velshi starts now. have a great weekend. >> this morning on velshi, it is an up hill climb for a push for an independent commission to investigate january 6. republicans say it is a ploy to damage the republican party but that is something they don't need outside help to do. the arizona sham audit picks up and now potential legal action for thousand they've handled things. but arizona has created a blueprint for the gop fraud fantasy to live on. the cease-fire continues to hold and humanitarian aid is making its way into gaza to help those in desperate need. a live report from the region. and in our 9:00 a.m., we're tail you inside of the beltway with lawmakers to discuss policies that affect, you, jobs, poverty and policing and mental health. "velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, may 23rd. i'm ali velshi. any day an independent commission could investigate the january 6 insurrection and attack on u.s. capitol. if that vote takes place, it is expected to fail. since right now zero senate

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, may 2nd. i'm ali velshi. a big plate of news to dish out. here is what's happening, the united states continues to report sprong vaccination numbers, nearly one-third of the american population. while vaccinations are headed in the right direction, more than 50,000 americans continue to contract the virus every day. more than 800 continue to die every day from the disease. dr. anthony fauci emphasized the fact with my msnbc colleague, yasmin vossoughian. >> -- i wouldn't declare victory yet. i have no trouble at all with people anticipating that we're going in the right direction, and if we do certain things, get vaccinated, continue to follow public health measures, we may be where they want to be by july 1st. but i hope that doesn't get people to pull back on the kinds of things that they should be doing. >> the united states may be nearing a major turning point in the fight against covid-19, but before that time comes, president biden wants congress to address the epidemic that is racial inequality and pol

i'm ali velshi.number by saying that is why congress needs to pass his infrastructure, jobs and families plans. >> we knew it wouldn't be a sprint, it would be a marathon. quite frankly, we are moving more rapidly than i thought we would. the american rescue plan is just that, a rescue plan. it is to get us back to where we were, but that's not nearly enough. we have to build back better. that's why we need the american jobs plan i proposed. >> the job numbers were, indeed, not great, just 266,000 jobs were added in april, far from the more than 1 million that analysts expected. millions upon millions more are needed to get back to pre-pandemic levels. nonetheless, the uptick comes following months of losses and it appears the country is turning another corner in the fight against covid-19 pandemic. following weeks of increases covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations are all on the decline here in the nights. 33.4% of the american population is fully vaccinated. more than 45% have received at lea

i'm ali velshi. the worst and deadliest violence in years in the israeli/palestinian conflict continues this morning. overnight the israeli defense forces released this footage of a new strike conducted on the residence of a hamas leader in gaza in addition to tunnel systems in gaza as well. the idf says air strikes hit hamas intelligence headquarters which they say was located adjacent to a kindergarten. the gaza ministry of health reports at least 33 people were killed and multiple buildings destroyed in new air strikes today. doctors without borders also reports that an israeli strike caused damage to one of its clinics in gaza although the organization says no one inside the clinic was injured. we're learning more about that israeli air strike yesterday on a gaza high rise, this one you're looking at, which housed international media outlets including the associated press and al jazeera as well as some apartments. the president and ceo of the associated press said he was shocked and horrified by

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i'm ali velshi. we begin with the violence in the middle east witnessing some of the worst fighting in years in the israeli palestinian conflict. the defense forces say it conducted an air strike on the residents of the hamas leader in gaza. in addition to strikes in hamas tunnel strikes. they report 33 people were killed and multiple buildings destroyed in new air strikes today and we're learning more about that israeli air strike you're looking at yesterday on a gaza high rise, which housed international media outlets including the associated press as well as apartments. the president and ceo of the associated press says he was quote shocked and horrified by the strike which he says is quote an incredibly disturbing develop the. israel is defending the attack saying the building housed hamas military assets and they were using the offices as quote human shields. president biden spoke with netanyahu and the palestinian leader and called for a seize fire. we'll have the latest developments on this te

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, may 2nd. i'm ali velshi.f the american population. while vaccinations are headed in the right direction, more than 50,000 americans continue to contract the virus

