republicans to strike that balance. mary, thanks very much. could see you. mary sinclair is a historian at longer faster in the author of the upcoming, wrote, the history of a national obsession, which hits the shelves on tuesday. straight ahead, texas representative sheila jackson lee joins me to discuss the new congress, including the future of her new legislation to fight white supremacy, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning, i m ali velshi. it s sunday. i m sorry, it saturday, tomorrow will be sunday. today is saturday, january 21st. two years and a day since president joe biden s integration. we begin with a dire warning for presidents day, but we have to go back in history for this famous exchange. little did i dream you could be so reckless and so cruel. asked to do an injury to that land. let us not assassinate this land further. you ve done enough.