i am katie fang. begin today show with this reality. 60% of americans believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. this is according to a research poll taken in march. so, if the supreme court overturned roe v. wade they would be subverting the will of the american people. we have seen this before, right? republicans or gop appointed judges are pushing through wide ranging policies that the majority of americans do not agree with. let's talk about mass. a poll conducted last month shows that 56% of americans favor requiring masks on planes, trains, and public transportation. 20% were opposed to the policy. this minority, this is the group that got their way when they trump appointed judge overturned the nationwide mask mandate. how about lgbtq issues? in a national poll of april of last year, 67% opposed a state law that would prohibit transgender athletes from joining sports teams that match their gender identity. 13 states, led by republican legislators, have passed these bands. as fa

this is the katie fang show live from miami, florida. we've a lot to cover and a lot of questions to answer. let's get started! the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection zeroes in on their congressional colleagues. this includes the most powerful republican in the house. house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, calls the investigation illegitimate. do these lawmakers think that they are above the rule of law and exactly how far would they go to keep covering up for donald trump? plus, the big backfire. yet another embarrassment for putin as his invasion into ukraine sparks one of the biggest expansions in nato's history. what this could mean for the future of putin's war. a frenzy for parents across the united states. panic buying and product recalls are not the only thing stifling america's baby formula supply. we will look into how the trade policies are intensifying the crisis. all of this and much more is coming up now. ♪ ♪ ♪ good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. i want to take you back to january 6th of 2020. t

my family -- katie fang, host of the katy franco. she's also an msnbc legal contributor. welcome all of you. let me start with a very blunt question. guys, why is florida? why is it like? this >> because when it comes to autocratic tendencies, ron desantis is -- says, i can now do you. i have jokingly, yet seriously always had the florida's epicenter of all things that i can't really say without getting bleeped out. it is a very sad state of affairs that we are leading the charge and inability to be able to get rid of any type of freedoms that you would want to exercise. i am the mother of a first grader, she seven years old, there's a lot of stuff that i fear for her but it mainly stems from what happens in florida. it's a mind-boggling situation, mehdi. if you look at what was on your screen right now, you have big voices in florida that are making change, but they're hitting a wall. a big, red, gop wall. it's not for any lack of trying. ultimately, would you have to do is realize that florida is a microcosm of what is happening on a more national level. we have desanti

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i am katie fang. most simple of everyday activities, going grocery shopping, turned deadly yesterday after a gunman opened fire today some rocket on the saturday afternoon in the predominantly black neighborhood in buffalo, new york. killing ten people and leaving three wounded. 11 of the 13 shot were black. the suspect and 18-year-old white male is in custody. and he has pleaded not guilty. this morning we are learning more about in the parent manifesto he allegedly left behind. more on that in a moment. let's make no mistake here. this was an act of white supremacy and racism. that is what long forsman is calling. it is the latest high-profile mass shooting targeting minority groups. which is something that has become all too familiar in this country. back in 2015, the country and the world, grief-stricken a shot, one in the vowed witness chanel us and today house of worship. the emanuel church in charleston, -- killing several people in the bible study group. the next, year one of the biggest mass

follow our socials at the katie fang show. in new york city. for now, velshi starts. a good morning to you. it is saturday, may the 21st. i am a velshi. as the house select committee on january six prepares public hearings to begin in just over three weeks, the panel is honing in on some of the ex presidents cronies. the former attorney general, barr, is talking about testifying. -- you will talk about the twice impeached ex president who berated the attorney general barr for not getting the justice department to validate his lies about the 2020 presidential election results. axios reports that no from decisions have been made by the committee on whether to invite barr to appear for public hearing next month. the committee has already spoken with one of the most prominent pushes of the 2020 election lies. rudy giuliani, the former disgraced former attorney testified virtually vest in front of the committee yesterday. this was for nine hours, including breaks. -- not all of the ex presidents allies are cooperating with the janu

i am katie fang.people would have you believe that our two political parties are two sides of the same coin, and that both want the best for america. but they just are different views on what that looks like. with that in mind, let's take a look at the title of two presidents in the face of a major tragedy. president biden, with the first lady, is preparing to fly to uvalde, texas. to face parents who have experienced the worst tragedy, losing a child. biden knows where this feels, like and is -- for his empathy. trump, glorifying violence that killed those 19 children into teachers. he held the names of the victims then had a glock, then ended his speech by doing a strange onstage dance. look at it like this. if our parties were two sides of the same coin we would see trump, as well, in uvalde and not to the nra convention. after all, the -- dog over trump by a 60% margin in 2020. trump would even say the president i hold different opinions on how to prevent these awful facts of violence, we can stil

