its own last week. however, prog

"the rachel maddow show" starts now with ali velshi in for rachel. >> that is a fascinating conversation. we are strongly in favor of unions and collective bargaining and increasing the wages and working conditions of people. police unions in this country are unhinged. you said it well. it is -- it goes against everything that i believe a union needs to do. they're nuts. >> the tone that emanates -- we just had the chicago police union comparing vaccine mandates to the nazis. there's just literally no one in public life -- maybe with the exception of donald trump -- across the ideological spectrum -- no one talks like that. >> yeah, yeah. >> you don't -- you don't -- like, you and i -- no one goes on air and says -- >> first class whore. >> -- that b-word has blood on her hands. it's another planet. >> it would be better if they were unions that represented people and got them raises. thanks, chris. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us at this hour. rachel's off tonight. she will be back tomorrow. it's been a day of hour-by-hour dramatic developments in washington not just in the

i'm ali velshi.rt of a new term for the supreme court and women's access to abortion is on the line. the conservative-leaning high court is now set to reconvene on monday. it's going to hear a challenge to the landmark 1973 roe v. wade case that legalized abortion nationwide along with several other related cases this term. organizers say hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in hundreds of cities across the country this weekend with some taking the fight for reproductive freedom right to the supreme court steps. and just days before yesterday's marches, the biden administration urged a federal judge to block the nation's most restrictive abortion law in texas, which has been preventing most women from accessing this form of health care since september. this is just one of the many things president biden is working on, as his administration reintroduces the country to what functional government looks like. that brings me to the ongoing negotiations surrounding his bipartisan infrastructure

i'm ali velshi.the president is set to meet with west virginia senator joe mansion one of the main members of the party pushing to lower the price tag on that bill. senate majority leader chuck schumer will be part of that meeting and to lower the price, democrats will have to make some difficult choices about what stays in the bill and what goes. the detroit free press reporting that just yesterday, house speaker nancy pelosi said in part, quote, the ing

i'm ali velshi. news came out just an hour ago that president biden will host senator joe manchin and senate majority leader chuck schumer at his home in delaware this morning. the trio will continue talks about biden's multi-trillion-dollar build back better plan. and i will talk to senator sherrod brown about where the bill is going. >>> but first the wide-ranging investigation into the capitol insurrection. it hole voted to hold former trump chief strategist steve bannon in contempt. the contempt proceedings offered some insight into the committee's investigation. the committee referenced bannon's, quote, participation in the events of that day january 6th from a war room organized at the willard hotel. what happened there in the subject of a new report published yesterday by "the washington post," in the weeks before the insurrection a dream team of trump associates turned the willard hotel, which is located just a block away from the white house into what they called their command center. the gr

i'm ali velshi.afety net. there is a lot to gain from what the president announced this week, but much we are about to lose. the plan was cut in half to reach this compromise. let's start with what is in the bill. billions of dollars for universal pre-kindergarten. elder home care. expanded tax credit for year 2022. clean energy tax credits. expanded medicare for hearing services. money for

pull into port here yesterday morning when we were on the air, just before we went on the air with ali velshig it. it's probably going to take a couple of days before they unload it, reload it, and get things on their way and get the goods to where they need to be. this ship actually came a port in eastern china. that is normally about a two-week journey. it actually left china on september 21. so you can see that it's been taking about twice as much time because of the big backlogs here in the ports. these delays are costly on so many, many levels. that means inflation. and what economists say is really concerning is, they don't know when this will end. >> you don't know if it's going to resolve itself in 2023. you don't want to snuff out demand and make things worse for these workers down the road. but it is going to be a very tough call going forward. >> reporter: so the thinking going into this, and sort of coming out of the worst of the pandemic, was yes, there would be inflation and disruptions. but the big buzzword in economic circles was that it's transitory. they've kind of dropped t

i'm ali velshi, while it may not seem like it, i'll make the case that democrats have made major progressda forward. it's true we did not get a house vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill as was promised this week, but we are seeing a break in the inter-party stalemate going on between moderates and progressives when it comes to the second piece of the biden agenda, the bill that republicans will not sign on to. on the so-called moderate side of the party we finally had a top line number that west virginia senator joe manchin said he'd be comfortable with, 1.5 trillion and the other democratic hold out, krysten sinema has come down from her initial blanket opposition to the social spending deal. on the progressive side, congresswoman jayapal said the build back better plan may have to be scaled down a bit, but president biden is in support of passing the two bills in tandem. >> he was very clear the two are tied together and we will have to get -- and he said, i support it entirely. if i thought i could do it rate right now i would, but we need to get this reconciliation bill and it

