on the travel show: i m in belgium, where past, present and future meet. now, it s widely believed that the first ever museum was built more than 2,500 years ago in babylon, or modern day iraq. and now unesco reckons there are 100,000 of them throughout the world. but today, many museums are putting a lot of time and effort into thinking about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what we re looking at in this week s show, starting here in belgium. the african museum in tervuren, just outside of brussels, is marking its 125th anniversary. and along with a range of events associated with that, the museum s taken the opportunity to reflect on its colonial past. five years ago, the museum underwent a massive renovation, removing problematic statues, changing the labelling around objects, anything that created a negative stereotype about africa. though some things couldn t be changed, like the enduring presence of th
one person who used to work for donald trump and one person who is willing to speak out against them. spoiler alert, they re not the same person. plus, speaking as a current republican front one or, we have brand-new reporting on two separate investigations into the twice impeached ex president. and will head to florida, they that currently looks every bit the picture of a trumpian dystopia thanks to trump s own closest competitor, governor ron desantis. then i ll call to order today s meeting as a velshi banned book club, featuring a very important book by a very brave offer who s been targeted for his work. not just by a book banners, but by the taliban. velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturday during the third, i m ali velshi. if you can believe, if the iowa caucuses which kick off the republican primary season are only about seven months away. the candidates lining up to be the 2024 republican presidential nominees have been filling up for the past couple of mont
in the last word hosted by the guy whose office is newly right next to mine, so i have unique insight into what s about to happen on his hour, i love it, good evening lawrence. rachel i m so sorry about that, clearly nobody checked with you on the remapping of the office space. it puts us in our glorified, cubicles with a door, that s what i call them. i like, it i gotta say, first of all i wear headphones all day anyway, i can turn you over noise cancellation buttons. but anytime i want to check in unlike, i wonder what lawrence is doing? i just poop, and there you are, i know what s gonna happen oratorio for any focus. it s kind of a fun trick. i am discovering that literally in my previous office, had more room than i knew what to do with. now that i have been downgraded to the children s cabin here, but it is true, i do actually like it better. i like the smaller footprint, less clutter in the room, and therefore in my mind, and then of course there is the inspira
wonder what lawrence is doing i just pop in and there you are. it s kind of a fun trick. i am discovering that i literally in my previous office had more room than i knew what to do with. soft now that i ve been downgraded for the children s cabin here cpq but it s true i do actually like it better. i like the smaller footprint, less clutter in the room, and therefore in my mind, and then of course there is the inspiration of having you right through that very thin wall, glad to know about the earphones. i worry later that i should have about how much noise i was making. really, don t worry about it at all. the head was a miraculous technology. but also, even though my office is smaller than yours, i am using even less of it than you are, so if you have books, or tchotchkes you want me to hold on, two of got space. i have, i m going to confess, peek into your office, because, brilliantly, the walls are made of glass. so much for privacy. and the rachel maddow office is ju
we are carrying out search and rescues across the state. there have been at least 700 rescues confirmed as of thursday. first responders are doing targeted searches. going home by home, checking to see if people are okay. there will be many more rescues that are added. the absolutely expect to have from the surrogate. so far, at least 19 people are confirmed dead. there was a significant number of people that remained on the island during the catastrophic weather event. right now, it is important for us to go ahead and say, are you okay? it will take a few days to get to all of the places that have reports continue to to get them coming in. the scope of the overall destruction is coming in. areas cut off by rubble. look at this mess. we met they were left without power in central florida. falling debris, tornadoes, life-threatening storm surge. in some cases, we need to rebuild rather than simply repair. reporter: cruz look to restore power. floodwaters contin