"velshi" starts right now. >>> today on "velshi" breaking news out of florida where police are searchingoliday weekend to push through a legislative assault on voting rights in time for memorial day. >>> plus, what is next now that republicans blocked a commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection? i'll talk the to the lieutenant army general whose review of the capitol security called the situation unsustainable and called for hundreds more officers to brought in and one republican governor whose million dollar idea has his state's vaccination rate soaring and a meditation on cancel culture with a conservative who says he's literally being cancelled for insufficient loyalty to donald trump. "velshi" starts now. >>> good morning, it is sunday, may 30th. i'm ali velshi and we begin memorial day sunday where we begin with horrific news where there is a second mass shooting in as many days. 20 are wounded and two dead after around midnight a venue hosting an event the suspects were armed with assault rifles and handguns and escaped the scene and remain at large. in addition to sat

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, may 9th. happy mother's day. i'm ali velshi.s never before been uttered in human history but it's real news relating to the anti-democratic effort to overturn last year's election results. the foam pillow guy is holding a frank rally tomorrow at the corn palace. yes, mike lindell, who advised the president to overturn the election is holding a rally in support of frank who is not a person or a hot dog, but is instead an online platform that

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"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, may 9th. happy mother's day. i'm ali velshi. as we begin the show this morning with a sentence that has never before been uttered in human history but it's real news relating to the anti-democratic effort to overturn last year's election results. the foam pillow guy is holding a frank rally tomorrow at the corn palace. yes, mike lindell, who advised the president to overturn the election is holding a rally in support of frank who is not a person or a hot dog, but is instead an online platform that lindell created to push his conspiratorial beliefs which include but are not limited to the election being stolen and covid-19 vaccines being a, quote, depopulation bioweapon. that's pretty much the message you can expect to hear during the foam pillow guy's hour and a half long speech. 90 minutes of conspiratorial pillow talk, if you will, if you show up to the frank rally which is being held in the town of mitchell which is in south dakota and just so happens to be the home of the corn palace. which bills itself as the world's only p

velshi starts right now. >>> today on "velshi," they are coming for anyone among them who insists onand promising not to get anything done. we'll go inside the chaos churning the republican party. >>> and bombshell new reporting from the "washington post," the trump administration secretly obtained journalists phone records. find out why. we talk to the reporter who broke the story. >>> and an alarming new readout on the threat level against u.s. lawmakers in the post-capitol riot world. the numbers will shock you. >>> then the big lie is on tour. a dispatch from the cringe-inducing road trip that brought the qanon caucus to a retirement community in florida. "velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is saturday, may 8th. we have a heaping

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i'm ali velshi.sident, the biden administration has announced it is cancelling all construction of the stupid southern border wall that is being paid for by using redirected funds meant for actual u.s. military and defense missions. clearly mexico never paid for the wall, which, of course, was one of major calling calls which got the racist former president elected in the first place. so much so that his personal attorney, rudy giuliani, even adorned a "make mexico great again" also hat on the 2016 campaign trail. now another wardrobe change may be in store for the disgraced former mayor. this week federal officials conducted a raid of golf links's personal apartment, confiscating several devices surrounding his shaky dealings with ukraine. nbc news has learned that the raid focused on one key avenue in the investigation, giuliani's successful efforts to have america's former ambassador to ukraine removed bought he thought she was obstructing his efforts to dig up dirt on the bidens and whether that

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is saturday, may 29th. i'm ali velshi. agencies, think tanks and over organizations. it is believed to be run by russia's foreign intelligence service and they are ongoing and part of the intelligence gathering efforts. microsoft says the latest attack targeted 3,000 accounts and has been going on since january, right at the ends of the solarwinds attack. the news comes days after the white house announced that president biden will meet with russia's putin in geneva on june 16th. mark warner said in a statement we mustak

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning.ts to have you believe was a peaceful tourist trip. we begin with the ongoing decay of the republican party which made crystal clear it's ideology moving forward is trumpism. following her

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i'm ali velshi. right now a rush-based hacking group, the group responsible for last week's solarwinds attack, is now targeting major government agencies, think tanks and over organizations. it is believed to be run by russia's foreign intelligence service and they are ongoing and part of the intelligence gathering efforts. microsoft says the latest attack targeted 3,000 accounts and has been going on since january, right at the ends of the solarwinds attack. the news comes days after the white house announced that president biden will meet with russia's putin in geneva on june 16th. mark warner said in a statement we must make clear to russia and other adversaies they must face consequences for this and other cyberactivity. the republican party made it clear they're the party of insurrection. senate republicans yesterday blocked the bill to create a nonpartisan commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection, a bill that was negotiated in good faith by members of its own party. here they are.

