The first apple employees to formally file for unionization. these efforts come after a historic and stunning victory for organized labor earlier this month when workers at an amazon warehouse in staten island voted in favor of union representation against one of the most anti-union companies in america. in its latest piece for the ink.com, pointed out that it s no longer big national unions, but everyday workers at the local level who are mobilizing for their workplaces. joining me now is annan, an msnbc political analyst, author at the ink and author of winners take all. annan, good to see you. we are never on air at the same time. while i was in ukraine i was fascinated by what seemed to be
Change the landscape for everyone who works for a living in america. velshi starts now. good morning, it is saturday, april 23rd, day 59 of russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine. i m ali velshi live in new york city. my first time back hosting this show from msnbc headquarters in almost two months. time i spent covering the war and the resulting refugee crisis from hungary, poland and inside ukraine. lviv is where i was. it was struck by russian missiles killing several people just days after i left. after failing in the north to take or even encircle the capital of kyiv, russia is now entrenched both literally and metaphorically in parts of the south and in the east, deploying, essentially, all of its fighting force, roughly 100,000 troops and rising, along a 300 mile long front.
So-called alternate electors were not sound and the events of january 6th could turn violent but he pushed forward with the rally anyway. joining me is betsy swan, an msnbc contributor. there have been a lot of developments in the last few days, many of which are political in nature. people have to decide whether they think kevin mccarthy is a liar or not, but there are legal implications and implications as it relates to the january 6th investigation based on what we learned this week. that s right. one of the biggest questions for the january 6th committee is do they revisit what appears to be a decision not to pressure republican members of congress to participate in their probe? we know that they ve reached out to republican members about voluntarily participating. we know those republican members have told the committee to pound sand and there s no evidence that the committee has secretly issued any subpoenas to these members.
Katie phang show. you can catch new episodes on the msnbc hub every thursday and friday. ali velshi picks up right now. i. today on velshi, russian forces take several small towns in eastern ukraine as fighting intensifies along a 300 mile front. plus audio clips exposing lies told by top republicans are now leaking at a furious pace. what the new tapes tell us about the role that donald trump may have played in the capitol hill insurrection and why key players in the scandal are still lying about what they said on tape. and a dangerous and little known front on the assault on abortion rights. how republican lawmakers are now specifically targeting rape and incest victims. and what s different about a series of stunning union victories and why they could