thanks to both of you, david jolly and rina shah, we appreciate your time this morning.resentative ajay pittman and the california state assembly member alex lee. plus, former vice president pence has finally appeared before a grand jury in the january 6th investigation. i'm gonna talk to someone who knows pence better than most, his former senior adviser olivia troye. another hour of velshi begins right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and good morning to you this saturday, april 29th. i am ali velshi. back in 2021, most of the coha

let's get more now on our main news this hour — and get the thoughts of rina shah, a republican, but supporter. it's wonderful to have you back in the programme. what do you make of the programme. what do you make of the legal case against him now we know the charges?— know the charges? seeing these charues know the charges? seeing these charges that _ know the charges? seeing these charges that are _ know the charges? seeing these charges that are unsealed - know the charges? seeing these charges that are unsealed now. know the charges? seeing these i charges that are unsealed now and really revealed to us notjust the character of the former president, but the deed that this former president. it really strikes me really bizarre that we are where we are, and i say that somebody who's made their... i served two republican parties for many years, and one big take away from my time on capitol hill is that the republican party was the family value party, the party wanted to put the american family first and not just support and promote it, but strengthen it. what does it say about the st

thanks to both of you, david jolly and rina shah, we appreciate your time this morning. coming up ahead, i'm gonna talk about the future of american democracy, again, with two lawmakers who are in the middle of the fight at the state level. the oklahoma state representative ajay pittman and the california state assembly member alex lee. plus, former vice president pence has finally appeared before a grand jury in the january 6th investigation. i'm gonna talk to someone who knows pence better than most, his former senior adviser olivia troye. another hour of velshi begins right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and good morning to you this saturday, april 29th. i am ali velshi. back in 2021, most of the country hadn't heard of so we zephyr, but as the montana legislation was in session that year, she was paying close attention to the bills that were introduced, and she was fervently tweeting about them. zephyr is a trans woman. she was enraged by something called s b to 80, a piece of legislation which would've made it difficult for transgender people to update their birth certificate. s