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is saturday, may 15th. 129 days since the insurrection and the attack on the u.s. capitol. an event the republican party already wants to have you believe was a peaceful tourist trip. we begin with the ongoing decay of the republican party which made crystal clear it's ideology moving forward is trumpism. following her election via a secret ballot to become the number three congresswoman in the house, elise stefanik said trump is an important party of the gop and that the former president is the leader that they look to. stefanik who along with 138 other house republicans voted against certifying the election results replaces liz cheney who was ousted for voting to impeach the former president. because she dared call out the gop dear leader's lie for what it is, a lie, and a threat to democracy. kevin mccarthy allowanced the election via twitter, a place the failed former president could find an update because he was banned from it. and yet just hours after the gop voted cheney out

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i will explain coming up on "velshi." shi. which shows will you be getting into tonight? how 'bout all of them. netflix. 'cause xfinity gets you really into your shows. when one burns for someone who does not feel the same. daphne, let's switch. from live tv to sports on the go. felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this on x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> democracy relies expressly on the ability to form an opinion and express it, which is why what happened to the journalist nikole hannah-jones is troubling. she is a friend of the show, pulitzer prize winning journalist, a pea body award winner and genius. she was awarded the mcarthurinous grant in 2017. she was recently appointed to a prestigious role at the university of north carolina's respected journalism school, a role historically followed by being granted tenure. but the board of trustees denied her tenure, over criticism of the 1619 work. if you haven't read it you

"velshi" starts right now. >>> today on "velshi" nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engle on theush back against the cdc decision to go maskless. >>> then the man of the hour is here to answer our questions. congressman bennie thompson, the house homeland security chairman who struck a deal with his republican counterpart for a commission to investigate the capitol riot. it's a major breakthrough but how bipartisan, fair and honest will it be as the gop continues to push the

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is saturday, may 1st.million americans are now fully vaccinated against covid-19. that's 30.5% of the american population. nearly 44% of americans have had at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine. that has driven a drop in cases and deaths in the united states. it's unfortunately a far different story in india where a catastrophic surge, which accounts for more than 40% of the world's new covid-19 cases has devastated that country's health care network and infrastructure. the situation is so apocalyptic, a cricket contest was played with plumes of smoke from a mass outdoor crematorium billowing as the bbackdrop. this tuesday, president biden is barring travel from india for non-u.s. citizens. the white house says two u.s. military aircraft arrived in india yesterday

i'm ali velshi in for shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc >> we're getting our lives back. >> cases dropping, business booming. >> it's like we've been hibernating for so long. we're excited. >> how americans are kicking off the holiday weekend. >> it's a shame for the fear factor. >> the bipartisan commission to investigate january 6th fails in the senate, but the push to learn what happened not over yet. >>> russian hackers strike again. >> using our own service and our own infrastructure for access and constantly innovating targets. >> microsoft sounding the alarm. tonight who they targeted and what the administration is saying. >>> movie theaters back open will americans show up new cdc guidance for kids at summer camp. police drones, the benefits and the concerns >>> and a historic first at the indy 500 >> announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth the news with shepard smith. >>> good evening america hitting another major milestone as more states fully reopen just in time for memorial day weekend. today pr

eastern "velshi." adopt the cdc's new mask guidance starting wednesday. masks will still be required on public transit, in schools and healthcare centers and starting wednesday, vaccinated folks throughout new york state can take off their masks. that will do it for me this hour. "andrea mitchell reports" starts next. jaycee tried gain flings for the first time the other day. the scent made quite an impression. ♪ i swear ♪ it was like that towel and jaycee were the only two left on earth. but... they weren't. you can always spot a first timer. gain flings with oxi boost and febreze. try the new light scent from gain. hello spring daydream. this past year has felt like a long, long norwegian winter. but eventually, with spring comes rebirth. everything begins anew. and many of us realize a fundamental human need to connect with other like-minded people. welcome back to the world. viking. exploring the world in comfort... once again. keeping your oysters business growing has you swamped. you need to hire