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i'm katie fang and welcome to a new have sent an hour of the katie phang show. president joe biden and first lady giorgio biden, they're already heading to uvalde, texas, today. following one of the deadliest mass shooting in recent u.s. history the. white house as the president and first lady are scheduled to meet with religious and community leaders and to mourn with the families whose children are killed. this is a comes as you volleys occult police force faces scrutiny for connection for the mass shooting at robb elementary. school the loved 19 children and two teachers dead. according to texas public safety officials. students and teachers repeatedly begged 9-1-1 operators for help. during the attack, while the school district police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway. those actions have now become the center of the investigation into the horrific shooting in the near one hour delay in confronting the shooter who led to discipline lawsuits and even credible charges into -- meanwhile chilling new details are emerging about the 9-1-1 c

this is the katie fang show live from miami, florida.ited states today as the majority of americans say that abortion should be legal. this is not the first time that we have seen republicans or gop appointed judges subvert the will of the people. we will get into that. plus, supreme her prophesy. justice clarence thomas made comments to roe v. wade. why his comments are raising

we will have more on this on our 7 am show with katie fang.ork. we'll take you back to program. >> -- that that's all for this addition of that's all for this dateline, i'm edition of dateline, i'm natalie morales. natalie thank you for watching! morales morale >> coming up on the mehdi hasan show, president biden signals that he is willing to forgive some student loan debt. not the 50,000 that advocates want, though. what stands in the way of executive action on this point? plus, how does democratic mastering of police reform go from defund the police to weekend fund it enough? i ask a leading voice in the black lives matter movement. and, doctor fauci says we are in a transitional phase of the pandemic, as cases go

this is the katie fang show live from miami, florida.get started! the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection zeroes in on their congressional colleagues. this includes the most powerful republican in the house. house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, calls the investigation illegitimate. do these lawmakers think that they are above the rule of

we'll have much more light on this with the katie fang show it 7 am. now back to dateline!i'm natalie morales. newlywed, and widowed paddles smart received accolades after her husband was killed. but in a stunning arrest, police arrested her for murder! now, live in a new hampshire courtroom where testimony from her three accomplices would reveal a tantalizing story of seduction. but different than you many think. back to andrea canning, with deadly secrets! >> it was the first week of march, 1991. ten months after gregg smart was killed. and pamela smart was on trial for his murder. reporters from around the world swarmed the courthouse to tell the story. a woman who seduced a teenage boy, and convincing her his friends to kill her husband! >> all i can remember is this explosion of flash bombs going off. as she is being led in the courtroom. >> what kind of impact did it have on the trial? all that attention? >> certainly, i think the court had to take certain precautions to make sure that this did not get out of hand. >> hamill's attorney, mark, said things had already g

we'll have much more on this on the katie fang show at 7 am. now, back to dateline.k to "dateline", i'm natalie morales. authorities concluded that pravin varughese's death was an accident, saying he was drunk, got lost in the woods and froze to death. but an autopsy found no alcohol in his blood and pravin's mother lovely was convinced there had to be another explanation. and police did not hear a key detail about the night pravin disappeared. here's dennis murphy with "at the edge of town". >> reporter: in the town where her son had lost his life, tiny, softspoken lovely was finding a voice. >> i am not trying to point fingers or assign blame. we just want answers. >> reporter: the investigation appeared to be over, but lovely refused to give up. >> this is not over. >> no, this is not over. >> reporter: she filed a lawsuit against the city of carbondale and its police chief, accusing them of negligence. >> 12 days after the boy's family filed a lawsuit against you, you are fired? >> yes. it was actually over the weekend. >> so 30 years of law enforcement work goes

