ali velshi is up next. >> good morning. it's sunday, august 21st. i'm ali velshi. probable as it may seem, donald trump is actually receive a huge boost and support in the days since the fbi searched his mar-a-lago estate. and recovered boxes of classified information that properly belong to eunice's government. his political action committee has seen a spike in donations. raising millions just days after the fbi served him a search warrant for the washington post. recent polls have been shown trump widening his lead over florida governor ron desantis and other possible republican presidential contenders should he choose to jump in the 2024 presidential race. as one gop strategist put it nbc news recently quote, the rally around trump effect israel. if you couldn't tell already, donald trump is a competitive man who seems to enjoy and even seems to thrive on chaos and he's not ready to walk away from this manner with the fbi play it. on friday, he posted on social media platform of truth social that quote a major motion pertaining to the fourth amendment will soon

i'm ali velshi back on the road with a special edition of velshi our cross, america post for all of mama. this week and i mean tuscaloosa, alabama, a state that has been without safe and legal abortion care since the supreme overturned roe v. wade 43 days ago. state officials to move quickly the ban abortion. within hours of the supreme court's ruling. alabama and post a total abortion ban, not only makes exceptions for the life and health of the woman. and even that i have learned is a highly subjective matter. hundreds of appointments across the state were canceled immediately. now this man the new status quo here ever since. alabama's laws been called the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation. and makes providing abortions a class a felony, punishable by up to 99 years in prison. on top of that, providing having access that care could also be a crime and it's not clear where she might go to obtain reproductive health care, and women who are pregnant here worry that any miscarriage can make them a criminal suspect. and a week since roe, fell all of alabama's neighboring states ha

msnbc prime begins right now with ali velshi. good evening. >> what a busy and interesting evening, thank you for your great reporting on. >> this we'll see you tomorrow night. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we literally have a metric ton of news to get to tonight. you've been hearing some of it, including the latest on aattack that took place at an fbi field office in cincinnati, ohio. an attack that comes as conservative politicians continue to vilify the fbi over its search of donald trump's home. law enforcement sources say the man identified in that incident posted online about his desire to kill fbi agents, shortly after the search at mar-a-lago. we're also learning tonight that he was at the capitol riot on january 6th. we are going to cover the big news out of the justice department as well. the attorney general merrick garland announcing today that he's moving to unseal the warrant to search trump's home. but we start tonight with a truly gobsmacking new report from the "washington post." here's the head

ali velshi is up next. >> good morning. it's sunday, august 21st. i'm ali velshi. support in the days since the fbi searched his mar-a-lago estate. and recovered boxes of classified information that properly belong to eunice's government. his political action committee has seen a spike in donations. raising millions just days after the fbi served him a search warrant for the washington post. recent polls have been shown trump widening

hey good evening, i'm ali velshi, this is msnbc special coverage of primary night in america. the east coast. polls are now closed in all five states that we are watching. arizona, kansas, missouri, michigan, and washington today. we are going right to state kornacki just a moment. to get the very latest numbers as votes are still being counted. but perhaps the most watched vote of the night happened in kansas where nbc news now projects that voters decided to protect the states rights to and abortion. this is a first date on abortion rights since the court overturned roe v. wade. in arizona, three trump endorsed election deniers are on the ballot. all three races, right now, too early to call. but that may change, while i am talking to you. in michigan trump endorsed candidate tutor dixon, is the projected winner of the republican primary for governor. dixon will run against the incugr

msnbc prime begins right now with ali velshi.ng. >> what a busy and interesting evening, thank you for your great reporting on. >> this we'll see you tomorrow night. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we literally have a metric ton of news to get to tonight. you've been hearing some of it, including the latest on aattack that took place at an fbi field office in cincinnati, ohio. an attack that comes as conservative politicians continue to vilify the fbi over its search of donald trump's home. law enforcement sources say the man identified in that incident posted online about his desire to kill fbi agents, shortly after the search at mar-a-lago. we're also learning tonight that he was at the cap

ali velshi is on the latest installment of multi across america. america.dition of velshi our cross, america post for all of mama. this week and i mean tuscaloosa, alabama, a state that has been without safe and legal abortion care since the supreme overturned roe v. wade 43 days ago. state officials to move quickly the ban abortion. within hours of the supreme court's ruling. alabama and post a total abortion ban

