you are watching velshi. away from the start of what might be one of the most unprecedented event in american history. on monday, right here in new york, jury selection will begin in the first of donald trump's four criminal traces -- cases. preparations are already underway across manhattan. the secret service, nypd, anne state court officers are working together to tighten security around the city. activities will be closely monitored for the next several weeks around trump tower and 107th street where the trial will be held. if you did not already know, it is a landmark that has seen its share of high-profile cases. in 1990, a group of black and latino teenagers were wrongly convicted of a woman. trump went as far as to take out full-page ads in local papers calling for the conviction of the center part five. including one that called for the return of the death penalty. 12 years after their convictions, the central park five were exonerated and released from prison. after the exoneration, donald trump wou

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i am filling in for my friend ali velshi. in two days the country will witness something that literally never happened before the first criminal trial of a former president of the united face of america. this coming monday, it is the beginning of donald trump's hush money trial. it may also be the only case it goes to court before election day. the man who was widely expected to be the star witness in the trial michael cohen sat down exclusively with the morning cast of my colleagues from the weekend and he had this to say about how we should be thinking about the case. >> the prosecutors are going to put forth their case and i'm just the narrator and rest assured, alvin bragg and the prosecutor a team over at the district attorney of new york's office would not have brought this case unless they thought they were going to be successful. >> so far, trumpet his legal team have been pretty successful in their delight. there is no trial set yet in fulton county, georgia in the classified documents case in florida will likely be

>> we are trying to keep up with you, ali velshi. it is 4/20, happy 4/20 to everybody who celebrates. >> that changes the game. very interesting. >> every day is 4/20. >> you know kyle griffin, i have been texting with him because it is difficult to get on your show, the bookings are hard. beginning of may, may 5th or may 12th, i will be making an actual appearance, not like the last 12 seconds, i will talk to you, so don't take time out may 5th or may 12th. >> you only come on when you have a book to sell, ali velshi ? >> that cut deep. i had to write a book to get on your show. >> lord! >> i appreciate the warmth with which you will welcome me and perhaps we will see you tomorrow. >> we will be here. >> velshi needs to start now. ♪ >>> saturday, april 20th, a week that put the 2024 residential race into perspective with a full panel of 12 jurors and six alternates has been chosen for the first criminal trial of a former president of the united states. opening statements will begin on monday. while the former president was meeting t

i have ali velshi bible coming out on may 15th point >> ali velshi golden sneakers. >> yes, but, it isat least when you buy donald trump's sneakers or bible, in theory, you actually get sneakers or a bible. >> you get something tangible. >> i would be very, very, very cautious about this stock. it is a crazy world, anything can happen, you could see it pop and then go down, but there is no intrinsic value, there is no intrinsic value to this. i will give you another example. you by ford, maybe ford is not doing so well, but you own stock in a company that has plans, equipment, and inventory. that is called book value. there is nothing here. >> so, do you hear that? ali, that is the s.e.c. is the s.e.c. coming knocking for donald trump? two of his top investors in this company pled guilty to insider trading already. he is out there peddling and hawking his wares for something that doesn't have value. so, should the s.e.c. -- >> we know the fbi is involved because of these two guys who were insider trading. we are not sure what the connection is, we are not sure whether donald trump or a

meeting of the velshi banned book club.n brings us a kid's book about israel and palestine. the message is that no event is too complicated or hard to discuss. it is the one that many children and adults need right now. do not miss this conversation next. >>> as members of the velshi banned book club know, many of the books targeted or challenged it for a ban across united states are young adults and children's literature mostly for high school students and younger. the reason for the ban is as obvious as it is insidious. it is easy for far right organizations like moms for liberty to argue that complex ideas are difficult stories can stories can confuse or frighten children, robbing them of their innocence before they are ready for the harsh realities of the world. it is easy to say kids just can't handle these books but that is not true. children experience the same complex and difficult realities that we do as adults. systemic racism, bigotry and violence. they don't just begin when you turn 18. to assume that young peop

