and a special sunday edition of the velshi banned book club brings us a beautiful, lyrical story of love and identity, a novel about mexican born texas raised gay teens that we ll feel universal when you read it. my conversation with the author, who will discover the secrets of the universe, it s one that you will not want to miss. velshi starts next. good morning to you, i am ali velshi, sunday, october 2nd. we have reached a new phase in the ever winding investigation into the insurrection of the u.s. capitol. tomorrow, marks the high profile trial seven from the january six so far. it s a rare case in u.s. history, or something called seditious conspiracy is charged, meaning the defendants are not discharged violent crimes but an effect on our country. opening arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial, this man, you oath keepers founder, stewart rhodes and four other individuals with the far-right booker said to begin tomorrow, hundreds of alleged interactions are bein
previously thought. what would it take for them to finally take action in the jimmy thomas scandal? i will discuss. using religion as political ammunition? a san francisco archbishop says that nancy pelosi cannot receive communion in his archdiocese unless she changes her stance on abortion rights. i will speak with the reverend claiming that the archbishop is using communion as a partisan political weapon. later, dozens of republicans voted against the bill that will help ease the broad baby formula crisis. i will introduce you to one texas businessman who says, i am tired of waiting for politicians to solve the problem. he stepped up in a huge way. all of this and more is coming up. a good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. we have so much talk about this morning. let s get started. president biden is an indictment meeting with allies in the region. hours ago, he spoke in south korea about the importance of uniting the world democracies in the face of authorita
wheels of justice are constantly turning to hold people accountable. that s important to remember. this week was a big reminder of that. joining me now is congressman, adam schiff. he was an impeachment manager joined jonnel trump s first impeachment trial and focus on trump s role on interference in 2020. he was a member of the house select committee on january six. thank you so much for joining me here. i felt the need to outline what the first impeachment was about because i think sometimes, people forget that there have been so many legal challenges to trump here. i want to start because the numbers in this washington post story we re just eye-popping. the washington post says that $40 million of legal costs for trump was spent by his packs, by his essentially and cities pain for his campaign just this year alone. what was your reaction when you saw that? it is eye-popping, but it also shows i think by a powerful metric just how much donald trump s rise in need for presidency i
promoting this kind of insurrectionism against the government of the united states. congressman, good to see you. thank you for joining us this morning, we appreciate, in the democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland, member of the house select committee on january six. still to come, at least 77 people have been killed with to the impact of hurricane ian. but as the state of florida begins to pick up the pieces, that number is expected to rise. and just because the immediate danger has subsided, officials are warning residents not to get complacent, the next danger to anticipate is the health and sanitation crisis in florida, later this hour, the sea band book published called into session to discuss a masterful and award-winning level but to get american and mexican teams, dante and aristotle discovery secrets of the universe grapples with a specific identity, which is mexican born texas raised and gay. but it still feels universal and rooted. i ll talk to the author benjamin
republican party, the actual violence of january six, and the dangerous insurrectionist theory of the second amendment that they are using to justify it. let me read you a little bit from it. many republicans in congress agree the second amendment is about maintaining within the citizenry, the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government if that becomes necessary. they romantic but entirely fraudulent insurrectionary three of our constitution allows mr. trump s followers to suggest that the mass destructive violence of january six was something other than criminal. and quote. the january six investigation congress is still ongoing. you are looking into that role, donald trump and those close to him that played on that fateful day, and the committee is likely to hold another public hearing sometime in the next few weeks. jordan is a congressman, jamie raskin, democrat of maryland, member of the house select committee on january six, and also lead, a lead house manager o