i am ali velshi. for about a full year after donald trump left the white house, 184 unique classified documents totaling more than 700 pages of valuable intelligence reflectivity u.s. government was sitting at his palm beach resort in mar-a-lago. that batch was recovered in january of this year. since, then the national archives in the justice department have received even more classified material from trump this state. including, during a search of mar-a-lago three weeks ago. some of those documents include information about some of the country's most closely guarded secrets. of those original 184 classified documents, 25 were marked top secret. 92 were marked secret. 67 confidential. they also bore various other classifications, including or con. short for originator control. we knew that the agency that issued the report had to approve specifically who was allowed to see it. others were flag is information that cannot be shared with foreign enemies. most notably there were documents in mar-a-lago n

i'm ali velshi and we began this morning with donald trump and tire disregard for democracy.short but important history lesson. going back just to february of this, year when federal agents and the national archives and records administration collected 15 boxes of documents. and they filled former president had taken with him to a tropical florida gu r

friend ali velshi. we really appreciate.off growing fodder on the documents seized from mar-a-lago, intelligence officials want to know if a national securities been put at risk. also, florida could once again be the center of the political universe with marquee senate. and gubernatorial race. and they gen z candidates poised to shake up congress. all of that and much more coming up in the next hour of the sunday show. the sunday show. (woman) oh. oh! hi there. you're jonathan, right? the 995 plan! yes, from colonial penn. your 995 plan fits my budget just right. excuse me? aren't you jonathan from tv, that 995 plan? yes, from colonial penn. i love your lifetime rate lock. that's what sold me. she thinks you're jonathan, with the 995 plan. -are you? -yes, from colonial penn. we were concerned we couldn't get coverage, but it was easy with the 995 plan. -thank you. -you're welcome. i'm jonathan for colonial penn life insurance company. this guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance plan is our #1 most popular plan. it's load

msnbc prime starts right now with my good friend ali velshi. but it is an important story and it continues to play out. i'm glad you in been have that conversation. have a great night, my friend, and we will see you tomorrow. >> thank you. >> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. if you would allow me, i would like to take you back in time, back to september of 2009. as a new american leader was making his first appearance at the annual united nations general assembly. president barack obama was just eight months into his first term. and the big un meeting was kind of his big debut on the global diplomatic stage. he and his secretary of state, hillary clinton, were greeted warmly by american allies as they announced a more cooperative approach to international affairs as opposed to the with us or against us attitude of the prior administration. president obama was not the only world leader attending his very first un general assembly that day. another first timer got almost as much attention o

msnbc prime starts right now with my good friend ali velshi. good evening, ali., were greeted warmly by american allies, as they announced a more cooperative approach to international affairs as opposed to the with us, or against us attitude of th president obama was not the only world leader attending his very first general assembly that day, another first-timer got almost as much attention as obama but unlike the new american president, this guy had been ruling his country for 40 infamous years. >> his excellency, muomar quadafi, leader of the revolution, president ofqu the african union, king of kings of the traditional kings

rachel, we'll see on monday, and i'll be back on tuesday, now it's time for the last word with ali velshi. ali, i want to say to you personally as we have the show off thank you thank you thank you for everything you've done to keep everything afloat at 9 pm. >> it has been a tremendous and to a tremendous week, alex, congratulations for that. you are in great hands with the team, it's one of the finest teams and journalism, and you've done a great job with it. and it's been my pleasure to be there. the story you just ended with, it's kind of pro marco bowl the judge basically saying, the should be in the hands of the people, so let's get it into the hands of the people, let's get it on to the docket or at least on the ballot for november. this is a difficult situation in michigan, because while it does allow for exceptions for the health, the life of the pregnant mother, doctors i've spoken with have said, even that's not clear what that means. the doctor may say this is a dangerous pregnancy that should be terminated, but in a state where you have government attorneys looking to make an

with my friend ali velshi. to run into you in real life again. well see you tomorrow. >> thanks, ali. >>> thank you fornk joining us this hour. in normal times, this is not what you expect to see emblazonened across the front page of the new york times. a headline in all caps that a former president's home was just searched by the fbi in south florida. normal went out the window a long time ago. the times adds the focus is on white house files, sign that inquiries are widening. here is "the washington post." sub headline, quote, unusual move ordered by court. handling of

