it is saturday, january the 6th. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since a mob attacked the united states capitol at the port of donald trump s desperate him to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of that fire insurrection continues to loom large over american democracy. especially now, as the 2024 race heats up. but both the twice impeached, multiply indicted former president, and the current, duly elected president, understand this. that s why january six is a central component of each other presidential campaigns, albeit in vastly different ways. president biden gave the first major speech of his reelection bid yesterday, and he used to as an opportunity to reflect on how the insurrection exposed trump s complete disregard for america s constitutional and democratic values, and emphasized that the former president remains a danger to democracy. it s the first national elections since jan
it through enforcement, professor american history at yale university, and steven levitskiy is a professor of history at harvard university. two days before judge michael luttig got a phone call that may have changed the course of history for this nation. then, a capitol police officer who risked his life on january six is hoping to serve his country to different way, this time as an elected official. plus i will talk to california colorado secretary of state janet griswold on the heels of the decision to see whether trump is eligible to be on the stage primary ballot. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, it s saturday december the six. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since that mob attacked the united states capitol as part of donald trump s desperate attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of the violent insurrection continues to loom large over american dem
slaughter houses and restaurants to pay debtses to smugglers and traffickers. today they will call a hotline to say they are being abused, neglected and trafficked. it is argued the u.s. has become a middle man in a child trafficking operation by bad actors seeking to profit off the lives of children. brooke singman has more on what we will see today. brooke: when child migrants are found, they are transported to health and human services. the volume of unaccompanied children at the southern border has surged over the past two years with 70,000 this fiscal year. today s whistleblower testimony is expected to reveal how the surge is leading to explosive growth in child labor and the biden administration is ignoring the warning signs. one witness, an hhs whistleblower will testify i thought i was placing children in loving homes and instead found children are being trafficked through network that begins with being smuggled to the u.s. border and the child is delivered to a sp
it is saturday, january the 6th. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since a mob attacked the united states capitol at the port of donald trump s desperate him to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of that fire insurrection continues to loom large over american democracy. especially now, as the 2024 race heats up. but both the twice impeached, multiply indicted former president, and the current, duly elected president, understand this. that s why january six is a central component of each other presidential campaigns, albeit in vastly different ways. president biden gave the first major speech of his reelection bid yesterday, and he used to as an opportunity to reflect on how the insurrection exposed trump s complete disregard for america s constitutional and democratic values, and emphasized that the former president remains a danger to democracy. it s the first national elections since january six
american democracy, especially now as the 2024 race heats up. but the twice impeached multiple indicted former president and the current duly elected president understand this, which is why january six is a central component of each of their presidential campaigns, albeit in very different ways. president biden gave the first major speech of his reelection bid yesterday, and use it as an opportunity to reflect on how the insurrection expose trump s complete disregard for america s constitutional and democratic values and emphasize that the former president remains a danger to democracy. acy. today we gather in the new year, some 246 years later, just one day before january six. a day forever seared in our memory because it was on that day that we nearly lost america, lost it all. today, we are here to answer the most important questions. is democracy still americas