trump s top aides, including then chief of staff, mark meadows. and mike pence could be staring down the same fate as his lawyer was seen entering a closed hearing about the subpoena he s been served. all this, as trump continues to post provocative, even dangerous messages about the manhattan district attorney, who s investigating him on another case. plus, congresswoman maxine waters joins the ranking member of the house financial services committee it s here to talk about another tumultuous week for the economy and what is next for every american worried about their mortgage rates, the cost of living, even the safety of their banks. and a very special meeting of the velshi banned book club will come to order. our guest this week is not an author, but a member of the club. she has 100 years old, a longtime defender of the freedom to read. her personal story is something we hold. velshi starts now. [interpreter] and good morning to you. it s saturday, march the 25th. i m a
Black person in america to be pregnant and the mississippi delta, which by the way are the very states that first began this ban of abortions, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, the decision came out of the mississippi abortion ban. it is more dangerous for black women to give birth there than in rwanda or kenya. this is why the u.s. is not only an outlier among wealthy nations, it s an outlier in the world because in most nations, even developing nations, that maternal mortality rate is going down. it s increasing and the united states and it s been increasing even before covid. and so we already have this, atrocity in the united states. that s from pregnancy related causes. it s as you said, almost three times as high for black women and it has been that kind of
23 people are known to have been killed in the storm last night. officials say more are likely trump under the rubble. the tornado struck the towns of silver city and rolling fort. knocking out power, leveling homes, look at these pictures and buildings. the mayor of rolling fork says quote, it has destroyed the city. let s go right nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson who is near rolling ford, mississippi. priscilla, you are in an area which typical and the area that you are in especially after a tornado where you have bad signal, you are a little bit choppy but so, far we can see you and hear. you tell us what you see so far and what you know to the situation? that is right ali, we are about ten miles outside of the roland fort. we were just there driving around and what you see is very similar to what we just showed in those pictures. absolute devastation and destruction. you are seeing homes that have been completely removed from their foundation, homes that have just comple
today on velshi, we re following breaking news out of mississippi, where at least 23 people are confirmed dead after damaging storms, including a tornado, ripped through parts of the state overnight. we ve got a scene on the ground following the rescue and recovery effort. they will bring us a live report in just a few minutes. plus, brand new reporting on the trump investigations. the special counsel investigating january 6th is one step closer to forcing the testimony of several of donald
Untouched and then your home is gone. it looks like it is gone through a shredder. it is always one of the hardest things to report on when you watch people come back and start to sort through their stuff. we will stay close to all day. priscilla, thank you for this. nbc priscilla thompson in rolling fork, mississippi. continue to follow this breaking story and bring you the latest as we learn more. coming, up very special meeting of the velshi banned book club. a few weeks ago, i received an email from 100 year old member of the velshi banned book club name gracelyn. a passionate supporter of the freedom to read and to access book. grace had created this beautiful quilt affecting a bookshelf featuring covers of banned books including a velshi banned book club features by tony morris and two boys kissing by david lava stat. this, week grace addressed 500 people and a meeting of the martin county school board in florida. she spoke about how critical access the book is. not just for ever