rachel, we'll see on monday, and i'll be back on tuesday, now it's time for the last word with ali velshii, i want to say to you personally as we have the show off thank you thank you thank you for everything you've done to keep everything afloat at 9 pm. >> it has been a tremendous and to a tremendous week, alex, congratulations for that. you are in great hands with the team, it's one of the finest teams and journalism, and you've done a great job with it. and it's been my pleasure to be there. the story you just

with my friend ali velshi. i. re getting ready for a, shows to run into an rely forgetting. i'll see you tomorrow. >> thanks ali. >> and thank you at-home for joining us this hour, we're happy to have you with, us, and a normal times this is not what you'd expect to see. emblazoned across the front page of the new york times. a headline, in all caps, that a former presidents home was just searched by the fbi in south florida. then again, normal went out the window along time ago. the times adds that the focus is said to be on white house files, and sign that inquiries are widening. here is the washington post today. quote, fbi agents urged trump

i am ali velshi, welcome to a special edition of the velshi live from tuscaloosa, alabama, we have been giving you the latest edition of velshi across america, post-roe alabama. we are keeping a close watch this morning as well on capitol hill, where senators have been up all night voting on amendments to the democrats landmark inflation reduction act, which is eventually expected to pass. that will be a major win for president biden. we will talk to the staff in michigan about it, all in a few minutes. but i want to start here in alabama, and the most restrictive and punitive abortion bans in the united country. anyone, whether or not they are a medical professional might be sentenced to prison for up to 99 years if they are found to have caused an abortion in this state. people here are also prohibited from helping someone access abortion care, or even giving out information about it. well, doing those things could be considered conspiracy under the states law, which is been in effect since june 24th. that is the day the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. later on in our show, we w

with my friend ali velshi. i. ali nice to see you, it was a great surprise when we are getting ready for a, shows to run into an rely forgetting. i'll see you tomorrow. >> thanks ali. >> and thank you at-home for joining us this hour, we're happy to have you with, us, and a normal times this is not what you'd expect to see. emblazoned across the front page of the new york times. a headline, in all caps, that a former presidents home was just searched by the fbi in south florida. then again, normal went out the window along time ago. the times adds that the focus is said to be on white house files, and sign that inquiries are widening. here is the washington post today. quote, fbi agents urged trump safe in documents probe. unusual move handily -- under scrutiny. win the past 24 hours have been a doozy. it was yesterday evening when the former president, donald trump, put out a rambling, chest, pounding feet stomping statement, announcing to the world that the fbi had raided, his words, his florida home. a so-called

ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. t you just said, i'm thinking to, myself we are not going to, we can be waiting a long time before those people respond. and can say something about that. it's kind of wild how everybody has gone suddenly silent on this thing. >> what you just said, i'm thinking to, myself we are not going to, we can be waiting a long time before those people >> when you lost carl rove, respond. and can say something about you know you are in trouble. that. it's kind of wild how everybody has gone suddenly silent on this thing. >> when you lost carl rove, you know you are in trouble. >> you've lost the game. alex, have a great weekend. we'll see you next week. >> have a great show, ali. >> tonight, we are seemingly one step closer to a criminal prosecution of former president donald trump. the possibility of the twice impeached former insurrectionist of the united states standing trial in federal court seems enormously more possible today than it di

and now, it is time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence tonight. thank you, thank you, thank you for everything you have done to keep everything afloat at 9 pm! >> it has been a tremendous and to a tremendous week, alex, congratulations for that. you are in great hands with that team, it's one of the finest teams and journalism, and you've done a great job with it. and it's been my pleasure to be there. the story you just ended with, it's kind of pro marco bowl the judge basically saying, the should be in the hands of the people, so let's get it into the hands of the people, let's get it on to the docket or at least on the ballot for november. this is a difficult situation in michigan, because while it does allow for exceptions for the health, the life of the pregnant mother, doctors i've

msnbc prime starts right now with ali velshi. ts right now with ali velshi.good evening l.t wasn't evening, alicia thank you for your reporting on this. we will see you tomorrow night. thanks for you at home for joining us this hour we literally have a metric ton of news to get to tonight we've been hearing some of it on the latest attack that took place at an fbi field office in cincinnati ohio, an attack that comes as consider to vilify the fbi over is sort of donald trump's home. law enforcement sources identified in the incidents online about his desire to kill fbi agents shortly after the search at mar-a-lago. we're also learning tonight that he was at the capitol >> we're also riots on learning tonight he was at the january six. capitol riot on january six. we will cover the big news out of the justice department as. well the attorney general merrick garland announcing today that he's moving to unseal the warrant to search trump's home. but we start tonight with a truly gobs mouth getting new report from the washington post.

