what we know about how they were found in what the biden team is doing about it. and a dangerous escalation into the battle over medication and abortion. we will touch down in the state whose attorney general has threatened to prosecute women for taking abortion pills. plus, they would ve been dr. martin luther king junior s 94th birthday. tomorrow, we celebrate his. life later this, hour though, we will talk with his. work velshi starts now. and good morning to you. it is sunday january the 15th. i am ali velshi. we begin with a dire warning for the american economy. a debt ceiling showdown that is set to explode this week in congress, with potentially disastrous consequences. but in order to understand what is at stake, let us start with a history lesson and a historic visit. on, friday president biden hosted the japanese prime minister fumio kishida at the white house. an important visit meant to highlight the close relationship in the alliance between those two nations. a
to don baking in the next hour so help you turn it to be right. i m glad to have you, here thank you for joining us again. former publican congressman fred upton of michigan. who for a hot second some people thought might be the speaker of the house. we will talk again. thank you. all right. still to come on this hour of velshi, another batch requests of documents found in president biden s home in delaware. what the white house is saying about that. next. plus, honoring martin luther king junior be on his fight for racial justice. dr. king was a warrior for economic equality. i will talk to the man who is working to keep dr. king stream alive today on that front. and the electoral college probably confuses you. it may confound you. but did you know that like many systems in this country, the electoral college has, believe it or not, some racist origins? i ll bring you the explainer, the best explanation will hopefully ever need. er need. struggling with the highs and lows of bipol