peers, is here to discuss the most famous role in american theater. would it were a black salesman trying to navigate in a white capitalist world? welcome to the show. i m mehdi hassan. we start with that big news from the january six committee. they have finally issued subpoenas to their house republican colleagues, including the top house republican, kevin mccarthy. you know, the one who said he would urge donald trump to step down because of his role in inciting the riot, but then fell in line and has worked to undermine the 16 investigation, ever since. he s being subpoenaed. subpoenas also went out to alabama congressman moe brooks, who urged rally goers on 16 to kick it as, just hours before the riot began. and to jim jordan, who had a ten minute phone call with president trump on the morning of january the 6th. also on the subpoena list, scott perry of pennsylvania, and andy biggs of arizona. now, it s hard to imagine that any of these people of comply with the
nation. plus, breaking this morning, finland s president is confirming that the country intends to apply for nato membership. as russian forces withdraw from around kharkiv after bombing the city for weeks. all of that and more is coming up on the show. and a good but somber sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. the most simple of everyday activities, going grocery shopping, turned deadly yesterday after a gunman opened fire today some rocket on the saturday afternoon in the predominantly black neighborhood in buffalo, new york. killing ten people and leaving three wounded. 11 of the 13 shot were black. the suspect and 18-year-old white male is in custody. and he has pleaded not guilty. this morning we are learning more about in the parent manifesto he allegedly left behind. more on that in a moment. let s make no mistake here. this was an act of white supremacy and racism. that is what long forsman is calling. it is the latest high-profile mass shooting targeting minority
they are praising the return of rapper kendrick lamar. we will go through the messages behind his new music later on in the show. first, we begin with an extraordinary step in the house investigation into the january 6th insurrection. five sitting republican members of congress have been subpoenaed by the committee, each of them believed to have relevant information about the attack on the u.s. capitol and the events that led up to it. scott perry was the first lawmaker to ask to be asked to voluntarily testify. they received evidence that he was involved to oust trump s for not pursuing the baseless fraud claims that would spiral into the big lie. the committee soon after reached out to ohio congressman jim jordan. they say that he was in communication with president trump on january 6th and participated in several meetings about overturning the election. the committee says that arizona lawmaker andy biggs, worked with state officials that the election was stolen. he also wa
and exactly how far would they go to keep covering up for donald trump? plus, the big backfire. yet another embarrassment for putin as his invasion into ukraine sparks one of the biggest expansions in nato s history. what this could mean for the future of putin s war. a frenzy for parents across the united states. panic buying and product recalls are not the only thing stifling america s baby formula supply. we will look into how the trade policies are intensifying the crisis. all of this and much more is coming up now. good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. i want to take you back to january 6th of 2020. these are the images that have been seared into the minds of every american who watched along as democracy came under attack in the united states of america. while rioters descended on our nation s capital, these five members of congress were allegedly receiving firsthand information about what caused the violence and the chaos just outside the office doors. th
a story about the power of kindness and on relenting courage in a time of war and it has been targeted for removal from school library shelves. the velshi banned book club convenes this morning with r. j. palacio author of the powerful graphic novel white bird. velshi starts now. good morning. i am ali velshi. it is saturday may 14th, day 80 of the invasion of ukraine and the war that is not going as putin planned or as anyone expected. the consequences of the war of choice on the neighbor, both intended and unintended, are now out in the open and on display for the world to see. there is a global economic toll and ramifications for the world food supply, ukraine being one of the largest producers of green in the world. we will dive into this later on in the show. other consequences are more direct and visual with ukraine being altered. entire cities, towns, villages, big and small, ruined and erased from the landscape. tens of thousands of people have been killed in th