with my friend ali velshi. to run into you in real life again. well see you tomorrow. >> thanks, ali. >>> thank you fornk joining us this hour. in normal times, this is not what you expect to see emblazonened across the front page of the new york times. a headline in all caps that a former president's home was just searched by the fbi in south florida. normal went out the window a long time ago. the times adds the focus is on white house files, sign that inquiries are widening. here is "the washington post." sub headline, quote, unusual move ordered by court. handling of classified papers under scrutiny. the past 24 hours have been a doozy. it was yesterday evening when thedo former president, donald trump, put out a rambling, chest pounding, feet stomping statement announcing to the world that the fbi had raided his words his florida home. so-called law and order president called it a witch hunt and gave a shoutout to hillary clinton about her emails. he cldid, however, let the worl know a fascinating detail that the fbi got into his safe as part

ali velshi, mary hassan, and amy malignant have done incredible work holding down this hour ahead ofour launch. and for that, i am incredibly and forever grateful. thank you guys. and a final note, please do not forget to set your dvr as for alex wagner tonight. >> tonight, on all in. >> this, law the american people one. and the special interests lost. >> joe biden spikes the ball, and signs a bill. >> this law, this law that i'm about to sign, finally delivers on a promise that washington has made for decades to the. american people >> tonight, actual reason for hope and optimism? as a historic

i am ali velshi, welcome to a special edition of the velshi live from tuscaloosa, alabama, we have beena close watch this morning as well on capitol hill, where senators have been up all night voting on amendments to the democrats landmark inflation reduction act, which is eventually expected to pass. that will be a major win for president biden. we will talk to the

ali velshi, mary hassan, and amy malignant have done incredible work holding down this hour ahead of our launch. and for that, i am incredibly and forever grateful. thank you guys. and a final note, please do not forget to set your dvr as for alex wagner tonight. >> tonight, on all in. >> this, law the american people one. and the special interests lost. >> joe biden spikes the ball, and signs a bill. >> this law, this law that i'm about to sign, finally delivers on a promise that washington has made for decades to the. american people >> tonight, actual reason for hope and optimism? as a historic climate and health care bill becomes law. then, team trump sets its sights on confidential sources. >> >> i understand the witness protection issue but at the same time, it's not going to be concealed for very long. >> i'll talk to george conway over the fight of unsealing the fbi affidavit. plus >> we are facing very difficult and challenging times. we are facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. >> robert draper on the anti-democratic forces advancing s

ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. good evening, ali. >> what you just said, i'm thinking to, myself we are not going to, we can be waiting a long time before those people respond. and can say something about that. it's kind of wild how everybody has gone suddenly silent on this thing. >> when you lost carl rove, you know you are in trouble. >> you've lost the game. alex, have a great weekend. we'll see you next week. >> have a great show, ali. >> tonight, we are seemingly one step closer to a criminal prosecution of former president donald trump. the possibility of the twice impeached former insurrectionist of the united states standing trial in federal court seems enormously more possible today than it did just a week ago. today, the u.s. magistrate judge, bruce reinhart, who authorized the search warrant of donald trump's florida home released the redacted affidavit. that is what you are looking out. the blast is the redactions. it was used by the fbi to support the search. the affidavit says, quote, there is probabl

ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. good evening, ali. >> what you just said, i'm thinking to, myself we are not going to, we can be waiting a long time before those people respond. and can say something about that. it's kind of wild how everybody has gone suddenly silent on this thing. >> what you just said, i'm thinking to, myself we are not going to, we can be waiting a long time before those people >> when you lost carl rove, respond. and can say something about you know you are in trouble. that. it's kind of wild how everybody has gone suddenly silent on this thing. >> when you lost carl rove, you know you are in trouble. >> you've lost the game. alex, have a great weekend. we'll see you next week. >> have a great show, ali. >> tonight, we are seemingly one step closer to a criminal prosecution of former president donald trump. the possibility of the twice impeached former insurrectionist of the united states standing trial in federal court seems enormously more possible today than it did just a week ago. today, the

ali velshi, that he has on, and payment meridian and then incredible work holding on this hour aheadforever grateful. thank you guys. and in a final note, don't forget to set your dvr's for alex wagner tonight. now it's time for the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle. it's primary night. liz cheney and the future of democracy on the ballot. cheney will not be wyoming's republican member of congress but her political future is not over. steve kornacki is back with the numbers as voters, some who believe election lies are having their say.