of the katie fang show on the msnbc have on a peacock. they air thursday and friday. velshi starts right now. >> today on velshi, we touched down in one state where daring proposals keep abortion access in a post row world. it could hinge on a reelection bid. i will talk to her later on in the show. plus, vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine did not go as planned but is still going with dire and deadly consequences every day. some of the smart people i know will join me in a moment to talk about the key players around the world who can change the face of this war. her own family survived a program of government sanctioned brutality and cultural erasure. she's the first native american cabinet secretary and she is doing something a back bit. there is a new york times best seller, star studded adaptation this fall, and is described as a story about the power of kindness and on relenting courage in a time of war and it has been targeted for removal from school library shelves. the velshi banned book club convenes this morning with r. j. palacio author of the powerful gra

i am katie fang.ust moments ago, speaker nancy pelosi holding a press conference in poland after traveling to ukraine overnight, with a congressional tele-gay shun to meet with president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> very distinguished congressional delegation. the speaker making clear, the united states is committed to ukraine until victory as one. the delegation also releasing a statement following their main zelenskyy, saying that he stressed them has countries need for more security, economic, and humanitarian assistance from the united states. for more on this, return to nbc news correspondent raf sanchez, in lviv. >> katie, the details of the secret congressional visit cannot be revealed. speaker nancy pelosi coming to keep it saturday, to meet face to face with president zelenskyy. she was accompanied by adam shift, the chair of the house intelligence committee. gregory meads, the head of the foreign affairs committee. and jim mcgovern, the head of the rules committee. she was here to hear firsthand

this is a katie fang show, live from miami, florida.ss shooting in america. this time in a predominantly black neighborhood in buffalo, new york. it is the latest in a string of attacks targeting minorities in communities of color. are we facing an epidemic of hate? and later, i will ask longtime republican miles taylor whether he sees any connection between a rise in extremism of the gop, and the repeated acts of violence that are

i am katie fang. we begin this morning by going down to georgia, where this re-week will get a look at how republican -- in that state feel about donald trump's big lie. over the last four years we will see don terms fixation with the peach state. especially after -- refused to go along with trump's lie about the 2020 election results. of, course some say the trumps of frustrations played into the state electing two democratic senators. there is a razor thin majority in the u.s. senate. now, trump is going full throttle to replace the two men who stood up to. him endorsing david perdue in the governor's race, and jody hice for secretary of state. both candidates are fully on board with trump's false claims that he actually won in 2020. and they were not quiet about it. as you may have heard, purdue's way down in the polls though. the guardian reports that even if trump's handpicked candidates lose, it is not like the other republican candidates or anti trump. quote, the victors will not be moderates p

i am katie fang filling in for tiffany cross the saturday morning. it has been a busy week.e the january 6th committee yesterday for approximately nine hours. the former new york mayor oversaw a court to overturn the oh trying 20 reelection results. he is far from his efforts. emails obtained from the washington post revealed that the wife of clarence thomas's sent emails to pressure arizona lawmakers to set aside the 2020 victory in an attempt to overturn the results. urging them to quote actually take action to ensure that a clean

. >> this is the katie fang show live from a new york city.dges that democracy around the world will stand firm against authoritarian's. my question is, how can he hoped to bring the world democracy when ours at home is so tenuous. i will ask a former official for the state department. plus, a new report claiming that supreme court justices life wife was more involved in overturning the election than

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i am katie fang filling in for tiffany cross the saturday morning. it has been a busy week.s the latest. two sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that rudy giuliani testified virtually before the january 6th committee yesterday for approximately nine hours. the former new york mayor oversaw a court to overturn the oh trying 20 reelection results. he is far from his efforts. emails obtained from the washington post revealed that the wife of clarence thomas's sent emails to pressure arizona lawmakers to set aside the 2020 victory in an attempt to overturn the results. urging them to quote actually take action to ensure that a clean slate of actors is chosen. she did not respond very comment. she is under scrutiny for similar text as she said to chief of staff mark meadows around the same time. this has renewed questions about potential conflicts of interest for justice thomas. also, remember this? >> i also intend to see that those members of congress are embedded. those members who had groups coming through the capitol that i saw on january 5th, our common sense for