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and "velshi" starts now . >>> what is happening? >> they have me sitting today.. >> i will join you my friend. there you go. here we are. >> everybody is losing their job today. >> do something to make them invite me back. we will make lexi the normal one today. have a great rest of your day. >> have a great show. >> "velshi" starts now. >> good morning. it is saturday april 6th. as donald trump started his presidential bid last year he made it abundantly clear that vengeance was the theme of his campaign. " for those that have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. " that is a vow he made to his followers as he tried to revive his political career from the ashes of the inspection that he incited. now, with his first criminal trial beginning and nine days, he has doubled about his use of imagery and language that could again be interpreted as incitement to violence. again, it is his followers, not trump paying the price. on monday, authorities arrested ervin lee bolling after they say he rammed his car to a security barrier at the gate of the fbi field

i know that velshi -- food, inc.s and vegans and i was worried , given my very debt -- buried diet that you would wreck something for me. but this is a different film, it didn't talk about the same things, it talked about food production, the control over food production, the people who create the food, and how they fit into the infrastructure. it is a very different thesis. >> our goal was to see how things had changed since 2008 when the first food, inc. cannot. and things change a lot. concentration of these companies have gotten worse. their power is more evident than ever. during the pandemic, we witnessed that when tyson essentially forced the president of the united states to issue an executive order reopening their production lines. even though these places had become superspreaders. of covid. and the other big change that has gone on, is the rise of what is called ultra processed food. these are foods that are highly processed, have emulsifiers and colors and various additives that as you suggest the body do

another hour of velshi begins now. now. now. >> good morning, it's sunday, april 21st. >>> opening statements will not begin in a formal. the republican party's presumptive nominee will be back in a manhattan courtroom as the defendant facing 34 felony counts. count from his alleged role in falsifying business records to cover up payments rate made to suppress a potential scandal just days before the 2016 st presidential election. the opening statements will give the public lea preview tha both sides present. there were predictions that jury selections would take multiple weeks considering that the fed is so well-known and well connected and intimidating. there were times last week when the high stakes of trial came of it in the courtroom. one juror cried in the anxiety, depression in these proceedings. by the end of the week, one full plant panel was chosen to fulfill their. the main 12 person jury represents a cross-section of the residence of manhattan. five women, seven men from different neighborhoods across the boroug

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ali velshi starts now. >>> good morning, it is go saturday, april 27th. donald trump goes by many names and titles these days. he is at once the former president of the united states d and the presumptive republican nominee. if you were in a monastic courtroom where his first criminal trial strapped its second week, you may have heard him referred to as the defendant. that is a first for a former president of the united states. to the nine supreme court t justices this week, he was known as the petitioner, asking them to grant him immunity for criminal prosecution. we can now add one more child to that list. unindicted co-conspirator. that is the title donald trump has been given in two cases brought against loyalists who allegedly participated in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the latest indictment comes out of arizona, where this woman, the attorney general, chris mays, pressed charges against 18 people for their roles in that states the collectors scheme. they include rudy giuliani, parker meadows, and other me prominent trump

including today's velshi banned book feature, bridge to terabithia. that will do it for velshi today. we had so much fun, let's run it back tomorrow. i will be back here tomorrow morning with katie hobbs and some wild facts about the arizona abortion fight. velshi airs every friday and saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. eastern. eastern. >>> im katie phang, here is the week that was. >> once in a generation look at a total solar eclipse. >>> parents convicted of their child's mass school shooting. getting them to sentence. >> you failed us parents. the punishment that you face will never be enough. >>> this 50 year battle took it out of federal hands and brought into the hearts, minds, and the vote of the people of each state. it is up to the states to do the right thing. >>> arizona supreme court ruled a total abortion ban on the books since the civil war is enforceable. >>> a new york judge rejecting his third effort in three days to get out of his hush money trial. >> the remedy that the defendant seeks is adjournment. personally respon

>> okay, i wanted to talk to ali velshi all week long. this guy gets break after break, whether it's the judge down in florida, whether it's he found a guy to give him the $175 million bond, or now truth social being a publicly traded company that could end up making him hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars. then next week he's got a big golf tournament, also stands to make a lot of money. but truth social, what was your take? >> i mean, this thing loses value every day. it could make him hundreds of millions of dollars -- >> but even losing it's still making him on paper a ton. >> on paper. but it's half of what it was when it debuted. one of the important points about truth social is that it's not exactly a meme stock, but it has the makings of it. it's noninstitutional investors, not banks and insurance companies. it's a bunch of trump fans. >> the company doesn't do anything. >> and it doesn't do anything and loses more money than we thought it lost. $58 million or something in the first year. the interesting thing you poin

>> we are trying to keep up with you, ali velshi.