i'm ali velshi. this is msnbc special coverage of primary results in five states. arizona, kansas, missouri michigan, and washington state. voters of turned out to the determine their nominees for the mid terms elections to be held in 97 days. the biggest news of the night was in the state of kansas where voters voted to protect the right of abortion. this was the first electoral test for abortion rights since the supreme court overturn roe v. wade. around 60% of kansas voters voted no to removing the right for an abortion in the state constitution. in arizona, watching that closely right now, three races are too early to call for trump endorsed election deniers. mark finchem is leading for the republican state tutored dixon is the projected winner. she will run against the incumbent gretchen whitmer. in missouri, attorney general eric schmidt as won the republican nomination for senate defeating former governor eric greitens. last night, donald trump endorsed a candidate named eric, and wasn't sure who endorsed. and washington state, it's too early to tell for two

ali velshi will be here tomorrow. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> the fbi searches the florida home of former president trump. looking for documents from his time in the white house. and this morning, we're learning more about what agents found at mar-a-lago. the search has republicans rallying around the former president. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is even threatening an investigation of the department of justice. and online, some of trump's most devoted followers are furious and posting concerning calls for action. >>> good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this tuesday, august 9th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. it is an extraordinary day and we begin with that dramatic escalation in donald trump's legal problems and the fbi searches his estate in south florida yesterday unannounced. the former president posted just before 7:00 p.m. last night that mar-a-lago was quote currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of fbi agents. adding, they ev

i'm ali velshi. this is msnbc special coverage of primary results in five states.rizona, kansas, missouri michigan, and washington state. voters of turned out to the determine their nominees for the mid terms elections to be held in 97 days. the biggest news of the night was in the state of kansas where voters voted to protect the right of abortion. this was the first electoral test for abortion rights since the supreme court overturn roe v. wade. around 60% of kansas voters voted no to removing the right for an abortion in the state

i am ali velshi. we know more this weekend than ever before about the fbi. and the search of the mar-a-lago estate. new details just released to the public, the possibility of criminal prosecution of the twice impeached ex president's so plausible, now, that some federal prosecutors are actually seeing it out loud. less than 24 hours ago we got our first look at the affidavit used by the fbi to convince a federal judge to greenlight the mar-a-lago search. the document is heavily redacted to protect the safety of civilian witnesses and law enforcement officers, but there is plenty to see and hear. including this line. quote, there is probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found at the premises. the affidavit directly contradicts his claim that he was already cooperating with the government. it makes it clear the lengths the government went to before pursuing action to recover the material. outlining how the former president -- the affidavit paints the picture of a hubris tech and former executive with no appreciation for the rescue pla

ali velshi and others have done incredible work holding down this hour before this launch and for that i am incredibly forever grateful. thank you. and on a final note, please don't forget to set your dvr's for alex wagner tonight. that is the time for the last word with, my friend lawrence o'donnell. good evening. lawrence hey alex this is very exciting. it's wagner week. that's the way it's gonna be remembered in television history. you know, i saw the little gremlins attack at the beginning of the show. here's the thing to know. on my first show, first one of these which i did which is 12 million episodes ago. the very first one. in the first segment, the teleprompter went down. now you have to be bryant williams to handle a teleprompter going down. you have to be a professional which i wasn't and still am not. so there's this gremlin thing. >> you're still on the air 12 million episodes later that's the important part of this. >> that is the lesson. i believe that is the blessing from the gremlins saying you are going to grow into your grand motherhood at this job at that desk. >>

msnbc prime starts right now with ali velshi. wasn't evening, alicia thank you for your reporting on this. we will see you tomorrow night. thanks for you at home for joining us this hour we literally have a metric ton of news to get to tonight we've been hearing some of it on the latest attack that took place at an fbi field office in cincinnati ohio, an attack that comes as consider to vilify the fbi over is sort of donald trump's home. law enforcement sources identified in the incidents online about his desire to kill fbi agents shortly after the search at mar-a-lago. we're also learning tonight that he was at the capitol >> we're also riots on learning tonight he was at the january six. capitol riot on