another hour of velshi starts right now. all right. it's sunday, may 30th. we begin this hour with the anti-american dissent of the republican party from what was once the proud party of abraham lincoln to being in the throws of donald trump and the big election lie. these 35 senate republicans or, to quote former rnc chairman michael steel, these 35 pathetic parties continue to put party ahead of country and blocked a 1/6 commission which would investigation the insurrection and the attack on the united states capital. they continue to play politics openly admitting they view the commission damaging to their party and an bstacle to republican goals. even though the real commission is to find out the truth of what happened on january 6th and to investigate, identify and combat one of the biggest threats there is against american democracy, grievance-based violence and domestic terror, the tough that fueled that attack. and there remains a dire need to actually know the truth about that. a new yahoo! poll shows that 23% of republicans blame donald trump for t

thank you for watching "velshi." catch me here every saturday and sunday morning.e "the sunday show" with jonathan capehart, which i'm going to be watching while eating my snack, starts right now. >>> republicans are still lying about the need for a january 6th commission. >> there's no cover-up here. so what is this about? i'll tell you what this is about. first thing that stood out. this is about politics. >> two key members of the house who were there that day join me live. as will the only journalists who reported from inside the violent insurrection. one year since the murder of george floyd. attorney ben crump on his legacy and congresswoman maxine waters on what's happening with the police reform bill that bears his name. >>> and republican recount madness. arizona's just the beginning. i'm jonathan capehart. this is "the sunday show." >>> this sunday, the fate of an independent commission to investigate the capitol insurrection rests in the senate. after the house voted to approve a january 6th commission last week with 35 republicans breaking ranks to vote

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it's saturday, may 22nd. another heartbreaking but all too familiar story. we begin with the latest in the ongoing infrastructure negotiations. republicans have rejected outright president biden's

another hour of velshi starts right now. all right. it's sunday, may 30th.from what was once the proud party of abraham lincoln to being in the throws of donald trump and the big election lie. these 35 senate republicans or, to quote former rnc c

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plus del -- >> good morning, we've got in big interview coming up on velshi this morning.or michael lewis joins me to discuss his new book that reads like a real life horror story. as the former administration was telling us to stay calm last march, and underground network of health officials was sounding the alarm. he spoke to one woman who found out the hard way that the white house was listening in on her phone calls. plus, i'll be joined by nih director francis collins. congressman jim clyburn. and one of the first reporters to be alone into covered the arizona recount is back with new reporting about how the ballot counters were recruited. and who exactly is during the counting. that's all coming up today on velshi. [truck horn blares] (vo) the subaru forester. dog tested. dog approved. [sfx: kids laughing] [sfx: bikes passing] [sfx: fire truck siren] onstar, we see them. okay. mother and child in vehicle. mother is unable to exit the vehicle. injuries are unknown. thank you, onstar. ♪ my son, is he okay? your son's fine. thank you. there was something in the road...

now it's time for the last word where ali velshi is in for lawrence tonight. good evening, ali. >> we will keep an eye out for that. thanks again for an amazing show. have an excellent weekend, friend. >> thanks, ali. you too. >>> good night to you. the republican party is no longer a party of principle. it's become a party, well, perhaps a cult of one man and his big lie about an election that he lost. republicans are lining up behind that man to parrot his lie and to legislate off of that lie, hoping to suppress the vote in almost every state. but as stacey abrams told lawrence last night, these restrictions are about more than just blocking access to the ballot box. >> the republicans have said to themselves, we may not like the outcome, so we're going to wrest away the power that we have invested in our election workers, people who are putting their time and their talent and their lives on the line sometimes, and we're going to say that they can be overturned by the act of state legislators who don't like the outcome. they're going after the voters. they'r