my dearest friend, my true partner, ali velshi, msnbc troy chief correspondent and host of bells he is here, amanda littman, cofounder and director of run for something, comedian roy wood junior, also a former correspondent for the daily show, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie vitali. welcome to you all, i start with you. trump's delay train seems to be coming, possibly, to an end. the hush money case is starting in less than two weeks. do you think there is any chance we actually see a verdict before election day? >> in that case, maybe. >> is a very technical response. >> it's a professional word. but what's so difficult about watching these court cases is you're watching the hush money case go forward, but i think that's probably the one that has the least bearing on americans ability to vote or not vote for trump as if their opinions aren't baked already. but things like the documents case and the jack smith january 6th case in addition to what's going on in fulton county where you have the guy on tape saying, get me the votes i need to win this thing. those are the one

it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who was in for lawrence. lawrence. word. >> it is an interesting disconnect you're talking about given that my job is economics. i'm looking at these numbers thinking by, this is hard that it does not translate as clearly as it should, but as you said, the night is young. >> >> have a great show. >> you know the expression, it is not in our national interest? that often refers to whether the u.s. should or should not get involved in a political disputee elsewhere but once in while something that is not in our national interest as relates to the world happens right here in donald trump is that thing. donald trump is hurting american national interest in the world. it's not hypothetical, not if he is re-elected, but actually right now.io the north atlantic treaty organization, nato, has a trump problem and so the 32 member military alliance, the largest and most effective in the history of the world, marked its 75th anniversary by working on a plan to trump-proof itself . as both a candidate and as president, donald trum

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the old line, an economist, and physicist -- you know ali velshi, who has a new book on the "small acts reporting from around the world. >> this ocean, this river of water is downtown atlantaic city. >> we're 2 1/2 miles from gaza. we just saw an interception. >> you got it, that's correct. >> okay. >> you got it. >> we're always staying safe, but head on a swivel. there's so many wind flying around. >> we're very glad they try to stay safe. how do you make a transition? i don't even transition. i just say we're doing it up. different types of people, and comedian modi has a new special out. >> ladies and gentlemen, what a creepy lineup of people we have here tonight. a cardiologist is easier to find that is a contractor. do you know who i should use? >> anybody with heavy accents? the three of us. the rest of you acame out on the mayflower right? >> the rabbi spoke to me directly in what sounded very much like english. >>> respect. guess who is obama's favorite nuclear physicist? dr. earnest monez. he worked on the iran nuclear negotiations and now runs the nuclear threat initiative. i

another hour of velshi begins right now. so we can warning to you. last thursday when corporate proceedings remembered the inflection point that donald trump has brought us while facing criminal prosecutions. let's set the scene. donald trump, the twice impeached former president who

it is time for the last word with ali velshi who is in for lawrence. >> not your biggest fan tonight. i was trying to get ready for the show. then you did this thing about the councilman in enid, oklahoma. and then i was like hey, i got a show to do, but i was glued to that and you did it and had that conversation with brandy. most would not know that stuff like this happened. >> it is important to know that other people in deeply red states see some of this white supremacy and replacements and say no. >> absolutely. thank you for incredibly. doing that. >>> the battle for the american presidency in 2024 will likely come to another battle of the blue wall including michigan and wisconsin. two reliably democratic states that flipped and led to donald trump's victory. votes for jill stein in both states in 2016 were larger than the vote difference between trump and hillary clinton. joe biden won back both states in 2020. winning michigan, wisconsin, and that pushed him to 270 electoral votes before georgia and arizona so it cannot be overstated how critical these battleground states are

it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who was in for lawrence. lawrence.

eastern on it ali velshi. . what -- the cancellation of his book reading. i saw his instagram story about that. wanted to get him on my show but you got him first so that means i guess we will watch him early. >> malik is the sweetest man anyone has isever met. you can't imagine this guy getting banned from a speech about bullying. the world is upside down when you are -- you don't want this kid talking to your kids the world is upside down. >> yeah. upside down and inside out. thank you very much. >> have a good show. >>> this trial is starting. that was the judge's parting thought to the courtroom in the case of the rtpeople of the sta of new york verses donald trump. today the full panel of 12 jurors and six alternates were shown into consider donald trump's fate in the historic first criminal trial of a former united states president. the judge told the court that opening statements would begin on monday. that didn't stop donald trump's lawyers from spending part of their day trying to delay the case. the new york appeals court denied a motion by trump

don't forget velshi is available on the podcast.00 a.m. to noon eastern. stay :0right where you are. inside with jen psaki begins right now. >>> move over captain america. the man facing foreign indictments on 80 plus charges wants you to believe he's the candidate that will be toughest on crime. ye

