one of the biggest new stories of the, year of the century, with the january 6th attack on our capital, on the congressional investigation that followed there. we re ten public hearings in which the committee presented damning evidence showing that former president trump not only riled up the crowd, but then sat back and watched as a violent crowd tried to steal an election it was dramatic. and it was reveler tory. and it was hugely compelling. but we now know, thanks to polling conducted by monmouth university, that those january 6th hearings did not shift public opinion at all. about the same number of people would call it a riot. about the same number of people would call it legitimate protest. in every way, in the monmouth poll, the members were basically the same, before and after the january 6th hearings. now there are a lot of reasons why that might be the case. but a huge one a reason that cannot be ignored is this one. fox news did not cover the hearings. every
-led congress, and why it really matters for everything from health care to global and national security, to the balance in your 401k. plus, i will talk to yuri salk, the adviser to ukraine defense minister about a very important week for ukraine, and a new evidence that ending roe was not enough for the anti abortion lobby in this country. the war against reproductive rights rages on, and it s worse than you would think. i will call this week s meeting of the velshi banned book club comes together. it is a celebration of mother daughter love and it has been banned. i will talk to the author, graceland, about why the story is so important. ahead. velshi starts now. . good morning, i m ali velshi, it is saturday january 21st. it is two years of the day since president biden s presidential moderation. we begin with a dire warning to the present day, but to do so, let s go back in history to this famous exchange. little did i dream you could be so reckless and so cruel ask
and supporting prop d to build more affordable housing hi, everyone, it s all happening. it s 4:00 in new york on election day. the end of a campaign that has been like none other in recent history. more than 44 million people have already voted and millions more will have voted before the polls close in the next few hours in all 50 states. it has been an election season defined not just by the issues that dominate every election including the state of the economy, how people feel about the state of the economy, but it s also been defined by an unprecedented threat to income on the ballot and the first national election after the january 6th insurrection. in nearly every state there are republicans who have affirmed their commitment to this same big lie that led to that attack on the u.s. capitol. their races for governor, attorney general, and secretary of state that could have major implications on the next election, 2024, especially if the twice impeached ex-president as
and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. we begin this hour with breaking news. the washington post, reporting that house republicans are preparing a controversial plan. if the debt limit is breached. ahead of what s expected to be a major showdown with the white house. plus, talk about uncharted territory. a current and former u.s. president, both under investigation for mishandling classified materials. the difference between the two cases are worlds apart, but could documents found at biden s office complicate the criminal probe into donald trump? and later, why liars lie? is there a science behind embattled congressman, george santos is a mountain of lies, or is gop deception just part of the new normal? all of that and more is coming up. and good saturday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin the hour with breaking news. the washington post, reporting that house republicans are preparing a controversial plan if the debt limit is breached. the
archives. despite the vast differences between president biden s case and donald trump s, attorney merrick garland made this announcement earlier this week. i m here today to be announced the appointment of roberts her as a special counsel, pursuing department of justice regulations governing such matters. this appointment underscores the departments commitment to both independents and accountability, in particularly sensitive manners. and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts in the law. joining me now is why our correspondent allie raffa. ali, will come in. thank you for starting us off this morning. what are you hearing from the white house this morning? cory, yeah. good morning. president biden is waking up in his bloomington home, where we now know that two of those three discoveries of classified materials were found just in the last month and this is, those discoveries and the timing of the white house acknowledgment of them now under intense