msnbc prime starts right now with ali velshi. >> saturday and sunday after working this whole week?hall see you on tv to more than, alicia thank you very great week. nice to see you. and thanks to you for joining us this hour. happy friday. let's are right in. the title, quote search and seizure warrant. it was filed in the united states district court for the southern district of florida and it reads, quote in the matter of the search of the premises located that 1100 south ocean boulevard palm beach florida as for the described in attachment a -- okay here is attachment a. quote property

i am ali velshi. even though donald trump will not be on any ballot this year, his mark is everywhere. his big lie has been a core value of today's republican party. some of the insurrectionists who he's summoned to the capitol on january 6th are among this year's candidates for office. after fbi agents

i am ali velshi. we are 80 days away from one of the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. even though donald trump will not be on any ballot this year, his mark is everywhere. his big lie has been a core value of today's republican party. some of the insurrectionists who he's summoned to the capitol on january 6th are among this year's candidates for office. after fbi agents retrieved boxes of classified documents from mar-a-lago almost two weeks ago, even more republicans have rallied to his side. his vice grip on the party seem to be confirmed this past week. it is the results of one of the highest profile republican races of this entire cycle. on tuesday, congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january six committee, the republican party's top critic of the twice impeached ex president lost her reelection bid for wyoming's lone seat in the house of representatives. it was a blowout. she has been in office since 2017. during wyoming's last republican primary in 2020, she wo

on sunday at 8 pm, my, show the mehdi hasan, msnbc prime, though, starts right now though, with ali velshi. good evening. >> mehdi, good evening to, you have yourself a good weekend. we will see you sunday night. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. back in 2009, barack obama took office amid the biggest economic crisis since the great depression. democrats had control of the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, and for awhile, despite that dire economic catastrophe, it looked like democrats were going to be able to deal with the crisis and move forward on a big, broad agenda. that year, they passed an historic economic recovery, built to pull the country out of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the president's domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced

. >> all right, that will do it for me for now, ali velshi is gonna be here tomorrow. but going anywhere, because right now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell, good evening lawrence. good evening rachel and this is one of those days that we couldn't see coming. of course i know you were working on a completely different show than what you presented tonight. except for senator schumer who you had all along. but this is such a different night. this is the night this state in history of course when president richard nixon was forced to resign the office of the presidency because of the evidence of crimes that had been at that point discovered by investigators. and it's such a different political world in which tonight the top republican in the house of representatives kevin mccarthy threatens the attorney general of the united states. >> threatens the attorney general. >> kevin mccarthy says i've seen enough and the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization. attorney general garland preserve your documents and cle

ali velshi will be here tomorrow. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is up next. >>> the fbi searches the florida home of former president trump. looking for documents from his time in the white house. and this morning, we're learning more about what agents found at mar-a-lago. the search has republicans rallying around the former president. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is even threatening an investigation of the department of justice. and online, some of trump's most devoted followers are furious and posting concerning calls for action.

that is all in on this wednesday night, msnbc prime starts right now with ali velshi, good evening. mehdi thank you great conversation i'm kind of fascinating. you and i both come from places where there is universal health care. it's 15 models for doing this around the world, there 60 developed countries that do it and in 2022 we're still arguing and how to get this done in the united states. it should be a slam dunk but it's not. >> it's absolutely crazy as you say ali. those who live abroad nowhere at an outlier the uss. >> thanks for the discussion my friend you have a great night. and thanks to you at home for joining us at this hour. that was the scene in kansas after resounding victory for abortion rights at the polls. kansans voted overwhelmingly to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution. not only was the result surprising in a state's conservative as kansas but, the margin wasn't even close. kansas voters rejected the anti-abortion measure by nearly 20 points and what's remarkable about the outcome is that kansas republicans did everything they possibly could

i'm ali velshi and we began this morning with donald trump and tire disregard for democracy. and national security of the united states, and to do that we need a short but important history lesson. going back just to february of this, year when federal agents and the national archives and records administration collected 15 boxes of documents. and they filled former president had taken with him to a tropical florida gulf resort after he left the white house. inside of those boxes, were things like the letter that former president, barack obama left for trump when he took office. the quote love letters using the former presidents exact words, that north korean leader kim jong-un stand him. as well as documents marked classified and top secret. however that was not all of the trump that he left with. nbc news learn that somebody familiar with the documents inside of mar-a-lago told investigators that there may still be more classified documents swirled away at the golf resort. nbc news also learned not in the spraying, trump received a federal grand jury subpoena for documents

on sunday at 8 pm, my, show the mehdi hasan, msnbc prime, though, starts right now though, with ali velshiourself a good weekend. we will see you sunday night. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. back in 2009, barack obama took office amid the biggest economic crisis since the great depression. democrats had control of the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, and for awhile, despite that dire economic catastrophe, it looked like democrats were going to be able to deal with the crisis and move forward on a big, broad agenda. that year, they passed an historic economic recovery, built to pull the country out of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the presint