the rachel maddow show starts now with ali velshi. sorry i'm late. >> it's not my show to give the toim away but i was really enjoying that conversation. had it been mine, i would have said keep going. that was very, very interesting. good to see you, my friend. have yourself a great weekend. >> you too. >> thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. rachel oos got the night off and happy friday to all of you and happy october. especially to everyone in the united states house of representatives because for them friday has actually just started. for most of us today we were all of us living in friday, october the 1st. however in the united states house of representatives it was still thursday. it was september. you'll recall that we spent all of yesterday waiting for a vote in the house on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. the roads and bridges bill. that vote never came and yesterday felt endless. but in the weird arcane time space continuum that governs the u.s. house it turns out that yesterday really was endless. as in, it d

i'm ali velshi. the house january 6th committee is ramping up its efforts to force administration officials to cooperate with its investigation into one of the most shocking assaults on our democracy in modern times. now, former department of justice official jeffrey clark, who had promised the previous president that he would pursue his bogus election fraud claims, is in the panel's crosshairs. they've hit him with a subpoena this week following a particularly damning senate report, detailing the former president's attempts to coerce the department of justice into helping trump overturn the results of the 2020 election. committee chairman bennie thompson said in a statement, quote, the select committee needs to understand all the details about efforts inside the previous administration to delay the certification of the 2020 election and amplify misinformation about the election results. we need to understand mr. clark's role in these efforts at the justice department and learn who was involved acros

the rachel maddow show starts now with ali velshi in for rachel. >>> rachel has the night off, she will be back on monday. let's start with an update on the health of the former president bill clinton who was hospitalized on tuesday. a spokesperson announced clinton will remain hospitalized overnight in california far urinary tract infection that has spread to his bloodstream. his doctor said today that he's on the mend, in good spirits and that all of his health indicators are quote trending in the right direction. today the former secretary of state hillary clinton once again visited her husband this the hospital. president clinton also received a call from president biden who says he looks forward to seeing president clinton soon, and he wishes him a speedy recovery. we're going to keep you updated on this story as it develops. right now, i want to turn to a meeting that was supposed to stay behind closed doors but ended up on the pages of the "washington post" today. quote, in a private speech at the donor retreat for the national republican senatorial committee yesterday, donald tr

"the rachel maddow show" starts now with ali velshi in for rachel. >> that is a fascinating conversationor of unions and collective bargaining and increasing the wages and working conditions of people. police unions in this country are unhinged. you said it well. it is -- it goes against everything that i believe a union needs to do. they're nuts. >> the tone that emanates -- we just had the chicago police union comparing vaccine mandates to the nazis. there's just literally no one in public life -- maybe with the ex

. >> your price flee right, good morning ali velshi, it's great to have you with us, we are pushing ourit has to change. i think the president is right when he talks about the need to ultimately ensure that these firefighters who are sacrifice and so much on behalf of our communities, that ultimately there were welcomes as wildfires grow across the west as they become more intense more in dangerous, exacerbated of course by climate change, federal firefighters early vine their lives, their families, for months at a time, working on average six now are david lee shifts in some cases sleeping in the desert with, incredibly limited time off to reset and re-connect with loved ones. these are highly skilled individuals, in their vital service in support, every major wildfire response, my district, i represent northern colorado, a district is larger than the state of new jersey, over 50% of it is public land. and we had the first and largest wildfire in the history of colorado, both happened my district last year, and we rely on these federal firefighters to ultimately protect our communities

i'm in for ali velshi.h our eyes as a violent mob attacked our capitol waving the flags of the failed ex-president. now congress attempts to uncover the how and why of the deadly attack and that attempt may be headed

the rachel maddow show starts now with ali velshi in for rachel. >>> rachel has the night off, she willtuesday. a spokesperson announced clinton will remain hospitalized overnight in california far urinary tract infection that has spread to his bloodstream. his doctor said today that he's on the mend, in good spirits and that all of his health indicators are quote trending in the right direction. today the former secretary of state hillary clinton once again visited her husband this the hospital. president clinton also received