here's what senator bernie sanders who caucuses with democrats told ali velshi today. >> when you have the united states of america, ali, putting almost $4 billion a year into israel we have the right to demand that they respect the human rights of all people, including the palestinians. what we need now is an even-handed policy that protects the security of israel. they have a right to live in peace and security without terrorists attacks, but the people in the palestinian territories also have a right to live in peace and dignity. >> senator sanders' remark reflect a shift in how the democratic party views israel, and it's a view in contrast with the gop, so what can the international community do right now? what should it do? let's begin with brett bruin, president of the global situation room. he was the director of global engagement for president obama. good evening. welcome. >> thanks, good to be with you. >> is there anything about this spade of violence between the israelis and palestinians that may change the options in effecting in pushing for a cease-fire? >> i think today's

that is our broadcast, and thanks to ali velshi for sitting in for me last night. true name which is friday eve. even if we are having technical difficulties, you can't take friday eve away from me. we do have a big show tonight, lots of news to get to, we have marc elias in just a few minutes. he is the powerhouse lawyer who won more than 60, 60 different lawsuits against republicans in the trump campaign as they tried to use the courts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. marc elias will be here tonight to talk about his latest fight, which he just joined today. that happening as vice

eastern on my show, velshi. tomorrow i'm joined by stacey plaskett of the u.s. virgin islands. don't want to miss that. that's tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins right now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 122 of the biden administration which ends this week having survived its first major foreign policy crisis. tonight the cease-fire that ended 11 days of back and forth fighting between israel and hamas militants has now been in effect for just over 24 hours and appears to be holding. the challenge now of course to prevent skirmishes with police like the one that erupted today out in the open in jerusalem and keep them from escalating and getting any larger. the president has credited quiet intense diplomacy for bringing about the truth, and late today as he hosted south korea's leader at the white house he suggested this would be indeed his strategy going forward. >> one of the reasons why we were able to get the cease-fire in 11 days i didn't do what other people have done. i don't talk about what i tell people in private. i don't

in a tribute, my colleague ali velshi spoke to six asian-americans and pacific islanders in san francisco i've been very lucky here. i can't speak the language, but i eat the food. i behave the way i'm supposed to as a chinese girl, and i have all these cultural attributes, but my heart 100% bleeds red, white and blue. so i may look differently and i may not look like the quintessential american, but this is what quintessential america is. >> especially the beginning of 2020, our then-president's rhetoric about the china flu and, you know, anybody who looks chinese was the bad guy. and i think that sort of reminds us about how we had been treated all along. >> just a few hours ago, the house passed a senate bill to address the rise in anti-asian hate crimes during the pandemic. and the congresswoman who passed the bill joins me now. congresswoman, congratulations on the bill. it's passed, it's gone through the house. what will it actually do to change things? >> thank you so much for having me and for addressing this issue. it is one of the steps we'll have to address with this issue. one

jeanne mcmurray is the ceo of the -- you can catch it around my show velshi had 80. and we will learn more about the raid on trump lawyer rudy giuliani's apartment. i will talk to former trump lawyer michael cohen who's lived this moment for himself on sunday i will be joined by the former current white house economic heather bush a. the 11th hour with brian williams begins right now. r with brian williams begins right now. >> good evening once again. day 101 of the biden administration while the president is pushing ahead with his agenda. close allies of the last president are coming under increasing scrutiny. there is new reporting about the fbi raid this week on trump's former personal lawyer rudolph giuliani. the wall street journal which msnbc confirms that investigators are looking in on radio rudy to the honorees role of getting marie yovanovitch fired from her post. that was spring of 2019. it was the new york times that brought this to life. the journal also matches other outlets reporting the feds want to know more about rudy giuliani's efforts to get ukrai

that is our broadcast, and thanks to ali velshi for sitting in for me last night. thank you for being with us here tonight. this is what some people call thursday we know it by it's true name which is friday eve. even if we are having technical difficulties, you can't take friday eve away from me. we do have a big show tonight, lots of news to get to, we have marc elias in just a few minutes. he is the powerhouse lawyer who won more than 60, 60 different lawsuits against republicans in the trump campaign as they tried to use the courts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. marc elias will be here tonight to talk about his latest fight, which he just joined today. that happening as vice president kamala harris today held a roundtable at the white house, on what is starting to seem like a new voting rights emergency, in lots of states across the country. florida republican govenor marc desantis signing the latest new law to drawback voting rights in the republican troop controls. state govenor marc desantis is not making the intent of this one ve