don't forget velshi is available on the podcast. you can catch me every saturday and sunday morning from 10:00 a.m. to noon eastern. stay :0right where you are. inside with jen psaki begins right now. >>> move over captain america. the man facing foreign indictments on 80 plus charges wants you to believe he's the candidate that will be toughest on crime. and yet it will include fleeing violent criminals. i'll talk about it with the homeland secretary, janet napolitano. >>> just eight days to go from the expected start of their criminal trial in new york. that they are now asking the judge to recuse himself. our in-house law firm breaks down their latest delay tactics. >>> plus as biden visits the scene of the collapsed key bridge in baltimore in honors of victims, that the transportation secretary joins me ahead to talk about the bizarre reaction that we have seen from some on the right. >>> okay, if elected, donald trump wants to exact revenge, become a dictator on day one, and apparently fight crime. >> new york city is a crime t

it is time for the last word with ali velshi who is in for lawrence. >> not your biggest fan tonight.w. then you did this thing about the councilman in enid, oklahoma. and then i was like hey, i got a show to do, but i was glued to that and you did it and had that conversation with brandy. most would not know that stuff like this happened. >> it is important to know that other people in deeply red states see some of this white supremacy and replacements

ali velshi picks up our breaking news coverage right now. allie? >>> thanks, stephanie pick more of this nbc's breaking news coverage right now, nbc news has confirmed that israel has carried out an airstrike inside iran tonight. the united states was not involved in israel's strike in iran, a source familiar with the situation confirmed but israeli officials had notified u.s. officials earlier today that that response was coming. the strike tonight could signal a potential escalation in an already tense situation between those two countries. israel vowed that it would respond to iran's attack on saturday after iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at israel, which was retaliation for an israeli strike on and iranian consular building in damascus, syria, earlier this month. at this hour, prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office has declined to comment. joining us now is nbc news pentagon and national security correspondent, courtney kube the pick you had this news very early, courtney, in terms of what was happening. it is less clear than

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velshi is available as a podcast, you can follow and listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. stay right where you are . the katie phang show begins right now. >>> i'm katie phang, live from washington, d.c. here's the week that was. >> in arizona, lawmakers voted today to overturn the 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. meanwhile, the u.s. supreme court heard arguments on whether a near-total abortion ban in idaho violates federal lab. >>> a growing number of protests forming over the ongoing war in the middle east at campuses across the country. >> the movement has never been bigger than it is right now. >>> new american weapons are finally on the way after president biden signed the nearly $100 billion foreign aid package. >> it will make america safer, it will make the world safer. >>> in arizona, where a state grand jury indicted 11 republican officials wednesday for their unsuccessful ploy to a ward of the state electoral votes to mr. trent, despite his collection loss to president biden. >>> liberal justices expressed concerns about a president having total immunit

now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, he was in for lawrence. >> not your biggest fan tonight. i was trying to get ready for this show and then you did this thing about the council man in enid, oklahoma, and then i was like, hey, i've got a show to do but i was glued to that, and that you did it and that you had that conversation with brandy, without covering these stories i think many of us would just not know that stuff like that happens on that campaign. >> it's really important to know that other people in deeply red states, largely republican states, see some of this white supremacy and replacement theory and say no, not for us. >> this is not us, absolutely. thank you for doing that, my friends. great to see you, as always. have a great evening. the battle for the american presidency in 2024 will likely come down to another battle of the blue wall, which includes an in and wisconsin, two reliably democratic states that flipped red in 2016 and led to donald trump's shock victory, aided of course by third-party candidates. votes for jill stein in both states in 2016 were l

. >> that is our show for tonight, it's time for the last word with ali velshi who is in for lawrence. >> it's an interesting disconnect that you're talking about, particularly, my job is economics, and i'm looking at these numbers thinking, this is hard that that doesn't translate as clearly as it should, but as you said, the night is young. >> the night is young, things are changing. we've got a long way between now and november. >> have a great weekend, my friend. >>> you know the expression it's not in our national interest? it often refers to whether the u.s. should or shouldn't get involved in a dispute or political situation elsewhere. once in a while, something that is not in our national interest as it relates to the world happens right here. and donald trump is that thing. donald trump is hurting american national interests in the world. not a hypothetical, not if he's re-elected, but right now. the nato, nato, has a trump problem. so the 32 member military alliance, the largest and most effective in the history of the world, marked its 75th anniversary by working on a plan

eastern on it ali velshi. . what -- the