"the rachel maddow show" starts now with ali velshi. >> chris, we have not crossed paths in the lastl's got the night off. thanks to you for joining us. we're coming up on nine months since the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. i think for all of us, amid the deluge of video and photographic documentation of the attack that emerged in the days and weeks afterwards, there are certain moments, certain images from that day that are burned into our minds. moments like this one. a man in a very distinctive stars and stripes jacket with

i'm ali velshi.gation into the deadly january 6th attack on the nation's capitol. the select committee investigating the attack may gain insight from the former officials who tried to help the ex-president overturn the 2020 election. cnn was the first to report last night that former doj official jeffrey clark may be one of the first people to actually comply with the subpoenas and testify in front of the panel next week. you remember clark, who nobody knew about before this whole thing happened, emerged as a key figure to craft a plan to get the justice department to validate the

it's time for the last word with ali velshi filling in for lawrence. >> hi, friend.

it's time for the last word with ali velshi filling in for lawrence. >> hi, friend. good to see you. that document is so good, and it speaks to how the civil war is taught differently than you'd think it is. the whole idea that in many places through the south, they do discuss the fact it wasn't about slavery. it was about states' rights and the north invading. but what was really amazing about it is the effect that it has to this day on students in mississippi. i went there earlier this week to talk to some of those students about how they have to get out of high school before they learn real stories about the civil war and about slavery because they don't learn it in school. >> and it's this thing that is so big and so present in american history, you would think there would be an american history about it. >> yes. >> but there absolutely is not an american history about it. and those of us who learned it a specific way because we went to school in certain parts of the country are totally ignorant of how it is taught in other parts of the country and vice versa. it

. >>> still to come on "velshi," ali may not be here today but he's still here in spirit, and he helps shed light on a relatively unknown story of race. >> to hear how they still remember what it was like to be a 7-year-old or an 8-year-old and to be treated this way, i really want -- i wanted my kids to know that story. i wanted kids of that generation to understand that it wasn't that long ago that we as a nation and as a state have been struggling with this discrimination, this intentional segregation. gregation. alice loves the scent of gain so much, she wished there was a way to make it last longer. say hello to your fairy godmother alice and long-lasting gain scent beads. try spring daydream, now part of our irresistible scent collection. it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or it could be the day there's a cyberthreat. only comcast business' secure network solutions give you the power of sd-wan and advanced security integrated on our activecore platform so you can control your network from anywhere, anyt

ali. i'm always thrilled to share the screen with you saturday morning. >> and you, my friend. we will see tiffany at 10:00 a.m. and stay tuned for "the cross connection" right after "velshithe house committee on january 6th is out with subpoenas for trump associates and people in his orbit, and if those individuals think they can defy these court orders they have another thing coming or congressional orders. i'll tell you who is being targeted with jamie raskin on that committee. he's standing by. more "velshi" in just a moment. living with bipolar depression. i just couldn't find my way out of it. the lows of bipolar depression can take you to a dark place... ...and be hard to manage. latuda could make a real difference in your symptoms. latuda was proven to significantly reduce bipolar depression symptoms and in clinical studies, had no substantial impact on weight. this is where i want to be. latuda is not for everyone. call your doctor about unusual mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. elderly dementia patients on latuda have an increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about

velshi atm easter, now time for the last word, and my absolute pleasure to introduce my friend zerlina maxwell who is in for lawrence o'donnell this morning, good evening, old friend. >> good evening, ali. thank you so much and please have a safe weekend. it's great to see you, even though it is remotely. >> thank you, my friend. >> thank you. so, it just takes one person to terrorize you, at first i heard that live on this very show, two days ago, when jennifer jenkins a member of the county school board described her experience being terrorized by more than one person because she supports kids wearing masks in schools. you know, just like the cdc does, jennifer jenkins talked about people shouting vital things outside her five-year-old daughter's bedroom window while she was trying to read her a bedtime story, how they brandished weapons and how her daughter asks at least twice a week, are the mean people going to be outside again. it's a minority of people, for sure, that helps me but that's not an enough to help a woman who ran for elected office to make a difference in her school district to have really dark days, here is what's she told lawrence. >> it just takes one a person to

velshi atm easter, now time for the last word, and my absolute pleasure to introduce my friend zerlina maxwell who is in for lawrence o'donnell this morning, good evening, old friend. >> good evening, aligreat to see you, even though it is remotely. >> thank you, my friend. >> thank you. so, it just takes one person to terrorize you, at first i heard that live on this very show, two days ago, when jennifer jenkins a member of the county school board described her experience being terrorized by more than one person because she supports kids wearing masks in schools. you know, just like the cdc does, jennifer jenkins talked about people shouting vital in