. >> good evening and welcome to msnbc prime, i'm ali velshi, thank you for joining us on this big nightding primary elections today the results from each of them will be telling in an entirely different ways. the polls have just close in michigan, and kansas. we're of course gonna have to kornacki here in just a moment, take us through the latest numbers as votes are counted. now all eyes are on kansas today. where abortion rights are on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. kansas are voting on whether to allow the republican legislature to wish tricked or ban abortion in the state. now we are gonna have much more on that vote including some last-minute dirty tricks and some impressively high turnout numbers. polls close and just over an hour ago in missouri where the marquee race is the republican primary for the senate. and they see says it's still too early to call which is 4% of the post reporting. two of the top contenders for the nomination of missouri scandal plagued former governor eric wright guns and the current attorney general eric sc

i'm ali velshi. it's sunday, august 21st. it's day one 79 of russia's war in ukraine. a war that none of us imagined would still be unleashing deadly devastation six months after it began in february. vladimir putin sure didn't. he planned a three-day invasion to take the capital city of kyiv and depose that countries duly elected president. the russian president also plan on preventing the expansion of nato instead the alliance has never been stronger. it's a to admit to new members. finland and sweden. nordic nations that have hissed -- a history of being unlined and would share an 800 mile land border with russia. putin's war of choice is also stated multiple humanitarian crises. the most visceral of which is the flood of people who are trying to escape the deadly violence. the united nations high commissioner for refugees has recorded more than 6.6 million ukrainian refugees across europe. more than 3.8 million have registered for some sort of temporary protected status to remain in the countries that they have led to. another major humanitarian crisis is on hunger

msnbc prime starts right now with ali velshi. >> saturday and sunday after working this whole week? >> it's the weekend i'm about to work some more. >> we shall see you on tv to more than, alicia thank you very great week. nice to see you. and thanks to you for joining us this hour. happy friday. let's are right in. the title, quote search and seizure warrant. it was filed in the united states district court for the southern district of florida and it reads, quote in the matter of the search of the premises located that 1100 south ocean boulevard palm beach florida as for the described in attachment a -- okay here is attachment a. quote property to be searched. the promises to be searched his further described as a resort club and the residents. it is described as a mansion with approximately 58 bedrooms, 38 -- on the 17 acre estate. the locations to be searched include the 45 office all storage rooms and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by the former president of the united states and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored

ali velshi, that he has on, and payment meridian and then incredible work holding on this hour ahead of this lunch and for that i am incredibly and forever grateful. thank you guys. and in a final note, don't forget to set your dvr's for alex wagner tonight. now it's time for the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle. it's primary night. liz cheney and the future of democracy on the ballot. cheney will not be wyoming's republican member of congress but her political future is not over. steve kornacki is back with the numbers as voters, some who believe election lies are having their say. then president biden's bfd moment. he signed a major climate, health care and tax bill all into law all without the support of a single republican. now democrats say they have something big to campaign on. will it be enough? plus, threats and dangerous rhetoric is at an all-time high and that has poll workers at an all-time low. how can democracy function when no one is there to ensure free and fair elections? dangerous times indeed as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. >> good evening once

i am ali velshi, we are learning more about why the federal government destroy their decision to conduct the unprecedented surge on the former presidents private residence and why a federal judge granted the warrant for them to do. at less than 24 hours ago, redacted copy of the affidavit for that search warrant was unsealed. the document is what the justice department submitted to a federal judge to convince him to approve the search of mar-a-lago, so that fbi agents could recover the box of materials that properly belong to the united states government, many of which turned out to be classified documents. the affidavit does not contain proof of a crime. but it details why the justice department believes it has probable cause to believe that a crime may have been committed. the justice department calls the affidavit, quote, a roadmap to the government's ongoing investigation. that is why about half of the 38-page document is redacted, per the request of the fbi in order to preserve the integrity of an investigation that it says is still in its early stages. now what is that investigatio