news from ukraine, where a series of explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv this morning. ukraine says, the russian missile attack is targeting critical infrastructure. we will go live to ukraine for the latest. plus, the house under republican rule. we will look at the chaos the gop has brought in congress in its first week in charge of the house, and the latest on the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents, and what s behind the double standard in how the biden case is being treated compared to the case of a certain twice impeached ex president. then, the featured author for today s edition of the velshi banned book club is a story to herself, and author, yes, but also a filmmaker. folklorist and voodoo expert among many other things. we will dive into zora neal hearst in, their eyes were watching god, next hour. velshi starts now. and good morning. it s saturday, january the 14th. we are one week into hundreds 18th congress. in four
kind of wondering, was she doing kevin mccarthy work by getting out there and saying, you know, this isn t useful, not a winning proposition for republicans? what do you make of the bill and why nancy mace was so critical of it? i think she s typical, unfortunately, of a group of republicans who would like to present themselves as moderates. these people who are more in touch with the voters, but then go along with it. as you point out, if you voted for these things. he could ve opposed them. so, this is kind of rank hypocrisy. on one hand, he said, this is why we lost the election last time, we should be focused on things like prenatal care and we should be looking at things that, you know, prevent people from getting pregnant in the first place. we could be looking at birth control. but then she goes along with the crowd, she voted for the rule, she rode it four voted for kamala. she s voting for this, so frankly, she s as phony in her own way as george santos is