. >> hey, glenn, michael cohen was on with ali velshi earlier this morning. let's take a listen to him. >> i don't really see donald coming out there and fighting for rudy, fighting for this supposed illegal raid. ultimately, what he is going to do is distance himself from rudy because again, that's what donald does. he'll distance, distance, distance, and then start to denigrate. do i think rudy will flip on him? rudy's looked like he's lost his mind several times. i don't think he's gone that far that he's going to stay loyal to somebody who is going to throw him under the bus. >> michael knows what happens here with trump when you're friends with him and then you turn against him. but nonetheless, is giuliani the big fish here, or could trump easily be the big fish and giuliani could turn on him? >> yeah, well, we have seen now, if past is prologue, another president of the united states who had his home and office searched and ended up with several felony convictions and a prison term, obviously, that's michael cohen. so, michael cohen knows whereof he sp

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now it's time for the "last word" hosted by the great ali velshi in for lawrence tonight.ee you monday and thank you for that great show. >>> well, on january 6th the united states capitol was attacked by an angry mob of donald trump supporters who for months had been fed lies about the results of the 2020 presidential election. this week during a house hearing some republicans did everything they could to down-play the attack with one describing the capitol invaders as a group of well-behaved

now it's time for the "last word" hosted by the great ali velshi in for lawrence tonight. good evening, ali. >> rachel, thank you. i hope you have a great weekend as well. we'll see you monday and thank you for that great show. >>> well, on january 6th the united states capitol was attacked by an angry mob of donald trump supporters who for months had been fed lies about the results of the 2020 presidential election. this week during a house hearing some republicans did everything they could to down-play the attack with one describing the capitol invaders as a group of well-behaved tourists. despite those efforts today democratic congressman betty thompson, republican congressman john cap ko announced a bipartisan commission to investigate the january 6th attack. the commission will include ten unelected officials, five appointed by democrats and five appointed by republicans. it was modeled after the commission that was established after 9/11. today house minority leader kevin mccarthy said he did not sign-off on the commission but there's a pretty good chance he'll be in

i want you to take a listen to what pennsylvania senator bob casey told my colleague, ali velshi, earliers so far in this new administration in getting things passed with budget reconciliation as opposed to the normal way of doing things. would you do that again to get the jobs plan and the families act passed? >> no question. i think that's likely. i mean, highly likely. i mean, for most of us, done by reconciliation. 50 votes plus vice president harris. >> that sounds to me they think reconciliation is the most likely path forward. what are you hear sng. >> that's exactly what i have been hearing. i spoke with senator casey himself about this the other day, and that's what he said to me as well. the point they're making is we're open to, and this is the democratic senators in particular talking, open to listening to what republicans have to say, but the reality is, this echoes what the president has said, what multiple people in the white house have said. unless they're willing to meet somewhere closer to where democratic priorities are, from where republicans have stated so far, they a

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potential for this select committee that house democrats could do when she spoke with our own ali velshi earlier this morning. >> we should have done it by way of an independent commission. sadly, it will have to be now through oversight in the house. with subpoenas, with getting at the truth, collecting text messages, phone calls. we'll find out who was a part of this, but it would have been -- it would have served our country better to have seated an independent commission. >> reporter: so, even while this commission is effectively dead on the senate side, the house's could be inching toward a select committee. that's something nancy pelosi has indicated in the past she would be open to if bipartisanship was not an option to move this forward. don't expect democrats to back down on this. this is not a topic that is going away any time soon, yasmin. >> all right, amanda golden for us on capitol hill, thank you, amanda, good to talk to you once again. let's break all this down. jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the "associated press," and an msnbc political analyst, carlos, forme

jeanne mcmurray is the ceo of the -- you can catch it around my show velshi had 80.d this moment for himself on sunday i will be joined by the former current white house economic heather bush a. the 11th hour with brian williams begins right now. r with brian williams begins right now. >> good evening once again. day 101 of the biden administration while the president is pushing ahead with his agenda. close allies of the last president are coming under increasing scrutiny. there is new reporting about the fbi raid this week on trump's former personal lawyer rudolph giuliani. the wall street journal which msnbc